Travel to Crimea!

How many beaches in Crimea, nobody knows. In official papers you will find 504! But if it’s true? Who knows…Beach is not just only a resort  place, it’s a complex including different kinds of services.

These beaches in Crimea are considered to be clean, not expensive, and picturesque.

#1 City beach in Noviy Svet

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The most clean, beautiful beach on the East Coast of Crimean peninsula. This beach is situated in a so called Blue Bay, near Eagle Mount and Shalyapin path. Entartainment: diving (250-400 grivnas), windsurfing (400 grivnas per hour), boat trip (60 grivnas). Lots of cafes (meal from 60 grivnas). 

# 2 City beach in Kerch

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Newly reconstructed, clean, 2 volleyball playgrounds, big tent as a cafe, at night serves as night club. Meals in a cafe from 60 grivnas.

# 3 Massandrovky beach in Yalta

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This beach is divided into 6 sections. Entrance is free. Playground, free pools for children, fitness machines.

# 4 Zolotoy (in Engl. Golden) beach in Balaclava

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To get here is possible by bout from Balaclava. Costs of a trip to beach a person 50 grivnas, for a company of 12 persons 100-150 grivnas from Balaclava, and 200-300 grivnas from Sevastopol. Beach is wild, but the beauty around will compensate all inconveniences.

#5 Gurzufsky Kamny (Gursuf’s stones) in Gursuf

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400 meters – cliffs Adalary, to get there possible by boat 50 grivnas, paddle boat (catamaran ship) 30 grivnas. Meals in a cafe from 60 grivnas.

#6 Sportivny (Sport) beach in Yevpatoria

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The only in Crimea specialized beach. Beach football, volleyball, water polo, often competitions. No smoking. Very appropriate for small children.

#7 Zolotoy (Golden) beach in Feodosia

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The best place for cheap holidays in Crimea. Ideal beach for family resort. Children do the competitions in building sand castles. Meals in a cafe 50 grivnas.

# 8 Beach in Olenevka, Tarkhankut Cape.

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The cleanest water in Crimea. Mecca for diving and surfing lovers. Windsurfing lesson are $200, price for diving is 300-45- grivnas. Meals in a cafe 60 grivnas.

# 9 «Rusalotschka» (Mermaid) beach in Miskhor

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One of the most beautiful beaches in Crimea. About 10 metres from coast is the sculpture of Mermaid with the child, created in 1909. Besides, it’s the warmest beach in Crimean peninsula. The average temperature in July +25, in September +21. The prices are not high. Boat trip is 50 grivnas, meals in a cafe – 50 grivnas.

# 10 Solnishko (Sun) beach in Yevpatoria

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Beach with very good infrastructure, sport’s playground. Entrance fee is 10 grivnas, but then toilet, douche,  lounge are free. Special offer - bungalow/100 grivnas/night. At night is party, entrance 70-150 grivnas.

#11 Agatovuy (Agate) in Ordzonikidze

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Wild beach, from village 5-10 min by walk. Among pebbles you will find agates! This Crimean beach is famous for clear water, underwater lover come over here for good shits or just fishing.

# 12 Utchkuevka beach in Sevastopol

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1 km long beach, 15 min by car/bus from Sevastopol. In the morning the sea is clear and clean, in the afternoon sometimes a bit storming. eals in cafe – 40-50 grivnas. Trip boat -50 grivnas, 150 costs boat with parachute.

# 13 Poselkoviy (Village) beach in Kaziveli

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The advantage of this beach in Kaziveli is that, there are a few people on it, though it has got comfort conditions. Coast is pebby, at some place you can step in the water without shooses, b’cos of stones  and huge pebbles.

# 14 Tatarka beach in Shelkino

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Wide beach, appropriate for family vacation with small children. The beach is situated 3-4 km from Shelkino. Cheap prices. Minus – no public transport.  Kitesurfing and windsurfing lessons – 100 grivnas a day.

#  15 Omega beach in Sevastopol

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Big city beach (700 metres long), very good comfortable conditions, meals in cafe 40-50 grivnas, hydro cycles / »banana» riding – 50 grivnas. Appropriate beach for families with children.

#  16 Lisya buchta (Fox bay) beach in Koktebel

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Wild beach in Koktebel, most of visitors are nudists, naturists, etc. , the do camping here, not far from the beach small local market, cafes. Meals in cafe is about 40-50 grivnas.

#17 Bakalskaya Kosa

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This beach is situated in West Coast of Crimean peninsula, 6 km long, 150-200 metres wide. Picularity of Bakalskaya Kosa is that from one side of Bakalskaya Kosa the Black sea will be warm and storming, from another side – calm and cold. Cheap cafe, meal – 30-40 grivnas.

# 18 Golubie kamni (blue stones) beach in Simeiz

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Actually it’s not a beach, but huge stones, that were popular by nudists during Sovyet times. No service. Very calm place. Bath to the beach requires that the  tourists are to be in a good physical form.

# 19 Vallage beach in Molochnoe, Yevpatoria

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Wild beach in Molochnoe is famous for close neighborhood with the Space research center. Molochnoe is also a mecca for crabs hunters, there are lots of them.

# 20 Rabochiy Ugolok (Worker’s resort) beach in Alushta

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City beaches in Alushta are too popular among local and tourists from other parts of Ukraine, Russia, other former Soviet Union Rupublics. It’s difficult to find parking places, polluted air, lots of cafe with loud music, but prices are rather low.

Source: newspaper Segodnya.ua translated by Inna Khorosheva, Traveltocrimea agency