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Simferopol is geografically very conveniently located in the centre of the Crimean peninsula, so that any Crimean village or town can be reached within 2 hours. The distance to some main town are for instance: Yalta-Simferopol – 70 km, Sudak-Simferopol -70 km, Feodosia -Simferopol -110 km, Sevastopol -Simferopol 70 km, Yevpatoria-Simferopol – 60 km, Kerch-Simferopol – 220 km.

It can be challenging to find a taxi in a different country, particularly if one expects a fair price without managing local language and customs, and this holds truth for Crimea as much as it does for Prague or other places. While there are people who speak several languages including English, taxi drivers usually speak Russian and/or Tatar, and the potential language barrier is exacerbated by the Cyrillic as predominant way of writing in Crimea. Many taxi drivers might offer their services at the airport in Simferopol, at least during main arrival hours, yet the cars are unfortunately neither very comfortable or safe, might drive without insurance and charge ‘special (exorbitant) prices’ for foreigners. Also, locals, including taxi drivers, often use locally known reference points for orientation and navigation (as opposed to directions including street names) and are likely to be completely unfamiliar with other Crimean cities.

As a result of privitization of the city’s bus system, there are now many smaller buses (mini-busses, so called ‘Marshrutkas’) in Simferopol. You can board at two types of bus stops: compulsory (where buses will automatically stop, unless they are full – by local standard this means more than full) and request stops (to stop a bus you must put your hand clearly and in good time so that the driver can stop the bus safely, but a bus might not stop if it is already full or for other reasons).The signs showing the number of the bus and names of the bus stops. Destinations are shown on the front and rear of buses and the fare is 2 Hrivnia, which is often passed on from back rows of the bus towards the driver by handing it over to the person of the next seat. Though the system works quite well even when it comes to returning change, it is recommendable to have small notes available.

When you take trolleybus, keep your ticket until the end of your journey. Notice that trolleybuses are very slow and old, usually this is a choice of students or retired citizens of Simferopol.