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Industrial tourism in Crimea: top 10 most interesting excursions to factories and farms

Excursions around Crimea are not only about mountains, palaces, museums. The peninsula offers guests to appreciate a fairly new and interesting type of tourism ‒ industrial tourism. Many enterprises are already inviting everyone to immerse themselves in the production process. We will tell you where to go and what to see.

Gastronomic tour of Crimea: what local products to taste

People go to Crimea not only for nature and health, but also for local food. Fish, shellfish ‒ from oysters to snails, cheese, chebureki, grape seed oil, herbal tea, ice cream and, of course, wine ‒ gourmets will find what to please themselves with.

New Chersonesos: why you should visit the museum and temple complex

What would the world-famous Chersonesos look like if it were built today? The answer to this question will be given by the New Chersonesos ‒ museum and temple complex in Sevastopol, where the centuries-old history of the ancient seaside polis has “come to life”. Guests have a unique opportunity to “plunge” into different eras of this place.

TOP-5 winemakers of Crimea, which are worth visiting

The off-season is the best time for warming up tastings. Both famous wineries with a great history, and young enterprises of the peninsula annually produce new wines and expand offers for tourist. The Crimea Travel Portal compiled the TOP-5 wineries worth visiting right now.

History and culture

The history of the two wars: what to see in the outlets of the Museum of Defense of Sevastopol

The Museum of Defense of Sevastopol unites six iconic places, including Malakhov Hill, Sapun-Gora mountain and the St. Prince Vladimir Cathedral, where 13 Russian admirals were buried. What exhibits are exposed there and what they offer visitors – please find in our material.

History and culture

Top 5 interesting museums in Crimea, you might not know

Where in the Crimea to touch the corals, that are 180 million years old, to hear the sound of the most interesting languages of the planet, get acquainted with the history of the frigate − record holder of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, visit the house of the legendary sculptor and see the unique collection of the Black Sea ʻgifts’?

Crimean Beast Mountains: TOP-5 Stone "Animals"

Dozens of mountains in Crimea have unique forms that resemble animals with their outlines. Many of them are even named after the representatives of the fauna. We offer a selection of the most famous mountains of Crimea, the names of which indicate birds and beasts.

TOP 10 Crimean places where the best chebureks are served

Chiborek, chibirek ... These are all different names for cheburek, which came to us from the Crimean Tatar cuisine. It is a “must” for every tourist to try this crispy pasty. Where to do this better – we’ll tell you in this overview.

Spa and wellness

Pleasures of the Crimean off-season: outdoor heated pools in Crimea

The Crimean Travel Portal made a selection of Crimean hotels with outdoor heated pools, including those with sea water. Almost all of them are on the south coast. SPA, baths and medical centers are also available in combination with water procedures.

Enogastronomical guide 2022: new wines and tourist sites − what Crimean wineries offer tourists

This year has brought a bunch of novelties from Crimean wineries − a theatrical show, new tastings, tourist sites, restaurants in the vineyards, and, of course, line updates and the release of new wines. A new organic farm in the Bakhchisaray district will also begin to receive guests.

Miracle trees of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden: a thousand-year-old pistachio, an immortal oak and a tree of death

In September 1812, the first plantings were made in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. But even before the appearance of the collection of exotics there, rare flora species grew on this territory. The age of some of them at the time of laying the garden accounted for a thousand years. Read in our material about the survived old-timers of the NBG.

How to make an autumn vacation in Crimea unforgettable: top 8 ideas

“I love the nature splendid vanishing away,” wrote poet Alexander Pushkin. We love that too. And we also know that autumn shining with colors can give the guests of Crimea a very cozy, calm, harmonious leisure. With no sweltering heat, fuss and queues at museums.

Sports and adventure

Climbing, multi-pitches, via ferrata: where in Crimea to get mountain adrenaline

Climbing mountain peaks is always an adventure, new vivid emotions, an opportunity to test yourself. That is why this type of outdoor activity is so popular. And it is in Crimea, where all conditions for this are available.

Top of the best Crimean beaches: soft sand and pebble shore

How to choose from hundreds of Crimean beaches the one for your unforgettable vacation? Where the shore is mostly pebbles or where the soft sea sand will gently touch you?

Where in Crimea the most beautiful and unusual waterfalls

You can endlessly watch how water flows... And listen, of course, too. After all, the sound of a waterfall pacifies and gives relaxation. There are many stunningly beautiful watersides in Crimea, where everyone may attain the zen meditation.

All about therapeutic Saki mud: how it is produced, where it is used, who benefits

The production output of the Crimean Hydrogeological Station in Saki has been expanded to 6,000 tons. Now it is ready to increase distribution volumes. Reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the Station was carried out to preserve the therapeutic Saki Lake was part of the Federal Targeted Program for the socio-economic development of Crimea.

Nine years with Russia: top 10 monuments installed in Crimea

Over the past nine years, dozens of new monuments have been installed in Crimea − in honor of famous people of the past and historical events. In this monumental series, of course, there was a place for those who defended the inhabitants of the peninsula in the first days of the Crimean Spring – so-called 'Polite People'.

Spring in Сrimea: your best leisure

When after winter the soul and body miss real warmth, come to Crimea. Come to Crimea because spring there comes earlier than anywhere else in the country. This is the best recipe for health and good mood. And the undoubted advantages of a spring trip to the peninsula are low prices for accommodation and the absence of a large flow of tourists.

To Crimea by car: how to cross the bridge, what to see on the peninsula

Are you going to Crimea by car? Then our material will be useful to you. We tell you how to drive across the Crimean bridge, how long it will take and what you can see on the peninsula.

How to come for after-Covid recovery in Crimea: programs, documents, prices

Crimean health resorts and hotels over several years have been offering their guests the opportunities to restore health after recovery from coronavirus.