Yalta Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

Today we headed out to see the Crimea of the Tatars. The Tatars originate from seven clans of the Golden Horde, who left after Ghengis Khan died and set up summer pastures in the Crimea. Eventually they came to settle permanently in the Crimea. The northern tribes are of Mongol origin, while the southern tribes included components of northern Iranian, Greek, Goth and Germanic peoples. The Tatars are Sunni Muslim peoples, with a very distinct culture from the Russian and Ukrainian majo…

You can see this used to be, and still is, one of the richer places in Ukraine. Many Russians in big German cars, expensive hotels, old Tsar palaces, an datsjas from former Soviet leaders are all around.

Yalta was amazing. For a typical american it was a surprise to see what a treasure is Yalta. Sure it's steeped in history - the palaces, the treaty, etc. But the beautiful lush mountains running down to the Black Sea (a misnomer) presents a landscape like Monaco or Nice along the Riviera. Yalta is develping rapidly, and expensively - with wealthy regulars from Europe and Russia. I recommend it highly as a vacation destination for beauty, culture and history. Put Yalta on your must list!

Going to Turkey, cruise the Black Sea. Hop over to Athens for a quick visit, then back to Turkey for another tour, including Cappadocia.

ukrainian penninsula in the black sea was amazing. so much to do there, think it's really worth going there! so different! mixture of oriental, european and caucasian cultures!

Some pics of my trip to Sevastopol (Crimea - Ukrain) in januari 2006

We planned a trip to Ukraine so that Axiepics could return to her roots.

Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine... 6500km