Yalta Travel Blogs

Crimea is very interesting and beautiful place.

I spent 10 years in Yalta and i LOVE this marine town!

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 t…

Yalta an something more

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.

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

We welcome all Globe trotters to visit this wonderful ancient Ukraine: Kiev, Kharkov, Dieno, Chernigovsk , Yalta, Lviv , Odessa, Crimee... Testing the famous Shashlics, Cosacs warriors ceremonials, Beachs and camping.

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

Our tour guide, Gnady, and our driver picked us up at Intourist Hotel Yalta in the morning for a day of intensive sight-seeing and historical study. Our first stop was the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky. The church was built by Tsar Alexander III in memory of his father Tsar  A…