Explo-Krym

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Crimea. Places of interest
Crimean cities\sights

Sevastopol

- Khersonesus - ruins of the city of ancient Greeks. Museum of the Greek civilization. 
- Dolmens and menhirs - structures of prehistoric peoples.
- Hypothetical site of the city of Tauri and their main temple in Balaclava, the port of Listrigons as described by Homer in Odysseus.
- Ruins of a Scythian fortress in the mouth of the Alma River.
- Roman quarters and military camps.
- Mountain fortresses of Medieval Christian princes of Crimea.
- Cave Christian monasteries.
- Tatar cave cities.
- Kievan Prince Vladimir's quests.
- Ruins of a Genoese fortress in Balaclava.
- Russian forts of the 18th century. Memories of the Crimean War in the 19th century.
- The Panorama and Malakhov Hill museums.
- Leo Tolstoy's battery.
- World War II fortifications.
- The Sapun Mountain Diorama & defense of Sevastopol against the Germans in World War II.
- Post-war military installations. A plant under a mountain.
- Russian and Ukrainian fleets in bays.
- Many war museums and exhibitions.
- The Aquarium and dolphin shows.
- Cape Fiolent scenery. 
- Balaclava beaches.
- Observation site near Laspi.
- Nice restaurants, beautiful pebble beaches, boat rides, SCUBA diving & flying small planes.

Yalta (Greater Yalta)

- The Embankment and sea & mountain scenery. 
- The Chekhov House. 
- The Massandra park & winery. 
- Gurzuf scenery with the Adalary Rock and Bear Mount.
- Bear-Mountain (Ayu-Dag) with ruins of an old fortress on its top.
- Miskhor with its Swallow's Nest (castle-restaurant on 38 meter high cliff) and remnants of a Roman fortress on Cape Ai-Todor.
- The Alupka park and The Vorontsov's Palace (Churchill stayed there in 1945).
- The Tzar's Palace in Livadia. 
- Grand Duke Constantine's Palace in Oreanda. 
- Beautiful views of Gaspra, Koreiz, Simeiz and Laspi with their beaches. 
- Foros - place of Pres.Gorbachyov's summer residence. 
- The Nikitsky Botanical Garden. 
- Glade of Fairy Tales. 
- The Yalta Museum of Local Lore.
- Uchan Su waterfall. 
- The Baydary Pass.
- The Foros Church on 100 meter high cliff. 
- The Yalta zoo. 
- Wineries.

Alushta

- The Djur-Djur waterfall. 
- Ancient settlements at Malorechenskoye. 
- Health resort.
- The Partenit basilica.

Simferopol

- Capital of Crimea. 
- Place of the ancient Neapolis - capital of the Scythian kingdom. 
- The Crimean Museum of Regional Studies. 
- The Marble Cave. 
- The Red Caves.

Bakhchisarai

- The Khan's Palace. 
- The Museum of the Tatar culture. 
- The Assumption Cave monastery.
- Chufut-Kaleh - The Jewish Fortress. 
- Cave cities and fortifications. 
- Prehistoric monuments and stands near village. 
- Pochtovoye, grotto Sheitan-Koba.

Feodosia

- The Constantine Tower of the Genoese. 
- The Aivazovsky Picture Gallery.
- Koktebel with Kara-Dag Mountain and the Magnetic Ridge. 
- Canyon Giaur-Bakh.

Sudak

- The Sudak Medieval Genoese Fortress almost intact. 
- The Novy Svet winery.

Stary Krym

- Place of the first capital of the Tatars. 
- Agarmysh Mountain caves. 
- Grave of Mamai-Khan.

Belogorsk

- Caves of Ak-Kaya, Paleolithic complexes. 
- The 14th century Armenian monastery.
- The Kiyik-Koba grotto - the Neanderthal man settlings. 
- The intersection of the ancient caravan way.
- The Arabatskaya Strelka cape - one km. wide strip of land that juts more than 100 km. into the sea.

Kerch

- The site of an ancient Greek city of Panticapeum. 
- Center of the Old Rus principality of Tmutarakan. 
- The Royal Barrow of the 4th century b.c. Byzantine Church of St. John the Baptist. 
- The Enikale fortress built by the Turks. 
- The World War II fortifications. 
- The Kerch History and Archeology Museum.

Yevpatoria

- The Djuma-Djami Mosque. 
- Sand beaches. 
- Major resort center. 
- Jurassic lakes with salts and mud claimed to be of the equal value with those of the Dead Sea.