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Pro
relaxing town
Con
it's not a place for a holiday - no sea:)
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eugini2001 Says: Summer House of VrontsovIn Silgirka or Tavricheskiy park thereis a summer house of Vorontsov,it looks very classical from outside but was luxurious inside at the times of Vorontsov.He bought it from Narishkina in 1834 ,and stayed here when he visited Simferopol.In 1837 one...
eugini2001 Says: The art museum located in old building that used to be Officers’ meeting house of Lithuanian regiment #51.The museum boasts of its big collection of 6000 pictures .The most impressive is Christian art, which contains mostly of icons and religious pictures, statues. German...
hunterV Says: Visiting the Regional Museum of Local Lore where you can find informative exhibits about the Crimean nature. There is also a historical section containing some archeological exhibits. Archelogists have found the ruins of the ancient Scythian city that was known from Greek...
5 Reviews and 32 Opinions I came to this Hotel only because it was the nearest one to me, right in the center of Simferopol....
1 Review and 8 Opinions While I did not stay at this hotel, I did go by it several times and found some information for it...
Pizzeria: Pizza place next to Pioneer house
eugini2001 Says: PizzeriaIt’s a very nice pizza place ,cozy and small. They cook pizza on property and you can see the process. It’s located next to Pioneer club on Kuybishev Market ,on the way to the zoo. Pizza ,italian stylegood and tastful salads and dessert.
Noname...: Fast local (not American) food at the railway
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: We arrived to the Simferopol' railway station approximately one hour prior to our train's departure. It was about 1.30 in the afternoon. We had already known that there was no restaurant in our train. Therefore it was necessary to have dinner before we get the train. We...
Martini Bar and Lounge: Beautiful Girls
flavoredtoothpaste Says: Very nice and modern spot. This places is where the top DJ's come and play because of the unforgettable atmosphere. Everything is coverd in red and white leather and tv's playing modeling runway models constantly.........what else do you need to have fun. Oh, did I mention...
Martini Bar: Pay no attention to the trademark infringement
polrbear Says: I HIGHLY doubt that this place is actually sponsored by the makers of Martini mixers. That being said, it looked like a nice enough place and has very knowledgeable bartenders. I stopped in to get some help finding some ingredients that I needed to make a Margarita and they...
Getting from the airport to Kurortnaya bus station
om_212 Says: upon your arrival to the airport you will be quickly surrounded by numerous taxi drivers offering you rides to any possible destination in Crimea and beyond. they might come out with all kind of stories (no buses to the place you are going, the last one just left, the city...
om_212 Says: Bus is the easiest and the cheapest way to get to any place in Crimea from Simferopol. there are several bus stations in Simferopol. the "Kurortnaya" bus station (servicing Yalta, Yevpatoria and Sevastopol direcition) is conveniently located just at the corner of the central...
om_212 Says: the fastest and the cheapest option available so far - to get to Simferopol from Kyiv by WIZZAIR. it will take you 1.5 hour and could cost you as low as UAH 149 (around $20 one way; all taxes included), if you do your booking in advance. to get this lowest price, you have to...
The Mini-Buses and Trolley Buses
Jasen71 Says: If you're like me and don't want to walk any great distance. The get the trolley-buses or mini buses they are really cheap about 50 kopecks to 1 hrinva 50 kopecks 20 euro cents or less to compare with. Okay it may get a bit packed (sardine style) or the odours may over power...
Taxis from the Airport to Sevastopol
Jasen71 Says: Just outside the airport terminal is the 'taxi rank' the taxis are sometimes coloured yellow and have a removable taxi sign on the roof, and the taxis hark back to the 1980's! The cost to sevastopol is about 200 UAH or about $40 the taxis don't have meters, so you'll have to...
ABC Supermarket: A self-serve grocery
polrbear Says: One of a very few self-serve grocery stores in Simferopol. Rather than having to run around a large outdoor market, you get convenient shopping here....for a price of course. Some of the fruits you won't find at street vendors...especially out of season. Lots of Western...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: This tip is about an event which happened with us in Simferopol 40 years ago. I wish it couldn't happen now, but...I have got to Simferopol’ for the first time together with my parents in 1967 when I was 13 years old. We made an automobile trip to the Crimea from Moscow by...
yumyum Says: We were already sitting in the minibus that was to take us to Yalta waiting for it fill up with other passengers. We were hugging our daypacks. An old man got on, then two more men which started to make a commotion and distracted the old man and got off again. Sure enough,...
East or west, taxi drivers are the same
om_212 Says: Taxi are private bus drivers in Crimea will try to rip you off at all occasions possible, first, because you are a tourist and second, because the Crimea tourist season is just three-month long, so they are trying to save for other nine tourist-free months. they are...
Bakhchisaray Khans palace Fountain of Tears
Jasen71 Says: Fountain of Tears whose sad story so moved the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin when he visited it the fountain that he wrote a whole poem to it "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray".The Khan was said to have fallen in love with this slave Polish girl in his harem. Despite his...
Jasen71 Says: The Khan's Palace is located in the town of Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. It was built in the 16th century and became home to a succession of Crimean Khans. The walled enclosure contains a mosque, a harem, a cemetery, living quarters and gardens.Travel to the palace is...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: According to the census of 1939 more than two hundred thousand Tatars lived in the Crimea, or 20 % of the whole population. In 1944 all Crimean Tatars were deported from the Crimea to the Central Asia and Kazakhstan. To Crimea Russians and Ukrainians from various areas of...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Simferopol’, as a rule, is only a starting point for travel across the Crimea for tourists coming there to have a rest. During high season there arrive 9 trains from Moscow on the railway station a day (nearby 5000 persons). It will take you 23 hours to get Simferopol’ from...
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Simferopol' - the gate to the Crimea
The ancient Greek state Skythia with the capital in Naples Scythian (present Simferopol') was formed in the III century B.C. In the III century A.C. Goths destroyed all Scythian settlements and Naples...
All Roads to the Crimea go through Simferopol
The town itself is not really a "true" tourist destination. Although the Crimea is a popular vacation destination, usually people find themselves heading further south to Yalta or one of the Black Sea...
We arrived by night train from Odessa and decided to have a quick look before continuing to Yalta. Simferopol was founded in 1784 a year after Crimea was annexed by Russia. In fact Simferopol and its...
Simferopol is not much of a tourist destination in and of itself, many travelers pass through the city – or at least the train station – on their way to other places in Crimea, which not a bad idea.
I spent about 4 months here studying Russian. It is a beautiful city with many parks and paths along the river. The city has a great transportation system, and other areas of the Crimea are very...
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