If you want to rest at home in Russia on the Black Sea, there are two options – the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory. And today it is easy to visit the resorts of both regions during one vacation and compare their features and quality of service.
Where better to relax on the Black Sea youth, parents with children or elderly couples? Where will beach lovers or those who prefer to tour the cultural and historical sites?
Where to vacation on the Black Sea is cheaper?
We recommend that you look in advance for ways to save money when buying tours in the Crimea or the Krasnodar Territory. You can do this online at special services that accumulate information about their availability, cost, etc.
During the crisis, prices jumped considerably, but today they are gradually decreasing and leveling off. A great way to save money is to make reservations in advance. You can save on this in the Krasnodar region – up to 25% of the cost of the tour in the Crimea – up to 40%. Also, browse resort services more often and look for “Hot” stays.
The most expensive Black Sea resorts are Sochi, Anapa, Gelendzhik and Yalta. Inexpensive resorts include Kerch, Sudak, Saki.
Where to relax on the Black Sea with good infrastructure?
A great option for this in the Krasnodar region is Big Sochi. It has repeatedly won contests as the best resort in Russia. Before the Olympics, Sochi was transformed into a world-class luxury resort: the latest hotels, excellent beaches, parks, etc.
The second most popular resort on the eastern Black Sea coast is Gelendzhik. Here the vacationer is waiting for a new airport, modern hotels and private accommodation, excellent service, although the prices “bite”.
In Anapa is not only a first-class infrastructure, the city has long been recognized as the best children’s resort. Tuapse is perfectly prepared for any tourist, but many dislike it because of the port, which pollutes the sea.
The best resorts of the Crimea infrastructure are Yalta, Evpatoria, Sevastopol. They got a second breath, thanks to large-scale construction throughout the peninsula. Crimean settlements look simpler.
Much worse with the infrastructure in the Krasnodar region in the resort villages Makopse, Agoi, Betta, and in the Crimea – in Mezhvodny, Kurortny, etc. Here you can find only children’s cafes, various water activities for children.
Where to go to the Black Sea for active recreation?
For fans of sports or extreme entertainment at almost every Black Sea resort there is something interesting and wonderful, every day brings a lot of positive emotions.
Divers love Adler, Anapa and Gelendzhik. Here you can endlessly explore the underwater world in all its beauty, explore the sunken medieval military and merchant ships. In the Crimea, this coast near Sevastopol.
Surfers in the Crimea prefer Feodosia, Kacha and Lyubimovka. Yachtsmen love Sochi and Anapa in the Krasnodar region, as well as Sevastopol, Yalta, Sudak and other resorts of the Crimean peninsula.
In many Black Sea resorts you can fly paragliders, take to the skies on a huge balloon, take a speedboat ride, go to the mountains, explore caves, ride a bicycle or a horse.
Excellent water parks for children and adults are available in Gelendzhik, Anapa, Evpatoria, Simeiz, Alushta, Koktebel, Sevastopol, etc. Russian tourists will always find something to entertain themselves here.
Where better to go to the Black Sea for a relaxing vacation?
Those who like peace and privacy can easily find them in a small and quiet Betta and Krinitsa near Gelendzhik. Near the bay in Adler and Dzhugba there are little visited beaches, including. with nudists. The isolated tents stand on Kabardinka.
Near Sevastopol you can find “wild” beaches near Cape Fiolent and the ancient Chersonese. A lot of secluded areas and in the east of the Crimea near the resort and Ordzhonikidze. The Crimeans will probably advise you something special.
Where better to go to the Black Sea for an excursion vacation?
Most of the resorts in the region offer tourists a rich excursion program. You can see the unique cultural, architectural, historical, religious sites and monuments.
In the Crimea is the oldest city of Russia – Kerch. Here you can see the ruins of ancient Greek civilization, monuments of history and culture of the Crimean Khanate, the sights of tsarist and Soviet Russia and, of course, the Crimean bridge.
Excellent tours for every taste are offered on the South Coast: medieval castles in Balaklava, cave towns in Bakhchisarai, Chekhov’s house in Yalta, the imperial palaces in Livadia, Massandra, etc.
On the eastern shore of the sea are also many interesting attractions: Museum of Antiquity and the castle “Lion’s Head” in Anapa, waterfalls in Gelendzhik, the Olympic and other sports facilities in Sochi, cascade of waterfalls in Lazarevskoye, etc.
Where to relax on the Black Sea youth?
Young people will be interested in places that are inexpensive and fun: affordable food and hotels, entertainment, discos, cafes, bars, night beaches. Too pathos Yalta, Sochi, Gelendzhik unlikely to fit.
But in Anapa, Evpatoria and the surrounding villages will certainly be fun and interesting around the clock. Excellent places for youth recreation – Lazarevskoe, Simeiz, Dzhemet, etc. Prices in local bars and discos are quite democratic.
Where to vacation for the elderly on the Black Sea?
Numerous sanatoriums on the Black Sea coast have a lot of green areas and absolute peace. Here you can undergo examination, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of serious diseases of the heart, blood vessels, respiratory system (Sochi, Yalta).
The Black Sea coast of both regions is famous all over Russia for its mud treatment for skin diseases and pathologies of the movement organs (Gelendzhik, Saki, Alupka, Anapa).
Where to go to the Black Sea with children?
Excellent resorts for family holidays – Anapa, Evpatoria, Feodosia. There you can watch dolphins, spend the day in the water park, visit theaters with cartoons and fairy tales. But it is better to settle with children in small resort towns.
These are Zaozerne, Peschanoye and Ordzhonikidze in the Crimea, as well as Vityazevo, Lermontovo, Olgino in the Krasnodar region. When choosing a resort, consider the distance to travel, prices, climatic conditions, the health of the child, etc.
