Simeiz is famous for its quaint rocks, which bear interesting names - Cat, Monk (already almost destroyed by time) and Diva, which, in addition, are united by one legend. You will certainly hear it, resting in a cozy resort town, where it is dry and sunny almost all summer, and the air is filled with the aromas of juniper and sea salt.

Content 1 How to get to Simeiza 1.1 Search for tickets to Simferopol (the nearest airport to Simeiz) 2 Shopping and shopping 3 Climate Simeiza 4 Beaches of Simeiz 5 Entertainment, excursions and attractions Simeiza 5.1 Big Yalta

How to get to Simeiza

From Sevastopol to Simeiz only an hour and a half, buses and shuttles from the bus station on the square. Revyakina walk regularly, from 7.50 to 20.15. The schedule of buses can be found here. You can also go by bus, going to Alupka or Miskhor, buying a ticket to Simeiz. From Simferopol in the bus will have to spend 2 to 2.5 hours. The ticket to Simeiz will cost approximately 30 hryvnia.

A budgetary, but a longer option to travel to the resort is the way from Simferopol with a transfer in Yalta .The cheapest thing is to get there by trolley, the ticket costs about 12 hryvnia, the travel time is 2 .5 hours .From Yalta bus station (next to it there is a trolleybus, they have one address, st .Moscow, 8) to Simeiz there are shuttle buses No. 26, 36 (through the water park) and 42 .No. 28, going to Foros, will drop you off on the road, you'll have to walk to the village on foot .The 42nd number is the fastest, the travel time is only 20 minutes, the 26th room is a little longer, because it travels on another highway, although stunning views outside the window compensate for a longer stay on the bus .The travel costs 10-15 hryvnia .

The fare is indicated for August 2010. 

Shopping and shopping

One of the Simeiz markets is located literally at the bus station (st .Soviet, 15), so if you want to buy vegetables, fruits or dairy products, you can directly on arrival .In general, here is concentrated, perhaps, most of the resort's shops, both grocery and manufactured goods .True, the prices there are small, but higher than in the shops in other parts of the city and in a small market on the turn to Mount Koshka .In addition to fixed outlets in Simeiz there are enough shopkeepers selling wine for bottling and homemade raznosols, grandmothers with fruits and berries, homemade cakes .Buy products from them or in shops to decide for yourself, most importantly, do not forget that in a hot climate perishables can present an unpleasant surprise .Some tourists, for fear of buying spoiled milk, cottage cheese and other food, go shopping in Yalta, where there are many more large stores and supermarkets .

Climate Simeiza

March 1, Sunday Overcast, light rain +7 ° C in the afternoon +7 ° C at night ° С water	2 March, Monday Mainly cloudy +7 ° C in the afternoon +5 ° C at night ° С water	March 3, Tuesday Cloudy +8 ° С in the afternoon +5 ° C at night ° С water
Weather forecast for Simeiz for 10 days

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in the afternoon

+6

+6

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+13

+18

+23

+26

+26

+21

+16

+11

+8

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+2

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+3

+8

+12

+17

+20

+19

+15

+11

+6

+3

water

+8

+7

+8

+9

+13

+18

+21

+23

+21

+17

+15

+10

Beaches of Simeiz

As a rule, all beaches of the resort are free entrance .Beaches are small-peaked, but not very wide, and year by year they are gradually reduced .If you come to the town often, it's not so noticeable, but if you take a break in a few years, the difference is simply evident .Therefore, on all the beaches (at the Panea rock with a view of the Diva, under the Swan Wing, sanatorium) it is quite crowded to choose the place more conveniently, it is necessary to get up early .Behind the Cat, on the way to the Blue Bay, is the only non-crowded beach - nudist .With entertainment on the Simeiz beaches, things are not luxurious, but not bad: there are cafes and bars, you can take a chaise longue, there is a rental of jet skis, there are organized sea walks with immersions under water .

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Simeiza

Entertainment № 1 for children and adults in Simeiz is rightly called the water park "Blue Bay". The prices there are rather big, but the pleasure will be huge. Adult, coming to the water park from 10.00 to 13.00, will have to pay 130 hryvnia, 160 (13.70) for the period from 14.00 to 18.00 and 220 (18.80) per day. For the child will need to give 100-110-150 depending on the time, plus to any ticket is added a deposit of 100 hryvnia (it is then returned). On holidays and weekends, the cost of the visit is 10-20% lower.

Fans of outdoor activities will surely climb the main cliffs of the town, the Cat and Diva, from which a spectacular view of .Healing can be called a walk along Pané and around the Wing of the Swan, where the juniper grove is located .In addition, you can take a walk in the pistachio grove (pistachios are wild, do not flatter yourself), Simeiz parks, or admire the interesting buildings .Among them are the villas "Divo", "Xenia", "Dream", the estate "Lymena" .In the evening, transparent and dark, one can recover on an excursion to the local observatory .Or just stroll through the streets and avenues of the city .And do not be surprised to see the couple in love with the couple: Simeiz is considered the most gay-friendly resort in the Crimea .

The cost is indicated in June 2011. 

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