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Viewing Crimea, Ukraine Travel Facts: Simferopol, Kerch, EvpatoriaCrimea, Ukraine Travel Facts: Simferopol, Kerch, Evpatoria
By dompavlov
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This article contains a mini Ukraine travel guide for travel to the Crimean cities of Simferopol, Kerch, and Feodosia. There is a list of Ukrainian airway companies and airports; major train and bus destinations; as well as specific city information. Yevpatoriya City Information Evpatoria (or Yevpatoriya) is a city located on the Crimean Peninsula northwest of Simferopol. With a population of 108,000 inhabitants, it is one of the major Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a rail hub, and a resort town. Evpatoria has an ancient history. The original settlement was built by Greek settlers around 500 BC. Along with the rest of the Crimea, it was a dominion of the King of Pontos, Mithridates VI (Eupator Dionysius), from whom the city's modern name derives. From the 7th Century until the 18th Century, the city was ruled by Asian / Turkic rulers including Khazars, Cumans, Mongols, the Crimean Khanate, and the Ottoman Empire. During this period, the city was known as Gusliev (beautiful settlement). Yevpatoriya became a Slavic city in 1783 when the Russian Empire finally conquered Crimea. Most popular for its sandy beaches and shallow water, which is ideal for sunbathers and swimmers, the city is alive with tourists from May until October. Most visitors come for the sun and the sand; some come to cleanse and rehabilitate ailing bodies in one of many sanatoria (health resorts); while a few come to see the rich history that goes back more than 25 centuries. Simferopol City Information Simferopol is the political, administrative, and cultural center of Crimea and is located in the middle of the Crimean peninsula. 'Simferopol' is a Greek word and means 'a town-collector'. Actually, all Crimean's roads collect in Simferopol. So whatever you would like to go in Crimea you should almost for sure visit Simferopol first. Simferopol was founded on April 28, 1784, after Crimea was joined to Russia by Katherine II. There was a small Tatar town named Ak-Mechet. Until now, the downtown of the city consists of two parts: Tatar and European, and you will easy notify the differences if you take a short tour around the city. The population of the capital of Crimea is about 400,000 people. It is quite a small and quite a big city at the same time. You can easily walk to any part of it in 40-45 minutes. Simferopol has a pretty large public transportation system, a big railway station, and an airport. You can get to any point in Crimea from Simferopol. There is the trolleybus track (the longest in the World at more than 90 km.) which goes from the airport to Yalta. Kerch City Information Kerch is a very old city - people celebrated its 2500th birthday in 2000. Kerch Peninsula, having always been a crossroads of marine and overland trade routes, has preserved the remains of different cultures and civilizations in monuments of antiquity, middle ages and modern times. World archeological and architectural treasures include the excavation of antique settlements and funeral crypts of the Bosporus State capital - Pantikapei. Some of the masterpieces of Bosporus funeral architecture are the Imperial barrow; the church of John Predtechi - one of the best known monuments of the Byzantian architecture of IX-X centuries; and Fortress Yenikale - a monument of the Turkish Empire. All these treasures tell you of the great skill of the ancient architects, the mode of life and culture, and the history of many peoples who inhabited Kerch Peninsula, which is named as an archeological reservation. List of Ukraine Airway Companies: Ukraine International Airlines, Volare Airways, Air Travel, Lvov Airways, Niclolayev Airways, Crimea Airways, Aerostar, Donbas Airways, Aerosvit, Ukrainian Cargo Airways, Ukrcopter Airways. List of Ukraine Airports: Berdyansk Airport, Borispol International Airport (Kiev), Vinnitsa Airport, Dnepropetrovsk Airport, Donetsk Airport, Zaporozhzhye Airport, Ivano-Frankovsk Airport, Izmail Airport, Kerch Airport, Zulyany Airport (Kiev), Kirovograd Airport, Kramatorsk Airport, Kryvyy Rih Airport, Lugansk Airport, Lvov Airport, Mariupol Airport, Nikolayev International Airport, Odessa International Airport, Poltava Airport, Rovno Airport, Severdonoetsk Airport, Simferopol International Airport, Sumy Airport, Ternopol Airport, Uzgorod Airport, Kharkov Airport, Kherson Airport, Cherkassy Airport, Chernovtsy Airport, Chernigov Airport. List of the Main Ukraine Bus and Railway Destinations: Lugansk, Donetsk, Sumy, Nikolayev, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kerch, Zaporozhe, Kherson, Kirovograd, Cherkassy, Kiev, Chernigov, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Chernovtsy, Khmelnitsky, Rovno, Ivano - Frankovsk, Ternopol, Lutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, Melitopol. Crimea: Simferopol, Sevastopol, Sudak, Evpatoria, Feodosia, Yalta, Bakhchisarai, Alupka, Alushta, Jankoi, Kharkov. About the Author: Ukraine National Tour Operator Dompavlov Traveling: Ukraine travel Odessa Kiev Lvov. Article source: 111 Travel Directory: Triple1.com (triple one dot com) More free articles: 1st Rate Articles - 1stRateArticles.com |
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