The pandemic has made adjustments to the beach holidays of Russians. While popular Turkey is closed, tourists are considering alternatives in Russia, and one of them is Crimea.
АиФ.ги I talked to those who had a rest on the peninsula and found out what to expect from Yalta, Sudak, Sevastopol or Nikolaevka.
Chelyabinsk Sergey Tkachev: & laquo;In & nbsp; July we & nbsp; again go to & nbsp; Crimea & raquo;
“In May, we found ourselves in the Crimea on a hot ticket. Two adults and two children & mdash;the entire price is a little more than 40 & nbsp; thousand rubles. For such a penny we all, of course. liked.
Sergey liked the rest, despite some inconveniences. Photo: From the personal archive
The hotel was small. Private clean pool, breakfast included. It’s not Turkey, you can’t eat too much, but the food is good.
I asked how much the accommodation costs if you book it separately, without a flight. They named the amount of 3600 per day. And for July, when we want to come again, we have already been oriented as 4500, but this is without the cost of food. Supposedly in the summer, you must take breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner, and this is also 300-350 rubles per person for each meal. It turns out very expensive. That & nbsp;is to & nbsp; season prices are inflated, and & nbsp;we had to abandon & nbsp; this hotel.
The Tkachevs liked the hotel. Photo: From the personal archive
But I found a small hotel in Sudak at a reasonable price. We haven’t been to Sudak, but my former colleague spends his holidays there every year. He likes it very much. I think the places are beautiful.
Speaking of the Crimea, it is nature that needs to be highlighted in the first place. Very beautiful nature, mountains, sea. And the infrastructure, of course, is lame. Many places —the Soviet Union is not & nbsp;in the best sense. The owner’s hand and finances are not enough right now. Although the same Sevastopol, of course, is beautiful.
The Tkachevs liked Sevastopol. Photo: From the personal archive
The locals are not exactly inhospitable, but resentful. I didn’t like their attitude towards us. We did not buy excursions at exorbitant prices, but tried to take buses or rent a car ourselves.
The children appreciated the hotel’s swimming pool. Photo: From the personal archive
Somehow we got on the wrong bus, and I got on the wrong bus, so I didn’t get on my own bus. And the ticket office sells tickets with seats. I was very rudely told to stand up. Still quite often, local people say phrases in this spirit: “Here you are & nbsp; have come to rest, and & nbsp; we are going to work, get up and give up your seats.” So we have children, and we could not drive away. If you buy something on the market, they seem to think everything is correct, but they try to deceive you. And you will start counting & mdash;you will not prove anything.
Local products are popular with tourists. Photo: From the personal archive
We liked the Crimean products. Everything is delicious, but there are no chain stores, so the prices are scattered. Difficulties with payments: the usual online transfers do not work. Bank cards in the Crimea are generally a problem, mostly cash is everywhere. There are no our banks, only their own.
And, what was even more surprising, the navigator does not see the Crimean Bridge! If you don’t know how to get on it, you’ll get lost. Problems with the cellular connection, we were connecting to a local carrier.
With today’s unimportant affairs with tourism, Crimea remains almost the only place to relax on the sea. Sochi is insanely expensive. Turkey, like many other countries, is closed. Tickets for a plane from Chelyabinsk are cool, 9-10 thousand per person in one way. We will go in July in our own car. I hope Crimea won’t disappoint us again.
Muscovite Yulia Yakovenko: “It’s good not to be in the season and not to leave the hotel”
For us, trips to the Crimea in the off-season have already become a tradition: there are hotels where children are busy almost all day, and for us it is an ideal option in the holidays. Because sitting in Moscow is boring, and in the last year, because of the pandemic, it was difficult to go abroad.
We & nbsp; go to & nbsp; one and & nbsp; the&the same hotel in Alushta. My son is already a schoolboy, there is a lot of entertainment for him there. On vacation days, it opens up something like a city of professions. Today you try yourself as a tourist guide, tomorrow you try yourself as a cook. They earn local money & mdash; portomariki, & mdash; then they can & nbsp; change them for & nbsp; different bonuses. Teenagers are even taken on hikes there, for example, this time they went to the Jur-Jur waterfall with the animators. They arrange picnics and discos. My son is busy all day, he is interested.
There is also a kindergarten there. I didn’t leave my youngest daughter there, but there are also many activities for her at the hotel: kinetic sand, Montessori room, zoo, pony rides. All activities are divided by age, so any child has something to do.
Meals there are three meals a day, the dinner includes alcohol: wine, beer, sangria. After the pandemic, the food became worse: it used to be varied, now it feels like the same thing, just with different sauces.
We do not go beyond the hotel grounds, for me our south is more of a subject of fear. The son went with his grandmother and grandfather, they bought something for the territory, everything was fine. But we did not have such a need: there is a lot of food in the hotel, and you do not want to risk your health outside of it.
By the way, the hotel always has a doctor on duty. It was very useful to us when we fell ill with rotavirus at the end of our vacation in the fall. Unfortunately, this problem exists in our south. I & nbsp; sin on & nbsp; pool: usually we & nbsp; try to avoid it, but last year it was such a warm October that we could not stand it, we swam. And got sick.
The prices here are relatively low. If you come here once during the bathing season (from May to October), you are given a coupon. And if you come in the season of health, then there are other months, then live only at the & nbsp;price of food. We & nbsp; so went & nbsp;—came out 80 thousand for four for 10 & nbsp; days.
One day after the pandemic, we were sent a special offer: you will live at the same price as last time, but we will make an update to the suite. And we did: we were given a room of 70 square meters, with two giant balconies, a kitchen, a dining room. We paid for food„ breakfast plus dinner & ldquo; 68 & nbsp; thousand rubles for & nbsp; four. This was in April of this year.
In general, in the summer I would rather fly abroad, and in the off-season we like the Crimea.