Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Crimea Highlights
Enter a top-secret Soviet nuclear facility in the fjord-like bay of
Balaklava
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Conquer the cave-city of
Mangup-Kale
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).
Get spooked by thousands of gravestones covered in ancient Hebrew script at
Iosofatova Valley
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).
Stay with Crimean Tatars, learn their heartbreaking story and sample their food in
Bakhchysaray
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).
Inspect both the Russian and Ukrainian navy on a cruise of
Sevastopol Bay
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)
.
Meet the Karaites - adepts of a little-known religion - at the
kenassa
(temple) in
Yevpatoriya
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).
Trek through the striking volcanic formations of
Kara-Dag Nature Reserve
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Take a breathtaking cable-car ride to the top of
Ay-Petri plateau
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History
The stage is littered with cameo appearances, from ancient Greeks who built Cher-
soneses (now Khersones) to the 15th-century Genoese merchants behind the impressive
Sudak fortress, as well as Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians and Jews. However, the
central theme of Crimean history revolves around the struggle between the Turkic and
Slavic peoples for control of the peninsula.
