Travel Crimea

The big floristic (specific) riches of the Crimean peninsula are connected from it , the boundary, semiisolated geographical position.

On the one hand, the peninsula was as though the bridge connecting different florae of the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, caucasus, East European plain. Thanks to it Crimea, especially its mountain part, amazes with riches of flora and a variety of vegetative communities. Therefore it is absolutely close to each other grow a pine ordinary and evergreen strawberry, ferns and astragal, a yew berry and a birch повислая.

On the other hand, here in hard-to-reach spots of mountains it is possible to observe the vegetative cover which for a long time has disappeared on Pyrenean, Apenninsky and Balkan peninsulas where within millenia the vegetation was exposed to active influence from the person. In mountain to Crimea it has rather well remained thanks to not so intensive development of the nature of peninsula in the past.

In the recent geological past continental communications of peninsula interrupted, and it became island. Isolation of the Crimean flora and fauna remains and now: Crimea continues to be island in the biological relation as the salted coast of Sivash represents an insuperable barrier to the majority of kinds not only plants, but also animals. Here again there was an independent process of speciation, were formed эндемичные kinds.

In total in Crimea is nearby 280 эндемичных kinds (10 % of all flora). Among them: ясколка Bibershtejna (it is more known as «the Crimean edelweiss», widespread on yayl); a maple of Stevena; a cyclamen of Kuznetsova; a hawthorn Pojarkovoj (meets only on Karadage); some kinds of thymes (чабрецов); a snowdrop folded.
Now the natural flora of Crimea totals 2775 kinds of wild-growing plants. And if to them to add cultivated plants the figure will increase to 3500 kinds. It about 60 % of flora of Ukraine! Their basic quantity is concentrated in a mountain part – really a botanical museum!

The nature of Crimea is unique. Here, in Crimea, landscapes similar against each other are concentrated to rather small space (the area of Crimea makes 26,2 thousand in sq.km.) various, not. Here and boundless steppe open spaces, and sun-scorched hills of Koktebel, and exotic relic vegetation of Juzhnoberezhja against a delightful main ridge of Crimean mountains, and wild beauty of volcanic rocks of Karadaga, and the underground world of karstic caves.

The Crimean peninsula is located in the south of Ukraine between 33-37 ° , 44-46 ° The peninsula Crimea represents a wrong quadrangle with ledges of Tarhankutsky peninsula in the west and Kerch in the east. Extreme northern point of Crimea is located on the Rekopsky isthmus, extreme southern — cape the Buzzard, extreme western — cape the Penalty-mrun (Surfy) on Tarhankute, extreme east — cape the Lantern on Kerch peninsula. Distance from extreme northern point to extreme southern — 200 km, from extreme western to extreme east — 325 km. The general extent of overland and sea borders more than 2500 km.

The surface of Crimea is sharply divided on northern, flat, a part occupying about three quarters of the area of peninsula, and southern, mountain, a part. A relief of a flat part the monotonous: in the north it is absolutely flat, as a table, plain, at railway station Jankoi slightly всхолмленная. To the West on Tarhankutsky peninsula are stretched low увалы, and at Simferopol the foothills begin. Crimean mountains was stretched along Southern coast of peninsula by a flat arch in length more than 160 km and width to 40 – 50 km. They are accurately divided into three ridges: Main, Internal and External.

From the West and the south the Crimean peninsula is washed by Black sea, from the east – sea of Azov and Kerch strait. Black sea represents deep enough (to 2245), almost closed reservoir. Sea of Azov small, its greatest depth doesn’t exceed 13,5 m. Internal and External.

Crimea is not only summer and the sea! Crimea in inter-season period – fine possibility to open for itself beauty of the nature, deep falls, bright paints of autumn or flowering of spring, absence of turns and many other things.

We will help you to learn better Crimea, to visit there where you yet weren’t.

Crimea a unique, unique corner on our planet, the nature intended for travel, rest, improvement and treatment. He can offer much more, than the glorified Mediterranean resorts different unless higher level of comfort.

Healthy climate, the warm sea with fine beaches, a medical dirt, thermal mineral waters, unusual beauty landscapes. And numerous health resorts, of course, buried in verdure ancient parks – from expensive star hotels and the summer residences-palaces which are meeting the requirements of the higher international category, – to modest on level of comfort of the sanatoria accessible to people with an average prosperity. All is Crimea!

Not only in Ukraine, but also on other Black Sea and Mediterranean resorts it is difficult to meet such unique combination of conditions for excellent rest and at the same time effective improvement and treatment.

Here is where to visit, eat what to look. Riches of nature sanctuaries, stories, religions and cultures, many of which have the international value. Interesting museums and art galleries. Numerous international musical competitions and film festivals, concerts of variety stars, fascinating excursions and travel, various kinds of entertainments…

The author wishes you pleasant rest in affable solar to Crimea!