Crimea
Once the heart of a thriving Jewish community, this synagogue was closed by the Bolsheviks, then pretty much all the Crimean Jews were exterminated by the…
Must-see attractions in Crimea
Crimea
In the naval museum you can breach the huge nuclear-blast-proof doors and wander some of the 600m of the former repair docks, mess rooms and thankfully…
Panorama of Sevastopol's Defence
Sevastopol
The focus of Sevastopol's wartime memories, this is a circular building, its inner wall covered in a mammoth-sized painting. Supplemented with 3D props,…
Sevastopol
Full of ship models and Crimean War snippets, this small museum is visually impressive, even though all inscriptions are in Russian. The upper-floor…
Crimea
Hardly any bus station in the world can boast a Scythian burial mound on the premises, but there is one in Kerch. Much smaller than Tsarsky Kurgan, it was…
Crimea
The Ottoman-style Dacha Stamboli was once home to a wealthy tobacco merchant, the building’s exterior is a trifle weather-beaten, but its ornate restored…
Crimea
Apart from an excellent cafe, the restored gates of the medieval Gezlev (Yevpatoriya's Turkish name) house a small museum with a new, skillfully created…
Sevastopol
The Eagle Column commemorates Russian ships deliberately scuppered at the mouth of the harbour in 1854 to make it impossible for enemy ships to pass.
Crimea
The dacha of the Duc de Richelieu, governor of Odesa (1803–14), today houses the Pushkin in Crimea Museum, a history museum.
Crimea
The restored 16th-century mosque dates back to the Tatar town of Ak-Mechet (White Mosque), a predecessor of Simferopol.
Crimea
A beautiful piece of neo-Byzantine architecture with fantastic detailing.
