Sevastopol’s greatness and glory is reflected in the numerous monuments and historical signs that speak of the heroic past of the city. Steles and towers, buildings and sculptures – the witnesses of the great events have left mementoes for the future generations for ages.
Today Sevastopol is primarily a huge trade port that never freezes even though the Crimean winters have recently become overly cold. The city and its outskirts attract guests by the wide sandy beaches and the countless ways of having good time all the year round. Such leisure activities as wind- and kitesurfing, diving or paragliding have become traditional and popular among tourists visiting the place.
Those interested in ancientries or fond of original photo shoots will certainly enjoy the ruins of Khersonese – the ancient Greek settlement founded around the VI century BC. In that distant age the area was part of the Roman and the Byzantine empires, this was a real city with its ramparts, houses, wells and a functioning clay water pipe. Now this is a picturesque ensemble of fully or partly preserved pillars and wall rests keeping the breath of antiquity and astonishing with their beauty.
The highest lighthouse of the Crimea and the whole Ukraine is situated in Inkerman. This is a small town formally included into the Sevastopol territory in the middle of last century. The place is extremely scenic due to the St. Clement monastery located here, one of the oldest cave-monasteries of the Crimean peninsula. The monastery windows carved in rock on the right bank of the Chernaya river seem to hover above the ground…
Apart from that, Inkerman is famous for the vintage wines produced on the Inkerman winery which is one of the largest classical wine-making enterprises of the Crimea. An excursion down the cool wine cellars usually ends with a tasting ceremony warming the guests’ hearts with the sun of the Crimean vineyards.
Another town that became part of the modern Sevastopol half a century ago, Balaklava, is famous for its huge harbor never affected by storms. It makes a wonderful view with boats entering its calm waters.
However, the major tourist attraction of Blaklava is the submarine base which has long been a secret strategic site with a code name “City Telephone Station”. The base is formed of underground channels, and was constructed to ensure defense for people and machines in the event of nuclear war. The long damp passages, dark waters of the deep channels and the heavy anti-shock doors could serve a great set for an action-thriller. Nowadays anyone can take an excursion route and observe the exhibit items formerly used as threatening weapons.
Sevastopol and its suburbs is one of the Crimea’s outstanding locations impossible not to visit. In order not to cross checkpoints on the territory, which is not currently controlled by Ukraine, we recommend that you rent an apartment in the nearby cities: Odessa, Kherson or Nikolaev.
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