Theodosia is another popular resort city on the Black Sea coast of Crimea. The ionized air, good climate and developed infrastructure made the small town an attractive destination for tourists. They come here for a beach holiday, excursions and treatments.
The road to Feodosia
From Russia to the Crimea peninsula can be reached by plane or ferry. The airport is located in Simferopol. Many direct flights fly from here:
- Moscow;
- St. Petersburg;
- Krasnodar;
- Rostov-on-Don;
- Samara;
- Ufa;
- Cherepovets;
- Krasnoyarsk;
- Adler;
- Tyumen and several other cities.
From Moscow will have to fly 2 hours and 40 minutes. Ticket price 2800 rubles. The most convenient way from the airport to Feodosia is to travel by taxi. It will cost 2000 rubles. You can save money if you go to the place by bus or trolley. Every half hour from the bus station of Simferopol buses depart. The price of the trip is small - 350 rubles.
Another option is the road through Anapa. The flight here will cost 4500 rubles.Then you can use public transport. A single ticket will cost 500 rubles one way (bus and ferry). Local single ticket does not look like Moscow. It includes a combination of travel by several modes of transport. The support service during transplantation will help to understand the nuances. A similar journey from Anapa to Feodosia will take 6 hours.
Inland transport
Public transport Theodosius is quite diverse. It is most convenient to use scheduled bus. The fare in them costs 13 rubles. Also, buses, trolley buses, taxis ply the city. You can rent a car or a bicycle.
Rest in Feodosia 2018: local beaches
The beaches of Theodosia stretched for 15 kilometers. The coastal strip has an average width of 35 meters. The advantages of local beaches in a wide selection of pebble, sand and mixed types.
On the equipped beaches there are showers, changing rooms, toilets. Also here you can rent umbrellas and sun beds and take advantage of beach activities. The most popular beaches "Scarlet Sails" and "Golden" offer tourists to spend time at a disco by the water.
Among the major beach areas worth noting "Cote d'Azur", "Pearl", "Bounty", "Suvorinsky stones", "Ukraine", "Children".
Rest in Feodosia 2018: the private sector, motels, guest houses, guest houses, hotels
On the coast there are more than 60 resorts. For the prevention of diseases and recovery after them here is the most suitable climate, healing mud, thermal waters and herbs. Local mineral waters are not inferior to "Narzan" and "Esentukam."
Feodosia can offer guests a variety of accommodation options. Here is:
- sanatoriums;
- boarding houses;
- hotels;
- recreation centers;
- mini-hotels;
- apartments;
- four star hotels.
If you want to live in comfortable rooms of 4 stars, then you will have to lay out from 4000 rubles per day. For this money, tourists will be offered a range of services with spa treatments and meals. Three-star hotel will cost 2500 rubles per day. It will be located near the Central Beach.
Mini-hotels will offer a double room right on the beach for 2100 rubles. If the hotel is located near the Genoese fortress, the price will be slightly lower - 2000 rubles.
Private sector at the sea without intermediaries (prices 2018)
The most budget way to stay in Feodosia will be accommodation in the rooms of the private sector. There are many options. Prices vary depending on seasonality, availability of facilities and distance from the sea. The houses of the private sector on the first line are in special demand. 
- Komisarova 15 (6 minutes on foot to the sea, parking for free, shared kitchen) - 300 - 400 rubles;
- Fedko 69 (5 minutes walk to the beach, free parking, shared kitchen) - 400 - 500 rubles;
- "On Zernovsky" (7 minutes walk to the sea, parking on site is free of charge, shared kitchen and in-room kitchen) - 800 - 1,800 rubles;
- "On Sadovaya" (8 minutes walk to the beach, free parking in the courtyard, shared kitchen) - 400 - 500 rubles;
- “Guest houses” (12 minutes to the sea on foot, parking in the courtyard is free of charge or near a paid one, breakfast to order is possible, in-room kitchen or shared) - 800 - 1200 rubles
- "At the Pier" (2 minutes walk to the sea, parking for free, kitchen in the room) - 1200 - 1800 rubles;
- "Panama" (7 minutes walk to the sea, parking is paid and free, a shared kitchen and a mini-kitchen in the room) - 600 - 1500 rubles.
Numerous tourists who prefer to live on the beach in the private sector, see this as a special romance of the Crimean coast.
Shopping and food in the resort town
Guests bring home essential oils, cosmetics based on local minerals and mud, statues and jewelry from here. Products from juniper are sold here at every turn. The specific smell of wood is considered healing.
In the local souvenir shops you can buy unusual herbal teas, tinctures and herbal balsams, dried fruits, Tatar sweets and dried fish. Local Crimean Tatar cuisine attracts gourmets here. It is recommended to try mini-dumplings "juffhash", pie with meat "kubete", juicy pasties.Also for gourmets a wonderful experience will be visiting the festival “Red mullet” in the beginning of July. Here, the focus is on seafood delicacies.
As in any resort town catering facilities occupy a significant part of the coast. The most famous restaurant of Theodosia - "Weeping Willow". The specialties of this place are seafood. It is also recommended to visit the restaurant "Sunrise". The average check in this place will be 500 rubles. The menu presents countless European cuisine delights.
Alternatives to restaurants will be cafes. One of them, Under the Moon, lures customers with intoxicating grill dishes. Dinner for one here will cost 1500 rubles. Cafe «Black & White» is recognized as one of the best on the coast. Here you can enjoy elite tea, coffee, delicious pastries and chocolate. A portion of latte will cost 90 rubles, and fresh can be obtained for 110 rubles.
Cafe "Gulsum" will offer oriental cuisine. The menu pampers guests with lagman, turkey fillet kefos, bozbash, nutria meat. Dinner for two will cost 1200 rubles. The economy option is a dining room with the simple name “Home-style”. Here you can have dinner for only 350 rubles per person.
Sights and Leisure
Those who are tired of lying aimlessly in a lounge chair are offered a cultural program. Guided tours of Feodosia varied. You can go to the Genoese fortress of Cafu, to the tower of St. Constantine, to the country house of Stamboli, to the Vvedensky Orthodox church.
Often vacationers choose a comprehensive tour of the monasteries. Here you can meet Orthodox and Armenian monasteries in varying degrees of destruction. You can ride around the city on a comfortable electric car. It is interesting to visit the Theodos Museum of Money, the art gallery named after IK Aivazovsky, the Memorial Museum of Vera Mukhina, the Museum of A. Green, Marina and Anastasia Tsvetayev, K. Paustovsky.
Among the natural monuments, Echki-Dag deserves attention - a large mountain range. The unusual shape and topography attracts the attention of tourists to day trips to the climb.
Climate of Feodosia
The climate of the city can be attributed to the Mediterranean. The average temperature for the year is always with a plus. Winter is short and warm, and summer lasts a long time and gives many hot days. In August, prolonged showers can prevent rest, but the temperature does not fall and remains comfortable.
You can swim in Feodosia from May to October. Water in the sea warms up to an average of 22 degrees. It is this climate that makes Theodosia popular for people sensitive to weather changes.
This resort city can be considered an excellent alternative to overseas resorts. The pricing policy here is democratic, and the conditions are quite comfortable.
