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Crimea

Hitting Feodosiya’s Beach Club 117 in Summer 2017

2017-03-25 by Phil Butler

Beach Club 117

Beach Club 117 is a legendary Crimea seaside nightclub that features live music, beach partying, and a stunning Russian-seafood menu. This 20-something party spot is where the annual Crimea Trance Fest is held. My good friend, local expert Levent Alver has given us the scoop on yet another hidden Crimea gem. Located in fabulous Feodosiya, Beach Club […]

Tags: Beach Club 117, Black Sea resorts, Crimea, Crimes clubs, Feodosiya, Goan cuisine, Levent Alver

Ancient Greek Artifact Uncovered at Kerch Strait Bridge Site

2017-03-25 by Phil Butler

Crimea artifact

According to news from TASS, a unique terracotta statue has been found at the site of the Kerch Strait Bridge construction connecting Crimea to mainland Russia. Underwater digging and exploration near the Ak-Burun Cape, uncovered a “first of a kind” statue, according to Sergei Olkhovsky, head of the underwater unit of Russia’s Academy of Sciences.

Tags: Ak Burun Cape, Azov Sea, Crimea, Crimea archaeology, Greek antiquity, Kerch Strait, Russia antiquity, Sergei Olkhovsky

Fiolent Cape: A Bizarre and Wonderful Crimea Seascape

2017-03-16 by Phil Butler

December at Cape Fiolent

Fiolent Cape is one of the most pristine nature spectacles anywhere. Few reading this article will ever have heard of this Crimea picture-scape. Untouched nature, crisp clean air, the clear waters Jasper beach (below), and the still quiet await adventurous travelers to Sevastopol. peace and quiet, flowering almond and new experiences.

Tags: Cape Fiolent, Crimea, Fiolent Cape, George Monastery, Igor Kuzmin, Jasper Beach, Partenium, pistachios tupolistnoy, Sevastopol, Viktor Yanukovych

Crimea 2017: Celebrating the Visit of Empress Catherine II

2017-02-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sevastopol

In Crimea this Spring season will mark the 230th anniversary since the famous journey to the peninsula by Empress Catherine II.

Tags: Crimea, Russia tourism, Sergey Strelbitskogo, Sevastopol, Yalta

Four of Europe’s Sexiest Seaside Escapes

2017-01-28 by Phil Butler

Grotte Marine Gargano

Hollywood helped make the French Riviera and other European destination iconic and sexy. Moving images of starlets wading with painted toes in the Côte d’Azur tantalized or tormented us all back in the day, depending on the economic feasibility of getting crossing a sea or two. But of course these places were sensual and sensational long […]

Tags: Adriatic adventures, Crimea, Gargano, Italy, Le Grotte Marine, Massandra Beach, Yalta

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