Crimea as it is (Review of Partenit)
FEEDBACK ABOUT PARTENITE (South Coast)
Rest time: 14.06. 2010 - 26.06. 2010
We drove from Moscow. The first thing that struck me in the good sense of the word was the train, branded No. 29YA. Absolutely new cars - spacious clean, soft mattresses and pillows, even in the reserved seat in each compartment there is air conditioning, the temperature in the car was maintained at +24 all the way, and it was comfortable to ride, with the exception of customs, during customs, which is twice 30 -40 minutes, the air conditioners were turned off, and the temperature rose to +27.
Upon arrival in Simferopol, we refused the services of private traders and went to take tickets to the bus station (it is located next to madonalds, you can also have a bite to eat while waiting for the bus), we got off the train at 6-48, and we could only take tickets at 8-43, to partenit about 28 hryvnia per person, and 2 hryvnia luggage. Speaking of hryvnias, to the station for 1000 rubles a davapi costs 235 hryvnias, and in the partenite itself it’s already 240 hryvnias. The journey by bus took a little over an hour.
When boarding a partenite bus, a girl approached us and offered apartments in partenite, at prices for a 1-room apartment costs 200-250 hryvnias, you can rent for 150 hryvnias, but this option is completely without repair, and far from the sea.
About distances - Partenit is a small mountain village, in the farthest version, the distance from the sea does not exceed 1 km, but in the mountains there is a difference between a kilometer and a kilometer, for example, Solnechnaya Street has a slight slope, and st. Partenitskaya sharply goes up.
So we chose a couple of options on the street. Sunny, and already in Partenit we were met by a woman who took us to see housing, the first apartment was st. Solnechnaya 7 is just in the region of 1 km from the sea, with European-style renovation, new furniture and plumbing for 250 hryvnia per day, but we decided that it was still far from the sea, based on the mountainous terrain.
The second apartment was on sunny 12, it is in fact the closest houses to the sea, 10th floor, from one balcony there was a gorgeous view of the sea, from the other to Ayu-Dag, but the apartment turned out to be two-room, with cosmetic repairs and with old furniture, the hostesses wanted 300, but agreed to 250 hryvnia per day.
Speaking of water, cold water is now around the clock here, and hot through the boiler, in our version, it was hot only in the bathroom, in the kitchen they got by with cold water. Tap water is the purest and quite suitable for drinking, unlike Evpatoria, where you had to buy bottled water for food and drink.
The city is immersed in greenery, the vegetation is very diverse, palm trees and arborvitae and a wide variety of trees grow near our house, and it is dense enough that it is impossible to see the paths from a height of 10 floors. The entire road to the sea lies in the shade of trees.
The park of the sanatorium Crimea did not make much impression, the park is like a park, but directly from the park you can take the elevator up to the middle of Ayu-Dag, then go up on foot along the Artek path.
Beach (Sea).
In principle, there is practically no alternative to the beaches of the Crimean sanatorium (a pass to the territory is valid all day and costs 20 g for an adult and 5 g for a child), the city beach is too small and crowded with vacationers. The beaches of the resort are long and pebbly, during the day the pebbles heat up very much and it is better to walk to the water in slippers. There were not many people and there was enough space for everyone. Rent of a plastic deck chair, air mattress, sun umbrella 5gr/hour or 20gr/day...The water is clear and warm 23-24 degrees. A couple of times during the time the sea was stormy, and there were a lot of jellyfish near the shore.
Disappointed by the lack of entertainment on the beach, no water bikes, no parachutes, no banana rides, apparently based on the fact that there are mostly sanatoriums on the beach, and active recreation is contraindicated for them.
Negative, or business in Crimean.
In the evening, with my wife and child, we went to sit in the AYU-DAG cafe, it is located at the end of the embankment at the foot of the mountain of the same name. Sea view, live music (performer singing to the music from the speakers), delicious wine, quite decent food, the bill for three with a bottle of wine was 350 hryvnia. Everything was fine, apart from the fact that the food was cooked for almost an hour, and so, when the bill was brought, I found two strange completed columns: 7% of the bill - a tip to the waiter and a fee for musical accompaniment multiplied by 3 (number of people at the table).
Well, how to call it, it’s not even a question of the amounts, they were funny, but the fact itself, all over the world, tips are an indicator of the quality of service, served well - received an increase in salary, badly - received nothing, and only in Crimea, I saw here is such at least a strange approach. Adding payment for music to the bill, apparently also a Crimean invention. It goes without saying that I expressed my dissatisfaction with the waiter, and paid only for what I ate and drunk + a small amount of tip, exactly as much as the person serving us deserved. And I don’t go to this cafe anymore, and after all, I will rest here for another 11 days, don’t the owners of the cafe really understand that because of this approach they are losing customers.
A similar topic was in the MEDVED RESTAURANT, and the tip was not included in the bill, but included in the total amount, after my indignation, the waiter brought the menu and it turned out there was actually written a service fee - 10% of the bill, and for music N-hryvnia with man, it just made me laugh, at such moments I begin to understand why many do not like to relax in the Crimea, as they say, a trifle, but the sediment remains ...
You have to be careful when visiting the cable car on Ai-Petri, when the wind is strong, the cable car is closed, and the sellers of excursions are aware of this, but diligently keep silent, and upon arrival at the cable car, the guides begin to clumsily play the scene "how is it that the cable car closed", and offer instead of climbing by cable car, climbing Ai-Petri by minibus, and this pleasure is below average - along a mountain serpentine, shaking for 30 minutes in a stuffy minibus, realizing that you paid 60gr for it. for lifting and 60gr. for the descent. . .