Жить можно, отдыхать в Крыму нужно. You can live, you need to rest in Crimea.

Rest: end of July - beginning of August 2015. I hesitated between the two coasts, east and south, and settled on the second one. Since this is the first trip here, I decided to see the main most famous sights of Crimea. Then I had to choose where I stopped, after hesitation, I chose Alupka. I looked at accommodation options with flights and transfers to Biblio Globus. That the price was right and the reviews were not bad. The choice fell on the sanatorium Yuzhnoberezhny. When requesting a single room was refused, I had to take a double. Three meals a day and even an afternoon snack, and also included treatment) I had to overpay about five thousand, but I did not regret it, the room was spacious. My plane was delayed for an hour, after arrival I was met with a transfer. I flew from St. Petersburg to Simferopol was about half past six in the evening. The transfer road was difficult, not only was it a "serpentine", but also the driver was driving very fast. When we drove into Alupka from the highway, the road became terrible, the asphalt was all old, mounds, small streets, only turns, and our driver accelerated his pace. . We sat with horror in our eyes, like on a roller coaster. I got off at the third hotel on our way. People went even further, I sympathize with them. As a result, I arrived at my sanatorium at 23:00. So, the hotel is the sanatorium Yuzhnoberezhny. Location and territory of the resort. This is probably the main plus of this resort. Mount Ai-Petri is visible from the yard, beautiful. From the territory there is a staircase to the promenade - the beach. There is a bus stop near the gate. There is also a small grocery store there. It is convenient to go on excursions. Near Vorontsovsky Park, you can get to it by minibus 115 or 107, the cost is 10 rubles. It’s probably half an hour to walk, but since you need to walk along the road where cars drive, it’s not comfortable or safe to walk there. Local drivers drive very fast on their roads, be careful. The territory is clean and tidy, trees, flowers, there are benches. Around the resort is also clean. Behind the road, if you go up through the garden, there is a market, even higher there is a post office, which I also used. The resort itself is one large building, which is also convenient. Beach. I would say that there is no beach there) It’s not even a matter of pebbles, but in a small mound of it. So, almost everywhere, nearby. Lots of boulders. There are several zahov in the sea. You can choose for yourself. On the stairs from the territory of the sanatorium, the descent is a staircase to the embankment. Do not be afraid of these steps, they are not a solid staircase, but several steps with platforms. Approximately, in the middle of the path there is a large area where there is a football field for children, and there, under the trees, there are benches where you can rest on the way. This ladder will seem heavy only to people with health problems, the elderly. Believe me, in Crimea there are slopes to the beach that are much worse, for example, in Miskhor. On the beach at the bottom of the sanatorium there are sunbeds with a canopy, wooden ones are free for the sanatorium, plastic ones are paid, keep in mind. 60 rub. On the beach there is a frog (it is located further from the sanatorium, to the right) I liked it more. There is a bigger beach - a mound of pebbles and the pebbles themselves are better. But, there are no awnings or sun loungers and it is more difficult to go there. From there you can see the cat mountain in Simeiz. Number. In the reception window, this is exactly the window, this is not the reception) we were met (another man came out with me) with a smile, a woman, saying at last you have arrived. Recorded, gave the keys, noting that with a sea view. As it turned out later, all the rooms face the sea) Or rather, again, this is not a number, but a room, as the woman at the reception said. The room was with two beds, not deceived. All furniture and furnishings are in disrepair. There is a table and two black office chairs. Some cabinet on which there is a TV. Miracle curbstone turned out to be a small refrigerator. Deciding to turn it on, I did not hear any sounds and decided that it was not working. At the same time, having tried all the sockets) As a result, in the morning it turned out that the miracle of the bedside table refrigerator works silently) Three towels were provided. In appearance, the room had not been cleaned before me, the dust under the bed was very noticeable, there were cobwebs on the ceiling and corners. The bathroom was also not washed, the trash can was clean. On the balcony there was another chair, old, barely alive, room. There is no table on the balcony, no glass, decanter. In the bathroom there was one soap, a glass and toilet paper, it's all from the filling. The room is not comfortable. Yes, most impressive, there was one half of a tulle curtain and one half of a night curtain. The view from the balcony was good, the sea, on the left you can see Miskhor, below on the right - the hotels "Spanish Village" and partly a staircase to the sea. Room cleaning. In the morning, when leaving the room, I met with the cleaning lady. She introduced herself and, in addition, said that she was alone here, if something needs to be changed, tell me. They cleaned my room only on the fourth day, when I met the cleaner in my room after breakfast. I asked to bring the toilet. paper. And she asked me if I needed to change the towels, I asked two to replace. She asked to leave for a while. When I returned, the towels were replaced and even cleaned in the room, namely, the floors were washed, for the first time) Meals. I was offered my place at the table. Served by the waitresses themselves. They fed well. Everything is mostly boiled - dietary, but not very tasty, often the food was overcooked. Two courses for breakfast, lunch as well, dinner is also hearty. From drinks - tea, rose hips. They gave juice 0.2 l and half-green peach for lunch. There were two people sitting at the table with me who had vacationed here last year. They said that in 2014 the menu was even custom-made, in this one there was no choice and there were also many more guests. The waitresses were friendly as were all the staff. Treatment. Since I didn’t do a sanatorium in advance, because the manager of the sanatorium in St. Petersburg told me on the phone that they wouldn’t cure it in a week anyway) When I checked in, it was said that I needed to go to a therapist. The therapist, an aged woman, having warmly met and seated me, began inquiring about health with some pretense, reminiscent of playing doctor in childhood. She issued a health certificate. She prescribed inhalations, an oxygen cocktail and drinking a breast collection. A couple of times I went to these procedures, there was no more time and I didn’t see any sense in it. No one followed the treatment. Staff. The staff is friendly at the resort. There was no aggression. Everyone is rather unhurried, apparently, they don’t bother much. Residents. Mostly families with children lived. People in age. There are almost no young people. Children's camp - about 30 children. Summary. After reading the reviews beforehand, I had no idea where I was going. Due to my budget, I chose inexpensive options compared to other offers. In general, you can live, the food is satisfying, and most importantly - the convenience of the location of the sanatorium and a quiet place. Of the minuses - the fact that the room was not washed before my arrival. I hope the management of the sanatorium, if they read the review, will respond to this. After all, albeit modestly, but the main thing is cleanliness. Accommodation did not spoil the mood, seeing the beautiful views of the Crimea and the majestic mountains! Have a nice rest!