"Crimean Dawns" is a good boarding house!

Written: 2 october 2011
Travel time: 16 — 29 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 4.0
Hello! In general, I have a good impression of the rest in the Crimean Dawns boarding house. I did not meet any cockroaches and other things, the maids were friendly. But in order.
I rested in a boarding house in September from 16 to 29. I liked the rest, the beach is not far away, there are not many people, you can lie below (if you don’t want to sunbathe), and on the second tier - there are wooden sunbeds and plastic ones for a fee, but I came to the beach early right after breakfast and there were still wooden ones. Breakfast from 8 to 10 o'clock. Meals for a solid four, I only took breakfast. The downside is that breakfast is always the same - salads, color. cabbage in batter, syrniki with sour cream, porridge only oatmeal or semolina, sliced ​ ​ ham and cheese, and a hot second course. It seems to be delicious, but every day is the same. In the boarding house we managed to visit only the pool, because there was a storm for several days and they were not allowed to go to the sea. I can’t say anything about the bath, I haven’t been. I have never visited the pyramid either.
to. You need to sign up there specially and on time, as it is inconvenient, I am on the beach all day or on excursions. At the expense of excursions, a girl Oksana is sitting at the porch of the boarding house, you can pick up interesting excursions from her, although in Alushta (in Yalta too) such girls sit on every corner and sell excursions. I went to three, I really liked the Swallow's Nest-Miskhor-Ai-Petri. I advise you to go to Nikitsky Garden yourself, because it’s cheaper, a trolleybus goes from the bus station from Alushta (3 hryvnias), then there is a minibus at the bus stop, which will take you to the ticket office for 3 hryvnias. The entrance to the Nikitsky Garden costs about 20 hryvnia, and there you can take a walk on your own or if you want with a guide (mine for 10-15 hryvnia). The only negative is that the entrance to the butterfly greenhouse and the cactus gallery is paid, and there is essentially nothing to see there.

I only went to the butterflies, but they are afraid of a large number of people and hide, the butterflies are all "disabled", the children grab them right with their hands and tear their tender wings, no one is watching. In the garden you can buy essential oils, which are produced from the plants of the Nikitsky garden, the guide himself sells a treatment kit for 50 hryvnias and palm seeds. There are also stalls with drinks and ice cream on the territory. An organized excursion to the Nikitsky Garden costs 110 hryvnias. I went to Yalta on my own several times, but before that I visited the Livadia-Oreanda-Yalta tour to get to know Yalta better, there was free time for 1.5 hours. The embankment of the evening Yalta is a continuous holiday, I did not want to leave there. Although Yalta is also good during the day, I then went by trolley bus from Alushta three more times (only 5 hryvnia, and then to the embankment for 1 hryvnia on a trolley bus). I took a walk on the embankment, visited the vegetable and clothing markets, the prices are the same as ours.
In the seaport of Yalta you can buy a ticket for boat trips 1h, 2h, 6h. You can take great pictures from the boat. In Alushta, I ate in the canteen at home, the food is good, although they don’t always heat it up well, but you ask and they warm it up again. I didn’t like the staff in the Ukrainian canteen, some rude people work, so I didn’t go there once. Karaoke is played every evening on the embankment of Alushta, and there are many who want to show their singing talent. The wonderful monkey Tikhon and his owner sit and take pictures with your camera for a fee. There are attractions, many for children, there is a mini-bikini disco. There is a branch of Sberbank of Russia on the embankment and in the center, I always withdraw money from the card there, but I found for myself that it is more profitable to go with cash and exchange it there, otherwise you withdraw from the card at the rate of the issuer's bank.
Of the minuses, I can note that there is a cafe on the territory of the boarding house, it is rented for weddings or banquets on Friday and Saturday, the music plays until late at night and interferes with sleep, I woke up every now and then. In addition, I was also disturbed by dogs that barked at night so that it was impossible to sleep. But in general, you can also close your eyes to these disadvantages, since you come to the south for the sake of the sea and the sun, to see these beautiful landscapes, and not to think negatively. So do not listen to negative reviews, but go and relax with a positive attitude.
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