В Песчаное из Москвы на машине... с детьми))) To Peschanoe from Moscow by car... with children)))

We returned from the hotel 2 days ago. I'll start in order: my husband's vacation "fell" by accident - they did not have time to reissue the passports. As a result, I succumbed to the persuasion of my husband and we went to the Crimea. By car. With two children. The eldest is 4 years old, the youngest is 1 year old. I’ll make a reservation right away - this is my first vacation at domestic / almost domestic resorts. (for newbies like me - DO NOT EXPECT what will be the same as abroad (in Greece, Italy, Croatia, Spain... the list can be continued for a long time, the point is different. I can’t turn my tongue to say that it will be worse, no, JUST EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT. This is our former USSR, so keep this fad always with you. And if you are not too capricious and are determined to enjoy your vacation, you will like it. Like me))) So. Drive. Before Belgorod, without incident, they stood at the customs for ONLY 2.5 hours (when returning home, looking at the line leaving beyond the horizon, those who wanted to relax realized that it was TOTAL. And that we were just incredibly lucky to save 15t. R. ))) This is the cost of the green corridor, voiced by a local native. . . The hryvnia exchange rate is the MOST profitable at the border!!!! ! Keep in mind!! ! We changed 1:2.8 there, and in the resort area it’s already 1:3.8 and 1:4 - the difference is obvious) The trip from the border is also uneventful, except perhaps for one very vigilant traffic inspectors))) They sit as soon as dawn under each bush))) (at night they are FORBIDDEN to "hunt"!! ! Therefore, if you suddenly see such traffic policemen, DO NOT stop !!! ) so, returning to the road, in Ukraine, drivers comply with traffic rules! and if there is a sign of 50 km / h, then everyone together reduces the speed to the indicated one, because the fines are large, and somewhere nearby a "cunning minke whale" is sitting in ambush. We also pierced on this))) in this case, do not rush out of habit to give on the paw, ask for an official fine. (the form of which we safely threw out somewhere along the way) Now about the rest. Why choose Sandy? Since there was absolutely no time for long gatherings, studying the Internet and searching for reviews, a direct question was asked in a popular search engine - where are sandy beaches in Crimea? Well, as you know, what a question, such an answer))) Hence the Sandy. True, the hotel was also attached to the answer - "Marlene Mar". in the end, we got to Sandy, but there were no places in the chosen hotel (everything was booked for half a year. And in the meantime, the kids began to hum and it was decided to “fall” at least somewhere. pick up the last remaining room (standard) (Ukrainians came next and left with nothing) So the room. To be honest, the room was bad. The view from the window on the wall of the children's camp, the fence on the balcony is symbolic - even my elder could easily fell out, not to mention the youngest, so all the time that we were in the room we had to keep the door in sight. But that's not all - not just loud, but VERY loud music from the neighboring children's camp did not even open the window at night. at the reception, I asked to change the room as soon as a free one appeared, and I can say that they changed it the next day to the same standard, only with a view of the sea and the pool, with a net on the balcony fence. and since the room was on the other side of the hotel, the music stopped bothering us and we could already sleep with the balcony door open) IN THE ROOM standard: double bed, extra bed - folding bed with a mattress (comfortable, I tried to lie down myself before putting my son down) , refrigerator, hair dryer, TV (here for more details - there are a lot of channels, most of them are Russian, including Carousel))) and also from the children's Ukrainian "pixel" - Masha and the bear regularly walked along it, well, wait, Smeshariki and Shaun the lamb - excellent channel))) and more about the room - linoleum on the floor. At first, of course, I was in shock, but after a day I even stopped noticing))) FOR KIDS: a children's room by the beach (sculpting, drawing), a playground (good) swing - 3 pieces, a rocking chair, a sandbox and a slide-train for kids, for older kids, a climbing slide), in the evening a children's labyrinth room opens (for a fee). to the left of the hotel is an amusement park with trampolines, attractions and other nonsense. A little further along the embankment there are also attractions, but in smaller numbers. The cafe at the hotel has a children's menu-potatoes, meatballs, fish, soups. And in the main building of the catering there are also highchairs. Well, if we are talking about food, I can’t help but insert my two pennies (. . . food is, in my opinion, the main drawback in this hotel (. . . I don’t even know how to formulate it more precisely, you won’t leave hungry, but you won’t get pleasure either Probably something like this. For breakfast, scrambled eggs, eggs, cereal, sour milk, sausages, cereals - everything is as usual. . but... porridge is either tasty and sweet, or fresh and half with water. . For dinner, mashed potatoes are standard ( also tasty, sometimes not) and cutlets (children ate with pleasure) and 2-3 more meat / fish dishes, salads, etc. BEACH: sand and pebbles!! ! sea. ((((sand is also present, but if you dig, then what’s under it? That’s right! Pebbles! (. In short, we sculpted small cakes on the playground. In general, the beach is clean, they clean every day, sun loungers, awnings, everything is there. Towels POOL, chic, for any age, 3 in 1m))) for kids, for kids aged 8-12, well, for adults. ear. Everyone is nice, smiling and always ready to help. . ANIMATION: for everyone in the morning on the beach, aerobics, from 17-00 aqua aerobics in the pool, half past nine in the evening, children's dances, an hour later for parents. In general, about Sandy. If you are with small children and in the evening you all go to bed together, then you are here. If the children have grown up or you are completely without them, it will be boring. Since there is nowhere to go except for cafes. BUT! This is where a car comes in handy! Sandy is well located - near the ring road. It is 30 km to Sevastopol, about 30 km to Bakhchisaray, 100 km to Yalta - and there and there there is something to see. So if you came by car, you are generally in chocolate))) We wound 600 km there in 9 days to our 1500))) We got home quickly, we crossed the border in 15 minutes. , the border guards didn’t even ask about Crimean wine, they didn’t gut the car. Bottom line: Crimea is great!! ! The people are amazing! I would also like to put in order the territories of the former Soviet health resorts, repair everything everywhere, tint it, and it will be generally excellent.