Rest in Lyubomorye

Written: 4 september 2010
Travel time: 1 august — 1 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
This year, we (my wife, my three-year-old daughter) spent August near Sevastopol. The recreation center "Lubomorye" is one of the largest in Lyubimovka. Despite the very mixed reviews, they ordered through the administration (this year it was cheaper), which they did not regret. There were almost no overlays, although we arrived too early (from train No. 7 from St. Petersburg). We chose a "standard classic" room for two + a baby cot, the size of the room was sufficient (although there are rooms with a smaller area). All amenities were available, the boiler worked (unless, of course, it was turned off), there was a TV (although Russian channels were not broadcast, and some Ukrainian ones were interfered with, however, at sea, as a rule, there is no time for TV). Cleaning was carried out daily, there were no problems. The change of linen was supposed to be done every 5 days, sometimes they forgot about it, but after a reminder the issue was resolved.
The beach is pebbly and sandy, quite large, but in early August it was still crowded, which did not have a very good effect on cleanliness. At the end of August, there were much fewer people. "Laguna", a children's sandy beach, helped a lot. It was always free there, the waves were practically absent.
We ate mostly in the dining room. We had no complaints about the price and quality of products (of course, who cares), but in the first half of August there were too many people, a huge queue formed, especially at lunchtime (from 12 to 14:30), especially since, apart from living in a boarding house, local residents could also visit the dining room. In the end, we learned to "get out" by coming to dinner at the beginning of the twelfth (then we could have an early dinner). In the second half of August, the queues disappeared. For an amateur in the area there are several cafes.

The playground, in general, suited us, the main plus for our daughter was the attraction "Fidget", which she really liked (10 UAH).
Near Lubomorie there are several shops, a tent with vegetables and fruits, but for serious purchases, you must either go to the final stop in Lyubimovka, or go to the North side of Sevastopol (by the way, private traders bring vegetables and fruits there in the morning).
It is not difficult to leave for the North, but you need to know where and how. There is a fork near the Liubomorye, on the road directly at the recreation center there is a minibus number 52 (travel 2.75 UAH), but it is usually full, and they don’t take standing people, you can walk half a kilometer to the final back. Other buses stop across the road to Severnaya (from Kacha, Bakhchisaray, etc. ), they take standing passengers, and sometimes they are half empty (travel, as a rule, 2 hryvnias).
ATM (Privatbank) is at the entrance to the recreation center; the exchanger is closer to the stop, in the same place - a pharmacy and prod. score.
There were no problems with the Internet. Theoretically, WiFi is available on the territory of the base, but it did not take it in our room. Meanwhile, U'tel's 3G coverage operates almost throughout the entire territory of the base, I personally purchased the U`try package and ordered 5 GB for a month (only through an operator), it was enough for me, I even comfortably used VOIP (multiphone from a megaphone).
When we left, we made a mistake: we took an air ticket from Simferopol airport (Simferopol-Moscow-Murmansk), while there is Belbek airport nearby, from where there is a flight to Moscow. However, a taxi to Simferopol airport cost us 220 UAH.
In general, out of the three vacation spots that we visited with my wife and daughter over the past three years (BO "Priboy", Saki, "Solnechny", Beregovoye, Feodosia and "Lubomorye"), in aggregate as numbers, as well as the infrastructure and the beach, we liked the last option the most, although the rest are very good.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original