Our journey to the Crimea

The beginning of our trip to the Crimea began at the train station of the hero-city of Sevastopol. When we arrived early in the morning, we immediately caught the fresh sea air, which made us feel dizzy for the first few minutes. The city was sleeping its last moments before a busy day of work.

Continued Our trip to the Crimea, мы добрались до ближайшей гостиницы от вокзала, с ярким названием “Афина”. Нас очень радушно встретили, расселили по номерам и мы, вымотанные дорогой, уснули без задних ног.

The morning started at noon, we had a snack and went to see one of the legendary buildings of the eighteenth century. After a 7-10 minute ride on public transportation, we were in the center of the city and came out on Nakhimov Square. In the middle of the square was a monument to Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov, who welcomed guests from the sea.

Just before the descent to the sea, the front entrance to the pier passes through the columns of the Grafskaya Wharf, built in 1783, and in 1846, designed by engineer John Walton, a double collonade was erected, further decorated with marble lions by Ferdinando Pellichio, a sculptor from Italy. After looking at the sea, we moved on.

Пройдя по набережной, мы дошли до памятника затопленным кораблям, который сооружен в 1905 году в память о Первой обороне Севастополя, во время которой были затоплены русские корабли, для заграждения прохода вражеских судов в бухту. Далее наш путь пролегал через одно из самых давних построек – Севастопольский музей – аквариум, основанный в 1897 году Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклаем и А.О. Ковалевским.

The central twelve-sided hall housed twelve wall aquariums and an open central pool of 150 cubic meters. After admiring the marine fauna, we went further and gazed at the beautiful fountain in front of the Palace of Childhood and Youth, called the Palace of Pioneers, which was opened in 1962 in the building of the former Institute of Physical Methods.

Then, making our trip to the Crimea, we again descended into the bay to the pier of boats and ferries carrying people and vehicles to the north side of the bay to Zakharov Square and the outlying district of Radiogorka. Behind the piers rose the spire of Cape Crystal, and beyond it two capes went into the sea, meeting the ships coming in from the sea.

On the other side of the bay could be seen two ravelins. One of them, Mikhailovsky, built in 1846, was restored and brought back to life as the Ukrainian Naval Museum. With that our first excursion through the tiny part of the city came to an end, it was time to go back to the hotel and rest after such an eventful day.