
UKR Crimea Tour Day 2 of 2 Sevastopol to Feodosiya

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RouteXpert Serge van Driel - RouteXpert
Last edit: 29-03-2020
The road is good, sometimes twisty and full of adventure.
It goes through towns, forests, over mountains and past fields and many scenic views.
Dont speed, police patrols often.
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Duration
4h 58m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
349.20 km

Surp-Khach Monastery, RP14
This part of the journey you will leave the coast and go inland, across the plains and you will pass some landmarks that remember the Crimean Partizans.
There is an airfield, a palace and an monastery ahead of you so get on your bike and ride!
Leaving Sevastopol on the R27 is a fast and easy way to make some kilometers and will allows you to take some time to visit the sites.
First you will see, after about 45 minutes of riding, a cafe on the side of the road called Markur. If you stop for a coffee here, you can also check out the archeological excavations across the street, Not sure if there is a lot to see from the road, but check it out while you are there.
Following the road further northeast, you will arrive at a large roundabout at the city of Simferopol; take a right here to enter the town.
You will notice the architecture when you drive to the city center is changing to more and more luxureous. This has to do with the rich history of the city with Russian royalty and at RP7 you will see that even princes lived here, highlighted by the Obelisk in memory of Dolgorukov, a princean Russian family dating back to the 15th century.
Right across the street, at RP7 too, you see the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its golden globes on the roof, This Russian-Orthodox church was destroyed in 1930 by a fire but was rebuild to its original glory in 2003.
It is open for visitors and you should at least take a look around, as this is a fine example of the orthodox style.
You ride out of the city again, taking in the grandeur of this ancient city to RP8.
ATTENTION! If you want to continue the entire route, including the visit to the Dzhankoi Airfield, take the upcoming roundabout for 3/4 round and follow E105 North. If you prefer the shortcut, shaving about 2,5 hours of the ride, then go straight on the roundabout and follow R23 East to RP11 to connect to the orignal route again.
If you choose to ride north, you will be on what seem to be endless plains, with if you are lucky lots of birds and scenic views. After about 60-80 minutes riding, you will reach the city of Dzhankoi.
This is a transport hub in North Crimea, as two major highways and several trainlinks connect here. There is also a military airbase. At RP9 you can pay tribute to the Soviet Aviators that worked there, by the large sculpture from Soviet times celebrating the pilots and airmen of the nearby airbase.
RP10 is that airbase, This massive complex is under strict security, but from the road you should be able to catch a glimpse though.
You take the E97 down South-east to the first large intersection and make a right there to ride southwest-bound to Yabluchne, where you pass RP11, the reconnection point for those who took the shortcut.
We are now heading East on R23, heading to Staryi Krym, where you are encouraged to take a right at RP12 and drive up to Surp Khach Monastery. On the mountainroad leading up there, you will pass a plaque that commemorates once again the Crimean Partizans from days long gone at RP13.
At the top of the road, in the mountain you will see Surp Khach Monastery (meaning Monastery of the Holy Cross)
This medieval Armenian monastery was founded in 1358. It has been an Armenian spiritual centre and a place of pilgrimage for centuries. It's also the name of the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross, in Turkey.
Riding down the road, back to the mainroad taking a right again, driving through Staryi Krym you pass another Crimean Partizan tribute, this time an obelisk at RP16. It will be the last suggested stop of this part of the roundtrip over the Crimea Peninsula, and soon you will recognise the gasstation where the trip started.
I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to reading your travelblog, that can easily be kept in MRA as well.
Ride safe!

Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky, Simferopol. RP7
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