Sudak

Sudak (Ukrainian: Судак) is in the Crimea.

It was once a fairly important city; Marco Polo mentions it and the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta rated it one of the world's four great ports, as of the early 1300s.

Get in

The normal route into Sudak is via Simferopol International Airport, the main airport on the Crimean Peninsula. There are flights from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, as well as some other major cities in the former Soviet Union.

There is a ferry from Varna, Bulgaria (served by charter airlines, and WizzAir flies to nearby Bourgas) to Yalta (sometimes subject to unpredictable cancellation). It is easy to take a bus, minibus or taxi from either Simferopol or Yalta, although it helps if you can speak Russian.

If you have the time to spare, trains also run into Simferopol from Moscow and St. Petersburg. A cheaper option than flying.

Get around

There is a minibus to Noviy Svet.

See

Genoa ruled the area in the 1300s and ruins of their fortifications are still there.

Do

Wine tasting.

Eat

Tatar, Uzbek, Turkish restaurants have great food namely Plov.

Drink

Black Muscat.

Sleep

• Moving Bubble Hostel, Yablonevaya, 3 (Once in Lenina, walking from bus station, after Celentano Pizza it's the University (woman statue), turn left on that street (Yablonevaya) and walk till you pass a tiny bridge, the house has the street name and the number 3 on the gate. Shout around.), ☏ +380 986694783. In a house with a nice view from the balcony, where is the common room, you can do a barbecue in afternoons after hanging around the beach, walk to the most intact Roman fortification or be sure to be in the best location to start your trip through Crimea. You can go to Novi Svet, Koktebelle, and Kara Dag from here and then head to Alushta, Yalta and Sevastopol.