Yalta Travel Forum

Does anyone know which border point nearest to Yalta I can cross into Russia with a transit visa? Thanks for any help
L

The closest one is Port Kavkaz (the straight of Kerch'), but I guess you do not just want to cross to Russia, but rather move in a certain direction?

Thanks for answering again. My thoughts were to take a day or two in Tagonrog. Do you think that would be possible, distance and time wise? Thank you for being so helpful! L

I tried to check it out, and unfortunately the connections do not seem to be fantastic. There is an overnight bus from Yalta to Taganrog (and further on to Rostov-na-Donu), it takes 14 hours. It is a daily bus, and it seems to be another one from Sevastopol', but I am not 100% sure that those two buses are different and not the same. There is no direct rail track and you have to go via Donetsk. Every second day there is a direct carriage from Simferopol' to Kislovodsk passing Taganrog, and it takes 17 hours (departure 1am, arrival 6pm). In the other second day, I guess, one has to change the train in Donetsk or somewhere else, but I did not look it up. Summing up, I do not thing it is feasible with a child unless you are really determined.

Do you want to see smth special in Taganrog? As far as I know, there is nothing fantastically interesting over there.

Thanks for all that research, I can read barely Russian and have extremely limited vocabulary to be able to check out sites only in Russian. It sounds like it would be too much trouble so I will leave it. Since a kid I wanted to visit Taganrog because of Chekov, but when I saw someone's Taganrog page here on VT it seemed lovely so I got interested. Upon further investigation of the map, I realised that it is really quite far from Yalta, and it's already an ambitious trip. So armed with all this info we'll just stick to Crimea I think, with the possibilty of going to Kiev. Thank you!

Indeed, it is probably easier to visit it when you are alone, just flying to Rostov-na-Donu.

Yalta is of course also connected to Chekhov and contains a Chekhov museum (I must admit though I have never been there). Kirov street (Ulitsa Kirova), 112, first trolleybus No 1 to Spartak cinema, then bus No. 8. Otherwise, I am sure any taxi driver will be happy to take you there if you negociate the price in advance.

Thanks Yaroslav! Good to know the trolleybus info.

Also, thank you for your answer in Peredelkino forum a few weeks ago. I think you are the expert on off the beaten track Russia and surrounding regions!

No problem. I am not an expert, I am just an insider. If you are interested in Russia in general, you may want to check my website (six English pages so far, but I will eventually translate the rest). And do not hesitate to ask questions.

Your external link? Yeah i did already. It seems very informative and I'll be checking it back for more updates!

you don't need any kind of visa to travel to ukraine