Matviy Andreyev

Simferopol, Alushta and Hurzuf

Matviy Andreyev

Simferopol

Visited Crimea in November and saw the first snow. It was on the quays of the Salhyr river.

A tree over the snowy Salhyr river in Simferopol

And on the footpaths of the botanical garden.

Simferopol botanical garden. Footpaths
Simferopol botanical garden. A pond
Simferopol botanical garden. Steps to a sundial

If you continue in the direction of previous photos — you will get to Alushta.

Alushta

There was no first snow here yet. People were feeding the pigeons, an activity which I joined. This was the first time I saw pigeons readily landing on hands, shoulders, heads and backpacks of people.

Hand-feeding pigeons on the Alushta quay

Here are four birds on my hand, while the fifth one is in the process of landing on me.

Чотири голуби на руці. Алушта

Hurzuf

Long and beautiful stairs from the town to the highway went past vineyards.

Steps down into Hurzuf

The well-known mountain silhouette over the Hurzuf valley.

Mountains over the Hurzuf valley

The edge of Hurzuf. Garages and dachas were here.

Garages on the edge of Hurzuf

One of interesting passages between the dachas and a red Moskvich-408.

A mysterious pedestrian passage between dachas over Hurzuf, and a red Moskvich-408

Here are some streets of this hilly town.

A street in Hurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine
Street and an old private house in Hurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine

The weather up was warm and sunny, but it was cold and wet down at the sea level. We touched the sea, I took a pic of the Ayu-Dag mountain and we quickly decided to hide in the first cafe that we found.

Ayu-Dag mountain from Hurzuf

A sewer lid of Hurzuf.

A square sewer lid of Hurzuf.

That was it. We headed towards the bus stop and passed by the rectangular buildings of the Hurzufsky sanatorıum.

Sanatorum «Hurzufsky» gates

The Hurzuf — Simferopol bus departed from this place.

A place in Hurzuf where buses depart to Simferopol from