Alushta

Alushta, a seaside climatic station in Crimea on the shore of the Black Sea, 40 km from Yalta and 43 km from Simferopol, situated in a valley closed off from the north by the Kastel and Uraga mountains. The climate is mild and moderately humid. The average annual air temperature is +12.6°C; in May +16.0°C, in June +20.9°C, in July +24.0°C, in August +23.7°C, in September +18.6°C, in October +13.4°C. Both in Alushta itself and in the adjacent 'Worker's Corner' (formerly Professor's Corner) there are excellent extensive beaches with fine pebbles. The bathing season is from May, and sometimes from the end of April, to October; the grape season is from mid-August to October 1. Medical assistance is provided by physicians living there year-round and those coming for the summer. The city itself has several hotels, and along the waterfront there are a number of private boarding houses, restaurants, and cafés. Life in Alushta is generally cheaper than at other resorts on the southern coast. Alushta is the starting point for excursions to Korbek, to the summit of Chatyr-Dagh, to the Kozma-Demyanovsky Monastery, to the Angarsky Pass and the sources of the Alma River, to Kastel, etc. Transportation to Yalta and Simferopol is available by automobile, carriage, steamship, and motorboat. The highway from Simferopol to Yalta passes through Alushta.