STREET REGISTER ARRIVING & GETTING AROUND ARRIVING & GETTING AROUND ARRIVING & GETTING AROUND WHAT TO SEE WHAT TO SEE WHAT TO SEE Amurskaya E/F-2 Krasniy Spusk G-3 Radishcheva E-5 By Bus By Plane Great Mitridat Stairs C-4, near the Lenina Admirala Vladimirskogo E/F-3 Khersonskaya E/F-3 Rybatskiy prichal D/C-4-B-5 Churches & Cathedrals pl. The stairs were built in the 1930’s with plans Ancient Cities Admirala Azarova E-4/5 Katernaya E-3 Ryabova F-4 Arriving by bus is the only way to get to Kerch all year round. The bus station There is a local airport in Kerch, which caters to some local Crimean flights Ferry schedule Avdeyeva E-5 Korsunskaya E-3 Repina D-4/5 Church of St. John the Baptist C-4, Dimitrova per. 2, tel. (+380) 6561 from the Italian architect Alexander Digby. To save Karantinnaya E-3 Samoylenko B-3/4 itself is a buzzing place thanks to the incredible number of mini-buses arriving during the summer season, but the only regular flight connection to Kerch is you the bother we have already counted them; Antonenko E-5 From Kerch (from Port Krym) To Kerch (from Port Kavkaz) 222 93. This church is a unique example of Byzantine architecture. It was built in Admirala Fadeyeva A/B-4 Kommunisticheskaya E-3-F-5 Sladkova C-5 and departing. Marshrutkas run from here to all of the popular destinations in through Simferopol State International, which has regular flights to and from Kyiv, there are 432 steps in all meandering from the Dep. Dep. the Eastern Christian style. The old part of the temple is composed of alternating Admirala Yumasheva A/B-4-5 Kievskaya E-4/5 Stepanyana B-5 Kerch – Geroevskoe, Kurortnoe, Osoviny, Podmayachnyi, Yurkino and to the port Moscow and Istanbul. Located about 20km west of Simferopol, it is a small but Kerch central square to the hill top. Beautiful Aleksakisa F/G-3 Kovpaka E/F-5 Shchitovaya B-3/4 01:30 03:00 rows of white stone and brick, which form the typical white-pink layer. The con- Admirala Oktyabrskogo F-4 Kozlova C-3/4 Shchelkunova C-4 of Krym, from where regular ferries connect Ukraine with Kavkaz in Russia. The (kind of) modern facility. Passport and customs officials should speak English. 07:30 09:00 struction began between the 8th and 11th centuries and was finished in the 13th vases, stone griffins which are the symbols of Bolshaya Morskaya F-3/4 Kharkovskaya E-4/5 Shostaka D-3/4 current bus schedule to other Crimean cities (in Russian) can be found inside You will find currency exchange offices (обмен валют) and an ATM (банкомат), 10:30 12:00 century. In the walls of the Church there were found amphoras from the 8th-9th Kerch, decorate the stairs. From here one has Belinskogo E-5 Kiyachenka E/F-3 Safronova E-4/5 the bus terminal, along with a couple of ATMs. There is no currency exchange and there are several car rental agencies at the airport with fairly good rates. 13:30 15:00 centuries. In those distant times the Church was standing at the very seashore. an amazing view of the city. Come the day be- Balkanskaya E-5 Krupskoi C/D-4 Simferopolskaya E-5 During the rule of the Crimean Khanate (15th -18th century), many Christian fore Victory Day (May 9th) and you might see a Borisova A-5 Krasnodarskaya D/E-4 Sukhumskaya E-5 office inside the bus station, but there are plenty nearby. The bus station is in Getting to town Getting to Kerch from Simferopol airport by public transport will 16:30 18:00 churches were converted into mosques. This fate also included the church of St. grandiose torch procession up the stairs to the Budennogo F-5 Lunacharskogo F/G-3 Shcherbaka F-2/3 fact located at Melek-Chekmenskiy Barrow, so you can start exploring Kerch take you anything up to six hours. If possible, get a taxi, which will do the trip to 22:30 00:00 Batumskaya F-3/4 Lenina G-2/4 Shchorsa F-3 as soon as you arrive. John the Baptist. The temple was reconstructed in the 1980’s and since 1990 it top of Mitridat hill. Every year children from all the Chernomorskaya E-4 Lazarevskaya G-4 Suvorova F-3 the train station in about 20 min but will cost 100Hr and upwards. For the budget Passengers and transport check-in closes 35 min before departure. has been an active orthodox cathedral. Q Open 09:00 - 19:00. city schools gather to commemorate the heroic deeds of Kerch‘s WWII defenders. Chapayeva F-5 Lva Tolstogo E-5 Shestakova spusk F-3 Getting to town You’re almost in the city centre already. A walk to the city traveller, buses leave the airport roughly every 30 minutes to Simferopol railway Current schedule can be checked at www.pereprava.com.ua or by tel. (+380) You will also see an open-air theatrical event depicting some of the most tragic Chastnika F-3/4 Lomonosova F-2 Sovetskaya F-3/4,G-3 Tea- centre will take about 15-20 minutes. Marshrutkas Nos. 5 and 28 will take you station. There is also a trolleybus which takes a lot longer, but costs next to 6561 6 95 07/(+380) 50 393 42 02. QTickets 37Hr, children 18.50Hr. For The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and moving moments of the city’s wartime history. Chertsova D/E-4 Lizy Chayikinoy C-4/5 Shmidta F-4 tralnaya 32. The Church of the Assumption was built in Kerch between 1831-1840 Dalnaya E-5 Matroskiy per. F-2 Shvartsa F-4 to the city centre in five minutes, and a taxi shouldn’t cost you more than 30Hr. nothing. Once at the station, follow instructions above to get on the bus to Kerch. a car be ready to pay from 245Hr to 380Hr depends on the length of the car. with funds from the Italian community. The building has a classic style with massive Golden Treasury C-5, Sverdlova 22, tel. (+380) 6561 2 18 60. Most of Demidova F-2 Mayakovskogo F-3 Supruna F-5 C-3, Yeremenka 30, tel. (+380) 6561 5 35 72. Demitrove per. C-4 Minnaya G-3 Stepanenko F-5 Bus Station pillars. In Soviet times, the Roman Catholic Church, like many other religious sites golden treasures, at least the most significant, found in Kerch and surrounding Drevnyaya D-3 Mechnikova E/F-4 Trolleybusniy spusk G-4 By Sea in Crimea, were converted into gyms. In the 1990’s, the building stood without areas are now in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, and in the Museum of Matyushenko E-4/5 Tereshenko G-3 Dmitriya Ulyanova D-3/4 By Train There is a regular ferry connection between Ukraine and Russia (which is only doors and windows and had a broken roof. The relict was returned to the Catholic Historical Valuables in Kyiv. Luckily there are still some interesting pieces in Dekabristov D/C-4 Moskovskaya E-5 Uralskaya C/D-4 Bus schedule Kerch to see. The Treasury exhibits gold and silver coins from the Bosporus Yefremova C-4/5 Matrosova C-4 Vakulenchuka C/D-5,D-4 Regular trains connect Kerch with Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Moscow and Mykolaiv, four kilometres away from Kerchenska bay). The ferry ride takes just 20-25 community and instantly the renovation works started. Now it is an active church. Frunze F-3 Novorossiyskaya F-3/4 Voronina F-3 minutes, but all the customs controls mean the journey is a lot longer. Ferries Kingdom times and coins of the great rulers Alexander the Great and Mitridat Feodosiyskaya E-5 Nabereznaya Kornilova F-2 Volodarskogo F-3 although the direct train from Kyiv is something of a nightmare on wheels, as City Dep. the VI of Eupator. There are also coins with a picture of a griffin, which became a Glukhova C/D–4 Nakhimova prosp. F-2/3 Vostavshykh E/F-4 it stops for five hours at Dzhankoy. The fastest way to get to Kerch by train arrive and depart from Krym, which is in 14 km from the centre of Kerch. To get CHORNOMORSKE 15:15 Essential Sights symbol of modern Kerch. Among the gems exhibited are several treasures. One Geroyev Bresta A-5 Nikolaya Muzyki F-5 Vokzalnaya G-4/5 is fact through Simferopol. From the train station in Simferopol head for the to the city centre, take bus No. 1, which will drop you off near the bus station. DZHANKOY 05:40, 11:10, 12:40, 14:50, 16:50 Demeter‘s Crypt C-4, 1-ya Prodol‘naya 23. Geroyev Stalingrada A-4/5 Niny Onilovoy F/G-5 Vasiliya Kuchera G-3 is a hoard of electrum coins minted in the Asia Minor city of Cyzicus. The other Generala Kreyzera E/F-3 Novikova-Priboya E-3 Vatutina F/G-5 Kurortnaya bus station and take a bus to Kerch: these depart almost every FEODOSIA 08:15 Demeter’s crypt is famous for its mural paintings hoard was found in 2003 in the ancient settlement Myrmekion near one of the Guseva E/F-3 Ochakovtsev F-3/4 Yeroshenko D-3/4 hour and cost around 70Hr. Train schedule YEVPATORIA 08:50, 14:20 and architecture. It is underground with its walls city’s beaches.