REST IN SEVASTOPOL

Welcome to Alkadar (‘Divine Command’), a pleasure resort located on the northern side of Sevastopol Bay near the village of Lyubimovka, and one of the most beautiful spots in the Crimea.

Unique climate combining soft sea breezes and healing air of foothills, wonderful sand-and-pebble beaches, immense seascape, seclusion – all this has for many years attracted holiday-makers to Alkadar.

Here, in this lovely, ecologically clean and picturesque nook, Albatross Sanatorium and Recreation Complex is located comprising a three-star hotel, a first-rate restaurant, sanatorium, boarding house, children’s recreation camp, and La Plazza bar.

LOCATION OF THE COMPLEX

The Complex is located on the south-west coast of the Black Sea, on the northern side of Sevastopol Bay only 3 km away from downtown Sevastopol in the area that used to be Prince Yusupov’s hunting grounds a century ago.

Belbek Airport is at a 7km distance from the Complex.
Direct railway routes connect Sevastopol to Kyiv and Moscow.
Distances from Sevastopol are:
to Moscow – 1,500km;
to Kyiv – 1,060km;
to Simferopol – 76km;
to Yalta – 85km.

The climate is dry, moderately warm and resembles that of the Mediterranean.

Average air temperature is 0…+5°C in winter and +23…+25°C in summer; sea water temperature is +4…+8°C in winter and +20…+24°C in summer, which is 2..3 degrees higher than on the beaches of Greater Yalta.

Albatross Complex covers the area of more than 7 hectares and is located inside a lovely park zone. This is a very large and beautiful park where more than 300 kinds of plants grow. Coniferous trees and bushes occupy a special place among them. Graceful cypresses, majestic cedars, magnificent arborvitae and fragrant junipers decorate the place with their green attire the whole year round. Plants in the park have been selected to provide the most beneficial health effect for visitors.

The air that we breathe is of crucial importance for life and health of every human being. The air may be either polluted and even poisonous in environmentally unfriendly zones or fresh, clean and healing, like in Albatross.

Its numerous conifers emit bactericide-fungicide-protozoacides that kill harmful germs. Coniferous plants, and cedars in particular, provide a tranquilizing effect on nervous system. Deciduous trees and bushes also continuously filter harmful substances out from the air.

Plane-tree, this powerful natural filer, absorbs huge amounts of toxic substances from the air. This tree was believed to be sacred in the East, from where it originates. Substances emitted by plane-trees make people less aggressive and more friendly. You will find whole plane-tree alleys in the park.

Maples, barberries, lilacs absorb sulfurous anhydride. White and black poplar, acacia, silvery oleaster remove fluorides from the air. Honeysuckle, currant, arborvitae absorb ammonia. Chestnut, maple, privet accumulate lead compounds. Santolina, lavender, rosemary give off fine and delicate aromas.

The park has numerous stunning and attractive plants in full blossom: rose, gaillardia, gypsy-rose, coreopsis.

Apart from being most valuable air filters, many plants absorb up to 20 percent of noise and 70 percent of dust. In a large park land like this, air humidity increases by 10…15 percent, while temperature drops by 3…4°C in hot weather owing to the presence of plants.

Holiday in Albatross means, first and foremost, holiday in an ecologically clean area. No pesticides or any other substances harmful for human health are ever used here. The mere fact of lizards, frogs, hedgehogs and all kinds of birds dwelling in the park speaks for itself. Here you can enjoy warbling of the nightingale or, on a lucky day, see a strolling family of pheasants.

Complete absence of industries in the vicinity along with fresh sea area and abundance of green plantations make holidays in Albatross curative both for adults and children.

LEISURE

Albatross has everything to offer in terms of active pastime. You may have a try at billiards, play lawn-tennis or go bicycle-riding around picturesque environs. Yachting and boating trips, as well as diving are also available.

Crimea and Sevastopol have so many interesting things to see that you might as well join one of numerous guided tours.

Sevastopol is a Hero City with a fabulous legacy. About 1,500 various architectural and archaeological monuments are listed in the city and its suburbs, including Chersonesos, the Historical and Archeological Museum Reserve; Panorama of the first Defence of Sevastopol in 1854-1855; Diorama of Assault on the Sapun Mountain, May 9, 1944; Black Sea Fleet Museum; Monument to the Scuttled Ships that has become Sevastopol’s most famous landmark – the shortlist is far from being complete.

• The Sevastopol Aquarium Museum was founded in 1897 and is one of the oldest institutions of this kind in the world. It is located in downtown Sevastopol on the coast of Artilleriyskaya Bay. This is the largest aquarium museum in the Black Sea, open all the year round. You will be definitely fascinated by its exotic living exhibits.
• Numerous tours of Sevastopol and the Crimea are available, including tasting of fabulous Crimean wines (Inkerman Wine Factory, Alkadar Factory, and, of course, world-famous Massandra winery).
• Dolphinarium (theatre of sea creatures; swimming with dolphins).