International Youth Hostel Balaclava Backpackers in Sevastopol

zuletzt aktualisiert am 05.01.2010

Welcome to International Youth Hostel 'Balaclava Backpackers', the first backpackers hostel in Crimea. This hostel offers simple, affordable, sustainable, friendly and clean accommodation for visitors to this attractive and historic town. We extend a warm welcome to groups large and small, to single people, couples, and families with children. Rooms are available for sole occupancy or as shared accommodation. We invite you to come and discover one of the most interesting places in Ukraine.

International Youth Hostel 'Balaclava Backpackers' is open all year, 24 hours every day. Check in/check out time is 12.00 noon.
The hostel, which forms part of a substantial two-storey building, has a total of 80 beds, 9 toilets and 9 showers. Bedrooms vary in size, the smallest containing 2 beds, the largest 7 bedded dormitories. Hot water is available at certain times of day (information about times is posted within the hostel) and at other times by arrangement.
There is a common room with a TV and a piano, a little cafe, a secluded central courtyard, and enough space for some ball games. There is ample free parking nearby, and cars can be free parked in the hostel grounds. Please note that, as yet, there is no hostel kitchen.
24-hour reception/ Linen Included/ Airport pick-up possible/
Luggage storage/ Common room/ No curfew/ Family friendly/ No lockout/ Free car parking/ Telephone/ Laundry/ Towels

How to get to Balaclava

By Car. Balaclava is about 5 km south of the main road between Yalta and Sebastopol', about 12 km southeast of Sebastopol'. From Simferopol' Airport. Best to arrange airport pick-up with us. Taxis are also possible. From Simferopol' Railway Station. There are numerous taxis: haggle. Alternatively, start by taking the trolleybus to Yalta, itself an unforgettable ride... From Yalta. Find the bus station and take a Sebastopol' bus, asking to be set down at the Balaclava turn-off (it's then a 5 km hike down into the town), or take a taxi (again, haggle). From Sebastopol'. Find the bus or railway station. Take a no. 17 or 20 trolleybus or a no. 25 or 26 minibus (bush taxi / collectivo, usually called a &quot,topic&quot, in Sevastopol or a &quot,marshrutka&quot, in the rest of Ukraine). Ask to be set down at the stop known as &quot,5th kilometer on the Balaclava road&quot, (in Russian: [&quot,pjaty kilometr Balaklavskogo shosse&quot,]). From that stop take the no. 98 bus to the stop known as &quot,Warszawa&quot, shop (in Russian: [&quot,Magazin Warszawa&quot,]) which is in the Kadykovka District of Balaclava. Alternatively take the no. 9 minibus (it runs every 10 minutes) and ask to be set down at the stop known as Kadykovka, which is near a railway crossing. From there it's about 10 minutes walk along Shelkovichnaya Street until you get to the &quot,Warszawa&quot, shop. Drapushko Street runs westwards from that store. The hostel is about 100 m from the store, on the left-hand side.

How to find Balaclava Backpackers from the centre of town

Look at the map. If you just arrived in Balaclava, you'll probably find yourself dropped in the centre of the old town, where the bus terminus near the waterfront is easily identifiable - it's where all the minibuses stop. Start walking northwards, away from the waterfront, with the walls of the old naval base on the west side of the road. When the road forks, with a park and a lurid purple building inside the fork take the left (western fork), and keep walking, over a level crossing with the railway, past the town hall, and immediately after the second level crossing turn left (west). On the map below, its the more northern place where the railway crosses the yellow road. Keep going, with the railway on your left, until the road swings round and crosses the railway line, then zig-zags. The &quot,Warszawa&quot, shop should then be visible. Drapushko Street runs westwards from that store. The hostel is about 100 m from the store, on the left-hand side. If you decide to walk, you should expect to take about 25 minutes. It's much easier to take a taxi which will cost about 20 Ukrainian hryvnas (4 US dollars).

Wegbeschreibung

By Car. Balaclava is about 5 km south of the main road between Yalta and Sebastopol', about 12 km southeast of Sebastopol'. From Simferopol' Airport. Best to arrange airport pick-up with us. Taxis are also possible. From Simferopol' Railway Station. There are numerous taxis: haggle. Alternatively, start by taking the trolleybus to Yalta, itself an unforgettable ride...