The limestone escarpments around Bakhchisarai are riddled with caves, which served as home to neolithic inhabitants long before the first recorded settlements. The remains of Chufut-Kale (`Jewish fortress') lie at the head of a steep-sided valley on the outskirts of Bakhchisarai, about a mile's walk from the Khan's Palace.

Mangup-Kale, the most outstanding of all the Crimean "cave towns", greatly impressed travelers through many centuries. It is located on the mountain plateau of the same name about 600 m above sea level. From three sides, it is limited by vertical precipices 40-70 m high, though its northern slope is cut through by three deep ravines: Tyshkli-Burun (Tatar for "promontory of holes"), Elli-Burun ("promontory of winds"), and Chufut-Cheorgan-Burun ("promontory of the Jews' challenge").

Medieval site of Tepe-Kermen (Tartar for "fortress on a summit") is located in the vicinity of the present city of Bakhchisaray, at the top of a mountain which raises on 540 m above the sea level. On its south and west, there are precipices up to 12 m high.

Eski-Kermen is one of the most picturesque cave towns. It is located in the south-western area of the mountainous region of the Crimea, 6 km to the south from Krasnyy Mak (Russian for "red poppy") village, on the plateau of a mesa, which stretched along the north-south axis. This plateau is 1,040 m long and maximum 170 m wide. Its north and east slopes had steep precipices rising up to 30 m high above neighboring valleys.

Dzhur-Dzhur Falls are the most powerful and inimitably scenic waterfalls in Crimea. Located not far from Alushta, they are on the southeastern slopes of Demerdji Mountain. Even in the driest years, Dzhur-Dzhur continues to flow. Breaking into a thousand separate jets, the mass of water rushes down in a powerful current some 15 meters, crashing onto a limestone ledge and spraying visitors with refreshing tiny droplets of water. The name translates from the Crimean Tatar language for 'purl'. It formed East Ulu-Uzen river, that's used for the water supply system of Alushta town.

Golitsyn Path begins on the south-western coast of the Green Bay under the northern slope of Khoba-Kaya mountain range and ends near the western entrance to Through Grotto. Bending round the cape, the path leads to the one of the Wonders of Noviy Svet – a giant natural grotto breached through the rocks by the sea waves. There is a huge stone lump in the sea under the grotto vault, which one day fell down from the “ceiling”. This stone is known nowadays as “the Turtle”. There is a through underwater tunnel under the grotto. From the cool grotto the path leads to the west, towards southern slopes of Khoba-Kaya. In the ravines one can see remains of coral fossils, sea-urchins and seaweeds which lived here 150 million years ago in the warm Jurassic ocean.

Gurzuf or Hurzuf is a resort in Crimea, Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Distance from an International airport in Simferopol is about 80 km. Population of Gurzuf is up to 10,000 inhabitants. Gurzuf. Present-day Gurzuf is the eastern environs of the Greater Yalta. The city is very old. The Tauris built a sanctuary in the mountains above the city before Christ, which is the largest in the Crimea. The settlement was of interest to the Romans. The emperor Justinian I ordered to build a fortress on the shore, and name it Gorzuvity. In the 13 th century Gurzuf was part of the Theodore principality, later it belonged to the Genoese, and then to the Tatars. After the Crimea was joined to Russia it became a city of the Russian empire.

Yevpatoria is a city in Crimea, Ukraine. The first recorded settlement in the area, called Kerkinitis, was built by Greek colonists around 500 BC. Along with the rest of Crimea, Kerkinitis was part of the dominions of Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, from whose cognomen, Eupator, the city's modern name derives.

The Juma-Jami Mosque, also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in Yevpatoria, Ukraine. Built between 1552 and 1564, and designed by the famous Turkish architect Mimar Sinan.

Mishor is a wonderful place in Crimea, as well as each corner of the Crimean peninsula having the special charm. Seven-kilometer beaches of Mishor are stretched, smoothly "following" from steep coast of cape Ai-Todor. The Swimming season lasts from June till October.