Shopping for souvenirs is a standard tourist attraction, allowing you to taste traditional gastronomic delights, as well as find interesting handicrafts by local craftsmen, national clothes and other original items. For those planning a vacation on the popular Russian peninsula, we have compiled a list of things that can be brought from Crimea as a gift.
Cosmetic products of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden
During a tour of one of the oldest botanical gardens, which is located near Yalta, you can go to a company store and buy beauty products. They are produced using garden raw materials and are 100% natural. As a gift for friends and relatives, the following are suitable:
- scented candles (from 115 rubles per piece);
- essential oil (from 80 rubles per bottle of 1.6 ml);
- flavored salt (from 155 rubles per 550 g);
- fragrant water (from 150 rubles per 200 ml.);
- balm (from 200 rubles per 250 ml).
Seeds and seedlings
An unusual option, what to bring from the Crimea as a gift, are seeds or seedlings of rare plants and exotic flowers that cannot be purchased in a regular suburban store. These are offered to tourists in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. The assortment includes more than 40 varieties of chrysanthemums, 100 - ornamental trees and shrubs, several types of succulents and aquatic plants.
Koktebel Cahors
For those who do not know what kind of wine to bring from Crimea, we recommend paying attention to Cahors. On the peninsula, famous brands of dry wines from the Massandra factory are offered, but not all tourists are satisfied with their taste and say that Crimean drinks are often inferior to Spanish, French and Italian. As a souvenir, it is better to buy fortified dessert wine made by the "Koktebel Vintage Wine Factory".
The ruby-colored alcoholic drink is thick, sweet and has a strength of 16%. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are used for its production. Because the wine is very sweet, we advise you to drink it in small quantities.
You can buy the highest quality Koktebel Cahors Mountain on the entire territory of the peninsula for 450-500 rubles.
For your information! If Cahors is not among the drinks consumed by friends or relatives, you can bring semi-dry wine from the Zolotaya Balka factory from Sevastopol as a gift. It is made from grapes grown near Balaklava and is highly valued for its taste characteristics.
Cheese
The optimal solution for what to bring from Feodosia, Sudak, Evpatoria and other cities in addition to wines is cheese from local producers. You can purchase a completely natural product during excursions to the cheese dairy:
- "Tavrika" in the town of Schebetovka (Feodosia);
- "Mountain cheese factory" in the village. Radiant (Alushta);
- "Wonderful lavender" in the village. Grape (Alushta);
- "Solnechnaya Dolina" in the village. Almond (Pike perch);
- Krasnoleskaya cheese dairy in Simferopol;
- "Goat Paradise" in the Baydar Valley;
- "Cheese gift" in the village. Zaozernoe (Evpatoria).
The cost of the product depends on the ingredients and starts from 280-300 rubles. for a 200-gram package.
Sunflower oil "Crimean amber"
According to tourists on the peninsula, the first cold-pressed sunflower oil produced by the Crimean Yantar company is not only useful, but also has good taste characteristics. Tourists traveling to Turkey, Tunisia and Greece often return home with bottles of olive oil. Sunflower oil "Crimean Amber" is no less useful, so we advise you to buy it for your own use or as one of the Crimean souvenirs.
The product can be purchased at the Yabloko chain (in Simferopol), the Novy Svet store (Feodosia, Nazukina 9/1), as well as at various food fairs. The cost of a 1-liter bottle starts at 150 rubles. In addition to sunflower, the company produces mustard, linseed, safflower, pumpkin and other oils.
Yalta onion
As strange as it may sound, one of the most popular products that tourists bring from Crimea is Yalta onion. Consumers are attracted by the taste and lack of bitterness. The bow has a bright burgundy color and a flat shape.
You can buy an unusual souvenir 25 km from Yalta in the village of Zaprudnoye, on Kirov Street, as well as on the Ai-Danil (Gurzuf) observation deck in July-September. Depending on the size of the "pigtail" sweet onion will cost 300-400 rubles.
On a note! In Crimea, other varieties are often given for Yalta onions that do not meet the excellent taste characteristics of the present. To determine the difference, you need to ask the seller to cut the onion: the Yalta one will have no more than seven fleshy pink or white petals with a purple border.
Turkish delight
Lovers of sweets will be happy to receive delicacies from Bravo-Champion LLC as souvenirs from Crimea. Among the offered assortment of products manufactured in the Simferopol region, tourists recommend purchasing Turkish delight "Sudak" or "Premium Assorted".
The composition of the product is natural and includes sugar, cornstarch, peanuts, vanillin, sesame seeds, citric acid, cocoa, walnuts, coconut flakes, cranberries, almonds, natural flavors and colors.
A box weighing 350 grams. with 20 different flavors can be bought for 160-180 rubles.
Fig
Fig lovers will appreciate one more offer of delicious things to bring from Crimea. You can buy fresh fruits in tents with the inscription “Onions. Figs "in the Gurzuf area (onions are not recommended here), as well as at the food market in Simferopol. The cost of a kilogram is in the range of 160-180 rubles.
Juniper Jam
For those who do not know what to bring from Yalta and other Crimean resorts in order to remember a trip to the sea on winter evenings, we advise you to buy juniper fruit jam. You can surprise your friends with this delicacy, because it is rarely sold in other Russian regions. In addition to good taste, the product has useful properties - it increases the elasticity of blood vessels, reduces pressure and relieves inflammation of the gums.
The price for 1 liter of the product varies in the range of 850-1000 rubles.
Honey
Another useful and tasty Crimean souvenir is honey. Local apiaries offer a wide range of this delicacy, and the variety of herbs growing on the peninsula makes the taste of the product unique.
One of the best options that you can buy in Crimea as a gift is a jar of valuable varieties of honey, such as:
- lavender;
- lime;
- sage;
- forbs;
- sprawling cornflower;
- sweet clover.
High quality products manufactured by bee farms of the Burkaltsev and N.D. A piece.
The cost of a 250 g jar starts from 180 rubles, 700 g - from 480.
Saki curative mud
From what is being brought from the Crimea according to the reviews of tourists, we advise you to pay attention to the curative mud extracted in the area of Lake Saki. They contain lithium, fluoride, folliculin, beryllium, acetylcholine, enzymes and other substances that have a beneficial effect on the skin, joints and the body as a whole.
You can buy tubes and bags with a medicinal product in a store located in Saki on Kurortnaya Street, 4. The price of a half-kilogram package is 200 rubles. (a set of 10 such packages will cost 870 rubles), two-kilogram packages of silt sulphide mud will cost 300 rubles.
Important! Mud therapy has its own contraindications, including acute inflammatory processes, tuberculosis, malignant formations, post-stroke and post-infarction conditions, fibroids, hemorrhoids, etc.
Pink salt
The pink salt from the Sasyk-Sivash lake has healing properties, strengthens the immune system and helps to cope with colds. It can be consumed internally, added to food, and used for cosmetic purposes.
You can buy salt in shops and pharmacies in Simferopol, Evpatoria and other Crimean resorts. For adding to dishes, packages of 0.8 kg are offered for 85-100 rubles, for taking a bath - 500 g for 115-150 rubles. (there are other packaging options).
Paintings
When choosing which souvenirs to bring from Crimea in order to remember the wonderful days spent on the peninsula, we recommend buying one of the paintings by local artists. Most of the works dedicated to the Black and Azov Seas, Crimean landscapes and cities are exhibited on the embankments in the walking trail zones.
Wool products
For relatives and friends, you can bring warm gifts from Alushta, Alupka and Kerch - angora socks worth 100 rubles. or mittens for 150. Good quality woolen items are also sold in the central market of Simferopol. On Ai-Petri and other popular tourist places, such souvenirs will cost 1.5 times more.
Tatar tea
One of the original local souvenirs is Tatar tea. Its main component is lemongrass, which grows in the mountains of Demerdzhi and Chatyr-Dag. When drinking a drink based on this plant, vitality is restored and immunity is strengthened.
You can buy a 40-gram pack for 80-190 rubles.
Gift Tips and Where to Buy Better
In order not to be disappointed in the quality and range of souvenirs offered in Crimea, we recommend choosing the right places of sale:
- it is better to buy wine in company stores or during excursions to factories, otherwise you can get a fake;
- we recommend buying honey directly from the owners of apiaries, and cheese from the owners of the cheese dairies (you can at fairs or through the website);
- natural cosmetics (oils, balms, mud, creams) are offered in manufacturers' stores or pharmacies; can be ordered on the site "Gifts of Nature";
- handicrafts (kitchen utensils, paintings, etc.) are sold by the craftsmen themselves at visiting fairs or markets.
In order not to overpay, we advise you to avoid shopping at souvenir shops located on popular tourist routes: prices on the embankments, at excursion points, are 1.5 times higher.
The range of souvenirs of a specific theme depends on the resort:
- mud and salt in a wide variety are presented in Evpatoria and Saki;
- for peakless caps, vests and badges on naval and military themes, you should go to Sevastopol;
- Feodosia offers to tourists as a souvenir reproductions of paintings by I.K. Aivazovsky;
- souvenirs on the theme of Ancient Greece can be found at points of sale located near the ruins of Chersonesos;
- The southern coast of Crimea (Yalta, Miskhor, Koreiz, etc.), drowning in juniper groves, will delight you with wooden crafts.
Herbal teas, magnets, postcards and sweets can be purchased anywhere, regardless of the resort.
Despite the fact that Crimea is a Russian region, it has a natural, historical and cultural uniqueness that distinguishes it from many Russian resorts. Only here you can buy juniper crafts, Saki mud and other unusual souvenirs that will remind you of a trip to the peninsula.
