How to get to Balaklava from the airport

Simferopol airport is located 110 kilometers from Balaklava, you can get from it in about 2 hours by taxi and from three hours by bus with transfers. You can also rent a car at the airport and use it to get directly to the place of rest. Below on this page we will tell you about all the ways to get there, but first we advise you to check the prices for ready-made tours with included transfer on these verified tour search sites from Russian tour operators:

• ✈ Balaclava tours on Onlinetours.ru
• ✈ Tours to Sevastopol/Balaclava on Travelata.ru (🎁 here are promo codes for a discount when buying)
• ✈ Tours to Sevastopol/Balaclava on Level.Travel

And now in detail about each of the ways to get from the airport to Balaklava with a schedule and cost in 2023:

By taxi

• 💳 Cost: from 1500 rubles
• 🕑 Time spent: one and a half to two hours
• 🎫 Working period: around the clock

From Simferopol airport it is most convenient to get to Balaklava by taxi. There will be no problems finding a car at the airport, this can be done at the counter at the exit or already on the street to negotiate with the drivers. Be prepared to bargain hard, especially with private cabbies, who sometimes charge prices higher than a branded taxi. For guidance, it is necessary to bargain up to a price of 2000 rubles and below.

If you do not want to bargain with local taxi drivers and immediately go on vacation without delay, you can book a personal tourist transfer via the search form below. In this case, a driver with a sign will be waiting for you at the airport upon arrival. Payment is made online, Russian-language support is available. Payment is made for the car, not for each person, so that the company or family can save money. The transfer is available on the site intui.travel, or directly through this search form from Intui.travel:

By bus

• 💳 Cost: from 330 rubles + 26 rubles
• 🕑 Time spent: 4-8 hours
• 🎫 Working period: only during the day

There are no direct bus flights from the airport to Balaklava. Moreover, intercity buses do not go to Balaklava at all, only rare passing ones, and therefore you will have to get here with a transfer to city or suburban buses in Sevastopol, which will take almost a whole light day.

So, frequent direct flights from 330 rubles are sent from the airport bus station to Sevastopol, almost two and a half hours on the way. Scheduled departures are frequent, approximately every 10-30 minutes, including night flights. You can buy tickets on the spot at the ticket office of the airport bus station, but during the peak tourist season it makes sense to book tickets in advance for bus.tutu.ru. Just be careful: you need to buy tickets strictly to the main bus station in Sevastopol, but by no means to the Northern bus station or Inkerman.

When you arrive at the bus station in Sevastopol, you will have to take city buses or trolleybuses from 26 rubles from there. Direct buses No. 33 Sevastopol-Balaklava run from here several times a day, and ideally you need to take this route. Here's how to drive:

• Direct buses. From the bus station stop you can take the direct bus number 33 on the route railway station-Balaklava. He walks every 40-60 minutes, about 1 hour on the way.
• With a transfer. First you need to get to the final stop "5th km of Balaklava highway" at Seamall shopping center (stop on the map). From the bus station there are trolleybuses No. 20, 17; buses № 17, 20, 25, 26, 29. From the final "5th km of Balaklava highway" to Balaklava you need to take buses № 9, 33, 34, 35, 94. They walk every 10-20 minutes. They take you to the stop "1st of May Square", which is located almost in the very tourist center of Balaklava (stop on the map).

By rented car

• 💳 Cost: from 650 rubles/day
• 🕑 Time spent: 90 minutes
• 🎫 Working period: around the clock

You can rent a car at the airport, and immediately drive to Balaklava behind the wheel. This is very convenient if you are actively traveling and want to get to know other resorts and attractions, but, to be honest, it doesn't make any sense if you use excursions and relax only on the beach.

The cost of a day when renting for several days starts from only 700 rubles in low season / from 1500 in high season. You can book a car and get it right at the airport or Simferopol on these trusted sites: