How and how to get to Lyubimovka

Overview of how to get there

Lyubimovka resort village is located in the north of Simferopol in Nakhimovsky district, just 6 kilometers from the center in a straight line, and as much as 30 kilometers away when traveling by road to bypass Sevastopol Bay (Lyubimovka on the map of Crimea). You can get directly to the village by bus and car, other transport does not go here. The nearest operating passenger airport is located in Simferopol, and Belbek Airport, located almost in the village itself, does not accept passenger flights. To get here by train, you can get to the railway station of Sevastopol or Simferopol, and there transfer to a taxi or intercity buses.

• 🚌 By bus from Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, but only routes to the Northern bus station of Sevastopol go to Lyubimovka, and from other cities with transfers.
• ✈ By plane to Simferopol airport and from there by taxi from 1800 rubles, by bus to the Northern bus station of Sevastopol via Lyubimovka, or with a transfer by bus through Simferopol or Sevastopol.
• 🚆 By train to Sevastopol railway station from Moscow and St. Petersburg, and then by taxi or city transport with transfers bus->ferry->bus.
• 🚆 By train to Simferopol railway station and from there by taxi from 1600 rubles, or by bus to Sevastopol's Northern bus station via Lyubimovka.
• 🚗 By car across the Crimean Bridge and then along the Tavrida highway through Simferopol (this is the shortest and best route), or along the southern coast of Crimea through Koktebel, Sudak, Alushta, Yalta and Sevastopol (this is a scenic route, but much longer and may require an additional overnight stay along the way).
• 🛌 Buy a ready-made package tour with a transfer directly to the hotel without any worries.

Below on this page we tell you in detail about all the ways to get to Lyubimovka on your own, but first we advise you to look at ready-made tours, which will be much more convenient and even cheaper than an independent trip. You can find and buy tours online directly at no extra charge from Russian tour operators in these online tour stores:

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• ✈ Tours to Lyubimovka and Sevastopol on Level.Travel

By bus from Sevastopol and other Crimean cities

Bus service to Lyubimovka is well developed, but to get here from other resorts or even from the city center, most likely you will have to make several transfers. Be prepared to spend 4-5 hours on moving with transfers, for example from Simferopol airport. Remember that the main transport and transfer hub in order to get to the village is The Northern bus station in Sevastopol, since it is from it that it is easiest to get to Lyubimovka by city or suburban buses, and intercity buses go to it via Lyubimovka from other cities of the Crimea.

There is no bus station in the village, all buses stop in the center of the village at the intersection of Kachinsky highway and Yuzhnogorodskaya Street, this is the so-called Lyubimovka-highway stop (stop on the map). You can also get here through the village of Fruit, which is located on the main highway and many regular intercity buses pass through it. From Fruit to Lyubimovka, in turn, you can get by taxi or local buses.

The aforementioned Lyubimovka-Trassa bus stop can be reached by commuter routes from the Northern Bus Station of Sevastopol, as well as by passing buses from Simferopol to Severnaya and from Yevpatoria to Severnaya. You can view the schedule for these bus stations on the official website krimavtotrans.info, and you can buy online tickets at bus.tutu.ru

Расписание автобусов до Любимовки

To get to the village from the center of Sevastopol or back, it is best to go by ferry+bus, so as not to make a long detour of Sevastopol Bay. To do this, you need to take a ferry from Grafskaya Pier or Artbukhta for 30 rubles to the other side of the bay to Severnaya Pier (details about transport and ferries in Sevastopol here ...). Next to the pier is the Severnaya bus station, from which city Nos. 52 and 52a, suburban and intercity buses cost from 26 rubles often depart to Lyubimovka.

From Simferopol Airport

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From the airport to Lyubimovka is 75 kilometers, which can be covered by car in a little more than an hour if there are no traffic jams on the roads. You can get there by bus, but you may have to make a transfer (it depends on the season):

• By taxi

  An inexpensive taxi through the aggregator applications Yandex.Taxi, Uber, etc. cannot be booked here due to sanctions, and therefore you will have to use an expensive official airport taxi, negotiate with drivers in the parking lot or book a tourist transfer. The cost of a trip to Lyubimovka will be from 1800 rubles, during the tourist season prices are rising. Try to avoid the services of private "bombers", as they initially call inflated prices, you will have to bargain with them.

  If you prefer to travel comfortably and according to plan, you can book a tourist transfer in advance, and then the driver will meet you with a sign on arrival. Transfer booking is available on the website intui.travel or through this search form:

• Rent a car at the airport

  At the airport it is possible to rent a car and drive it to the place of rest. This option is preferable if you travel a lot and actively. In addition, with this option you will be able to see and visit other resorts with their interesting places. The rental price in the low tourist season can start from 650 rubles per day, and in the high season from 1400 rubles. To reserve a car and then take it at the airport or Simferopol is on these trusted sites:

• By bus

  If the budget does not allow you to book a transfer, then you can get from the airport by bus, but in some cases you will have to make a transfer, sometimes even several.

  There are no direct flights to Lyubimovka from the airport, but you can take a passing flight to the Northern bus station of Sevastopol. Please note that you need to take a flight to the Northern bus station, and not to the Sevastopol bus station, since only it passes through Lyubimovka. The fare costs about 400 rubles, 2 hours on the way. Check the schedule for krimavtotrans.info, and you can buy online tickets at bus.tutu.ru

  If there are no direct suitable flights, then you will have to go with a transfer in Simferopol. Take a city bus or trolleybus to Kurortnaya station (Simferopol AC-2), 30 minutes on the way, the cost is 26 rubles. There are routes from the airport there:

  • trolleybuses No. 9, 20, 54, 55
  • Buses No.49, 98
  • minibus No. 115

  Further from the bus station "Kurortnaya" you need to take a bus again to the bus station "Severnaya" in Sevastopol, which passes through Lyubimovka. Buses rarely depart according to the schedule 4-5 times a day, 2 hours on the way, the cost starts from 350 rubles.

  And finally, if neither one nor the other option suits you, then you can go with a transfer through Sevastopol. To do this, take the first nearest flight to the main bus station of Sevastopol, they go often. Upon arrival in Sevastopol, you need to get from the bus station by city trolleybuses or buses to Grafskaya pier, which will take about 30 minutes and 26 rubles. Then, from the Grafskaya Pier, take the ferry to the Severnaya Pier (30 minutes and 26 USD), and there go to the Severnaya bus station from which you take a city or suburban bus to Lyubimovka.

• By train/train

  It is unlikely that anyone will use this route under normal conditions, but if there is some kind of extreme situation with buses, for example, due to traffic jams, then you can use this method. Such a move can take almost the entire daylight day.

  From the airport, take city buses or trolleybuses to the railway station in Simferopol, these are the same flights that go to the Kurortnaya bus station, because these two transport hubs are nearby. There are a lot of electric trains from Simferopol to Sevastopol, the cost is from 128 rubles, an hour and a half on the way. When you arrive in Sevastopol, you need to take public transport to Grafskaya Pier, take a regular ferry to Severnaya Pier /bus station, and from there take city or suburban buses to Lyubimovka.

To Lyubimovka by train

You can get to Lyubimovka by train from the cities of the Russian Federation via Sevastopol or Simferopol. Since there are more trains from cities of the Russian Federation to Simferopol than to Sevastopol, we will tell you in detail about both methods.

Since due to Western sanctions, the main Russian carrier RZD does not operate flights to Crimea, you need to search and buy tickets not on the RZD website, but on tutu.ru or on the company carrier's website Grand Service Express.

• By train through Sevastopol

  Direct railway communication with Sevastopol is limited only to flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg and cities along their route. Also in high season there are several flights from Murmansk, but they rarely go.

  Train schedule at Sevastopol railway station

  Рейс/направление	Приб.	Отпр.
  🚆 007А Санкт-Петербург — Севастополь	07:25
  🚆 092М Москва — Севастополь	11:15
  🚆 183А Мурманск — Севастополь (только 5, 19 октября)	18:25
  🚆 193У Челябинск — Севастополь (только 4, 11, 18 октября)	18:25
  🚆 183А Мурманск — Севастополь (только 12 октября)	18:25
  🚆 184С Севастополь — Мурманск (только 5, 12 октября)		00:15
  🚆 194Э Севастополь — Челябинск (только 6, 13 октября)		00:15
  🚆 092С Севастополь — Москва		14:35
  🚆 008С Севастополь — Санкт-Петербург		17:10
  🚆 092С Севастополь — Москва		20:55

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  When you arrive at the Sevastopol railway station, it remains to get to the place of rest in Lyubimovka by taxi or local transport. A taxi costs from 600 rubles, almost an hour on the way, since you will have to go around Sevastopol Bay on a difficult road and traffic jams. It is better to order a car by calling local taxi companies (see about transport in Sevastopol here...), since drivers at the station request at least twice as much.

  Budget can be reached by public transport, although you will have to spend several hours already:

  • First, from the railway station you need to take city buses or trolleybuses to Grafskaya pier. Travel costs 26 rubles, transport runs frequently, there are many flights.
  • At Grafskaya Pier, take a regular ferry to the Northern pier / bus station, costs 30 rubles, runs every 15 minutes.
  • At the Northern bus station, take the bus to Lyubimovka (flights No. 52 and 52a, or suburban, intercity), cost from 26 rubles, 20-30 minutes on the way.

• By train through Simferopol

  If there are no direct trains from your city to Sevastopol, then you can safely buy tickets to Simferopol. Getting from there to Lyubimovka will not be difficult, and in time it will take hardly much longer.

  A taxi from Simferopol railway station to Lyubimovka will cost from 1600 rubles, about an hour to go. Drivers with offers to take you anywhere in the Crimea will meet you immediately when you get off the train, but they greatly overestimate prices, you need to bargain with them.

  If you need to save money, you can take buses. Near the station there is a bus station "Kurortnaya", from where a bus departs 4-5 times a day to Sevastopol to the Northern bus station via Lyubimovka, 2 hours on the way, the cost starts from 350 rubles.

  If this bus does not suit you according to the schedule, you can go through the center of Sevastopol by bus or train. At the same time, the algorithm of the trip will be the same as the routes described above through Sevastopol: first, take public transport to Grafskaya Pier; swim to Severnaya Pier / bus station; take a city or suburban bus to Lyubimovka.

To Lyubimovka by car

By private car to the Crimea from other regions of the Russian Federation, entry is now carried out via the newly built Crimean Bridge, there is no toll on it. In theory, there is still the possibility of entry through the territory of the DPR Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, but this option of entry, given the current situation, should not be considered, but this option of entry, given the current situation, should not be considered.

To Lyubimovka itself by car after passing the Crimean Bridge, we offer one of these routes:

• Via Simferopol. The route with a length of about 280 kilometers passes along the good Tavrida highway. When traveling without any problems and with the least number of stops, this route can be driven in 4-5 hours. In addition, for convenience, rest areas and stationary refueling stations are located on it.
• On the YBK through Koktebel, Sudak, Alushta, Yalta. This route is longer than through Simferopol, 90 kilometers, but undoubtedly more saturated. Along the way, which runs along the coast and along the serpentines, you can enjoy the picturesque views of the peninsula. Given the long length of the route, you will probably have to travel all day and spend the night on the road. This route should be used if you plan to get not only to Lyubimovka, but also just to travel around the Crimea, visiting other resorts along the way.

In Crimea, it will be necessary to refuel the light of cars at such local network gas stations as Atan, Vesta, T-neft, Formula, Tobi, CRS, Redpetrol. Gasoline and diesel on them at a price of 5 percent higher than at gas stations before entering from the "mainland". Therefore, it is better to fill a full tank shortly before entering the peninsula, in front of the bridge. Payment for fuel at the vast majority of gas stations is possible both in cash and by credit card without commission.