How to get to Crimea by car via ferry

Theoretically, you can drive to the peninsula through the territory of Ukraine, but in practice it is problematic, so today the only reasonable option to get to the Crimea by car is a ferry. Traffic for cars on the bridge under construction is planned to open only in December 2018, so if you plan to relax in the Crimea in 2018, arriving there by car, you will definitely have to use the ferry.

In general, the ferry "port Caucasus" - "Port Kerch" in the Crimea is now working perfectly. Now there are no huge queues for several days in the high season (July, August), which were in 2014 and 2015. Now new ferries have been added, the organization of work and movement has become more coordinated, electronic tickets have appeared, and the hype demand for the Crimea has decreased. Now in the off-season or at the beginning of the season there are no queues at all, and in the peak season the queues are small. Only bad weather can interfere with the work, and then the work of the crossing is suspended, and the queue grows. And yet, according to tradition, a huge flow of tourists leaves the peninsula in the last days of summer in order to have time for the beginning of the school year, and there is nowhere to go: either stand in line or go at another time.

How to get to the ferry to Crimea by car

From whatever city of the Russian Federation you go (excluding Sochi), your path will pass along the M4 highway. It is a great track, well equipped, with some paid sections. So far, you need to pay for the movement from Moscow to the Voronezh region, and in the Rostov and Krasnodar Territory the movement is free. However, even for paid sites there are free alternatives. Everything you need to know about tolls can be found on the Rosavtodor website. If you are not moving from Moscow, then you will hardly need this information.

Directly to the crossing you can get through Krasnodar, but there is another road, through Leningrad, Timashevsk, Slavyansk-on-Kuban. The last road is calmer, besides you will pass the possible traffic jams of Krasnodar. Now, in connection with the construction of the bridge, certain sections of the route are being reconstructed, the situation is constantly changing, so before the trip it is best to monitor the situation through modern navigators, for example Yandex.a navigator that shows all the current congestion, and determine the fastest route.

In Crimea, the road from the crossing is new, recently repaired, but there are many narrow sections, one lane in each direction.

• If you are going on vacation to Feodosia, Koktebel, Kurortnoye, Sudak, Novy Svet, Morskoe, Hirazhnoye, Rybachye, then it is better to go along the sea along the P29.
• If you need to go to Alushta, Utes, Partenit, Gurzuf, Yalta, Koreiz, Alupka, Simeiz, etc. resorts of Greater Yalta, then there are options: through Simferopol on P23-E105, or along the sea on P29. The road through Simferopol goes around, longer by 60 kilometers, but it is wider and flatter here, and in general you will get there faster and spend less gasoline. The road along the coast is very winding, sometimes Serpentine, you need to move along it without experience slowly and carefully, as a result, you will spend more time and fuel. But when moving along the sea offers stunning views. In our opinion (the authors of the site) this is the most picturesque road in the Crimea.
• If you need to go to Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, Nikolaevka and other resorts on the West Bank, then you definitely need to go through Simferopol.

How to cross by ferry

For more information on how to ferry to Crimea, see here. And here is a brief instruction on the crossing by car:

• How much does the ferry cost in 2018

  

  • Adults (from 12 years) - 150 rubles
  • Children 6-11 years inclusive-80 rubles
  • Children under 6 years-free of charge
  • Passenger car up to 5 meters 30 centimeters – 1700 rubles
  • A car with a length of more than 5 meters 30 centimeters – 4800 rubles
  • Trailer for a car-1500 rubles
  • Moped-300 rubles
  • Motorcycle-500 rubles

• Where and how to buy tickets

  Tickets can be purchased directly at the crossing at the ticket offices, or pre-purchase an e-ticket on the site no longer exists. There is no difference in price, but in order to save time it is better to buy e-tickets.

  The cash registers of the "live sale" are not located on the crossing itself, but on a storage site 12 kilometers from the crossing in the village of Ilyich. All cars for registration, including those with an electronic ticket, must enter the storage area before the crossing.

• Ferry schedule

  Ferries run every 40-50 minutes 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In bad weather, the operation of Ferries is suspended. Information about the possible cancellation/delay published on the official website no longer exists.

• Crossing algorithm

  • First you need to call in the Interceptor drive, which is located 12 kilometers from the crossing in the village of Ilyich. Here there is a measurement of transport, registration (if there is an electronic ticket), or the purchase of tickets at the box office.
  • After buying a ticket and registering, you can go to the crossing. There you will need to stand at the end of the queue of cars (if there is one), and trucks have their own turn.
  • Before arriving at the ferry will have to go through security control: check documents, luggage, transport, personal inspection. But this is not customs control, so you can carry anything that is not prohibited by law.
  • When you call on the ferry, you need to put the car on speed and the parking brake (handbrake), and you can go for a walk on the deck and enjoy the views of the approaching train.