How to get to Yalta from the airport

Upon arrival at Simferopol airport on the road to Yalta, depending on the chosen transport, it will take you from one and a half to four hours, and you will have to spend about 200 rubles to a couple of thousand. The cheapest option is a local trolleybus, but it is also the longest. And a taxi or a tourist transfer, as is obvious, is the fastest option.

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And now in detail about each way to get from the airport to Yalta with prices and schedule of 2023:

By taxi

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

The most convenient and fastest way to get to Yalta from the airport is by taxi or ordering a tourist transfer. The trip will cost from 1500 rubles, but keep in mind that the Yandex.Go, Uber and other applications do not work here. You can order a car at the counter (it will be more expensive), arrange a trip with drivers in the parking lot (they also ask for a lot, but you can bargain). But the cheapest way to order a car is by phone or on the website of one of the local taxi companies, whose contacts you can find online.

A more comfortable taxi option is to order a tourist transfer. This is a little more expensive than ordering by phone, but upon arrival you will be awaited by a driver with a sign, and you can immediately go to the place of rest. The cost is fixed, paid for the whole car. You can check the prices for the transfer and, if you wish, book it on the website intui.travel and also through this search form from Intui.travel:

By bus

• 💳 Cost: from 400 rubles + 26 rubles
• 🕑 Time spent: 2.5-3 hours
• 🎫 Working period: only during the day

You can get from the airport by direct buses or with a transfer in Simferopol. Direct buses depart approximately every 1-2 hours from the airport bus station, which is a five-minute walk from the terminal exit. The bus goes 2 and a half hours, the cost starts from 550 rubles. You can buy tickets for this route online at bus.tutu.ru or unitiki.com.

If you don't get tickets for a direct flight, which often happens during the high tourist season, then in order not to wait for the next one, you can go with a transfer through Simferopol, it's not difficult:

• Get out of the airport terminal and you will immediately get to the bus stop of public transport. You need to get to the Simferopol railway station, there are buses No. 49 or trolleybus No. 20. They go often, on the way 30-40 minutes, the fare costs 28 rubles.
• Near the stop "railway station" is the famous bus station "Kurortnaya", also known as "Simferopol AC-2". Buses to Yalta depart from it every 20 minutes during the day, many of them passing. Travel costs from 400 rubles, 2 hours on the way.
• In Yalta you will arrive at the bus station on the outskirts of the city (bus station on the map). You can get to the hotel on foot, by taxi from 100 rubles or by public transport for 28 rubles (see about Yalta city transport and how to travel for tourists).

Here is the schedule for this route:

By trolleybus

• 💳 Cost: from 180 rubles + 28 rubles
• 🕑 Time spent: 4 hours
• 🎫 Working period: only during the day

This is the cheapest, but also the slowest way. You will have to transfer to a trolleybus in Simferopol.

To get there with a transfer, follow this algorithm:

• Get out of the airport terminal and you will immediately get to the bus stop of public transport. You need to get to the Simferopol railway station, there are buses No. 49 or trolleybus No. 20. They go often, on the way 30-40 minutes, the fare costs 28 rubles.
• Next to the railway station is the final stop of the Simferopol-Yalta intercity trolleybus No. 52 (trolleybus route 52 on the map). It departs according to the schedule approximately every 30 minutes, the fare costs 180 rubles, and you will have to spend almost 3 hours on the way.
• In Yalta you will arrive at the final stop of trolleybuses near the bus station on the outskirts of the city (bus station on the map). From it to the hotel can be reached on foot, by taxi from 100 rubles or public transport for 28 rubles.

By rented car

• 💳 Cost: from 800 rubles/day
• 🕑 Time spent: 90 minutes
• 🎫 Working period: around the clock

Another convenient way to get to your vacation spot is to rent a car at the airport. The average cost is from 800 rubles in low season / from 1500 in high season. But, to be honest, if you do not plan to actively travel to other resorts of the Crimea except Yalta or go to distant attractions and beaches, then a car in Yalta will be more of a burden to you than an assistant. If you still decide to rent, you can pick up and book a car on one of these sites: