Black Sea Cruises.

Black Sea Ferry.

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Black Sea cruises are a great alternative to fast, but expensive air travel. From the other side, sea cruises are always a lot of fun. How can you say "no" to having fun while saving money? Black Sea cruises are a good addition to your itinerary to Europe, or just a way to travel the Black Sea if you need to.

Would you like to visit more Ukrainian cities and still enjoy the sea cruise? Then check out the Dnieper River/Black Sea cruise. With its extensive route you can use this cruise to visit several popular Ukraine destinations in a row. The route starts in Kiev and includes Dnepropetrovsk - Zaporozhye - Odessa - Sevastopol - Yalta.

While on the cruise, you can visit a Kazak horse show in Zaporozhye and the famous Opera and Ballet Theater in Odessa. City - museum Sevastopol and magnificent Yalta both have many attractions to offer their visitors also. Dnieper River cruises are extremely popular. They should be booked as early as possible if you expect to find vacant places for the cruise.

This web page brings together all the main Black Sea ferry services which are currently (November, 2011) available at the Ukrainian sea ports.

The biggest and the most modern Ukrainian Black Sea ports "Odessa" and "Illichevsk" are located in the Odessa area.

Besides that there are five major ports in Crimea, which handle passenger ferries:

• Sevastopol
• Yalta
• Evpatoria
• Kerch
• Kherson

Most of the ferry lines operate during the summer season. The majority of the Ukrainian cruise lines are served from the two major cruise "headquarters" on the Black Sea:

• Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine)
• Port of Istanbul (Karakoy, Turkey)




Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine)

Timetables and detail information about the Black Sea cruises from the Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine) can be found at Ukrferry website.
The network of ferry services includes the following Black Sea directions:


• Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine)- Port of Batumi (Georgia)
• Port of Varna (Bulgaria)– Port of Poti (Georgia)
• Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine)– Port of Derince (Turkey)
• Port of Kerch (Ukraine)– Port of Poti (Georgia)
• Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine)– Port of Varna (Bulgaria)



Port of Istanbul (Karakoy, Turkey)

Timetables and detail information about the Black Sea cruises from the passenger terminal at Karakoy (Turkey) can be found at Let's go to Istanbul website. Ferry costs vary from 80 to 200 USD one way.
Destinations from terminal Karakoy are:


• Port of Odessa (Ukraine)
• Port of Yalta (Ukraine)
• Port of Sevastopol (Ukraine)
• Port of Kherson (Ukraine)
• Port of Evpatorya (Ukraine)
• Port of Novorossyisk (Russia)

Port of Kerch (Ukraine)

Regular ferries run a few times a day between Ukrainian port "Krim" (located in 9 km from city Kerch) and Russian port "Caucasus". It will take about 20 minutes to cross a 3 km wide Kerch"s Strait, which separates two countries. Please remember, that you will have to cross the border between two countries. Try to organize both countries visa matters before you leave your home country.

Timetable Ferry "Krim - Caucasus":


• Departure from "CAUKASUS" (Russia):
  03:00,06:00,09:00,12:00,15:00,18:00,21:00,00:00
• Departure from "KRIM" (Ukraine):
  04:30,07:30,10:30,13:30,16:30,19:30,22:30
Detail information about the Black Sea cruise between Ukraine and Russia can be found at Kerch.com.ua webpage (in Russian).

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