Sevastopol is really quite an odd place; it's a tourist town that has few facilities and is still struggling to catch up with other towns on Ukraine's Crimea. It was closed to outsiders until very recently because it was home to the Soviet fleet and it shows; there are still only a couple of hotels, there is an increasing number of café bars but not much in the way of restaurants and few souvenir shops (a good thing, some might say…). Furthermore it has a reputation for poor customer service and lack of friendliness from Sevastopol residents. However, in and around Sevastopol there are several ...
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