ALBATROSS COMPLEX, Hotel Albatross, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine

Welcome to Alkadar (‘Divine Command’), a pleasure resort located on the northern side of Sevastopol Bay near the village of Lyubimovka, and one of the most beautiful spots in the Crimea.

Unique climate combining soft sea breezes and healing air of foothills, wonderful sand-and-pebble beaches, immense seascape, seclusion – all this has for many years attracted holiday-makers to Alkadar.

Here, in this lovely, ecologically clean and picturesque nook, Albatross Sanatorium and Recreation Complex is located comprising a three-star hotel, a first-rate restaurant, sanatorium, boarding house, children’s recreation camp, and La Plazza bar.

Albatross Complex covers the area of more than 7 hectares and is located inside a lovely park zone. This is a very large and beautiful park where more than 300 kinds of plants grow. Coniferous trees and bushes occupy a special place among them. Graceful cypresses, majestic cedars, magnificent arborvitae and fragrant junipers decorate the place with their green attire the whole year round. Plants in the park have been selected to provide the most beneficial health effect for visitors.

The air that we breathe is of crucial importance for life and health of every human being. The air may be either polluted and even poisonous in environmentally unfriendly zones or fresh, clean and healing, like in Albatross.

Its numerous conifers emit bactericide-fungicide-protozoacides that kill harmful germs. Coniferous plants, and cedars in particular, provide a tranquilizing effect on nervous system. Deciduous trees and bushes also continuously filter harmful substances out from the air.

Plane-tree, this powerful natural filer, absorbs huge amounts of toxic substances from the air. This tree was believed to be sacred in the East, from where it originates. Substances emitted by plane-trees make people less aggressive and more friendly. You will find whole plane-tree alleys in the park.

Maples, barberries, lilacs absorb sulfurous anhydride. White and black poplar, acacia, silvery oleaster remove fluorides from the air. Honeysuckle, currant, arborvitae absorb ammonia. Chestnut, maple, privet accumulate lead compounds. Santolina, lavender, rosemary give off fine and delicate aromas.

The park has numerous stunning and attractive plants in full blossom: rose, gaillardia, gypsy-rose, coreopsis.

Apart from being most valuable air filters, many plants absorb up to 20 percent of noise and 70 percent of dust. In a large park land like this, air humidity increases by 10…15 percent, while temperature drops by 3…4°C in hot weather owing to the presence of plants.

Holiday in Albatross means, first and foremost, holiday in an ecologically clean area. No pesticides or any other substances harmful for human health are ever used here. The mere fact of lizards, frogs, hedgehogs and all kinds of birds dwelling in the park speaks for itself. Here you can enjoy warbling of the nightingale or, on a lucky day, see a strolling family of pheasants.

Complete absence of industries in the vicinity along with fresh sea area and abundance of green plantations make holidays in Albatross curative both for adults and children.

Albatross has everything to offer in terms of active pastime. You may have a try at billiards, play lawn-tennis or go bicycle-riding around picturesque environs. Yachting and boating trips, as well as diving are also available.

Crimea and Sevastopol have so many interesting things to see that you might as well join one of numerous guided tours.

Sevastopol is a Hero City with a fabulous legacy. About 1,500 various architectural and archaeological monuments are listed in the city and its suburbs, including Chersonesos, the Historical and Archeological Museum Reserve; Panorama of the first Defence of Sevastopol in 1854-1855; Diorama of Assault on the Sapun Mountain, May 9, 1944; Black Sea Fleet Museum; Monument to the Scuttled Ships that has become Sevastopol’s most famous landmark – the shortlist is far from being complete.

* The Sevastopol Aquarium Museum was founded in 1897 and is one of the oldest institutions of this kind in the world. It is located in downtown Sevastopol on the coast of Artilleriyskaya Bay. This is the largest aquarium museum in the Black Sea, open all the year round. You will be definitely fascinated by its exotic living exhibits.
* Numerous tours of Sevastopol and the Crimea are available, including tasting of fabulous Crimean wines (Inkerman Wine Factory, Alkadar Factory, and, of course, world-famous Massandra winery).
* Dolphinarium (theatre of sea creatures; swimming with dolphins).

Three-star Hotel Albatross
Three-star Hotel *** Albatross provides leisure and recreation of universally accepted standards in full compliance with strict requirements of present-day tourist business.

Hotel *** Albatross has been granted a three-star certification by the State Committee of Ukraine for Standards.

If you choose to stay at Albatross, you will soon realise that the definition of luxury may not necessarily imply the glitter of diamonds, but rather those rare moments of unforgettable experience. Our hotel should be worthy of your attention because such three principal aspects have been upheld here as high quality of services, adequate location, and "soul" (i.e. cosiness and personnel's cordiality).

Albatross has been awarded with numerous diplomas and prizes at the local and national levels. In 2004 Albatross was awarded a diploma and medal at the "100 Top Commodities" All-Ukrainian Contest, and in 2005 - a prize at the "Jewel of the Crimea" contest.

Deluxe Suite (two- or three-room, two beds): split-system air conditioning, refrigerator, kitchenette, mini-bar, satellite TV, Internet access, telephone, bedroom equipped with a large double bed, lounge with collapsible double sofa, bathroom (shower cubicle, toilet, bidet, washbasin, hair-dryer), two balconies, stylish cabinet furniture, beds changed every day..

Semi-deluxe Suite (two-room, two beds): split-system air conditioning, refrigerator, kitchenette, mini-bar, satellite TV, telephone, bedroom equipped with a large double bed, lounge with collapsible double sofa, bathroom (shower cubicle, toilet, bidet, washbasin, hair-dryer), two balconies, stylish cabinet furniture.

Standard Suite (one-room, two beds): split-system air conditioning, refrigerator, TV set, telephone, bedroom equipped with a large double bed, bathroom (shower cubicle, toilet, washbasin), balcony, stylish cabinet furniture.

Water supply: cold and hot water round the clock.
Board: a cozy restaurant offering European and Caucasian cuisine with a wide choice of sea food. Tasting of Crimean and Georgian wines arranged by request. Summer bar available.
Arrivals: no schedule.

Services:
* guarded parking lot,
* cloak-room,
* professional security service,
* restaurant,
* summer bar,
* business centre,
* mini conference hall,
* local and international phone lines,
* shop,
* gym,
* billiards,
* tennis lawn,
* sauna with swimming pool,
* dry cleaner’s,
* transfer,
* business taxi service,
* guided tours.

Open: twelve months a year.

Checkout time: 12:00 pm.

A FIRST CATEGORY RESTAURANT
Albatross, a first category restaurant, offers a wide selection of meals. These are the best dishes in European and Caucasian cuisine cooked with due regard to your personal preferences.

A large variety of sea food, various meat and vegetables, as well as hot pita direct from in-house bakery would appeal to the taste of the most picky gourmet. When placing your order, not only personal choices, but also ethnic and religious specifics along with vegetarian preferences and fast are taken into account. Attentive and thoughtful waiters are there to manoeuvre you along this cornucopia of dishes and help select the exact drink to highlight the unique taste of the meals you order!

The restaurant personnel are willing to indulge your personal inclinations with every request and every single order.

An open terrace with a sea view or a cozy VIP lounge – the choice is up to you!

Soft sounds of music, endless sea vistas, spicy aroma of meals served will make you leave behind all the troubles of business life and slow you down into a calm regular rest!

There are so many festive occasions to celebrate inside a family circle or with closest friends: birthdays, wedding anniversaries or just plain romantic nights.

Make Restaurant Albatross in Alkadar your choice! You will never find a better place than here, in a beautiful spot on the south-west Black Sea coast, where Prince Yusupov liked to go hunting around his game-preserves.

LA PLAZZA BEACH
YOUR GUIDING LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
The beach area comprises a private enclosed beach with LA PLAZZA cocktail bar, open 24 hours a day and offering two summer terraces for parties and entertainment.

Access to the enclosed and well-kept territory, as well as swimming and sunbathing are free.

A free guarded parking lot is also available.
In the night this place transforms into something different

Twilight skies above Albatross suddenly become painted in a variety of colours by powerful beams of a light show. It is time to meet at LA PLAZZA, where disco is getting in full swing! Village street lights interplay with the dancing illumination of the show, creating a stunning sight. Sparks of light shine against the dark sea and reflect in the water in silvery flashes. The bar has a most unconventional dancing floor covered with soft white sand. To get the most of it, you should try dancing barefoot!

The bar is located on the enclosed beach of the sanatorium complex and provides comfortable and safe entertainment. Best DJs from Ukraine and abroad are often featured during special parties. These guys really know how to bring everyone to their feet!

Guests are offered a huge choice of drinks and cocktails, from classic stuff to the most extreme.

Chances are you will never find anywhere in the Crimea a more swinging disco right in the heart of a wide sandy beach on the coast of a warm gentle sea.

You will never forget those dances on the white sand beneath Crimean skies, those haunting sounds of music, and the charms of a warm summer night tinged with heady aromas of steppe herbs!

The Complex is located on the south-west coast of the Black Sea, on the northern side of Sevastopol Bay only 3 km away from downtown Sevastopol in the area that used to be Prince Yusupov’s hunting grounds a century ago.

Belbek Airport is at a 7km distance from the Complex.
Direct railway routes connect Sevastopol to Kyiv and Moscow.
Distances from Sevastopol are:
to Moscow – 1,500km;
to Kyiv – 1,060km;
to Simferopol – 76km;
to Yalta – 85km.