Why don't you go to Crimean peninsula

Ihor Brudny, travel2crimea.com:

In 1993 I asked National Geographic Assistant Editor Peter T. White whether he considered the Crimean peninsula one of the wonderful places in the world. He wrote the article about the Crimea for NGM at that time, and since he traveled a lot I thought, as a Crimean-born I could pride myself on my native land. "Yes," he said, "Crimea is beautiful." "But it’s not unique," he added. I was a bit upset. Since 1993 I traveled myself to different places and I did find a unique feature of this Black Sea peninsula. Probably, the Crimea has the most condensed combination of different landscapes in the world on such a small territory. One can easily find here the Californian vistas, Malta coves, Hindu legends, Lebanese coastline and German architecture. Some landscapes will remind you of Karlovy Vary or Costa Azzurra and you are likely to breathe in the spirit of Sultan’s Istanbul in town of Bakhchisarai.

One of the most dramatically beautiful coastal areas in the world, the Crimean Peninsula has attracted visitors as well as conquerors from many civilizations during the centuries. Crimea is a place where other peoples and cultures met and mingled. Long before ancient Greek settlers discovered this small peninsula, it had been ruled by Scythians. Greeks were followed by Romans and other peoples. Persians, Byzantines, Goths, Slavs, Khazars, Mongols, Armenians, Genoese, Tatars, Jews, Turks, Germans, Russians, Ukrainians and others left their mark.