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Before the clothing of choice in ´³Å«°ù³¾²¹±ô²¹ was the bikini (with or without a parka), the peninsula was home to fishing people who eked out a living through…
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´³Å«°ù³¾²¹±ô²¹ (pronounced yoor-muh-lah) is a long string of townships with Prussian-style villas, each unique in shape and decor. Even during the height of communism, ´³Å«°ù³¾²¹±ô²¹ was always a place to 'sea' and be seen. These days, on summer weekends, vehicles clog the roads when jetsetters and day-tripping RÄ«gans flock to the resort town for some serious fun in the sun.
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´³Å«°ù³¾²¹±ô²¹'s ribbon of white sand stretches for 24km. The sand is hard-packed and ideal for walking – or packing into sand sculptures or castles – and the…
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This well-funded museum features a cool permanent exhibit detailing ´³Å«°ù³¾²¹±ô²¹â€™s colourful history as the go-to resort town in the former USSR. One popular…
Art Rezidence ‘Inner Light’
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Local Russian artist Vitaliy Yermolayev runs this studio out of his home and dabbles with a secret recipe for glow-in-the-dark paint by creating portraits…
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On the main road 5km west of Majori, this gaudy beachfront Soviet-era sanatorium resembles a giant, beached cruise ship that’s been mothballed since the…
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