The tourist season kicked off in Crimea on May 1. Hospitable Crimeans will share their peninsula's glorious sun, warm beaches and healing air with up to 7 million guests. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags and don't forget sunglasses!

Mountain Kara Dag in the village of Ordzhonikidze.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankFlowering poppies in the Simferopol District of Crimea.

Flowering poppies in the Simferopol District of Crimea.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankBlossoming black locust on the waterfront of Sevastopol.

Blossoming black locust on the waterfront of Sevastopol.

Tourists on the Black Sea coast.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankThe Black Sea coast carpeted with flowering poppies near the town of Feodosia.

The Black Sea coast carpeted with flowering poppies near the town of Feodosia.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankA boy walks on the Black Sea coast in the village of Ordzhonikidze.

A boy walks on the Black Sea coast in the village of Ordzhonikidze.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankChamomiles against the background of the setting sun in the Simferopol District.

Chamomiles against the background of the setting sun in the Simferopol District.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankMountain Chatyr-Dag and Klinovka village viewed from the village of Kurtsy in the Simferopol District of Crimea.

Mountain Chatyr-Dag and Klinovka village viewed from the village of Kurtsy in the Simferopol District of Crimea.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankFlowering poppies in the vicinity of the town of Zuya.

Flowering poppies in the vicinity of the town of Zuya.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankBlossoming black locust on the waterfront of Sevastopol.

Blossoming black locust on the waterfront of Sevastopol.
© Sputnik / Sergey Malgavko / Go to the mediabankAlpine flowers on the rocky coast near the village of Ordzhonikidze in Crimea.

Alpine flowers on the rocky coast near the village of Ordzhonikidze in Crimea.

A man and a boy near a house in a Crimean village.