Balaklava (1 of 6)
Balaklava is particularly beautiful. Oh, it is. Arid, scrub-covered hills rise on either side of a narrow, curving blue bay once reserved for secret Cold War manoeuvres. Now the former Soviet Union elite park their multi-milliondollar yachts in the inlet's Mediterranean-like waters, while humble fishing boats ferry tourists to nearby coastal beaches with names like 'Golden' and 'Silver'. Overlooking the whole scene are three Genoese towers, beyond which the headland offers a bird's-eye view of the cove and the Black Sea.
