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[[File:Locator map of Krym province.svg|right|thumb|350px|Map of Crimea within [[Ukraine]].]]'''Crimea''' or the '''Autonomous Republic of Crimea'''. Crimea is a peninsula in the Black Sea, south of Ukraine and west of Russia. The capital is [[Simferopol]]. Sovereignty and control of the peninsula became the subject of the ongoing 2014 Crimean crisis, a territorial dispute between [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]]in 2014. Russia and local authorities consider it as a part The peninsula is now under full control of the Russian Federation, while though most other countries consider it part of Ukraine. As a traveler, Crimea is very safe but the political dispute restricts your means of access. The peninsula As it is now controlled by Russian authorities, so you'll need a Russian visa to visit and it is currently only feasible to access by on the Kerch ferry via Russia (the border with Ukraine is only open to those with Ukrainian passports or those with a special permit which in most circumstances is more difficult to get than just going through Russia).The ferry costs 150 Rubles ($3, May 2017) each way and passengers pay separately from cars so it's not easy to hitchhike on. Entering Crimea via Russia is illegal according to Ukrainian laws, but there is no way the Ukrainian authorities would ever know as long as you exit Crimea back through Russia. You'll have to show your passport to buy the ferry ticket, but there is no border control or anything between Russia and Crimea.

[[User:n0id|n0id]] was told by Ukrainian hitchhikers that it is very difficult found warnings of slow hitchhiking to hitch in Crimea, because there are mostly tourists driving around and locals will expect you to paybe incorrect. Also, due to the tourism, there are very good & reasonably cheap bus connections between the cities in the Southern part. On the other hand, experience Experience showed that hitchhiking is not difficult at all. A few times people stopped and asked for money, but disappeared quite quickly when told we were hitchhiking. Some of the people picking us up were wondering why we were hitchhiking at all and referring to the cheap buses. Due to tourism, there are very good & reasonably cheap bus connections between the cities in the Southern part. However, it is probably indeed better to hitchhike in the inside of the country than on the road along the coast, since there we waited the longest. [[User:TBF]] would absolutely recommend hitchhiking in Crimea; it was far easier to hitchhike in Crimea than any other part of Ukraine and was comparable to the rest of Western Russia. Even hitchhiking with two males, we were almost always picked up within 15 minutes and saw many other hitchhikers on the road (May 2017).