And while many beaches on the Black Sea do not have sand (they're rock or ... Visitors claim that the sand at Piha Beach is hotter in the summer than on other beaches, but the locals don't let ...

Every summer, vacationers flock to the beaches of Russia’s Black Sea coast to soak up the sunshine and warm climate that evades much of the rest of the country. For many, not even one of the worst ...

Blue Flag beaches in the Turkish provinces of Kocaeli, Zonguldak and Bartın have completed their preparations and are ...

SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.

By Nataliya Vasilyeva Reporting from Istanbul When a 28-year-old volunteer named Nikolai stepped onto a sandy beach on Russia’s Black Sea coast in a hazmat suit just before New Year’s Eve ...