Kherson International Airport 5 hr 27
Swallow's Nest (9 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Yusupov Palace (17 min)
Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Dom-Muzey A.p. Chekhova (20 min)
Museum & scientific library in the restored 1899–1904 former home of Anton Chekhov. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (37 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Zoopark (19 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. Vorontsovskiy Park (15 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Solnechnaya Tropa (18 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Glade of Fairy Tales (19 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (37 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Miskhorskiy Park (19 min)
Coastal park filled with diverse trees & shrubs, offering paved walking paths & Black Sea views. Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve (14 min)
Hiking paths winding among caves, cascades & rugged slopes covered in beech, pine & juniper trees. Gora Ay Petri (1 hr 5)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Vorontsov Palace (18 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Livadia Palace (19 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Cape Ai-Todor (9 min)
A steep, rocky Black Sea cape topped by the neo-Gothic Swallow's Nest castle & Roman-era ruins. | 
