Anapa International Airport 5 hr 50
Solnechnaya Tropa (22 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Yalta, Naberezhnaya (8 min) Masandrivsʹkyy Park (17 min)
Tranquil park with sprawling meadows, a variety of plant species & peaceful hiking trails. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (22 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (22 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Glade of Fairy Tales (6 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Livadia Palace (11 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Dom-Muzey A.p. Chekhova (1 min)
Museum & scientific library in the restored 1899–1904 former home of Anton Chekhov. Swallow's Nest (19 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Zoopark (6 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. Gora Ay Petri (55 min)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Massandrovsky beach (15 min)
This pebble beach offers public areas & rentable bungalows, plus a promenade with cafes & shops. Vorontsovskiy Park (25 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Vorontsov Palace (26 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Water park-hotel 'Atlantis' (7 min)
A complex of elaborate slides, a wave pool, a giant bucket splash & a kiddie pool in a family park. | 
