Kherson International Airport 5 hr 23
Solnechnaya Tropa (26 min) Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Cape Ai-Todor (21 min) A steep, rocky Black Sea cape topped by the neo-Gothic Swallow's Nest castle & Roman-era ruins. Yusupov Palace (16 min) Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Miskhorskiy Park (13 min) Coastal park filled with diverse trees & shrubs, offering paved walking paths & Black Sea views. Swallow's Nest (21 min) Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Glade of Fairy Tales (21 min) Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Livadia Palace (23 min) Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (39 min) Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve (16 min) Hiking paths winding among caves, cascades & rugged slopes covered in beech, pine & juniper trees. Vorontsov Palace (7 min) Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Koshka (15 min) Limestone rock with remnants of ancient Tauri settlements, known for Goluboy Zaliv bay views. Gora Ay Petri (1 hr 7) A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (39 min) Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Vorontsovskiy Park (12 min) Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Zoopark (21 min) Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. |