| check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. featuring balconies or terraces with sea views, the unfussy rooms have minifridges, kettles, wi-fi and tvs. studios add kitchenettes; suites offer separate living rooms. amenities include a rooftop terrace with a pool and a sushi bar, as well as a 3-floor spa with a saltwater pool, saunas and treatments. part of the sprawling livadiysky resort & spa along the black sea, this informal hotel in 2 buildings is a 3-minute walk from dolphin beach and 5 km from yalta train station. parking and breakfast are available. the resort offers a private beach area, a casual restaurant, a bbq and 2 cafes, plus a kids' club and organized entertainment
Kherson International Airport 5 hr 22
Livadia Palace (8 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Glade of Fairy Tales (11 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Gora Ay Petri (58 min)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Vorontsov Palace (29 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Yusupov Palace (23 min)
Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Yalta, Naberezhnaya (14 min) Solnechnaya Tropa (20 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Water park-hotel 'Atlantis' (6 min)
A complex of elaborate slides, a wave pool, a giant bucket splash & a kiddie pool in a family park. Massandrovsky beach (22 min)
This pebble beach offers public areas & rentable bungalows, plus a promenade with cafes & shops. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (29 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Dom-Muzey A.p. Chekhova (13 min)
Museum & scientific library in the restored 1899–1904 former home of Anton Chekhov. Swallow's Nest (18 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (29 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Vorontsovskiy Park (28 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Zoopark (12 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. | 
