Kherson International Airport 5 hr 23
Livadia Palace (23 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Koshka (15 min)
Limestone rock with remnants of ancient Tauri settlements, known for Goluboy Zaliv bay views. Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve (16 min)
Hiking paths winding among caves, cascades & rugged slopes covered in beech, pine & juniper trees. Miskhorskiy Park (13 min)
Coastal park filled with diverse trees & shrubs, offering paved walking paths & Black Sea views. Vorontsov Palace (6 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Glade of Fairy Tales (21 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Gora Ay Petri (1 hr 6)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Swallow's Nest (21 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (39 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Zoopark (21 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. 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 (15 min)
Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Solnechnaya Tropa (26 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Vorontsovskiy Park (11 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (39 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. | 
