Anapa International Airport 6 hr 3
Koshka (15 min) Limestone rock with remnants of ancient Tauri settlements, known for Goluboy Zaliv bay views. Solnechnaya Tropa (27 min) Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Gora Koshka (14 min) Mountain with forest groves & trails to rocky peaks with expansive views of the Black Sea coast. Vorontsovskiy Park (21 min) Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Miskhorskiy Park (19 min) Coastal park filled with diverse trees & shrubs, offering paved walking paths & Black Sea views. Zoopark (23 min) Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. Gora Ay Petri (1 hr 8) A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (41 min) Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. Glade of Fairy Tales (23 min) Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Swallow's Nest (24 min) Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Livadia Palace (25 min) Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Yusupov Palace (20 min) Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (41 min) Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Vorontsov Palace (13 min) Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Cape Ai-Todor (24 min) A steep, rocky Black Sea cape topped by the neo-Gothic Swallow's Nest castle & Roman-era ruins. |