Kherson International Airport 5 hr 18
Yalta, Naberezhnaya (15 min) Swallow's Nest (20 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Vorontsovskiy Park (26 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Vorontsov Palace (27 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (25 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Dom-Muzey A.p. Chekhova (8 min)
Museum & scientific library in the restored 1899–1904 former home of Anton Chekhov. Solnechnaya Tropa (23 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Yusupov Palace (20 min)
Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Gora Ay Petri (56 min)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Massandrovsky beach (22 min)
This pebble beach offers public areas & rentable bungalows, plus a promenade with cafes & shops. Glade of Fairy Tales (6 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Zoopark (9 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. Livadia Palace (12 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve (16 min)
Hiking paths winding among caves, cascades & rugged slopes covered in beech, pine & juniper trees. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (25 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. | 
