| breakfast and parking are free. simply decorated rooms, and 1- and 2-bedroom suites, some with balconies and/or sea views, provide flat-screen tvs and minifridges. other amenities include 2 saltwater pools (1 indoor, 1 outdoor), a spa, and a gym, as well as 2 restaurants, a cafe and a sports bar. some quarters add kitchenettes and/or sofabeds. there's also a tennis court and a kids' club. check-in time: 2:00 pm. a cable car gives access to a private pebble beach. featuring views of the black sea, this upscale hotel is 3 km from both highway 19 and miskhorskiy beach, and 5 km from vorontsov palace
Kherson International Airport 5 hr 22
Cape Ai-Todor (13 min)
A steep, rocky Black Sea cape topped by the neo-Gothic Swallow's Nest castle & Roman-era ruins. Vorontsovskiy Park (12 min)
Expansive park set around an 1800s palace, with trails, small ponds with swans & a beach pavilion. Swallow's Nest (13 min)
Iconic, fairytale-inspired, clifftop castle with an observation deck, dating from 1912. Yusupov Palace (13 min)
Tours of an Italianate, 18th-century estate & grounds, plus concerts & theater at a cultural center. Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (32 min)
Gardens established in 1812 for scientific research purposes, with notable plant & tree collections. Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve (10 min)
Hiking paths winding among caves, cascades & rugged slopes covered in beech, pine & juniper trees. Vorontsov Palace (13 min)
Preserved rooms in a 19th-century mansion, with Gothic flair & 99 acres of landscaped park land. Miskhorskiy Park (6 min)
Coastal park filled with diverse trees & shrubs, offering paved walking paths & Black Sea views. Livadia Palace (18 min)
Expansive, Italian-Renaissance-style palace built for the Russian royal family in 1911, with museum. Dom-Muzey A.p. Chekhova (16 min)
Museum & scientific library in the restored 1899–1904 former home of Anton Chekhov. Solnechnaya Tropa (16 min)
Groomed, leafy pathway with lookout spots including a striking rotunda, plus views over peaks & sea. Gora Ay Petri (1 hr)
A cable car transports visitors to the top of this Crimean peak with ocean vistas & various cafes. Zoopark (15 min)
Large zoo set near the Crimean Mountains with exotic animals & chances to feed & pet them. Glade of Fairy Tales (15 min)
Open-air museum & garden on a mountainside, with sculptures of figures from popular folk stories. Massandrovskiy Dvorets (33 min)
Château-style 19th-c. villa built for Tsar Alexander III, now a museum in a landscaped park. | 
