A snow-white Yalta city lies inside the enormous shell formed by semicircle of mountains. Yalta is beautiful in its mountain setting, it is only open to the sea and the sun. The cypresses with cones like little bells have already become a symbol of this world known Ukrainian resort. Magnificent magnolia trees fill the air with their perfume... And the sea adds the finishing touch to all this beauty.

Once you arrive in Yalta you'll fall in love with it!

Yalta sightseeing excursion (3 hours) - $80

After this short excursion Yalta becomes familiar for you. And next time you'll visit this romantic city - you visit your old and beautiful friend at the Crimean seacoast.

We pick you up at your Yalta hotel or apartment and take a short ride to the famous Embankment which is the main street of Yalta and a favorite avenue of holiday makers for their evening strolls. After looking around you may do some shopping your first souvenirs from Crimea.

And then - a cable car line to the top of the Darsan Hill where you enjoy a beautiful view to the city, and a Mound of Glory, erected in memory of the fallen during the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.
Later you visit one of the magnificent Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built in honor of Romanoff House for its third centenary in 1913. And then to the Chekhov museum - the house where the great Russian writer lived from 1899 to 1904. He acquired the lot of land in 1898 and had the house with mezzanine and sidewing built after the design of the Russian architect Shapovalov. 
And we end our tour the place we started it walking along the famous Yalta quay and see the new modern Yalta with Casinos, cafes and nice looking restaurants, attractions for children and adults, huge Ocean cruise ships and beautiful Crimean girls.

After your lunch (not included) at one of the quay restaurants you may take a look or even do shopping at one of the biggest flee market of Crimea - Yalta flee market.

Nikitsky Botanical Gardens and Alexander III palace  (5 hours) - $115

During this tour you'll have a nice 3 hour walk in the huge park with 28000 of trees, flowers and plants from all over the world. The State Nikitsky Botanical Garden is one of the oldest in Ukraine. It was established by the outstanding botanist Ch.Steven in 1812 and can impress visitors not only by its rose collection of 2000 verities and rare gathering of cacti, but also by aborigines plants such as 500-year old pubescent oak & 1000-year old juniper. Then a short ride and a tour around the Alexander III palace - one of the best architectural monument of Crimea. It stands in Upper Massandra and very well known not only because of the surprising architecture harmoniously entered in the environmental nature, but also unique originality of perfect internal furniture. The palace is located in a wonderful place in the mountains, with a fantastic view to the sea and the surroundings. The tsar's family used to take horses and go on horseback in the mountains. After the revolution the communist leaders chose the place as their summer residence, and common people wasn't allowed even to approach the palace. The palace was opened for tourists only 10 years ago.

Livadian Palace, Swallow's Nest, Vorontsov's palace & park (7 hours) - $185

After 20 min ride from Yalta you start you tour at Livadian Palace -the former summer residence of the Russian Tsars and place of the famous Yalta Conference in 1945. Then you'll see one of the best sightseeing in Crimea - Swallow's Nest castle - a fantastical castle perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea. And after your lunch at one of the best Crimean restaurant "Alligator" (with real crocodiles in walls' aquariums) you'll explore one of the best and oldest park in Crimea - Vorontsov's park and magical Vorontsov's Palace. It's hard to imagine an architectural monument more romantic than the Alupka Palace (Vorontsov's Palace). The bold, unusual design and original architecture, as well as marble lion sculptures lend it as inimitable character. The palace has a unique museum collection and the immerse park around the palace is one of the finest on the Southern Coast of Crimea, Ukraine.

Caves of Chatyr-Dag Mountain (Markee-Mount) (6 hours) - $165

Unforgettable excursion to the famous caves of Chatyr-Dag Mountain - the second highest mountain of the Crimea. On the top of the mountain there is a large plateau with  about 135 caves. With our guide you'll go down to Eminme-Byir-Khosar cave, that has been recognized as one of the 6 most beautiful caves in the world. Later you can enjoy the grandiose panorama of the sea and surrounding mountains, woods, valleys, lakes and dizzy precipices from the plateau of Chatyr-Dag.

After this wonderful excursion for a small extra fee our guides can organize a real picnic on the top of the plateau of Chatyr-Dag - shish-kebab, famous Crimean fermented in a bottle Champaign or vine and etc.

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