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Yalta Highlights - Alupka Palace & Park

  • DURATION: 5 hours
  • WALKING TIME: 4 hours
  • WALKING DISTANCE: 5 km
  • TRANSPORTATION: passenger car / Mercedes Vito / Mercedes Sprinter
  • GUIDING SERVICES: guiding in English/German/French/Spanish — according to your request

Tour description:

Alupka palace of Prince Vorontsov, Alupka park with a wonderful view of Ai-Petri mountain, observation desk at the castle Swallow’s Nest, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Yalta seafront are must-sees of Yalta. All these attractions are covered on our six-hour guided tour.

You will start this comprehensive and very spectacular tour in the centre of Yalta. On your road to Alupka your friendly guide will tell you the history of the main sights you will be passing by. You will see the most popular tourist landmark of the South Crimea, romantic castle Swallow's Nest.

Alupka tour includes visiting the Palace of Prince Volontsov and the park. Alupka palace is one of the most spectacular attractions of South Crimea. Built on the project of Edward Blore, an eminent Victorian British architect, the palace strikes by its original design. The architect never visited the Crimea so his work is even more appreciated since it perfectly harmonizes with surrounding landscape, the Crimean Mountains, and mountain Ai-Petry.

Northern face of the palace was built in so-called Tudor style of knight’s castle and Tudor cottage. Southern face was completed in the shape of Moresque palace with Arabic inscription of the entrance hall and flat roofs topped off with minaret-style towers. Main staircase of the palace is decorated by marble lions and is leading seawards. Side balconies are overlooking the Lion Terrace and the sea.

Museum collection consists of more than 11 thousand exhibits. The exhibition includes only 8 main rooms out of 150 in the palace but it takes about one hour to see them. The most valuable exhibits are the paintings of Russian and European artists of XVI - XIX century, a collection of rare British and Russian engravings, antique furniture, unique porcelain, clocks, chandeliers, decorative vases and other items.

The palace is surrounded by luxurious landscape park with more than 200 species of relic and exotic plants. The park design requires a separate reference. It was laid out in English style with mirror ponds, waterfall, stone chaos, and sunny park glades overlooking the palace or Ai-Petri Mountain.

On this tour your will visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Traditional Russian style building of the cathedral was erected in the beginning of XX century. Alexander Nevsky was a saint patron of Russian tsars. The cathedral is still one of the most beautiful attractions of Yalta.

The tour will end with a short walking excursion along the seafront of Yalta. Your guide will tell you about Yalta, its history, and the most significant events that took place here. On your wish you can end your tour on the seafront of Yalta for a meal in a pavement café.

With plenty of photo opportunities, the tour is very spectacular. It is also informative but not strenuous. You’ll spend a lot of time in the open air. 

Please, contact us for detailed information and the price.

Price Includes:  transportation, guiding in the selected language, entrance tickets to all visited landmarks.
Please Note: The price of the tour quoted above depends on the number of visitors, changes in museum schedule, or your personal wishes; each request requires independent calculation. The order of the visted attractions may vary.

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