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Nikita Gardens

Nikita Gardens, Nikita

 olgaehr Says:  Love this gardens. Even though I live in a country with plenty of exotic plants, this is still beautiful and special to me. This used to be one of the major botanical gardens in Soviet Union (probably still is). Just go there and take a nice long walk in on a sunny day. 

Cape Ay-Todor Park

Cape Ay-Todor Park, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Westwards to the Seaside Park, nearer to Yalta, another park is situated on Cape Ay-Todor. Aboriginal species - downy oak, tall juniper - grow together with relic coniferous exotic plants: numerous species of pine-tree from different countries of the world, metasequoia with... 

Seaside Park

Seaside Park, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Seaside Park is the best protected by neighboring mountain crests. The climate is milder here and that is why the most heat-loving evergreens are presented in this part of the garden: various palm-trees, cedar and osmantuses, mastic pistachio-tree, numerous brightly... 

Lower Park

Lower Park, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  In the Lower Park of the garden grows Californian oak (it cannot be met anywhere else in Russia and Ukraine). In Nikitsky garden there are also Allepian pine-tree, Numidian (Algerian) silver-tree, grass-leaved Californian oak and Arizonian cypress, Virginian juniper and the... 

Upper Park

Upper Park, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The excursion around Nikita gardens begins in the Upper Park, where along the skillfully put into shape alleys, one can meet the plantations, the species of which were delivered from all the continents of the Earth: bamboo from Nothern China, evergreen stone oak, powerful... 

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To..., Nikita

 bugulma Says:  There are several mini-busses from Yalta (which stop in Massandra as well), as far as I remember it is #2 a;though you may ask at bus stops in Yalta and Massandra. 

How to get Nikita Gardens

How to get Nikita Gardens, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  You’d better make it from Yalta by a fixed-route taxi N34, trolley buses N2 and N3. Boats from Yalta, but the road from a mooring up to the park is rather long and tiresome. There are two roads - old (Lower) and new (Upper). Nikitski Botanical Garden is situated about 7 km.... 

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Nikita Beach

Nikita Beach, Nikita

 bugulma Says:  After visit of the garden we went down to the sea because I read that there is the sea ship stop that to go to Yalta. But all stops for ship are cancelled. In other way that could be that reason that the beach was very clean. Not good was that we had to climb up to the bus... 

Why Russians are not Germans?

Why Russians are not Germans?, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  I often ask this question having appeared in clean and well-groomed Europe. I ask this question having appeared in any fine place in Russia (or Ukraine just the same), littered and dirtied by locals or tourists. The Nikitsky garden is just such a place. It is possible to... 

Skeletons of buildings

Skeletons of buildings, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Characteristic parts of the Crimean landscape are skeletons of buildings which did not completed even from the Soviet times. These constructions began 15-20 years ago. They had to be turn to sanatorias and rest houses. But the Soviet Union disintegration has not allowed... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Aju-Dag - Bear-mountain

Aju-Dag - Bear-mountain, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The mountain Aju-Dag (in translation from Turkish it means the Bear-mountain) is one more symbol of the Crimea. This mountain on the outlines is similar to a bear drinking water from the Black sea.The legend tells about huge bears lived here long ago. Once a little girl has... 

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Nikita Garden. Tourism

Nikita Garden. Tourism, Nikita

 bugulma Says:  It is possible to have a walk inside for tourists and there was quite a lot of people in the garden during our visit there. The open hours are: 9am-6pm (may-october) and 9am-4pm (november-april).The adults fee is UAH 12 (EUR 1.10). 

Nikita Garden. Scientific studies

Nikita Garden. Scientific studies, Nikita

 bugulma Says:  The garden is the place of scientific studies where some new sorts of plans were produced for special territories of the former USSR, including Middle Asia and southern part of European territory of Russia. Besides some new sorts of flowers were got in the garden. In 1962... 

Nikita Garden. Science

Nikita Garden. Science, Nikita

 bugulma Says:  The bothanical garden's first aim was to collect some plants in one place but several years later it becomes a scientific center as well as the center of the horticulture and viticulture. The special school of horticulture was opened here in 1869. There were several times... 

Nikita Garden. Foundation

Nikita Garden. Foundation, Nikita

 bugulma Says:  The garden was founded in order of Aleksander I in 1811 (the real foundation and works were in 1812. The garden was founded due to petition of the local administration A.Rishelle and the scientist M.Biberstein. The first director was H.Steven who chose the place for the... 

Nikita Botanical Gardens excursion

Nikita Botanical Gardens excursion, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  We recommend beginning a survey with the Upper Park. Then you will go downwards, and excursion will not be such tiresome if it begins with the Lower Park and you have to rise upwards.It is opened daily 8.00-19.00. The greenhouse is opened 9.00-16.00. Entrance fee 20 grivnas... 

Nikita Botanical Gardens History

Nikita Botanical Gardens History, Nikita

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Garden is about 200 years old.The edict of the founding of Imperial botanical garden at the public cost in the Crimea was signed in Petersburg on the 10th of June, 1811 with the active participation of scientist-botanist, inspector in silkworm breeding on the South of... 

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Nikita Garden in January

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 Nikitsky Garden is the place which one would like to visit more than once. I happened to make it twice. First - in far 1967, second - in 2007. It is like a museum, where the great masters' works have... 

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 We visited Nikita bothanical garden in August of 2009 after visit to Massandra palace. The garden is founded in 1812. 

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