Yalta Travel Guide

 eugini2001 Says:  In 1811 the order was signed to lay out a State Botanical garden. The first director was a talented scientist H.H. Steven .The grounds of local area near Greek village Nikita was cleaned of rocks and thorny plants and new layer of fertile soil were put on top of it by... 

 eugini2001 Says:  The masterpiece of architecture, a fairytale in stone was made in accordance with plans and pictures of talented British architect Edward Blore, who had never been on the site and learned about area only by pictures and reports. The palace was ordered by Russian general... 

 eugini2001 Says:  In 1911 the state of old general , who participated in Russian -Turkish war ,located on a top aof the cliff and called “castle of love” was bought from merchant Romanova by oil magnate Baron fon Schtengel. He built a little castle in Gothic style with little towers and named... 

 eugini2001 Says:  Palace in Livadia.In 1860 tsar Alexander II made a royal present for his wife Maria Alexandrovna - Livadia estate in Crimea. She was sick and had to spend winters on the South. Architect Monigetti was ordered to rebuild new property of old owner count Pototsky and he build... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  A Wax Figures Museum has each tourist center respecting itself. As Livadia is impregnated by history, it was natural to see such a museum in several halls of the Livadia Palace. In the first hall the exposition devoted to the Yalta conference of 1945 is exposed. Three heads... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The palace church in honor of was constructed at Alexander II. It has conceived as a treasury and storehouse of religious relics of the Russian imperial house. It has been incorporated in 1862 and reconstructed under the project of the professor of architecture I.A.Monigetti... 

 nut_meg Says:  There is a lovely Chekhov museum in Yalta (the white dasha), where he spent the latter part of his (ill) life. However, the Lonely Planet guide books forgets to tell you that on the walk up to this museum, there is also another Chekhov museum. This is a house where Chekhov... 

 Foresttoday Says:  Having just returned from 9 days in Yalta, I will give some prices as of 11-09-2004. It cost round trip air fare from Kiev to Yalta only 58.00 USD per person. Then another 20.00 USD from Simferopol each way by taxi to Yalta. Very reasonable from an American's view point.One... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  On the slope of Mogabi Mountain, on the place of the South coastal Crimean forest in the beginning of the XIXth century the landscape park was created. The palace has a lovely large gardens, a highlight of which is the "sunny path", running about a mile west from just below... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Livadia Palace breathes with history during last 150 years. It was Livadia which is situated in three km west of Yalta that put the Yalta area on the maps of both Russia and the world. It happened first in 1860 when the imperial family started building here. Nikolay II... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Palace ensemble, besides the Great palace, includes a case of retinue, a palace of minister of a court yard of baron Frederiks, built simultaneously with the palace, a palace church in the name of Erection of the Fair Cross, constructed in 1872, and the Italian court... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Today the palace houses the Historical Museum and Picture Gallery. In February, 1945 Livadia Palace was meant to play the essential part in the world history…. The memorial exposition "the Crimean (Yalta) conference of the heads of three countries – the USSR, the USA and... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Great Livadia palace is the main sight of Yalta. It’s a former summer residence of last Russian emperor Nikolay II. Livadia Palace and park are world famous. The White Livadia Palace was constructed to be a summer residence of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. The...