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Massandra Palace

Massandra Palace, Massandra

 olgaehr Says:  Tsar's Hunting Lodge converted into Stalin's summer house.Beautiful Palace and architecture. Small but worth walking around garden.Take marshrutka to the palace (2 gryvnnya's per person). Make sure you tell the driver so he will stop there and tell you where to go. To get up... 

Delphinarium of Massandra

Delphinarium of Massandra, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The delphinarium of Massandra is situated in the hotel "Yalta-Intourist". Driving on dolphins and white whales. Swimming with dolphins. Feeding of animals and underwater immersing. Photographing with dolphins. All these pleasures offers this local delphinarium. Time of a... 

Swimming pool in Yalta-Massandra hotel

Swimming pool in Yalta-Massandra hotel, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The swimming pool in Yalta hotel is a good decision even in summer when the temperature of water is below 20 degrees. It has warm (+28 degrees) sea water! every season of the year! It's rather large 50 meters.Do you know what we did every evening in January? Yes, of cause!... 

The Black Sea

The Black Sea, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Black Sea is the main sight of the Southern coast of the Crimea, Yalta and Massandra. However the sea happens comprehensible for swimming and bathing only a few months in year - from July till September when water gets warm up to 22-25 degrees. However even in summer the... 

Massandra Sacred Nikolay Chudotvorets church

Massandra Sacred Nikolay Chudotvorets church, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Sacred Nikolay Chudotvorets church has been constructed in 1916 under the project of the architect N.Maksimov for sanatorium of bottom grades and officers of the Russian imperial fleet sick of tuberculosis. The ground was allocated in Bottom Massandra, in a specific manor.... 

Restaurants  

Allegro: Italian Restaurant

Allegro: Italian Restaurant, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  In Christmas Eve we searched for restaurant in which we would celebrate Christmas night. We noticed the Italian restaurant near to our hotel. It had a very European appearance and we decided to order there a little table for the evening. Yalta is considered the most... 

"Ai Petri": Christmas night

"Ai Petri": Christmas night, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The name of the restaurant is in honor the Mountain which is situated near to Yalta. This is the best restaurant in "Yalta-Intourist" Hotel. It is located on the last 17-th floor of the building. Great panorama on Yalta and the Black Sea opens from its balcony. The name of... 

"Last Chance": Winter in Yalta-Massandra

"Last Chance": Winter in Yalta-Massandra, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  There are several restaurants in the largest hotel of the Crimea "Yalta Intourist". For our first supper in the day of arrival we chose the restaurant on the ground floor. We liked it and use one more time later. Quite deliciose at reasonable prise. A supper for 5 persons... 

Nightlife  

Night Bar in "Yalta-Intourist": Striptease show in Massandra

Night Bar in "Yalta-Intourist": Striptease show in Massandra, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Who could imagine in Soviet times that something like this would be possible here? But striptease-show is at your disposal in Yalta and nobody is surprised! Alexandra seemed us very skilled in this show. Pity there was rather few people on the show in January. May be in... 

Yalta-Massandra Concert Hall: Pop concert

Yalta-Massandra Concert Hall: Pop concert, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Every evening we went to the "Yalta-Intourist" Concert Hall and watched the show. This time it was a concert of local artists. Duration 1 hour.Entrance fee 60 grivnas ($12). 

Yalta Variety show: Cancan in Yalta-Massandra

Yalta Variety show: Cancan in Yalta-Massandra, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  This show begins at 21.00 almost every evening in the concert-hall of "Yalta-Massandra" hotel. Entrance fee 60 grivnas ($12). 

Local Customs  

Christmas in Yalta-Massandra

Christmas in Yalta-Massandra, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  In Christmas evening the concert of children's chorus has been shown in a hall of the hotel. Children were dressed in national suits. They sang Christmas songs in Russian and Ukrainian languages. It was very lovely! 

Struggle for grounds in the unique Mass-dra Park

Struggle for grounds in the unique Mass-dra Park, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Besides the imperial palace in Massandra once there was a manor of column Vorontsov. I did not manage to find even the rests of buildings of this manor. However the main property of the column's works became a huge park in Bottom Massandra. It begins in Middle Massandra and... 

Off The Beaten Path  

40 Years later

40 Years later, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  For the first time I arrived to have a rest in Massandra in 1967 together with my parents. I was 13 years old. Whether I could then imagine that later 40 years (in 2007) I would go down to the sea and rise up again from the sea along the same mountain tracks! When I got a... 

The Bottom Massandra Park

The Bottom Massandra Park, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Massandra Park is one of the greatest on the Southern coast of the Crimea. It settles down below a trolleybus line and above the hotel "Yalta" and Drazhinsky Street. The park is rich with exotic kinds of trees and bushes (nearby 200 kinds). In Massandra Park which was... 

Favorites  

Massandra Wine-tasting Hall

Massandra Wine-tasting Hall, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  A wine tasting ceremony at the famous Massandra Wine-Tasting Hall is really worth visiting. You will have an opportunity to try 9 samples of local wines (Massandra Cabernet red wine, White and Red Massandra Muscat, White and Red Massandra Port wine, Massandra Sherry, Madera... 

Massandra Wine Museum

Massandra Wine Museum, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The collection fund of association "Massandra" consists of three parts: museum, advertising-research and commercial. The museum fund represents greater value, and wines being there are unique. In museum fund there are several bottles of each name of wine every year... 

Prince L.S.Golitsyn and Winery history

Prince L.S.Golitsyn and Winery history, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Prince L.S. Golitsyn who was appointed in 1891 on the post of the main wine maker of the Udel'ny department (the department of all grounds belonged to the Emperor had such a name in the Crimea and in the Caucasus), made a decision on construction of the underground winery of... 

Massandra Winery

Massandra Winery, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The world-wide well-known winery "Massandra" occupies practically each scrap of unique arable lands of Big Yalta. All of them are turned to the sun. There are grounds of the winery "Livadia" to the West from Yalta and to the East - the winery "Gurzuf". There are also other... 

Massandra Palace Museum

Massandra Palace Museum, Massandra

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Nowadays the Palace is the object for excursions. It experienced the years of oblivion and at last it was opened as a beautiful museum, displaying its splendour to the most welcome guest-tourists from all over the world, who enjoy romantic scenery and architecture. An... 

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