Sightseeing excursions in Crimea: Yalta, Sevastopol, Sudak, Feodosia... Season 2008
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All my sightseeing excursions are preplanned from Yalta to Yalta. But anyway, you stay here in Yalta, you came here just for a few hours on a cruise ship or you even don't stay here, YOU ARE WELCOME. I provide private excursions for small private groups of up to 8 people.
SIGHTSEEING EXCURSIONS:
Excursion 1. Palaces of Yalta - Swallow's Nest Castle - Sevastopol - Balaklava. |
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| We leave Yalta and a first in our program we visit White Livadia Palace, place where Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met on Yalta conference (also known as Crimean conference) in 1945. After that we go to see the symbol of Crimea: the Swallow's Nest Castle. Then we come to Alupka to walk in a beautiful Alupka park and see magnificent Vorontsov Palace. After that we continue to move in direction of Sevastopol and we visit a charming rock on the church above Foros, where from we will see almost all the coast line from Yalta to Sevastopol. Not far from here we have a lunch and go to Sevastopol. Here we visit the legendary Panorama museum (museum of Crimean War 1854-1855) and then we walk along embankment. After some time spent in Sevastopol we comeback to Yalta, but on the way we visit Balaklava.
Time appr. 9 hours. More pictures: Sightseeing of Yalta // Sevastopol // Balaklava ------------ // Book this tour now // |
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| Foros. Church on the rock: | Sevastopol: | Balaklava: |
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Excursion 2. Khersones + Bakhchisaray + Ai-Petri mountain plateau |
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| Ancient Greek city Khersones (Chersonesus) | ||
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| First we go to Sevastopol to visit an ancient Greek city of Khersones. We don't visit any other museum in Sevastopol or city center. After spending a few time, walking over the ruins of buildings and defending wall we move to Bakhchisarai. Here we have a good lunch in a restaurant with National Crimean Tatar cuisine. After that we visit an old Orthodox cave monastery and Khan's Palace. After that we comeback to Yalta along the road through Ay-Petri mountain plateau (1200 m. above sea level !!!) and enjoy the view on Yalta and Southern Coast of Crimea.
Time appr. 9.5 hours. More pictures: Khersones // Bakhchisarai ------------ // Book this tour now // |
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| Bakhchisarai: Khan's Palace & cave monastery | ||
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Excursion 3. South-East of Crimea. Novyi Svet and Sudak. |
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| For this excursion we going to see admirable natural bays near a village of Novyi Svet. It means a little bit of hiking along a nice path (snickers or trainers or just sandals are OK! for that), swimming on a clean and not overcrowd beach. After some time spent in a Paradise we go to Sudak, take a lunch and visit a medieval Genoese fortress.
Time: from Yalta to Yalta about 9 hours, where half of this time we spend in a car, as a road along a coast is long, but ...
very beautiful. More pics: Bays of Novyi Svet // Fortress in Sudak ------------ // Book this tour now // |
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Special offer for cruises. All palaces of Yalta, Swallow's Nest Castle and Chekov house. |
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| This is a special offer for travelers who come to Yalta on a cruise ship, who have a limited time and would like to see the most important sights of Yalta with a private guide on a private excursion. It means also a luxurious car, best cuisine in a restaurant and friendly attentive guide. We start this excursion by visiting Massandra Palace in Yalta (Palace that was built for Alexander III, father of last Russian Emperor). After that we visit White Livadiya Palace (Crimean conference 1945 and home of last Russian Emperor Nicolas II and his family). Then we going to see adorable, covered with legends Swallow's Nest Castle. After that lunch and then we see Vorontsov Palace in Alupka. On the way back to Yalta, we visit Chekov's house, where famous Russian writer lived last years of his life... Time: appr. 6.5 hours. More pictures: Sightseeing of Yalta // ------------ // Book this tour now // |
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Multiday sightseeing toursAmong all I provide also multiday sightseeing tours, that allow us to visit all sides and sights of Crimean peninsula from West to East, from Sevastopol to Feodosiya. These are the programs by special requests 2-5 days long with accommodation in different hotels on the way in Feodosia, Yalta and Sevastopol.Such tours we start from Simferopol (I pick you up on your arrival to Crimea from a train station or Simferopol International airport). In most cases the program is something like this: We visit sights of Bakhchisaray and stay for a night in Sevastopol. Evening we walk along embankment and enjoy a Sevastopol night life. Next day we go to Yalta and visit on the way all sights, including ancient city Chersonesus and Balaclava, Palaces and beautiful churches. Night in Yalta and next day we continue to visit Yalta and so see Nikitsky Botanical Gardens in Yalta, Chekov's house, Massandra Palace and some of beautiful resort villages near Yalta. Your second night in Yalta and next day we go to the East and South-Eastern coast of Crimea, including Sudak and Feodosia. Night in Feodosia and next day we walk in Feodosia and comeback to train station (airport) in Simferopol. Price: 165 Euro total a day from a group of up to 8 people (family, friends, colleagues). This price includes my guiding, vehicle and my accommodation. Your accommodation, all the meals and entrance fees to museums are not included. More pictures: Sightseeing of Yalta // Sevastopol // Balaklava // Bakhchisaray // Genoa fortress in Sudak // Bays of Novyi Svet // Black sea coast of Crimea // Feodosia ------------ // Book this tour now // |
Hiking toursOne-day hiking tours - see here my list of most popular hiking tours, including the Valley of the Ghosts, Cave cities and monasteries and of course the Grand Canyon of Crimea (in my multi-day hiking programs). |
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