Nikitsky Botanical Garden
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Yalta
Nikitsky Botanical Garden
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Yalta
Located not far from Yalta, the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is a real outdoor museum, one of the most unique landmarks of southern Crimea. This man-made park is recognized as a masterpiece of landscape art and is one of the oldest and the most famous botanical gardens in the world. It is rightfully called the ‘green treasure’ of the peninsula: unique types of plants from all regions of the planet ar
Ai-Petri
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Yalta
Ai-Petri
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Yalta
Ai-Petri (Greek for ‘Saint Peter’) is one of the most famous Crimean mountaints. Its picturesque peaks, which fence off Yalta from the outer world, have become the symbol not just of the southern coast, but also of the entire Crimean peninsula.
This legendary massif is attractive for tourists because from its peaks, one can get an amazing view over the whole southeastern coast of Crimea. In order
Chatyr-Dag
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Alushta
Chatyr-Dag
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Alushta
The Chatyr-Dag mountain massif is one of most famous and most visited in Crimea. It is one of the five tallest mountains on the peninsula, standing at over one and a half thousand meters (4,920 feet) high. In clear weather, you can see nearly all of Crimea from the top of Chatyr-Dag. The name of the massif is translated from the Turkic as ‘tent-mountain,’ and from afar, this stone giant’s silhouet
Balaklava
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Sevastopol
Balaklava
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Sevastopol
Balaklava is a small town near Sevastopol, nestled on the coast of an extremely beautiful bay. This serene harbor, hidden from strangers’ eyes by jagged mountains, is a unique piece of nature. Due to its favorable location it, it sheltered different peoples for thousands of years, and in the post-WWII period, it became a secret base for Soviet submarines. Today, Balaklava, with its amazing landsca