Travel to Crimea!

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Massandra Palace in Yalta is a little castle in the Louis XIII style. The castle was built on order of Count Mihkail Vorontsov. The Passandra Palace has the ideal surrounding of grey rocks and age-old pine trees.

After some years Alexander III bought the castle as the summer residence for his family. He reconstructed Crimean palace. It became light, elegant,a true fairytale palace. 

How to get Massandra Palace in Yalta:

Adress: Massanrda palace, Massandra, Yalta

tel.:+38(0654) 32-17-28

Working time: 9.00-16.00 Off day-Monday

Working exposition – «Alexander III family»

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Taxi to Yalta

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Taxi to Yalta

To read more about Livadia palace as the best pearl» in the crown of the Russian Empire you can in another post here. We offer your attention series of photos of Livadia palace in Yalta (Crimea), Ukraine. Livadia is a must to see in Crimea firstly because of the famous Yalta Conference (sometimes it is called Crimea Conference) in 1945 and the second reason is the beauty of Livadia palace the last Russian Tsar residence, and the beauty of Livadia surroundings: park, beach, local houses, old buildings of sanatoriums, etc.

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Now Swallow’s Nest castle in Yalta is the well-known symbol of Southern coast of Crimea. The castle was built in 1911, on the top of 40 meters high Aurora cliff. So the best view on Swallow’s Nest castle from the seaside. Most of the visitors come here by boats, local ships. There are some interesting excursion trips by boat, that start mostly from Yalta. At the castle now is newly opened art gallery with the works of Ukrainian, Russian painters. The famous picture of Kuindzhi is performed in a black room.

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Livadia Palace, Yalta

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After visiting the «Meridional Country», Empress Catherine the Great called Crimea «the best pearl» in the crown of the Russian Empire. The lush exotic nature, the landscape never before seen, the bright southern sun and the warm caressing sea were destined to admire and amaze.

The snow-white building of Livadia Palace looks very elegant against the background of the blue sea and fresh green of the park. The new Big Palace was built for Nikolay II by the Yalta architect N.Krasnov within seventeen months. 52 companies of many Russian cities took part in the palace complex construction but generally the participants were the Crimean inhabitants – Russians, Ukranians, Byelo-russians, Tatars, Greeks, Italians, Turks. More »

In the first half of the last century, a palace designed by the English architect Edward Blore was built in Alupka (Yalta) for the governor-general of Nova Rossia count Vorontsov. The count’s serfs were erecting this miracle of architecture for 20 years. The north side of the castle has a definite british aspect, its west wing resembles a medieval fortress, while its frontage facing south looks as a kind of moslem temple. The palace wonderfully fits into the panorama of the mountains and the blue expanse of the sea. Thousand of crimean guests file along these facades each so unlike the other, look over the winter garden, library, Chinese study, grand dining hall, blue drawing room. More »