2025 Alupka Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in October)

【Noble Estate at Dawn】 The most beautiful when the morning mist hasn't lifted! The white domes reflect on the peacock-blue sea, every snapshot looks like an oil painting～ 📍Estate Address: Dvortsovoye Hwy, 18, Alupka City, Crimean Peninsula ✨Recommended Spots to Check In: ➡️Italian Staircase: Wrapped in the scent of roses, super romantic💐 ➡️Marble Lion Group: Awakening among the silhouettes of pines and cypresses, solemn yet dreamy🦁 ➡️Sea View Terrace: Sip coffee while watching the Mediterranean morning light, the same view as the count☕️ 📸Photo Tips: ▫️Best lighting at sunrise ▫️Wearing a light-colored long dress makes photos stand out ▫️Bring a vintage book as a prop 💭Historical Easter Egg: This was a summer retreat for nobles during the Tsarist era! Walking here, you can almost hear the sound of horses’ hooves on Alpine stones🐎～ 🍰Must-Try Food: The Black Sea-flavored creamy dessert at the estate café, the countess’s recipe～ sweet but not greasy, truly amazing! ⏰Opening Hours: Summer 8:00-20:00 Winter 9:00-17:00 Come experience the luxurious holiday of the Russian nobility!✨

🎉Yalta Travel Guide🎉 🌟Day 1: Immerse yourself in history and culture🌟 Livadia Palace🏰 Highlights: This is the summer palace of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. The interior of the palace recreates the scene of the meeting between the leaders of the US, UK, and USSR in 1945. Feelings: Stroll through the palace corridors, admire the exquisite furniture and artwork, and feel the weight of history. Swallow's Nest🏰 Highlights: Built on a cliff, it is a symbol of Crimea and offers stunning views of the sea. Activities: Take in the panoramic sea view from Swallow's Nest, take photos, and experience the charm of a medieval castle. Vorontsov Palace🏰 (Alupka Palace) Highlights: One of the oldest and largest palaces in Crimea, nestled on a mountainside with picturesque views of the sea. Experience: Visit the museum inside the palace and admire over 11,000 art pieces, feel the royal atmosphere. Yalta Lenin Embankment🏖️ Highlights: Under the blue sky and white clouds, the Lenin Embankment boasts restaurants, hotels, shops, squares, sculptures, and churches. Activities: Stroll along the embankment, admire the yachts and distant snow-capped mountains, take photos. Central Market🛒 Highlights: A large indoor market where locals buy food, souvenirs, and daily necessities. Experience: Taste local delicacies, buy souvenirs, and experience the local lifestyle. 🌃Evening: Enjoy a delicious dinner at a seaside restaurant in Yalta🍽️, savor local specialties, and experience the romantic atmosphere of a coastal city. 🌟Day 2: Explore nature and art🌟 Mount Ai-Petri🏔️ Highlights: Take the world's largest cable car🚡 up the mountain, overlooking the magnificent southern coast of Crimea. Activities: Enjoy snowmobiling, skiing, and other recreational activities at the mountaintop, enjoy nature's bounty. Massandra Winery🍷 Highlights: The most luxurious winery during the Tsarist era, considered the best winery in Tsarist Russia. Experience: Visit the wine cellar, taste wines from different years, and buy a few bottles as souvenirs. Cave Monastery⛪ Highlights: A monastery composed of multiple caves, featuring exquisite murals and stone carvings, showcasing the rich culture and history of Ukraine. Activities: Meditate in the monastery, feel the serenity and power of religion. Black Sea Beach🏖️ Highlights: An ideal place to enjoy sunshine, sand, and seawater, perfect for swimming, surfing, and sunbathing. Activities: Sunbathe, swim, and play in the sand on the beach, fully enjoy the fun of a coastal city. 🌃Evening: Stroll through the night scene of Yalta🚶‍♂️, admire the city's beauty and twinkling lights, experience the unique charm of this city. 🎁Shopping and Food Recommendations🎁 Shopping: Buy local specialties and souvenirs on Yalta's commercial street, such as wine and handicrafts. Food: Taste local delicacies, such as Ukrainian borscht, Kiev salad, and creamy mushroom soup, experience Russian and Ukrainian food culture. 🚗Transportation Guide🚗 From Simferopol Airport, you can take a bus🚌 to Yalta, or rent a car🚗 and drive yourself. Within Yalta city, you can take public transportation🚌 or walk🚶‍♂️ to visit various attractions. 💡Tips💡 Yalta has a Mediterranean climate, hot and humid in summer, mild and rainy in winter. It is recommended to choose appropriate clothing according to the season. Yalta's attractions are scattered, it is recommended to plan your itinerary in advance and arrange your time reasonably. During your visit, pay attention to the protection of cultural relics and historical sites, and respect local customs.

1. Overview Yalta is located on the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula and is a world-famous historic city. It is located in the south of the Black Sea and has a Mediterranean climate. It is mild and rainy in winter and hot and humid in summer. In the 20th century, Yalta was an important sanatorium in the Soviet Union, and it is now a well-known sanatorium along the Black Sea. 2. Famous Attractions Vorontsov Palace: Located in Alupka, Crimea, it is also known as "Alupka Palace". The palace is located at the foot of the Crimean Mountains and is the official residence of Count Vorontsov, the executive governor of the New Rossico border area during the Tsarist period, and a Russian politician and military strategist. Swallow's Nest: A medieval castle built on a cliff, standing on the coast of the Black Sea, like a swallow about to spread its wings and soar. Its architectural style is unique and full of mysterious colors. Massandra Palace: This is a new Renaissance-style palace, famous for its exquisite architecture and rich history. The palace is surrounded by beautiful gardens, which are good places for walking and relaxing. 3. Food Features Yalta's food is rich and diverse, mainly seafood and local specialties. The fresh fish, shrimp, crabs and other seafood from the Black Sea are delicious. In addition, there are local traditional foods, such as Crimean barbecue, cheese pies, etc., which are full of strong local flavors. 4. Leisure Activities 1. Beach vacation: Yalta has beautiful beaches, and the delicate beaches and clear sea water attract many tourists to come on vacation. You can enjoy the sun and beach here, and enjoy swimming, surfing, diving and other water activities. 2. Hot spring health: Yalta has rich hot spring resources and has various health effects. Relaxing in the hot spring and enjoying a comfortable health experience is the choice of many tourists. 3. Hiking: The natural scenery of the Crimean Peninsula is beautiful, and there are many routes suitable for hiking. You can stroll along the mountain trails, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and feel the charm of nature.

1. Recommended Attractions 1. Vorontsov Palace: A blend of various architectural styles, grand and exquisite. The garden around the palace is pleasant and is a good place for photo ops. 2. Alupka Vorontsov Park: With rich vegetation and beautiful landscapes, it feels like being in a fairy tale world. 3. Black Sea Coast Viewing Platform: Here you can enjoy the magnificent view of the Black Sea and feel the sea breeze. 2. Recommended Food 1. Crimean Cheese: There are many types, rich in taste, delicious with local bread. 2. Seafood Salad: Fresh seafood and vegetables are refreshing and delicious. 3. Crimean Tea: It has a unique flavor. In the leisurely afternoon, have a cup of Crimean tea and enjoy a cozy time. 3. Transportation Guide 1. You can choose to take a train to the main city of Crimea, and then take a bus to Yalta. 2. In Yalta, you can take a bus, taxi or rent a bicycle for sightseeing. 4. Accommodation Suggestions 1. Seaview Homestay: Feel the charm of the Black Sea up close, and wake up to a beautiful sea view in the morning. 2. Historic Building Hotel: Stay in a historic building and experience a different accommodation atmosphere. 5. Precautions 1. Respect local religious beliefs and cultural customs, and abide by local regulations. 2. Pay attention to environmental protection and do not litter. 3. Pay attention to the local weather conditions before traveling and make corresponding preparations.

🔅In October 2019, I departed from Hangzhou and flew to Moscow before transferring to a plane to Simferopol, starting my 5-day trip to Crimea. 🔅Crimea Island is not very big, with two main tourist cities, Sevastopol and Yalta, both of which are well-known. Sevastopol, also known as Sev Harbor, is home to the famous Black Sea Fleet, while Yalta was the venue for the Yalta Conference 1️⃣To get to the point, let's talk about something more pleasant, like travel! First, let's talk about Yalta. This is a city located near the Black Sea, with many mountains. It looks a bit like Chongqing, a mountain city, and most of the attractions here are related to the sea. 🔅The seaside avenue is beautiful and artistic, where you can always see various performances, guitar, accordion, juggling, skateboarding, and performance art on the street. 🔅The suburban Mount Aibidetan is a bit like Huangshan, especially in October, when the autumn colors dye the trees on the mountaintop red. For a moment, I seem to feel that two trees and the welcoming pine have a similar charm. 🔅On the way of taking the aerial cable car, you can have a panoramic view of the Crimean Peninsula, the Black Sea, city buildings, and the coastline, which are all very beautiful. By the way, for an additional 50 yuan, you can also walk on the aerial plank road, which is very exciting and thrilling. 🔅After descending the mountain, you can also take a look at the landmark building of Yalta - Swallow's Nest. This is a castle with a strong medieval knight style, named after its resemblance to a swallow soaring in the blue sky when viewed from afar. 🔅There is a pier under the Yanzi Castle, where you can take a boat to reach the seaside avenue of Yalta. You can choose to take a boat at sunset, and the sea view along the way is very beautiful. 🔅On the second day, I also visited the Alupka Vorontsov Palace at the foot of Ai-Petri Mountain. This is a Moorish revival-style building constructed in the 19th century. 🔅The entire palace can almost be described as magnificent, with Gothic chimneys, Arab-style arches, medieval knight-style banquet halls, and even a very Chinese-style study. This mixed architectural complex seems to have no sense of violation. 🔅If you are careful enough, you may even find that Chinese silk is embedded in the grass mats on the walls. By the way, this place was once the venue for the Yalta Conference. 🔅The cuisine in Yalta is also very unique, mainly focused on Caucasian barbecue. Of course, the most impressive culinary experience is to visit the century-old winery, Massandra Winery, where you can spend 750 rubles to tour the wine cellar and taste 9 different flavors of wine for free. The wine is very delicious, worthy of being a land of red wine production. 2️⃣The second city is Sevastopol. Compared to the hustle and bustle of Yalta, I actually prefer the quiet and natural atmosphere of Sevastopol. On the seaside avenue near the Black Sea, there is always a lively atmosphere, with locals walking in twos and threes. I followed them to feed the pigeons and even found some unique wooden refrigerator magnets and slightly old-looking medals. 🔅Of course, when I arrived in Sevastopol, I wouldn't miss the cultural relics here. My favorite is the ancient city of Chersonese, which has more than 2,500 years of history on the outskirts. It was once a colony of ancient Greece and was once known as the Pompeii of Ukraine and the Troy of Russia. 🔅Inside the ancient ruins, I saw many city wall ruins, city gates, and my favorite Roman-style theater. Because the ancient city was built next to the Black Sea, the scenery is also very beautiful. 🔅By the way, besides the ancient Roman ruins, I also discovered an Eastern Orthodox church in the Ksenisi site. Walking into the magnificent hall, it was very dazzling. 🔅In addition, I also discovered numerous monuments in the city, such as the sunken ship monument built in 1905, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Crimean War and the defense of Sevastopol. It bears witness to Sevastopol's resilience after the war and to the fact that it is a city of heroes. 🔅My trip to Crimea passed in such admiration. Even after several years, I still miss every day in Crimea, with its colorful scenery, culinary delights, and endless emotions.