EXCURSION PROGRAMME BY -INTOURIST

For the period of the ХIII European Masters Championship the “Yalta-Intourist” hotel offers an exciting Excursion Programme. You will be acquainted with the wonderful , the place adored by tsars and presidents, prime ministers and diplomats, writers and poets, artists and composers, scientists and filmmakers. If you have been here once, you will have a strong wish to come back again to reread this wonderful book entitled “Crimea”.

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“” WINERY   Tasting best wines 2.5 hours; adults - 250 UAH; children - 160 14:30 14:30 UAH

VORONTSOV PALACE Palace and park of Earl Vorontsov in the   town of 14:30 14:30 4 hours; adults - 200 UAH; children - 175 UAH MASSANDRA, NIKITA Massandra Palace, Nikita Botanical   Garden 14:30 14:30 4 hours; adults - 265 UAH; children - 220 UAH AI-PETRI Mountain herbal tea – for free!!! Up and down by funicular, free time on   the tableland 9:30 9:30 5 hours; adults - 325 UAH; children - 265 UAH HISTORIC YALTA , Pokrova Church in   14:30 14:30 4 hours; adults - 200 UAH; children -170 UAH BALAKLAVA ANTIQUITIES Submarine Museum, Sheremetievs’  Museum, Seafront 9:00 7 hours; adults - 220 UAH; children - 200 UAH – THE OF TWO EPOCHS  “Panorama” Museum, Chersonese, city centre 9:00 9 hours; adults - 325 UAH; children - 285 UAH BAKHCHISARAY Khan’s Palace, Chufut-Kale cave town,  Uspensky Monastery 9:00 9 hours; adults - 365 UAH; children - 315 UAH SEA TRIP From the hotel by motor boat to the   Swallow’s Nest Castle 17:45 17:45 1 hour 45 min.; adults - 80 UAH; children - 60 UAH

TICKET BOOKING:

1. Tickets can be booked until 31.08.2011 by e-mail [email protected] or by telephone 270-132, 270-240 2. Please, specify: - date, time and route - number of people - preferred language (Russian, English) - contact details for response. 3. You can join excursion groups after 31.08.2011 provided there are still free places. 4. Service is guaranteed if: - a group includes 7 people at least - 100% prepayment (by cash or by credit card). 5. Please, pay for tickets in the Guest Relations Department of the “Yalta-Intourist” hotel at least one day before an excursion.

“MASSANDRA” WINERY Tasting best wines - a world-known Ukrainian producer of ordinary and fine wines with a 100-year-old history; - wines awarded with over 200 medals and over 10 Grand Prix and Super Grand Prix Cups; - a wine tasting complex annually visited by more than 40,000 guests from all over the world.

VORONTSOV PALACE Palace and park of Earl Vorontsov in the town of Alupka

Vorontsov’s Palace was constructed from 1830 to 1848, to be used as a summer residence of the governor-general of the Novorossiysky Krai, Prince Mikhail Vorontsov.

The palace was built to the design of the English architect Edward Blore (1789–1879). An important architectural characteristic of the palace was its relation to the nearby Crimean Mountains, with which it harmonized perfectly.

In February 1945, during the world-famous , the Alupka Palace hosted the English Delegation headed by Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

MASSANDRA, NIKITA Massandra Palace, Nikita Botanical Garden The Palace of Emperor Alexander III was built to the design of the French architect Bouchart. The construction started in 1881 under the order of the governor's heir, grand duke Vorontsov, but only after seven years since his death the uncompleted palace was bought by Emperor Alexander III and was finished in 3 years. In the Soviet period this architectural monument was the closed object, became the state cottage, where the Communist party and government leaders stopped to rest. Nowadays the palace is opened for visitors. Established in 1812 by Christian Steven, the Nikita Botanical Garden is one of the oldest research and development centers of . Here you can see a 1,000 year old juniper and a 500 year old oak tree, both native to Crimea, as well as many of almost 15,000 species collected from all corners of the globe.

AI-PETRI By funicular to the top of Ai-Petri

Not being the highest point of the Crimean Mountains, Ai-Petri is undoubtedly one of the most impressive tops of Crimea. A 20-minute trip by funicular will bring you 1,234 meters high and offer you a panorama of the Southern Coast of Crimea and the shoreless .

Historical Yalta Livadia Palace, Pokrova Church in Oreanda Livadia Palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II. The Yalta Conference was held there in 1945, bringing together leaders of the USSR, the USA and the Great Britain to shape destiny of the post-war Europe.

The settlement of Oreanda, a former grand duke mansion, is located to the south of Livadia. From Livadia it can be reached by the so called Sunny Path, which was laid as far back as 1861 and was known as the Tsar’s. One of Oreanda’s sights is the magnificent Pokrova Church built in the Georgian-Byzantine style, which perfectly matches with a severe, mountainous landscape of Oreanda. BALAKLAVA ANTIQUITIES Balaklava Submarine Museum, Sheremetievs’ Museum, Seafront

Like many other Crimean sites, the settlement of Balaklava is full of mystery. It offers a great number of legends, ranging from Odysseus’s adventures to teeming treasures of the British steamer “The Black Prince” sunken near the bay’s cliffs.

The excursion “Balaklava Antiquities” includes visiting the famous Balaklava Submarine Museum, Sheremetievs’ Museum dedicated to the , and the Seafront.

SEVASTOPOL – THE CITY OF TWO EPOCHS “Panorama” museum, Chersonese, city centre Sevastopol is the city of memorials and monuments, obelisks and museums. Its heroic past is narrated by the Panorama “Sevastopol’s Defense, 1854-1855”, the Diorama “The Storm of Sapun Mountain, 7 May 1944”, the Seaside Boulevard, and the Earl’s Dock. Older history still lives in the walls of Chersonese, which has preserved ancient and medieval monuments of Crimea. Chersonese is a sacred place for Orthodox Christians: here grand duke Vladimir was baptized in 988.

BAKHCHISARAY Khan’s Palace, Chufut-Kale cave town, Uspensky Monastery Bakhchisaray is the capital of the former Crimean-Tatar Khanate. The Khan’s Palace is a unique example of oriental architecture and the museum of the Crimean Tatars’ culture. One of its masterpieces is the famous “Fountain of Tears” sung by Alexander Pushkin, the greatest Russian poet. In the surroundings of Bakhchisaray you can visit one of the most famous cave monasteries of Crimea – the Uspensky Monastery, as well as the cave town of Chufut-Kale.

SEA TRIP By motor boat to the Swallow’s Nest Castle

The famous “Swallow’s Nest”– the symbol of the Southern Coast of Crimea – represents a small romantic castle, located by some miracle at the very edge of the large Avrora Cliff.