General information:
The Crimean southern coast occupies the narrow strip of the Black Sea coast on the southern slope of the Main Range of the Crimean Mountains, with a length of about 150 km long and 2-8 km wide. The climate is subtropical. The holiday season lasts longer than in similar climatic regions of the Mediterranean - the Spanish island of Mallorca, the French Riviera, the Italian Liguria coast.
The southern coast of Crimea is the oldest wine-growing region. 2.5 thousand years ago the ancient Greeks brought their grape and winemaking culture here.
Crimean winemaking flourished in the 19th century. Massandra and the New World wineries were well known throughout the Russian Empire and beyond. The vineyards of Livadia, Oreanda, Massandra, Ai-Danil, Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Gurzuf, Alupka, Artek, Miskhor, Simeiz gained their fame in the nineteenth century.
Yalta was a famous resort and stood out for its elite wine seasons. Russian emperors and aristocracy owned vineyards and wineries and supported the development of Crimean winemaking. Today, the Crimea South coast, birthplace of world-famous wines with a rich winemaking history, culture, breathtaking landscapes, and unique garden environment is must visit destination.
Recommended flights from Moscow:
Arrival: flights arriving in Simferopol from 11:40 to 12:30.
Departure from Simferopol: flights departing at 18:30 and later.
Arriving in Simferopol by other flights can contact us, and we will arrange a transfer of your choice or tell you how to get to our hotel yourself
Duration: 3 nights / 4 days.
Regular tours: every Thursday
Estimated cost: 48 500 rubles per person for double occupancy, sgl supplement 15 800 rubles.
Individual tours in any dates and seasons on request.
Corporate events in any dates and seasons on request.
The price includes: accommodation in a 4* hotel, transport services according to the program, transfers to / from the airport according to the program, all tours and visits according the program, all tastings at wineries, all breakfasts, 3 dinners at hotel restaurant, 2 gastronomic lunches, qualified tour guide, accompanying group.
The price does not include:
Air Ticket / Railway Ticket
Insurance
- Itinerary.
- Day 1 - Thursday
- Arrival at the Simferopol airport (SIP) by flights arriving from 11:40 to 12:30.
- Meet and greet at the Simferopol airport in the arrivals area.
- Transfer to Yalta city.
- Accommodation at the Hotel Intourist Yalta 4*.
- Time for leisure.
- Dinner at the Hotel main restaurant.
- Overnight stay at the hotel.
- Day 2 - Friday
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Minibus tour to the Vorontsov Palace and Vorontsov Garden in Alupka town.
- Visit with the wine tasting in the Vorontsov cellars.
- Departure from the Vorontsov Palace to Livadia village. Stop at the observation deck overlooking palace «the Swallow's Nest».
- Lunch in Gaspra village at a Eastern European restaurant.
- Visit to the Livadia Palace - Museum. Tour around the palace: «Romanovs in Livadia."
- A walk through the Livadia garden.
- Transfer from Livadia to the hotel.
- Dinner at the Hotel main restaurant.
- Overnight stay at the hotel.
- Day 3 - Saturday
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Minibus ride to Massandra town.
- Visit the Massandra Palace of Emperor Alexander III in Upper Massandra town.
- Transfer to the Massandra winery.
- The winery tour through Golitsyn historic cellars. Tutored wine tasting.
- Departure for lunch with a stop at the observation deck overlooking Ayu-Dag and Adallary.
- Lunch at the restaurant of Crimean Tatar cuisine.
- Visit to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. Tasting Crimean wines and fruits in the Nikitsky garden.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner at the Hotel main restaurant.
- Overnight stay at the hotel.
- Day 4 - Sunday
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Check out.
- Transfer to the Simferopol airport.
- Arrival at the Simferopol airport for flights departing from 16:00.
- The end of program.