After this short excursion Yalta becomes familiar for you.
And next time you'll visit this romantic city - you visit your old and beautiful friend at the Crimean seacoast. First you will see is famous Embankment which is the main street of Yalta and a favorite avenue of holiday makers for their evening strolls. And then - a cable car line to the top of the Darsan Hill where you enjoy a beautiful view to the city, and a Mound of Glory, erected in memory of the fallen during the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.
Later you visit one of the magnificent Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built in honor of Romanoff House for its third centenary in 1913. And then to the Chekhov museum - the house where the great Russian writer lived from 1899 to 1904. And we end our tour the place we started it walking along the famous Yalta quay and see the new modern Yalta with Casinos, cafes and nice looking restaurants, attractions for children and adults, huge Ocean cruise ships and beautiful Crimean girls.
Quite a number of places in Yalta are connected with the name of famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov: a Chekhov district, a Chekhov Museum, a Chekhov Theatre, a monument to Chekhov, and a street, a library and a school named after him. Chekhov was very popular among local residents.
He came to Yalta for the first time in the summer of 1888 "just to satisfy his passion for travel". In 1898 on medical advice he decided to make Yalta his permanent home and he brought his mother and sister Maria with him. He bought a small plot of land and built a two-storeyed house with an attic which his contemporaries called "White Cottage". He lived here from 1899 to 1904. Now this place became Museum.
The dining room, the writer's bedroom and study have been preserved in their original state. One of the rooms holds a historical and literary exposition of Chekhov's life and work. During the five and a half years that Chekhov spent in Yalta the walls of this house could hear the voices of F.Chaliapin, S.Rachmaninov, K.Stanislavsky, A.Gorky, Kuprin and I.Levitan. It was in this house that Chekhov wrote his famous plays "The Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard". Chekhov usually worked in his study at the little table near his bed.
Note: prices are valid for next languages: Rus/Eng/Ger. Prices for other languages are upon request.
Note: + 5 USD / 4 Euro / 286 RUB museum fee per person.
Prices are valid for excursions starting in Yalta.
The duration of excursion 3 hours.