A week in Yalta, Ukraine

Seven days in Yalta, each a walk through best-known places that lie close together, the best known first: day one starts at Livadia Palace. 30 stops in all.

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Day 1

  1. Livadia PalaceMuseum · On the map
  2. Denkmal für Stalin, Roosevelt und ChurchillMonument · Next to Livadia Palace · On the map
  3. Statue d'Alexandre IIIMonument · 0.2 km on from Denkmal für Stalin, Roosevelt und Churchill · On the map

3 stops, 0.2 km on foot along the streets: about 3 min of walking.

Day 2

  1. Swallow's NestCastle · On the map
  2. CharaxArchaeological site · 0.6 km on from Swallow's Nest · On the map
  3. Харакский паркPark · 0.6 km on from Charax · On the map
  4. Charax PalacePalace · 0.1 km on from Харакский парк · On the map
  5. Ai-Todor (estate)Palace · 1.2 km on from Charax Palace · On the map
  6. Gaspra PalacePalace · 0.5 km on from Ai-Todor (estate) · On the map

6 stops, 12 km on foot along the streets: about 2 h 18 min of walking.

Day 3

  1. Saint Hripsime Church of YaltaTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, YaltaCathedral · 0.6 km on from Saint Hripsime Church of Yalta · On the map
  3. Roffe BathLandmark · 0.3 km on from Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta · On the map
  4. Museum of Lesya Ukrainka, YaltaMuseum · 0.2 km on from Roffe Bath · On the map
  5. Yalta Historical and Literary MuseumMuseum · 0.5 km on from Museum of Lesya Ukrainka, Yalta · On the map
  6. Palace of the Emir of Bukhara, YaltaPalace · 0.4 km on from Yalta Historical and Literary Museum · On the map

6 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 38 min of walking.

Day 4

  1. White DachaMuseum · On the map
  2. Immaculate Conception church in YaltaTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from White Dacha · On the map
  3. Sitting statue of Chekhov in YaltaMonument · 0.6 km on from Immaculate Conception church in Yalta · On the map
  4. Anton Tchekhov et la dame au petit chienMonument · 0.9 km on from Sitting statue of Chekhov in Yalta · On the map
  5. Statue of Lenin in YaltaMonument · 0.6 km on from Anton Tchekhov et la dame au petit chien · On the map
  6. Taras Shevchenko monumentMonument · 0.8 km on from Statue of Lenin in Yalta · On the map

6 stops, 5 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 1 min of walking.

Day 5

  1. Bulgakov mosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Kokkoz Jami MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Bulgakov mosque · On the map
  3. Yusupov Hunting HousePalace · 0.2 km on from Kokkoz Jami Mosque · On the map

3 stops, 0.8 km on foot along the streets: about 10 min of walking.

Day 6

  1. AdalaryMonument · On the map
  2. Cottage of Chekhov in GurzufMuseum · 1.1 km on from Adalary · On the map
  3. Pushkin Museum in GurzufMuseum · 0.6 km on from Cottage of Chekhov in Gurzuf · On the map

3 stops, 4 km on foot along the streets: about 56 min of walking.

Day 7

  1. Country house in YaltaMuseum · On the map
  2. Memorial to the heroes of the Civil War and the World War II in YaltaMonument · 0.8 km on from Country house in Yalta · On the map
  3. Polikur cemeteryMonument · 1.2 km on from Memorial to the heroes of the Civil War and the World War II in Yalta · On the map

3 stops, 4.6 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 4 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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