From the pier you will travel by coach east of Yalta to a picturesque settlement of Massandra to visit Alexander III Palace, which was built especially for the son of Alexander III - George.
     En route you will see the historical part of the town including Polikurovsky Hill, and the Bell Tower of Ioann Zlatoust church - places visited by the first Russian Emperor Nicholas I in September 1837.
     From the parking place a mini-van will take you up a narrow road to the Palace, which is also known as Stalin's Dacha.
     Surrounded by a nice little park with a fountain and set like Versailles, this charming summer palace once received the Russian Imperial family of Romanov.
     Your guided visit to the Palace garden will allow you to admire it's beautiful interiors, furniture, art pieces and memorabilia of all sorts - photos, documents, letters - all carefully arranged.
     Stroll around the lovely palace garden and enjoy the views.
     Upon reboarding the motor coach, you will be taken to Livadia settlement - Former summer residence of Russian Tsars from the end of XIX century, to visit the lavish "White Palace."
     You will visit two floors of the Palace - main halls of the ground floor (Festive dining-room, reception-room, billiards-room) where the famous Yalta Conference took place in 1945, and some private rooms of the first floor (study, library, children's class room, family dining-room, etc.)
     You will also see the wet part of the Palace - the Bell Tower and church of Exaltation, which was built by Alexander II.
     The tour will be completed by a Royal Lunch at "Livadia" restaurant.  You will have a chance to taste the dishes which were common on the royal menu.
     The lunch will be accompanied by the special music which was popular during the Tsars' reign.
     The menu includes:

Appetizers:  black caviar, salted salmon, vegetables, cooked mushrooms.
First course:  Sturgeon fish soup
Second course:  "Royal hunt"  (meat with special sauce).
Dessert:  Blyny with fruit
Drinks:  Vodka, Cabernet red wine, mineral water, tea or coffee.