The Livadia / Лівадія / Ливадия & Alupka / Алупка palaces (Ukraine)

Livadiya (Ukrainian: Лівадія, Russian: Ливадия, Crimean Tatar: Livadiya) is small town in Crimea, Ukraine 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Yalta. A minor Crimean Tatar settlement in Middle Ages, Livadiya was named after the ancient Greek entrance into paradise in 1835, when a notable landscape park was laid out here. Livadiya became a summer residence of the Russian tsars in 1861. Emperor Alexander III of Russia died there in 1894. The Livadia Palace, built in 1910-11, is now a museum. It was formerly a summer palace of the last Russian Imperial family. In 1945, it served as the meeting place of the Yalta Conference and residence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Conference. Nowadays, Livadiya is known primarily for producing wine and is also a noted health resort.
Alupka (Ukrainian: Алупка, Russian: Алупка, Crimean Tatar: Alupka) is a resort city located in Crimea, Ukraine, situated 17 km (11 mi) to the west of Yalta. It is famous for the Vorontsov's Palace, designed by English architect Edward Blore in an extravagant mixture of Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish styles and built in 18281846 for prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.
Alupka and its surrounding area is full of resort hotels on the shore of the Black Sea, where thousands of travelers (particularly from the former Soviet Union) travel every year. Public transport to Alupka can include the bus system (bus routes #26 and #27 from Yalta) and other road vehicles.
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