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Duke Dmitry Romanov. Unfortunately, you can visit but not stay at the
Mauritanian-styled palace. Accommodation is in a modern building, but the
spruced-up palace park is all yours. A pool on the cliff edge is the highlight.
About 500m in the opposite direction, Sanatorium Dnepr ( 0654-247 230; ht-
tp://dnepryalta.com ; Alupkinskoye shosse 13, Gaspra-2; d from 1230uah) occupies the former
Harax estate of Grand Duke Georgy Romanov. Here you can actually get a (very
bland) room at the grand duke's Scottish-style house. For 20uah it's possible to
walk around the estate and use the relatively uncrowded beach, reached by an el-
evator - quite an amazing feat of Soviet engineering constructed by experts from
the Moscow metro.
Uchansu Waterfall to Grand Canyon
Heading northwest from Yalta, bus 30 from the main bus station takes you within walk-
ing distance of two beauty spots in the mountains off the Bakhchysaray road. From the
Vodopad (Waterfall) stop about 11km out, you can walk to a platform (20uah) beside the
100m-high Uchansu Waterfall . From the Karagol stop, 3km further up the road, a track
leads to forest-ringed Lake Karagol . Both spots have a restaurant.
Continuing past the Karagol stop by car, the road winds spectacularly up to the top of
the range 13km on; the summit of Mt Ay-Petri (1233m) sits to the left. This route, and
several others up Mt Ay-Petri, are ideal for mountain biking (for more details, see
www.mountainbiking.velocrimea.com ).
On the inland side of the range is Crimea's so-called Grand Canyon, Bolshoy Kanyon
- not very big, really, but a pleasant enough walk. There are several tourist lodges in
nearby Sokoline , which can only be reached by taxi from either Yalta or Bakhchysaray -
buses are not allowed on this derelict road.
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East of Yalta
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Sights
Massandra Palace PALACE
(Dvorets Massandra; 321 728; adult/student 70/35uah; 10.30am-6pm Tue-Sun May-Oct, to
3.30pm Nov-Apr) A cutesy hunting lodge built to resemble a French chateau, the turreted
 
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