One of the most famous sights in the Crimea is the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, located near Yalta. At the same time, it acts as a scientific research institution and as a tourist destination, as it is here that the largest collection of the most valuable plant gene pool from around the world is collected.
From this article you will learn: where is the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, and what plants can be seen there depending on the season.
How to get to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden?
The exact address of the location of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is not necessary to know, since almost any local resident will tell you how to get there:
- by car - from Simferopol, go along the route that runs to Yalta through Alushta , to the village of Nikita, turn left at the stop "Nikitsky Botanical Garden" and descend down the road to the very gates;
- on trolleybus No.52 or minibus going from Simferopol to Yalta, get off at the stop indicated earlier, and then go down on foot or on a minibus (No. 29 or 34, which runs to the garden from the route). You can still get from Sevastopol - by bus number 29 or trolley bus number 2, which depart from the bus station.
Working hours and ticket prices in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden
The garden is open daily from 9 am to 4 pm in the winter and up to 6 pm in the summer.
Since there are more exhibition halls on the territory of the Botanical Garden, there are several types of tickets:
- basic - adult 4 cu, child - 2 cu;
- to visit the greenhouse with cacti and the exhibition "Paradise Garden" - an adult - 2,5 AU, a child - 1,25 USD.
Other entertainment (live labyrinth for children) and additional exhibitions are paid on the spot.
Exhibitions of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden
The most impressive and popular event in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is the passage of the exhibition "The Ball of Chrysanthemums". It usually takes place from the second half of October to the middle of November. On the huge terraces reserved for chrysanthemums, you can find flowers of absolutely any color and shape. Usually at this time the number of visitors increases several times.
It is also very interesting to come to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden to see the flowering of tulips, roses, irises and other garden flowers. But for each of the exhibitions there is a separate time:
- Tulips - from the last week of March and until mid-May, alternately flowers of about 150 varieties;
- irises - from the third week of April to the end of May, 134 varieties of the bearded iris are collected here;
- daylilies - from the second week of June to mid-August, 90 varieties of this perennial will please visitors with numerous colors;
- roses - from the middle of May to the end of December, the collection of Nikitsky garden considers one of the best in Europe and has over 1000 varieties belonging to different groups;
- clematis - from mid-May to early September, you can see a bloom of about 50 varieties;
- canna garden - from the middle of July to September, these beautiful ornamental flowers are represented here from green to brown shades.
In addition to flower collections, one can see here:
- a few bamboo groves and palm trees, giving the garden an exotic look;
- pools, filled with water lilies of different colors, lotuses and other aquatic plants, especially cascade pool, in which you can even see a goldfish;
- The largest tree of the Nikitsky garden is a giant sequoia, whose height is more than 35 meters, and a diameter of 1.6 meters;
- a large number of evergreen conifers, as well as exotic fruit trees: mandarin, pomegranate, figs and even taste their fruits.
On the territory of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, thanks to the mild climate throughout the year, there are green plants and flowering plants, therefore, even when not arriving at the flower exhibitions, you will find something to see.
