Rocks of Cape Ai-Todor and the Blue Black Sea

Rocks of Cape Ai-Todor and the Blue Black Sea

View of rocks at the edge of “Limen-Burun”, the eastern spur of Cape Ai-Todor and a small rocky island called “Parus” (Sail), standing in front of it in the blue waters of the Black Sea. Limen (Liman) in Greek is a bay, a harbor cape. Here in the bay, there is a berth for pleasure boats and motor ships arriving to the famous castle “Swallow’s Nest” in Gaspra. In the photo you can see in the distance the silhouette of the famous Au-Dag Mountain (Mountain Bear), where the Gurzuf resort and the Artek International Children’s Camp are located.

Photo #382 taken on August 14, 2019 in Gaspra on the 4th day of the adventure trip “Discovering Crimea in 6 Days” with my dear clients from Hong Kong, Esther and Ricky.

Album: Crimean Landscapes

Categories: Landscapes Nature

Tags: #Ai-Todor #Parus #Summer #spur #seascapes #sea #Russia #rocks #nature #Bay #Limen-Burun #landscapes #Gaspra #Crimean Landscapes #Crimea #cape #Black Sea #water

Vineyards Between Mountains under the Clouds

Vineyards Between Mountains under the Clouds

View from the motorway in the southeast of the Crimean peninsula on the mountain landscape with vegetation, trees and vineyards, blue sky with clouds on a beautiful summer sunny day. It is the place between the villages of Morskoye and Privetnoye, not far from the Black Sea coast, between the two large cities of Sudak and Alushta.

Photo #027 taken on August 19, 2019

Album: Crimean Landscapes

Categories: Landscapes Nature

Tags: #blue sky #scenic #vegetation #valley #vacation #trees #Summer #Skies #scenery #Clouds #Russia #nature #mountains #landscapes #Crimean Landscapes #Crimea #vineyards

Gurzuf Bay at Sunset

Gurzuf Bay at Sunset

Overview Gurzuf bay from Snegiri Guest House at sunset in summer. In the picture: Gurzuf settlement, Gurzuf bay and Adalary twin-rocks, and Mount Au-Dag (Bear Mountain) in the background. Gurzuf is the popular resort-town (urban-type settlement) located 11 km East from Yalta city.

Photo #320 taken on August 12, 2019 during adventure trip “Discovering Crimea within One Week” with my Dear clients from Hong Kong, Esther and Ricky.

Album: Gurzuf

Categories: Landscapes Nature

Tags: #Adalary #Gurzuf Bay #Skalny #seascapes #Russia #rocks #mountains #landscapes #Gurzuf #Adalary Rocks #Green Bay #Crimean Landscapes #Crimea #Black Sea #Bay #Au-Dag #Sunsets

Trunk of the Mammoth Tree in Massandra Park

Trunk of the Mammoth Tree in Massandra Park

Looking up through the branches of a Sequoiadendron giganteum in Massandra park. Its branches resembling mammoth tusks, that is why this type of sequoias called Mammoth tree. This giant tree was planted at the western facade of the Massandra Palace 130 years ago during the reconstruction of the residence of Emperor Alexander III according to the project of the famous architect Messmacher in the 1890s. In the present time, the trunk girth of the sequoiadendron is about nine meters, and the height is about forty meters.

Photo #172 taken on August 13, 2019 during visiting Massandra Palace with my dear clients from Hong Kong, Esther and Ricky on the 3rd day of the adventure trip “Discovering Crimea in 6 Days”.

Album: Massandra Estate

Categories: Nature

Tags: #trunk #Branches #Crimea #Massandra #Massandra Park #Russia #Sequoia Dendron #Sequoiadendron #giant trees #mammoth trees #nature #sequoia #trees #Discover Crimea #plants

Rose Tree With Pink Roses in Massandra Garden

Rose Tree With Pink Roses in Massandra Garden

Flowering standard pink rose-tree at the picturesque antique patio near the eastern facade of Massandra Palace in the background of the curved stonewall with fountains.

Photo #051 taken on August 13, 2019 during tour of Livadia Palace and Park with my dear clients from Hong Kong, Esther and Ricky on the 3rd day of the adventure trip “Discovering Crimea in 6 Days”.

Album: Massandra Estate

Categories: Landscapes Nature

Tags: #roses #rose tree #standard roses #flowers #Massandra #patio #garden #Parks #Massandra Park #Crimea #Russia #planta #nature #landscapes

Under Branches of the Giant Sequoiadendron

Under Branches of the Giant Sequoiadendron

Under the huge branches of Sequoiadendron giganteum, evergreen coniferous tree of gigantic size in Massandra park. With branches resembling mammoth tusks, these sequoias also called Mammoth trees. The two giant trees were planted on the western facade of the Massandra Palace 130 years ago during the reconstruction of the residence of Emperor Alexander III according to the project of the famous architect Messmacher in the 1890s. In the present time, the trunk girth of the giant sequoias is about nine meters, and the height is about forty meters.

The first seeds of Sequoiadendron giganteum Nikitsky Botanical Garden (located in few kilometers from Massandra) received in 1840 from the former Russian colony Ross in California. Later, the giant sequoia dedron came to Europe from the South of Crimean peninsula.

Photo #005 taken on August 13, 2019 during visiting Massandra Palace with my dear clients from Hong Kong, Esther and Ricky on the 3rd day of the adventure trip “Discovering Crimea in 6 Days”.

Album: Massandra Estate

Categories: Nature

Tags: #Branches #Crimea #Massandra #Massandra Park #Russia #Sequoia Dendron #Sequoiadendron #giant trees #mammoth trees #nature #sequoias #trees