chekhov house & museum

Coeurl

Everything kept clean and neat, Chekhov's interiors unchanged, garden is a nice place to read a book. Oh by the way, bought there an amusing book with receipts from Chekhov's grandma.

mikelmaine

My favorite part of the Chekhov House & Museum was touring the actual White Dacha, which is full of the ubiquitous Ukraine "Museum Ladies," who will give you a personal tour of each room. I was graced by several unique hostesses who made my visit extremely colorful and memorable. Chekhov's garden is a tad overgrown, but it just gives an air of still-aliveness, and the dacha itself is in wonderful condition. Stop by and live some history while you're here in Yalta!

KaterynaZhylova

House is in a good state, there are many things left after Chekhov family and a lot of stories are told by the guides! also very small but lovely park to stroll round the house.

Puremalt3

Very happy to visit Chekhov's datcha in Yalta. The house and the garden are very well maintained, with genuine conservation (it is basically how it was). Unfortunately not all rooms are opened for visit.The museum has a vast collection of pictures and interesting movie in English.

WoodlandTraveler

Chekhov lived with his family in this house for only about four years. It is interesting to get some glimpse of this famous man's lifestyle, especially juxtaposed with seeing the palaces. The garden is a delight. However, there is not a lot of history to be learned there, no docents to educate you, so if you're a fan then it is a place to go, otherwise I would not spend my time there.

packyderm

Smal and intimate in pretty gardens. In original state as if family just walked out. The local ladies who oversee the rooms were very sweet despite no English and tried to convey as much to us as possible. Guies in English in each room were helpful.

JeromeMarrelGoa

The house is set in a beautiful garden which was created by Chekhov himself. The house is small and unpretentious but must have been quite comfortable. You can visit all the rooms as well as the kitchen which was in a separate building at the back.There is a (modern building) museum which displays a lot of objects and photos from Chekhov's life.We were fortunate to be on tour which had arranged a local songs recital in the museum.

JanetBrussels

A lovely quiet place, Chekhov's dacha was preserved by his sister in his memory.If you are a Russian speaker there seems to be an extensive display, but as tourists we were sent straight to the house where we were the only visitors and able to soak up the atmosphere.

LTW1234

This was one of the top three things we saw in Ukraine. We are all interested in literature and we even reread some of Chekhov's plays before our trip, but in addition to that, this place was extremely well maintained, and we felt that the docents (who spoke NO English at all, by the way) were happy to have us. Most importantly, they gave us small notebooks printed in English that explained each room. It was just a lovely place with a wonderful atmosphere. There is also a short film in English.We went from the port to the house by taxi, a cultural experience in itself. I can say with certainty that I will NEVER drive in Yalta. One other note about the taxi: We didn't intend for the driver to wait for us, but he insisted (and didn't speak English), so we ended up paying him more, but he did indeed wait for us. We agreed on one hour and that was just right. Other friends had the same experience. We were with someone who had a little trouble with walking and it would have been a LONG walk back to the port.

JennieS107

Stunning garden, interesting house- well worth visiting. We went by bus feeling very brave! Tourist office gave us perfect instructions despite struggles with each others language! We walked back downhill

Terumah

So interesting to see where Chekhov lived. We have seen and enjoyed so many of his plays we were pleased to learn a little about his background.

pri_seattlite

the gardens and grounds are nicely kept, but the house itself is quite moldy and not very interesting at all. unless you're a huge fan of Chekhov, it's not worth a visit.

Elena_Grib

This was my second visit to Chekhov's house, the first one dates back to more than 15 years ago and I should say that it has improved greatly. First we had a guided tour (in Russian) and the guide was really professional and a good speaker. We were shown all around the house and the cook's cottage. Afterwards we were shown a documentary about Chekhov and his house and then we walked around the garden. It was good that you could stay there as long as you wanted. The house is located in the outskirts of the city and it's not easy to find. However it's only about a half-an-hour walk from the centre.

Stroudy69

Took me ages to find it, I walked from the centre of Yalta, and passed it twice. The staff were really welcoming and helpful - they put on an English language film for me to watch first. Nice place and worth a visit.

ngchristine

As a big fan of Chekhov I was very excited to visit this House Museum. It was renovated in recent years and seemed to be well maintained. I arrived there at about 3:30pm, and they showed me an English version of a film about Chekhov. However, they suddenly told me the museum would be closed at 4pm (instead of 5pm) for a certain event and I had to visit the white dacha in a rush. Fortunately the staff were very nice, they allowed me to visit again the next day for free. One might easily overlook Chekhov's dachshund which is at the entrance of the house. The old lady at the ground floor pointed this out to me. The drawbacks are that Chekhov's room was not shown during the visit. And the materials in the exhibition hall are available in Russian only. Non Russian speakers should need a guided tour.From one end of the promenade it costs about 30uah to get there by taxi and it's not far to walk down to the other end of the promenade from there. Don't miss the statues of the two main characters in the story 'The Lady with the dog' about midway of the promenade.