Miskhor Park, Protected landscape park in Miskhor, Crimea.

Miskhor Park is a landscape-art monument of 21.3 hectares in Miskhor, between the Alupka highway and the Black Sea coast, parallel to the Miskhor embankment. Laid out from 1880, it holds about 100 species and garden forms: native downy oak, Crimean pine and mastic tree alongside Arizona and Guadalupe cypresses, Aleppo and Coulter pines, palms, bamboo and oleander.

Miskhor Park was laid out in 1880 during construction of Count Witte's summer residence. The landscape design was the work of several architects, Marco and Kebakh, both trained in the Russian school of park art. Shaping the final appearance took ten years, and by 1891 the park had reached its completed form.

The park's name comes from the settlement of Miskhor, which is of Tatar origin. The grounds hold about 100 species and garden forms of exotic trees and shrubs, among them palms, bamboo and oleander, alongside native Crimean oak, pine and pistachio. A colour-and-music fountain operates in the park.

The park is best explored on foot, and some sections involve gentle slopes, so sturdy footwear is a good idea. Summers can be hot along this stretch of coast, so visiting in the morning or late afternoon makes walking more comfortable.

The mountains behind the park act as a natural barrier against cold northern winds, giving this narrow coastal strip a noticeably warmer climate than the rest of the peninsula. This is why plants normally found much further south can survive and grow here out in the open.