Introducing Bakhchysaray
Bakhchysaray has always been a good barometer of Crimean Tatar history. Its mellifluous name – back-chee-sa-rye, meaning ‘garden palace’ – was conferred when the town was the capital of the powerful Crimean Khanate between the 15th and 18th centuries. Later it suffered significant destruction under Russian and then Soviet rule.
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Today the tables are turning again, with Bakhchysaray and its returned Crimean Tatar inhabitants in the midst of a minor comeback. Sure, the place is still a little dusty and down-at-heel, but it does boast the khans’ original palace, the country’s cutest Orthodox church and a thoroughly entrancing 6th-century ‘cave city’. And around them the green shoots of a tourist industry – hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops – and a friendly community are starting to bud.
Last updated: Sep 30, 2008
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Re: Mangup Kale
by Shekn84 22 May 2012
Hi Marco! You can take a bus that goes to Kholmovka village at the busstation of Bakhchisaray. It costs about 10 hrivnas (about 0.9…
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Re: Bakhchysaray nice - getting there by public transport
by crimeanomad 12 May 2012
Hi Marco, the Bakchisaray palace is open daily, the entrance fee is 10 euros (50grivna) to the main complex and you need pay apart if…
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RE: Mangup Kale
by celticbhoy7 11 May 2012
I found some info on a Russian site. You have to get to a village called Zalesnoe (Залесное), it says there are a couple marshrutkas …
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