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Trip to Bakhchissarai (optional tour)

Sevastopol

We invite you to make a trip to a fairy tale of 1001 nights.

Our way leads to Bakhchissrai – the capital of Crimean Khanate of XVI century, situated 50 km from Sevastopol.
You will get to know the history of Crimea, Crimean Tatars, will see the cave town of Inkerman and visit the Khans’ Palace in Bakhchissarai. Its construction began in 1502 and lasted for several centuries, extending and supplementing by other buildings.
In 1223 the Tatars came to Crimea and the nomadic people become settled. They have no longer lived in tents, yurtas, but began to build settlements. The first capital was called Solkhat – this settlement exists nowadays as well and is now called the Old Crimea. As the Tatars were constantly afraid of invasion from the sea, they decided to found a new capital at the end of XV cent. For this a very picturesque place was found in a valley between mountains and was called Bakhchissarai. “Bakhchi” means garden, “ssarai” – palace. The state of Crimean Tatars was called the Crimean Khanate.
You will stay in the palace for 1 hour; will visit the rooms of the palace – divan, harem – and mosque. Then you will proceed to the cemetery with Tatars’ graves, 2 mausoleums and Friday mosque.