Khan's Palace & Assumption Monastery

Highlights / General details

Bakhchisaray means the "palace of gardens" (Tatar). It was a capital of the Crimean Khanate (XV-XVIII). When the Crimea was absorbed by Russia, Bakhchisaray became a standard provincial town. Old part of the Bakhchisaray has retained a medieval atmosphere with its narrow and curved streets, as well as many other medieval attributes, including Khan's Palace. Bakhchisaray is small and you can get almost everywhere on foot. One of the contemporary of A.S.Pushkin called Chufut-Kale "Airy town. Cave Monastery supposed to be built at the end of the VIII - beginning of the IX centuries and considered to be one of the oldest in Crimea. It's foundation connected with appearance of icon-admirers - monks and seculars, who escaped the Byzantine icon fighters' prosecutions after the ecclesiastical Council in 754 A.D. Over the past years the main monastery church has been partly restored named after The Virgin Mary Assumption, and in 1993 the male monastery was opened here.

Inclusion

Hotel pick up and drop off (selected hotels); Guided Tour; Tour is available in English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French and German.

Exclusion

Museum fee; Gratuity.

Hours of operation

Available: Daily; Pick up time will be arranged during reservation and is according to your needs

Duration

Approximately 9 hours.

Policies

There is a museum fee of $9.00 USD per person. Complete information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, will be included on your Confirmation Voucher.

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