Travel Reference
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Nagayevsky-Romm Museum-House. They are also the people to make an SOS call in the
mountains.
Lenina 102; 9.30am-6pm May-Oct)
USAID-funded office opposite the Khans' Palace
handing out hiking and town maps.
Getting There & Away
BUS
Bakhchysaray's bus station is just off the Simferopol-Sevastopol road. Here, you can a
catch a bus to both Simferopol (10uah, 30 minutes) and Sevastopol (18uah, 50 minutes).
Frequent direct
marshrutky
go to the inconveniently located western bus station in Sim-
feropol. Buses originating in Sevastopol terminate at Simferopol's train station.
ELEKTRYCHKA
Local trains shuffle back and forth between Sevastopol (8.35uah, 1½ hours) and Simfero-
pol (6.90uah, 50 minutes) seven times a day in each direction.
Getting Around
Marshrutka
2 shuttles constantly between the bus station, train station, Khans' Palace
and Uspensky Monastery.
TOP OF CHAPTER
Mangup-Kale
If you liked Chufut-Kale and want more, head to
Mangup-Kale
(admission 15uah)
, the
peninsula's most spectacular cave city. Located 22km south of Bakhchysaray, this remote
plateau is in the shape of a hand with four fingers. Allocate at least three hours for the re-
turn hike from the base of the plateau.
Formerly the ancient capital of Feodoro, the principality of the 6th-century Goths and
Alans, this was an excellent fortress due to its sheer cliffs. It was finally abandoned in the
15th century.
The village at the base of the trail is called Khadzhi-Sala, reached from Bakhchysaray
by
marshrutka
bound for Rodnoye (8uah, five daily) or by taxi (150uah). There are sev-
eral guesthouses where you can overnight in case you are stuck. The large village Zalisne
