Archive for the Tag Bakhchysaray

Charm of Crimean Tatar’s souls

Ayshe Bakhchysaray Usta (work)shop (Ukraine; Crimea)

Crimean Tatars, their tradition and culture – best place to go is USTA workshop of Ayshe Osmanova and her husband Lutfi in Bakchysaray. read more »

Mysterious man: Valery, the archeologist

Valery, the archaeologist from Bakhchasaray (Ukraine; Crimea)

Strange thing has happened to us and I’m still not sure what to think about it. We met (maybe) an archeologist, which was (maybe) doing the excursion about old Armenian monastery and is (maybe) living in nearby cave. read more »

Bakhchysaray: palace or cave?

The cave city in Bakhchysaray (Ukraine; Crimea)

The name of the town means “garden palace” and the place (or at least the name of the place) itself is well known in Poland thanks to poet Adam Mickiewicz. But obviously he hasn’t seen the caves!! read more »