Mini-hotel Dilara-Hanum, Bakhchisaray, Crimea

Standard: 2-person room with access to a large common balcony, the yard. WC and shower are on the same floor as the room
Lux: This is a full separate floor/apartment with one large room with a beautiful city view, its own chaikhana, hardwood floors, TV, satellite, DVD, WC, shower; and a separate bedroom. Ideal for a couple with kids, or two couples, or a larger group of people (up to 6 will fit comfortably). Please see the room pictures to get an impression.
Economy: Basic 2-rooms, recently renovated, good for a couple and a kid. Main difference from the standard rooms is that WC/shower are in a separate building.
Economy-large: arge separate room for four people. WC/shower is in a separate building.

Call or write with any questions or requests. Pictures of the rooms here.

* Three meals per day, breakfast, lunch, dinner, with a menu fixed in advance, will be 12 dollars per person, served at the Musafir, our small restaurant in the center of the Old Town. At this price we can promise very good meals, but not too much selection. If you want to choose yourselves, then you can select from the standard Musafir menu, with a discount of 20% for the Dilara-Hanum guests. Please remember that Musafir is 700 meters from the Hotel, and there will be a walk in fresh air before and after each meal.
** Base prices are "per room per day". However, if there are fewer guests than the room capacity, then the lower (per person) prices kick in. I.e. if the room price for 2 people is $40, in case only one person stays, he/she will pay only $20. Kids up to 3 years can stay free of charge. For older kids in the same room discounts apply.

Mini-hotel Dilara-Hanum

43, Ostrovskogo str, Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine
Phone/Fax: +38 06554 47111; Cell/SMS: +38 050 930 41 63; +38 0632 27 3120; +38 0632 27 0990
E-mail: teachers_council@mail.ru. It is better to use this form to send us a message. To book a room it is sufficient to send us a message or call on one of the phones.

We can store your excess luggage for a few hours or days, if you plans demand that you travel light. Luggage is stored in a secure room, and storage is free of charge, of course.

We are happy to welcome our guests in our small hotel. We will try to make your stay here simple, pleasant and uncomplicated. Please feel free to ask us any questions any time. We do not limit our services with only a room and a bed. If required, we can help organize meals, transportation, tickets, advice regarding where to visit and where to stay. And not only in Bakhchisaray. We know a lot about Crimea, have many good friends all over it, and if you will need, we will try to help.

Looking forward to seeing you in our hotel,

Riza, Dilyara and our grandson Djemil

Our phones:

+38 06554 47111 (work/fax)
+38 050 930 41 63; +38 0632 27 3120 (Dilara's mobile phones)
+38 063 227 09 90 (Riza's mobile phone)

teachers_council@mail.ru

Tatar coffee is complex. Everyone here is a coffee addict, as every friends chat starts with a cup of coffee, of course. Main features of the Tatar coffee are that the beans must be freshly baked, very fine-grounded, better on a hand grinder, and cooked slowly by putting a tea spoon of coffee in boiling water. Lately many people started cooking coffee on hot sand, claiming that this way the coffee is heated more slowly, and becomes tastier. But this may be a little too exotic.

People here dring coffee in very small china cups, usually with some skim milk and raw sugar in pieces. Goes very well with the Tatar butter cookies - kurabie.

Our coffe is good, and a nice talk that usually goes together with it is even better. However, for the best coffee in Crimea you would have to travel to Kezlev (Evpatoriia). There, in the Odun Kapisi coffee house, which sits on the second floor of the recently restored gate tower of the city, they make coffe that is truly unforgettable.

Bakchisaray is rich in cultural and natural attractions. The most famous of them are the Bakhchisaray's ancient Khan's Palace, numerous "cave towns", the Great Canyon. Practically all the localities are within an easy driving or walking (if you are a fan of hiking) distance. Bakhchisaray is also locately closely to all the interesting sites of Western Crimea - Sevastopol, Saki, Evpatoria, Tarhankut. All of those places are close enough for a convenient day-trip. Below we propose a brief overview of the most frequently visited places in and around Bakhchisaray:

Besides the hotel, we have our own small restaurant in the center of the Old Town, close to the Khan's Palace. It is called Musafir - in the Crimean Tatar means "Guest". We feel good recommending Musafir to our guests - it has a nice atmosphere, the Crimean Tatar kitchen is great, and we are confident in the quality of the food. The guests of Dilara-Hanum can order all dishes with substantial discounts, as well as agree for a fixed one or two-time meals that will cost 10 to 15 USD.

In Dilara-Hanum itself we propose only tea, coffee and sweets. There are also ample possibilities for self-cooking. We provide the necessary equipment for barbecu, and can help with purchasing the ingredients. This year we will also start a guest kitchen for self-cooking.

Of course, Bakhchisaray provides many more opportunities to eat out. There are places with Crimean Tatar, Uzbek, other Eastern, Russian and Western kitchen. Around the Khan's palace there are several nice Tatar restaurants - for example, Aliye and Efsane. Right in fron of the Khan's Palace there is a relatively new establishment with European and Russian kitchen - the Pushkin cafe. On the way to Chufut-Kale we can recommend Caravan-Sarai and Ashlama-Sarai - both with Tatar kitchen. Finally, on the way to Simferopol, about 5 km. from Bakhchisaray there is Markur, which is famous throughout Crimea for its good and inexpensive food.