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Kara-Tobe is a museum of the ancient Greek-Scythian settlement and a place of active archaeological excavations. Located not in the city itself, but on the way from Yevpatoria on the outskirts of the city Saki.
Excavations indicate that the first Greek settlement on this site arose in the 4th century BC and was called Eupatorion. In total, the settlement survived six periods: Greek, Scythian, Greco-Pontic, second Scythian, third Scythian and fourth Scythian. All these periods ended in the early 2nd century AD, when the settlement was abandoned for centuries. People returned to him only after the Great Patriotic War, when the military erected an observation post and a communications center on the hill (Kara-Tobe translates as "Black Hill").… However, you can learn in detail the whole history of this place during a visit to the museum.
🕐 Working hours: daily from 11:00 to 19:00.
💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 200 rubles adult / 100 rubles child (6-12 years). The price includes excursion service.
🚶 How to get there: the museum can be visited both independently and as part of excursions from Yevpatoria. It is located on the outskirts of Saki next to the P25 road and its tower is perfectly visible, it is impossible to miss (Kara-Tobe on the map. You can get there by bus from the Evpatoria bus station (Yevpatoria bus station on the map), or by train from the railway station. It is preferable to go by bus, as they go more often and make a stop almost near the train itself, while from the stop of the train you will have to walk almost two kilometers.
To get to the museum by bus, you must first walk or take buses No. 6, 6A, 9, 10, 13 to the Yevpatoria bus station. From there, with an interval of 10-60 minutes, according to the schedule, a bus departs to Saki cost 30 rubles, 25 minutes on the way. You need to go to the stop "Pribrezhnoe", which is located directly opposite the museum. You can go back to Evpatoria from the same stop across the road, but in no case go to the next stop in the direction of Evpatoria, because it is very far away.
From the center of Saki and from the resort area, you can take city buses No. 3 and 4 to the coastal stop.
