Evpatoria is a historical balneological resort in the west of the Crimean peninsula. Sandy beaches and a shallow sea set the children's and family focus of the seaside resort, while coastal lakes with salts and mud are health-improving. At the same time, in addition to resort entertainment, in the Old Town you can find historical, educational and even ethnographic sights. This is perhaps the only city of the former USSR where the urban environment inherited from the Ottoman Empire has been preserved, along with several first-class monuments of Turkish architecture. Evpatoria was and probably still is the largest Karaite city in the world, and at least the material side of this closed religion can be seen in the city.
The city is located on the coast of the northern part of the
Kalamitsky Bay. The borders of Evpatoria from the west are roughly
limited by Lake Moinaki, and in the southeast by the floods of several
lakes, including Sasyk-Sivash. The latter are separated from the sea by
a narrow strip of land - Peresyp, which ends with the next resort town
of Saki.
The central part of the city can be conditionally
divided into the following areas:
The resort or sanatorium zone -
from the Gorky embankment to Lenin Avenue, in the western part there is
a total concentration of sanatoriums, to the east is the Duvanovskaya
pedestrian street, which goes from the embankment to the theater. The
most significant architectural dominants of the embankment are the
Church of St. Elijah, the Juma-Jami mosque and the St. Nicholas
Cathedral.
Center - from Lenin Avenue to the north to the railway
tracks, in the west to about. Moinaki, in the east to the borders of the
Old City (approximately up to Dm. Ulyanov Street)
Old Town - from the
embankment of Valentina Tereshkova (from Duvanovskaya street to the tram
circle) inland to Internatsionalnaya street and a little further
Peresyp - a narrow strip of land from the tram circle to the village of
Coastal.
Other areas of the city, lying behind the railway inland
from the coast, are of no interest to travelers from any point of view.
Tourist information center , st. Tuchina, 1/2. ☎ +7 (36569)
2-79-79. Also in the garden of Karavaev, opposite the Cathedral of St.
Nicholas, there is another small information stall.
Numerous
tents are scattered around the city selling excursions throughout the
Crimea. Excursion double-deckers drive around the city, excursions by
car are organized for demanding customers - both can be found in the
area of the tourist center or opposite St. Nicholas Cathedral.
By plane
There is no own airport in Evpatoria, all planes fly to
Simferopol airport. You can get from the airport to Evpatoria by taxi,
either from the bus station near the terminal building, or by
Simferopol
public transport to get to the railway station stop, from where strictly
on schedule, every 5-10 minutes in summer and 10-15 minutes in autumn.
spring period, regular intercity buses "Simferopol-Evpatoria" depart.
The distance from the airport to the city is about 50 km, due to road
repairs and traffic jams in traditional problem areas, the time by taxi
or car can be about 1.5 hours, the cost of a taxi is 1100-1200 rubles
(2019).
By train
There is currently no long-distance rail
connection. Several times a day, with a long lunch break, there are
electric trains from Simferopol (less than 2 hours on the way, a full
ticket is about 120 rubles (2019), 50% discount for students, free for
pensioners), through Saki (45 minutes on the way).
Railway
station, st. International, 126. ☎ +7 (36569) 5-14-11, +7 (36569)
9-11-34. 8:00–20:00. At the station there is a service center, a
left-luggage office (7:00–20:00, break 12:00 - 13:00), rest rooms, and a
waiting room.
By bus
There are year-round flights to almost
all major cities of Crimea. Intercity communication with major cities of
Russia in the summer is well established, and from September to May,
part of intercity and international flights reach only the central bus
station of Simferopol. The fare from Simferopol to Evpatoria is about
200 rubles (2019), travel time is 1.5 hours. E-tickets can be purchased
on the carrier's website gosbus.ru.
Quite frequent are commuter
flights to the west: Vitino, Zaozernoye, Molochnoye, Mirny,
Novoozernoye, Romashkino, Chernomorskoye, Uyutnoye.
Bus station,
st. Internatsionalnaya, 124 (250 m from the railway station). ☎ +7
(36569) 6-16-90. 05:00 - 22:00. A spacious two-story building with a
waiting room on the ground floor and lounges open 24/7 on the second.
Luggage storage (60 rubles, 5:00–19:00, break 12:00–13:00). There are
several cafes nearby that look unsightly, but you can definitely find
some simple food there.
On the ship
Between Evpatoria and the
Turkish city of Zonguldak, a cargo-and-passenger ferry ran for a long
time. Flights were discontinued in the first half of the 2010s.
Marine station, pl. Sailors, 1.
Tram
The tram is the most popular means of transportation
around the city for both locals and visitors. There are four routes
in the city. Contactless cards are more designed for long-term use
by local residents; one-time trips of visitors are paid to the
conductor. Trams start moving at 6 am and enter the depot at 11 pm.
The fare is 18 rubles. (2019). The historic trams are a local
attraction in their own right, and on route 2, riding a retro tram
can be considered fun.
Shuttle taxi
Minibuses (medium
buses) in the city move according to the schedule, with an interval
of 8-10 minutes. The routes are arranged in such a way that you can
get to any point in the city with a maximum of one transfer. The
fare is 17 rubles, the operating time is from 06:00 to 21:00.
Taxi
Taxi in Evpatoria is more than enough. As practice
shows, it may not be necessary to call a car through a service: a
car can easily be caught on the street. The fare is from 100 rubles.
anywhere in the city. During the summer, the fare may increase
several times, especially at night, when other public transport does
not work.
✦ Taxi Maxim. ☎ +7(978)709-99-99. The most common
taxi in the city. The online application works very badly, so it's
easier to call the operator. Despite the different fleet of branded
cars on the streets of the city, when calling, you can easily run
into a dead passenger car, and the requests to the car operator will
be forgotten.
✦ Grand Taxi. ☎ +7(978)225-30-00.
Bike
The city government actively supports cyclists, but there are still
few bike paths in the city. Although there are a lot of bike parking
- they are available at the entrance to all major shopping centers,
supermarkets and shops - but still not enough, so you have to park
where you can. Bicycle rental in the city is provided by several
private entrepreneurs in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Passage-2
shopping center.
Old city
The main attractions are located in the historical part
of Evpatoria and are actually combined into an interesting walking route
"Little Jerusalem". Periodically, there are monuments for every taste
and color: from the classic Lenin, Tokarev, Duvan to the original
Janitor with a broom and an ambiguous monument to a plumber in overalls
open over his naked body and the inscription “Giving Life”.
1 ☆ Juma-Jami Mosque (Khan-Jami), st. Revolution, 36 (near the park
named after Karaev). ✉ ☎ 34 63 +7 (978) 049 34 63 Fri 15:00, 16:00,
17:00, 18:00, duration 30-40 min. Juma-Jami was laid in Gezlev in 1552
by Khan Devlet I Gerai according to the design of the Ottoman architect
Khoja Sinan (1489-1588). The mosque was built for a long time, until
1564, and then it was remade and restored a lot. The lost minarets were
restored in 1985. Architecturally, the mosque is organized according to
the principle of increasing volumes. The load-bearing parts of the
cathedral are made of limestone, but the predominant material is shell
stone. The mosque is a central domed building, close to a square in
plan, with two minarets from the west and from the east. Two tiers of
infrequent windows illuminate two-story side galleries covered with flat
domes three in a row. The central hall, about 22 m high, is covered by a
powerful dome with 16 windows.
2 Tekiye dervishes , st. Karaeva,
18. ☎ 33 01 +7 (978) 794 33 01. Excursions are held every even hour from
10:00 to 18:00, 150 rubles, duration 30 minutes. Occasionally,
performances are held for tourists - dervish dances, 400 rubles, 1 hour,
the date and time can be found by phone or from an announcement at the
entrance to the tekie. Tekie dervishes, a monastery of mendicant Muslim
monks, built in the 15th-16th centuries, is the only such monument that
has survived to this day in its original form on the territory of the
former USSR. There are 3 buildings in the complex: the tekie itself, the
mosque and the madrasah. The tekiye building resembles a square in plan.
Its height is about 20 m. Due to the cut corners, its upper part turns
into an octahedron, crowned with a powerful dome 9.5 m in diameter, it
is covered with a tiled roof. Inside, along the perimeter, there were
one-story vaulted cells of dervishes: dark and cramped rooms with an
earthen floor. The lancet doorways of all the cells face the hall, and
only one cell (possibly the sheikh of the community) has a separate exit
to the outside. At the end of the XVIII century. a small mosque of
Shukural Efendi was added to the tekie, from which only the walls and a
partially collapsed minaret near the eastern wall survived. The
rectangular building of the mosque was of a hall type with modest
interiors. Next to the mosque is the building of the madrasah, where,
after restoration, the museum of the Crimean Tatar culture is located.
3 Turkish baths, st. Krasnoarmeiskaya, 20. Tours are held at 10:00,
11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, duration 20 minutes. 80 rub.
Turkish baths of the 16th century. In those distant times, there were 5
public and several hundred private baths. Only one complex of Turkish
baths has reached our time, which worked until 1987, that is, about 500
years. Now the monument is partially restored.
4 ☆ Karaim
kenasses, st. Karaimskaya, 68. ✉ ☎ +7 (36569) 3-30-35. 10:00-20:00
(winter: 12:00-17:00), Sat: from 12:00. The Big and Small Kenasses
(prayer houses of the Karaites) were built at the beginning of the 19th
century according to the design of Samuil and Solomon Babovich. In 1805,
the construction of the Great Cathedral Kenesa was completed, and in
1815, the building of the Small Kenesa was erected on the site of the
old Karaite temple of the 16th century. These are double-height
hall-type buildings with windows located on two levels. In the Large
Kenasse, the upper row of windows has an lancet ending, in the Small one
it is semicircular. The northern facades of the buildings are framed by
glazed arched galleries-verandas (“azara”), where the service of the
elders of the Karaite community was expected to begin. Entrances in the
form of lancet arches, decorated with stone carvings. The roof of the
buildings is tiled four-pitched. The enfilade is formed by three
graceful courtyards: the first one starts from the main entrance, whose
magnificent Renaissance portal and elaborate wrought-iron gates were
built in 1900, and looks like a corridor in blind arcades. Above - a
gazebo, entwined with grapes (the oldest vine is about 150 years old),
in niches and on pylons, slabs of white Italian marble with quotations
from the Holy Scriptures and the names of donors. There is also a marble
obelisk in memory of Emperor Alexander I's visit to the kenasses. There
is a fountain in one of the niches. The next, almost square in plan,
courtyard is framed by a marble arcade and paved with marble slabs,
followed by a waiting courtyard with benches and entrances to kenasses.
This is followed by a small garden with a metal gazebo and pomegranate
bushes, revered by the Karaites as a sacred plant, since the pomegranate
fruit contains 613 grains, according to the number of Torah
commandments. The complex houses a small museum of Karaite culture and a
cafe of Karaite cuisine "Karaman".
5 ☆ St. Nicholas Cathedral,
st. Tuchina, 2. The cathedral is the second largest in the Crimea after
the Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonese. It is designed for two thousand
visitors. The cathedral was founded in 1893 in memory of the liberation
of the city during the Crimean War and is decorated with three types of
crosses: St. George on the fence (representing the military prowess of
the fallen in the Crimean War), Byzantine on the columns (emphasizing
that the Evpatoria Cathedral is a miniature copy of St. Sophia Cathedral
in Istanbul) and Russian Orthodox on domes.
6 Greek Church of
St. Elijah, st. Brothers Buslaev, 1 (on the embankment). The church was
erected in 1911-1918 by the city architect A. L. Heinrich in the
Greco-Byzantine style, so the plan looks like a cross. The walls are
made of sawn shell rock. Details of the facades are worked out large and
concise. The building stands on a high plinth, thanks to which, despite
its small size, it looks more impressive. The dome rests on an octagonal
drum with edges ending in a pediment. Fine pilasters, semicircular
arches and triple stained-glass windows serve as decoration. On the east
side there is a five-sided apse, the main entrance is designed in the
form of an arch resting on two semi-columns. The three-tiered bell tower
rises above the main dome. The lamp in the temple burns a living fire,
delivered from a temple in the Greek city of Zakynthos.
7
Synagogue Yegie Kapay, st. Prosmushkina, 34. ☎ +7 (36569) 2-36-63. The
only surviving Jewish religious building in Evpatoria. It was built in
1911-1912 according to the project of the architect A.L. Genikhan with
the money of the Evpatoria City Duma and local artisans, therefore the
second name of the synagogue is “Craft”.
Armenian Church of Surb
Nikoghayos (Saint Nicholas), st. International, 44. ☎ +7 (36569) 3-3856.
One of the oldest churches in the city was built with the money of the
Armenian community from 1817 to 1830. It is located on the place where
once there was an Armenian quarter.
Gate of Kezlev, st. Karaeva,
10. The main fortress gate of the medieval Kezlev, built at the end of
the 15th century. They were destroyed in 1959 and then rebuilt in 2004.
Inside the gate there is now a private museum dedicated to the medieval
period of the city's history.
✦ Karizes. An ancient aqueduct
built presumably in the 15th-14th centuries by Armenians. It is a system
of corridors (kyariz), which has several branches that go far beyond the
city. Corridors passed under the courtyards of houses, and in each
courtyard there was a well through which water from the karez was raised
to the surface. Now the karezes are in a deplorable state and are not
accessible for visiting. There are entrances to them in some private
households, they are littered and filled with sewage, poured into them
by local residents.
Gorky Embankment and Duvanovskaya pedestrian street are the main
place of tourist life, especially in the evening.
10 The
settlement of Kerkinitida. Kerkinitida is a site of ancient
settlement founded by the Greeks on the territory of Evpatoria
around 553-483 BC. The core of the city was located in the central
part of the modern city between - st. Duvanovskaya, seaport and
embankment. The Primorsky sanatorium and the central children's
clinical sanatorium just occupy this territory, which makes it
impossible to inspect most of the settlement.
As a result of
excavations in the area between the Quarantine Cape and Lake
Moinaki, agricultural estates of Kerkinitida were discovered. The
most significant of them were found on the territory of the modern
boarding house "Rodnichok" and the sanatorium "Solnechny" (near Lake
Moinakskoye). The necropolis was also explored - the cemetery of
Kerkinitida (with an area of 30 hectares), now completely built up
with residential areas.
Kerkinitida was captured by the
Scythians in the II century. BC, who owned it until the II-III
centuries. AD The city was mentioned by such ancient authors as
Hecateus of Miletsky, Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Pompey Mela,
Claudius Ptolemy.
Of the fragments of the ancient city that
have survived to this day, the most easily accessible are:
Glass
pyramid, st. Duvanovskaya (opposite the Museum of Local Lore). Near
the museum of local lore, a part of the foundation of the wall of
ancient Kerkinitida was discovered. A glass pyramid was installed
above the excavations, through which you can see ancient vessels and
utensils.
Pavilion with the remains of the wall of Kerkinitida
(at the very end of Gorky Embankment, behind all the stalls with
souvenirs). You can see a section of the wall of Kerkinitida in the
form of two large fragments.
Cottage "Alpine rose". A country
house built in 1910, in the design of which carved wooden
decorations are actively used, is a rare thing among the stone
buildings of the embankment.
14 Memorial "Krasnaya Gorka", corner of Pobeda Avenue and st. 9th
May. Memorial complex, a place of memory for the victims of Nazism in
the city. Here are buried the victims of the German occupiers - the
executed residents of Evpatoria. Only after the Evpatoria landing in
1942, the Germans shot 3,000 Evpatorians here.
15 Moinakskoe Lake
(Moinaki). The lake that glorified Evpatoria as a balneological resort.
The depth of the lake is from 45 centimeters to one meter. The bottom is
almost completely covered with a layer of liquid mud used for medicinal
purposes. Until 2011, the city's main mud bath, Moinaki 16, operated;
later it was closed and the building was looted.
17 Monument to
Russian soldiers who died during the assault on Evpatoria on February
17, 1855, st. named after the 2nd Guards Army. A rare monument to a lost
battle: in February 1855, Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to storm
Evpatoria. Three years later, the city community erected a marble
obelisk in memory of the Russian soldiers who died during the assault in
the very place where an attempt was made to break through.
Peresyp
18 Monument to the Yevpatoriya landing force, 58th km of the
Simferopol-Yevpatoria highway, near the pier, at the entrance to the
city. Mass grave of the participants of the Evpatoria landing.
✦ Excursion route "Little Jerusalem". Wikidata element 500 rubles
for all objects, valid for 7 days, it is possible to purchase tickets
for individual objects. Passes through the restored old part of the
city, including the main attractions of the city. It demonstrates how
different confessions coexist peacefully in a small area: Christianity,
Islam and Judaism. With a quick step, the route can be completed in
10-15 minutes, and you can start it from the church of St. Nicholas.
Mineral water pump room. Mon-Sat 8:00-10:00, 12:00-14:00, 16:00-18:00,
Sun 9:00-15:00. For free. Water from a warm mineral spring.
Museums
Museum of Local Lore, st. Duvanovskaya, 11/2. ☎ +7 (36569)
31280, +7 (36569) 62681. 10:00–17:30. 150 rubles, excursion - additional
500 rubles. The main and most interesting city museum. Located in the
former mansion of the merchant Yu.M. Gelelovich, built in the Moorish
style in 1912. Exhibited objects of archeology, numismatics, porcelain,
old books and works of art. The diorama "Landing of the Yevpatoriya
landing on January 5, 1942" was opened.
Museum of the History of the
Crimean War, st. Revolutions, 61. 10:00–17:00, Wed - day off. 120 rub. A
tiny museum (only two rooms) allows you to see exhibits from the Crimean
War: six cast iron and bronze cannons, flags of all countries
participating in hostilities, as well as weapons, cannonballs, anchors,
household items, fragments of soldier's uniforms. Among the exhibits is
a large-scale relief image of the English battleship Henry IV, which was
lost in a severe storm on November 14, 1854.
Museum "Pirates of the
Black Sea", st. Revolution, 56 (opposite the Museum of the History of
the Crimean War). ☎ +7 (978) 854-71-23. Tue–Sun 11:00–18:00, tour lasts
25 minutes. The museum is decorated in the style of an old ship, one of
the rooms is a treasury, the other is a sailor's cabin. The exhibition
presents marine archaeological finds, weapons, utensils, ancient coins,
antique jewelry, fragments of sunken ships, personal belongings of
sailors.
Museum-pharmacy of the pharmacist A.I. Rofe, st. Karaeva, 4
(in the building of pharmacy No. 43). ☎ +7 (36569) 3-04-85. 9:00–18:00,
available at any hour during the working part of the pharmacy. For free.
The museum is open in an old building built in 1897 by the pharmacist
Rofe on the site of the oldest pharmacy in Crimea, founded in 1823.
Crockery, hand-held equipment and mechanisms used in the manufacture of
medicines of those years, price lists and advertising of various
medicines, as well as furniture that stood here during the first owner
are demonstrated. There is no guide in the museum, but each exhibit has
a plaque with a description.
Postal Museum, st. Karaeva, 6 (in the
current post office No. 14). Collection of archival materials on the
history of the postal service. Vintage stamps and envelopes. Jan 2020
edit
✦ Museum "Gate of Kezlev", st. Karaeva, 10 (in the building of
the Kezlev gate). ☎ +7 (36569) 4-33-33, +7 (978) 702-85-96. summer
9:00–20:00, winter 9:00–17:00. Adult 80 rubles, children 60 rubles.
Minimum group 2-4 people. The basis of the exposition is the layout of
the Kezlevskaya fortress (dimensions 5 mx 9 m), which recreates the
entire medieval city.
✦ Crimean Tatar Museum of Ethnography, st.
Karaeva, 18 (in the building of the madrasah "Tekiye dervishes"). ☎ +7
(36569) 2-67-17. in winter 12:00 - 17:00, in summer 10:00 - 18:00. It
consists of several small rooms, one of which recreates the atmosphere
of the living quarters of the Crimean Tatars in the middle of the 19th
century. It is lined with traditional household items of that time, wall
towels and clothes are hung. Dervish and Sufi mannequins are installed.
There are also workshops of traditional crafts: gold embroidery and
calligraphy.
Museum of military glory of
soldiers-internationalists (Museum of the war in Afghanistan), st.
Demysheva, 134. ☎ +7 (36569) 6-24-60. 10:00–17:00. Museum of the events
of the Afghan war at the city organization of veterans of Afghanistan.
Museum of World Sculpture and Applied Arts , st. Belinsky, 1st century
10:00 - 22:00. 100 rubles, children 50 rubles. The main exposition of
the museum is located in the open air. Collection of 24 exhibits. All
sculptures of the museum are dedicated to the history of Evpatoria,
Crimea and Ukraine. Jan 2020 edit
9 Museum "House of Wine", st.
Buslaev Brothers, 30. ✉ ☎ +7 (36569) 2-81-88. 10:00 - 20:00. The
entrance is free. Wine at a tasting 50-150 rubles / 50 g. A small
museum, consisting of only one museum room, is dedicated to the history
of winemaking in the Crimea. Ancient Greek finds related to the culture
and use of wine. At the end, a wine tasting is held, where you can get
acquainted with the best wines of the peninsula and their producers,
learn about the origin of wine and its appearance in the Crimea.
Boat trips, pier Park Frunze. One-hour tour 500 rubles.
Large
boats depart from the pier of Park Frunze. Private traders carry from
4th berth No. 46, (not far from Elias Church)
Ferris wheel (in
the park on V. Tereshkova Embankment). from 10.00 to 00.00. adult ticket
200-250 rubles per round.
Dolphinarium, st. Kievskaya 19/20 (m /
t6, 9 - stop sanatorium "Eaglet" or sanatorium "Priboy", tm.2 - stop
sanatorium "Eaglet", tm.1 - stop "Turgostinitsa "Evpatoria""). ☎ +7
(36569) 2-70-99, +7 (978) 855-46-51. Show of marine animals Wed, Sat,
Sun at 11:00 and 16:00, duration is just under an hour. 1000 rubles,
children 600 rubles. Dolphins artistically dance, play ball with the
audience, sing, draw, perform tricks with various equipment.
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Donuzlav Base of Evpatoria Dolphinarium (35 km from Evpatoria in
Izvestkovaya Bay of Donuzlav Lake). ☎ +7 (978) 855-46-54. Entrance to
the base 200 rubles, swimming with a dolphin (10 - 12 minutes) 6000
rubles. A picturesque area, a well-maintained beach, a living corner, a
cafe "MAEL". Lake Donuzlav is a marine salt lake. It has enclosures in
which dolphins live. Every day except Monday you can swim with dolphins.
Aquarium , st. Gorky, 5a/1 (Frunze Park). ☎ +7 (36569) 44373.
9:00–17:00. Adult 500 rubles, children 300 rubles, up to 5 years - free
of charge. Large aquarium stylized as an underwater cave. Over 100 types
of fish. In the center of the hall there is a massive outdoor pool where
you can observe the largest inhabitants of the aquarium - fish of the
sturgeon family.
Water park "Aqualand near Lukomorye", st. Kirov,
35 (Frunze Park). ☎ +7 (978) 98 111 11. 1300—1600 rub. There is a pool
for adults with an average depth of 1.5 m, a children's pool with a
depth of up to 0.5 m with a special non-slip bottom and heated water, a
relaxation area with an Italian jacuzzi with comfortable hydromassage
chairs, a complex for kids and teenagers with many fairy-tale characters
and water guns. The main entertainment is seven slides of different
lengths and extremes.
Park "Crimea in miniature", st. Kirova
34/42 (crossroads of Frunze and Demysheva streets). ☎ +7 (978) 0000745.
May-September 09:00 - 22:00, October-April 09:00 - 20:00. Adult (from 13
years old) 600 rubles, children 400 rubles. The park collection includes
45 replicas of famous tourist sites on a scale of 1:25. Among them are
all the Crimean palaces, figures "Motherland" (Kyiv) and "Statue of
Liberty" (New York). During the evening hours of the park, you can see a
light show for which 100,001 light bulbs were installed.
Entertainment complex "Coliseum". ☎ +7 (36569) 2-70-86, +7 (978) 79 39
353. There is a karaoke club, laser tag (120 rubles per player, game
time 15 minutes), a fast food cafe and a pastry shop.
Cinema
"Rocket", ave. Lenina, 3 (pl. Teatralnaya). ☎ +7 (36569) 3-64-21.
200-250 rub. In fact, the only fully functional cinema in the city.
Theaters
Theater named after A.S. Pushkina Wikidata element, st.
Lenina, 1. ☎ +7 (36569) 3-24-90. It was opened in 1910. The facade of
the building is decorated in neoclassical style.
Children's theater
"Golden Key" , st. Barteneva, 1-5. ☎ +7 (36569) 3-25-73. 150 rub.
Children's theatre. The repertoire of the theater now includes more than
20 performances. Surprisingly, the theater is closed during the summer
holiday season.
Theater-studio of puppets "Puppets" , st.
International, 17. ☎ +7 (36569) 6-16-71. Fairy tales, show programs with
puppets, as well as theatrical entertainment programs.
Along the embankment there are many tents with souvenirs. Everyday
goods can be bought in small shopping centers, groceries - in small
shops and rare supermarkets (the most common is the Pud network). There
are frequent wine shops, including those selling on tap, there are
interesting niche shops, for example, selling local dairy products or,
for example, Crimean farm cheeses.
There are about thirty bank
branches in the city, the largest of the banks represented are Rossiya
Bank, Krayinvestbank, RNKB, MAST-Bank, Genbank. Regular office hours are
Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00 (almost all are closed on weekends). There are many
ATMs and currency exchange offices.
Collective farm market
(Central). The main market of the city, food and clothing tents.
Vegetables and fruits during the tourist season are almost at Moscow
prices, but the quality is much higher.
Evpatoria is one of the centers of the Crimean culinary exotics. It
is worth starting your acquaintance with the public catering of
Yevpatoria with a cafe of Karaite cuisine, because nowhere else you will
find anything like it. The best choice of dishes is in the cafe at the
kenasse. Separate dishes like ufak asha (a broth with tiny dumplings) or
buza (“kvass” made from millet) have penetrated the generalized Crimean
cuisine, they are now served in every second cafe. Finally, chebureks,
which the Karaites also consider their own, have become almost the brand
of Evpatoria: they say that the best chebureks are made here.
Cheap
As in most Russian Black Sea resorts, the most popular catering
format is canteens.
1 Cafe "Oriental dishes", st. Dm. Ulyanova,
13 (central market: entrance either through the gates of the market, or
- the first turn along Dm. Ulyanova street after the market). Samsa
70-120 rubles, first and second courses 100-150 rubles, you can take
half a portion. Excellent samsa, lagman, pilaf, barbecue. Very tasty and
cheap. Most likely, it is here that the best price-quality ratio among
the establishments of the lower and, possibly, the middle price range.
However, the atmosphere is spartan, more like a bar, there is no talk of
any romantic atmosphere here, and if you need a place where you could
sit comfortably, it is better to look for something else.
2 Cafe
"Dairy", st. Revolution, 55. 8:00 - 20:00, closes earlier in the
off-season. 60-120 rubles per dish. A canteen that has been operating
since Soviet times, with all the necessary attributes: saleswomen in
bonnets, stern looks, wooden wall decoration a la sauna. The food is at
the level of a very good cafe (ratings on aggregators are at the level
of premium Evpatoria restaurants). In the first hall - distribution with
pastries, in the second - already the main meal.
3 Dining room from
the cafe "Kerkinitida", st. Gorky, 1V. ☎ +7 (978) 823-90-18. 60-150
rubles per dish. The first floor is a dining room, the second is a cafe,
and they should not be confused, because in no case should you go to a
cafe (they cheat, deceive, etc.). The dining room is of quite acceptable
quality, without any complaints from visitors. Yes, the food is not
great, but this is the only place on the promenade with a sea view. With
✦ The network of canteens "Love-Carrot". Judging by the reviews, the
quality of food can not boast.
Average cost
4 Cafe
"Karaman", st. Karaimskaya, 68 (in the complex of the Karaite kenasa). ☎
+7 (36569) 33035. 12:00-20:00. Cheburek 70 rubles, second courses
150-400 rubles. Cafe of national Karaite cuisine. Delicious chebureks,
for which there is often a queue on the street. In addition, here you
can try sarma from leaves of 200-year-old grapes, kyofta with prunes,
Karaite pie - yantyk, miniature dumplings khomur-dolma and, finally,
halva with nuts. The food quality is slightly better than canteen. And
often a large influx of visitors, depriving the institution of the last
signs of comfort.
5 Vegetarian cafe "Goa", st. Revolution, 46/9. ☎ +7
(978) 863-39-49. Second courses 100-200 rubles. Vegetarian cafe with
quiet relaxing music. Large selection of Indian dishes, desserts. The
second part of the menu is completely at the mercy of meat-eaters, you
can find the usual chops, dumplings, etc.
6 Cafe "Yoskin Kot" ,
st. Prosmushkins, 34/27. ☎ 34 90 +7 (978) 856 34 90, 34 89 +7 (978) 856
34 89. 11:00 - 21:00. 150 - 400 rubles Cafe-museum of Jewish cuisine,
located next to the Yegie Kapay synagogue. In the warm season, the
summer veranda is open. Relatively good food, but there are only a few
truly unusual dishes. The waiters and owners are a bit unfriendly. On
Fridays there are Shabbat musical evenings.
7 Pizzeria "Pomidoro",
st. Internationalnaya, 88 (inside the Fresh supermarket). ☎ +7 (36569)
25636. 10:00 - 23:00. 90 - 150 rubles. Very extensive menu, mostly
Italian cuisine. Good pasta and pizza. As elsewhere, rather expensive
sushi of average quality.
Expensive
8 "Jeval" restaurant, st.
Karaeva, 10. ☎ +7 (978) 856 54 74.10:00-24:00. Main dishes 400 - 900
rubles. A very atmospheric place with good Crimean Tatar food. The
institution is popular and often it is packed to capacity, so you have
to wait. Both the interior and the clothes of the waiters are made in
the national style.
9 Literary Cafe them. A. Akhmatova , st.
Buslaev brothers (Anna Akhmatova passage), 21/16. ☎ +7 (36569) 4-43-07.
09:00 - 22:00. Main dishes from 300 rubles. One of the best
establishments in the city. Good environment, delicious food. A popular
place, there may be an influx of visitors. Piano plays in the evenings.
Located in the house where Anna Akhmatova once lived.
10 Modern
Restaurant, st. Revolution, 34. ☎ +7 (978) 110 10 02. 150 - 2700 rubles
per dish. A classic restaurant with glasses on the tables, located in an
old pre-revolutionary house. In the interior and cuisine, they try to
follow that time, offering old Russian dishes. Lots of positive
feedback. The restaurant has a small shop selling takeaway cakes, the
quality of which is not so hot at all, and the prices are higher than in
neighboring cafes.
Coffee houses
✦ Coffee house "Kezlev
Kavesi" (on the second floor and around the fortress gates). ☎ +7
(36569) 4-32-30. Coffee 120-150 rubles, desserts 60-220 rubles. Crimean
Tatar coffee house, designed in the national style. 15 varieties of
coffee are offered, including branded coffees in Kezlev and Sultan style
and desserts: Tatar baklava, kobete, kurabiye. From the end of June to
September, excursions are held in the coffee shop, during which the
ritual of the Crimean Tatar matchmaking is demonstrated.
11 Cafe
Ponchitos, st. Karaev. 9:00 - 21:00. Coffee 60-120 rubles, desserts
25-100 rubles. A small five-table cafe with an alternative or even
hipster vibe. Delicious cakes and teas at affordable prices. Musical
groups perform every week, turn on the movie on the projector. The owner
of the establishment receives guests on CouchSurfing.
12 Coffee bar
Burdock, st. Karaeva, 2. ☎ +7 912 478-38-44. 8:00 - 21:00. Coffee
100-180 rubles, cakes 80-200 rubles. Stylishly decorated coffee shop.
Good coffee and cakes, no other food available.
1 Vinoteka "Vinnaya Karta" , Revolutsii Street, 58a. ☎ +7 (916)
524-31-68. Wine shop with several tables. You can buy wine by the glass,
the main focus is on Crimean wines. There is not much space, but
panoramic windows compensate for this.
2 Mafia Bar , Dmitry Ulyanov
St., 11V. ☎ +7 (978) 555-67-57. Hookahs, signature cocktails, live
music.
Night clubs
3 Night club "Malibu" , st. Gorky, 5,
building. 1. Large club with three dance floors.
4 Night club "Lion
Sea", st. Gorky, 5, lit.Z. The show program starts at 10 pm and lasts
about an hour, after which the disco begins, mostly hits from the 80s
and 90s.
5 Night club "Versailles" , Lenina/Frunze st., 42/19.
VIP-club in the building of the 4-star hotel Ukraine palace.
A budget alternative to a sanatorium vacation is renting housing in
the private sector for daily rent. This can be easily done upon arrival
in the city at the agents, during the season the whole city is full of
advertisements for the delivery of their housing, cars with banners "I
rent housing" stand on all key roads. At the same time, you can eat in
city canteens or sign up for meals at the nearest sanatorium, and you
can be treated with mud in the central hydropathic clinic (next to the
Pobeda sanatorium), where you can sign up for many other procedures for
cash.
Hotel prices vary greatly depending on the season: in the
peak of the holiday season they are 1.5-2 times higher than in the low
season. Below, almost everywhere, are the lowest prices valid in the
off-season.
Cheap
1 Hotel "Irina" (Former guest house
"Irina"), st. Ivan Chepurin (Museum Lane) 4/2 (located in the historical
center, right behind St. Nicholas Cathedral. 150 meters to the nearest
concrete beach). ☎ +7 (36569) 28391, +7 (978) 074-67-47. Double from 600
rubles. Excellent location. Friendly staff. Excellent reviews. All rooms
are equipped with refrigerators, there is also a shared kitchen with
utensils and two gas stoves. Of the minuses: the Internet works only in
public areas, cleaning is done only on request, sometimes they require
an additional fee “for insurance” upon check-in.
2 Guest house "Grape
Vine", st. Tatarskaya, 36. Double room 1600 rub. 600 meters from the
nearest beach, shops, bars and restaurants within a radius of 500
meters. Shared kitchen, WiFi. The rooms have a private bathroom, TV.
3 "Golden Rybka" hotel, st. Simferopolskaya, 70. ✉ ☎ +7 (978) 888-1810.
Double from 1700 rubles. Air-conditioned rooms feature a flat-screen TV
and some have a kitchenette. Nearby there are restaurants and cafes.
Wi-Fi only works in public areas.
4 Apart-hotel «DELUXE», st.
Sytnikova, 16A (1 km from the Black Sea and the beach, railway station
350 meters). ☎ +7 (978) 074-67-47, +7 (36569) 28-494. Triple from 1600
rubles. Air-conditioned rooms with a TV, kitchen or kitchenette with
microwave, dining area and refrigerator. Balcony overlooking the city.
WiFi. There is a restaurant 300 meters from the hotel.
5 Motel
"Higina", st. Chestnut, 31 (on the outskirts of Evpatoria in the private
sector area far from the sea (15 minutes by car)). double from 1500
rubles. Good hotel, very hospitable hosts. Good numbers. But very far
from everything, suitable only for guests with their own car.
Average cost
6 Hotel "On Skadronnaya", st. Skadronnaya, 10 (15
minutes walk to the city center, near the beach). ☎ +7 (36569) 9-69-11,
+7 (918) 945-27-27, +7 (978) 774-74-46. Double from 2100 rubles. New
furniture, spacious rooms. Positive reviews on the Internet. There is a
billiards, spa and gym.
7 Guest house "Rainbow" , st. Ivana Franko,
16a (10 min walk to the beach). ☎ 52 31 +7 (978) 008 52 31. Double from
1000 rubles, triple - 1500 rubles. Cozy atmosphere. Not everyone likes
the beds in the establishment. No parking, poor internet signal. There
is a shared kitchen with a kettle and a microwave. In general, not the
worst option.
8 Union Hotel, Lenina Avenue, 17a (600 meters to the
beach). ☎ +7 (36569) 63234, +7 (978) 729-01-01. Double 2000-3000 rub.
Spacious rooms with kettle. WiFi. Excellent value for money. The hotel
has a bowling alley, pool table, cafe and parking. Of the minuses:
sometimes they charge more for the hotel than was stated when booking,
they do not always issue a receipt, the noise from bowling can interfere
in some rooms, poor breakfasts included in the price.
9 Hotel "Argo",
st. Revolution 52a (50 meters from the beach). ☎ 55 35 +7 (978) 814 55
35. Double from 3100 rub. Cozy clean hotel. Friendly helpful staff. Good
location close to the waterfront and central attractions. WiFi. The room
has a TV, air conditioning and refrigerator.
10 Boarding house "Dolce
Vita", st. Tokareva 6 (2km to the center of Evpatoria). ☎ +7 (36569)
6-07-29, +7 (36569) 6-00-53. Double room 2800 rubles, two-level suite
3200 rubles, meals additionally 900 rubles. Perfect feedback from
visitors. Polite and friendly hosts. Cafe with excellent, delicious
homemade food. The hotel has a garden with a covered terrace and a
children's playground, where the teacher conducts interesting activities
with children from 16:00 to 21:00. Great spacious rooms with private
entrance. WiFi. Located 50 meters from a private beach, but it's really
small and crowded. But there are other beaches nearby. There are many
restaurants and nightclubs nearby. Of the minuses: the windows of the
rooms overlook the bar, so it can be noisy, not the newest plumbing is
also installed.
11 Hotel "Empire", st. Tokareva, 4b. ✉ ☎ +8 (499)
922-37-71, +7 (978) 036-66-48. Single room 1800 rubles, double room 2000
rubles, suite 2660 rubles. Good location 2 minutes walk from the beach,
near a park, several cafes. Comfortable air-conditioned rooms with
flat-screen TVs. Friendly girls at the reception. There is an indoor
swimming pool, sauna, table tennis and billiards, children's playground.
But very poor soundproofing, poor Wi-Fi signal, poor breakfast.
Expensive
12 Ethnic hotel "Jeval", st. Karavaeva-Karaimskaya, 12/32.
☎ +7 (978) 856 54 74. Double room from 6500 rubles during the season, at
other times from 3500 rubles. Premium high-level hotel with excellent
rooms. The staff tries very hard, all requests and wishes are quickly
satisfied. Cons: Poor soundproofing.
13 Family rest house "Chaliapin"
(Former boarding house "Skazka"), st. Pushkin, 40. ☎ +7 (36569) 9-40-25.
Double from 2600 rubles. Good location: close to attractions and sandy
beach, 15 minutes walk - Dolphinarium. A complete renovation was carried
out in 2015. Friendly staff. Often good reviews. You can additionally
agree on three meals a day at an adequate price. Fast Wi-Fi, but some
rooms may have signal quality issues. There is parking. Some, but not
all rooms are air conditioned.
14 Russian Sea Hotel, st. Tokareva, 4
(40 m from the embankment and 80 m from the sea). Double from 5500
rubles. It is possible to organize a full board. Quiet, very friendly
staff.
15 "TES-hotel", st. Pushkin, 16a.
reservation@tes-evpatoria.com ✉ ☎ +7 (36569) 49120. Double from 2400
rub. The hotel is located almost on the waterfront, 50 meters from the
sea. The hotel is relatively new. According to reviews, the furniture is
not killed. There is an indoor heated pool, medical and sports center,
sauna, restaurant.
16 Hotel "Peter" , Gogol St., 15A. One of the
best hotels in the city, with a very good Be Family restaurant.
In the country
17 Solnyshko Camping, Simferopol-Evpatoria highway
(by minibus or taxi). 150 rub. per person plus 100 rubles. for the car.
Nice place to camp with a tent. In addition, there are double and triple
rooms. On the territory there are toilets, showers, a dining room,
restaurants, a disco. This is part of a large hotel complex.
The local mobile operator "Win Mobile" and "MTS" of the Krasnodar Territory work, other Russian operators - in national roaming, Ukrainian ones - do not work (for more details, see the section Mobile operators in Crimea).
The risks traditional for resort towns and beach holidays should be taken into account. At the same time, Evpatoria is still calmer and safer.
The nearest cities are Saki, Simferopol, Chernomorskoe.
In the
Saka direction
1 Lake Sasyk-Sivash. The largest lake in the Crimea
with an average depth of half a meter, famous primarily for its salt and
mud with healing properties. Since ancient times, active salt mining has
been carried out here, in the 15th century it reached an industrial
scale. At the end of summer, the lake acquires a red tint. It is curious
that in translation from the Crimean Tatar language the name of the lake
means "stinking mud".
2 Water park "Banana Republic", p. Coastal, st.
Kalamitskaya, 14 (to get from Evpatoria - 15 minutes by any bus in the
direction of Sak). ☎ +7 (6563) 2-89-26, +7 (978) 815-99-15.
May-September 10:00 - 19:00, the rest of the year is closed. 1600-1700
rubles, children 1100-1200 rubles, children up to 90 cm tall are free.
25 attractions, 15 of which are for adults, including attractions with a
height difference of 21 m, a large swimming pool. A bunk pool with 10
children's attractions and a swimming pool "Shar" were built for
children. There are several places where you can have a bite to eat on
the territory: 2 water cocktail bars, 2 fast food restaurants, Amigo
cafe, Captain Blood restaurant.
West Coast
3 Greco-Scythian
settlement "The Seagull", the village of Zaozernoe, st. Friendship
Alley, 38 (7 km from the city, you can get there by any bus from
Evpatoria to the village of Zaozernoye). The ruins of the Scythian
quarter, residential dugouts, fortifications and a winery of complex
engineering design. Wells similar to those of Chersonesus were dug here.
4 40th Separate command and measurement complex , pos. Vitino. Carries
out spacecraft flight control, deep space exploration using its own
telescopes and antennas. The two largest antennas are clearly visible
from the surrounding area:
5 RT-70 radio telescope. A unique Soviet
radio telescope, one of the largest in the world, almost 90 meters high
and 70 meters in diameter. It has been operating since 1978, the main
task is to observe the radiation of celestial bodies.
6 Museum of
Sea Curiosities , Shtormovoe village, st. Lenina, 8, apt. 29. ✉ 16:00 -
21:00. Several hundred snags, bottles, shoes, toys and other items
raised by storms from the bottom of the sea and washed ashore. During
the tour, visitors are asked to guess what exactly is in front of them.
Master classes are held on making "marine curiosities" (clay, sand,
algae, shells), painting sea pebbles.
Heading north
7 Mamaisky quarries. Closed quarry, where in the XIX century. quarried
building stone. In those days, the quarry was not opened, but was
developed underground. Now it is a whole system of passages, adits and
narrow passages in which workers worked. Later, during the years of the
civil war, the quarries were the base of the Evpatoria partisan
detachment "Red Helmets". The object is worth visiting only with a guide
who has experience and special equipment, as the passages go for many
kilometers, and many of them are difficult to pass.
The ancient Greek settlement that existed on the site of present-day Evpatoria was called Kerkinitida (Greek: Κερκινίτις). In the early Middle Ages sailing directions on the shore of the Kalamitsky Gulf, the settlement of Karikintia is indicated. After the Crimean Khanate fell into vassalage from the Ottoman Empire in 1475, the entire Crimean coast was ceded to Turkey. A year later, on the site of ancient Kerkinitida, the Turks built a well-fortified fortress, which they called Gezlev, the Crimean Tatars Kezlev, and the Russians - Kozlov. After the Crimea became part of the Russian Empire, in 1784 the city was renamed Evpatoria in honor of the Pontic king Mithridates VI Evpator (in Greek - noble, born to a noble father), who saved Kerkinitida from Scythian raids.
The ancient Greek settlement that existed on the site of present-day Evpatoria was called Kerkinitida (Greek: Κερκινίτις). In the early Middle Ages sailing directions on the shore of the Kalamitsky Gulf, the settlement of Karikintia is indicated. After the Crimean Khanate fell into vassalage from the Ottoman Empire in 1475, the entire Crimean coast was ceded to Turkey. A year later, on the site of ancient Kerkinitida, the Turks built a well-fortified fortress, which they called Gezlev, the Crimean Tatars Kezlev, and the Russians - Kozlov. After the Crimea became part of the Russian Empire, in 1784 the city was renamed Evpatoria in honor of the Pontic king Mithridates VI Evpator (in Greek - noble, born to a noble father), who saved Kerkinitida from Scythian raids.
Evpatoria is located in the steppe, western part of the Crimean
peninsula. The city stretches along the Evpatoria Bay of the shallow
Kalamitsky Bay. The average height above sea level is 10 m. The length
of Evpatoria from south to north is 12 km, from east to west - 22 km.
Water resources - artesian wells of Ivanovsky, Chebotarsky, Alminsky-2
water intakes, city wells.
Distance from Evpatoria to large
settlements (by road):
Simferopol ~ 65 km,
Black Sea ~ 71 km,
Bakhchisaray ~ 86 km,
Sevastopol ~ 109 km,
Krasnoperekopsk ~ 112
km,
Dzhankoy ~ 141 km,
Yalta ~ 154 km,
Kerch ~ 276 km,
Odessa ~ 458 km,
Donetsk ~ 591 km,
Kiliya ~ 665 km,
Izmail ~
706 km,
Kyiv ~ 812 km,
Moscow ~ 1500 km,
Minsk ~ 1680 km,
Dnieper ~ 490 km,
Krivoy Rog ~ 390 km,
Sochi ~ 790 km
According to the results of the population census in the Crimean Federal District, as of October 14, 2014, the resident population of the city was 105,719 people. The population of the city is 88.6% of the population of the territory of the urban district of Evpatoria. At the height of the summer season, the population increases several times. Every year from 700 to 900 thousand people come for rest and treatment.