Yevpatoria Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Crimea
About Yevpatoria
Yevpatoria is an ancient city with more than 2,500 years of history. The first recorded settlement in the area, calledKerkinitis(Κερκινίτις), was built byGreek colonistsaround 500 BC. Along with the rest of Crimea, Kerkinitis was part of the dominions of King Mithradates VI of Pontus, from whose cognomen,Eupator("of good father") the city's modern name derives. From roughly the 7th through the 10th centuries AD, Yevpatoriya was a Khazar settlement; it was later subject to the Mongols and the Crimean Khanate. During this period the city was calledKezlevby Crimean Tatars andGözleveby Ottomans. The Russian medieval nameKozlovis a Russification of the Crimean Tatar name. For a short period between 1478 and 1485, the city was administrated by the Ottoman Empire. Afterwards, it became an importa
Where to Stay in Yevpatoria
- 🏨Chill-out lounge/hotel
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