Travel to Crimea!

On the western coastline of Black sea there is a small hill “Kara-Tobe”, it means black hill. “Kara”- black, “tobe” or “tepe” – hill. The fortress Kara-Tobe can be recognized by crenellated walls. Now there is a museum and the ruins of Greek-Skythian settlement.

5 thousand years ago the first Crimean garrison situated on the Black sea. Besides, the Russian scientists determined that the settlement Kara-Tobe had strategic situation. In ancient times there were 2 main roads:they connected the colonies of north-west Crimea with the capital of Scythian – Neapol Scythius (now this is the territory of modern Simferopol) and Greek Chersonese   (now this is the territory of modern Sevastopol)