Excursions in Odessa

Excursions

A sightseeing guided tour “Old Odessa”

The first part

The bus excursion to the City Centre, Arcadia, the Big Fountain (you will see Odessa Film Studio, various recreation centers and health spas, the  botanic garden, a factory of sparkling wines here), Shevchenko Avenue, Pushkinskaya Street, Customs Square, Sea Passenger Terminal.

The second part

A walking tour through Primorskiy Boulevard and Dumskaya square. Review of architectural monuments, there is the Opera House, Odessa National Philharmonic Hall, City Council, count M.S. Vorontsov’s Palace, Theatre and Cathedral Squares, Passage, theatres, museums and ancient Odessa mansions among them.

During excursion you will visit City Garden and walk along Deribasovskaya Street. You will learn amusing stories which concern names of outstanding historical persons and famous Odessa citizens

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Criminal Odessa

You like Odessa and its distinguished contribution into the world history. But you are also interested in its remarkable shady past. In this case, “Criminal Odessa” excursion is definitely for you. There is a lot of ports in the world but it is just Odessa which is so renowned for its gangsters, criminal districts and Small Arnautskaya Street where all counterfeit money is produced. Is it because of quaint local people or the reason is to be sought in something else? During the excursion you will visit the Customs, Shevchenko park (the vallum) and the Quarantine harbour, “Chumka” (the Plague mountain), a famous Moldavanka district and will definitely go along Myasoedovskaya Street. Well-known Mishka Yaponchik, a recognized mafia leader of Odessa, was born in Moldavanka district. Everybody who read “the Odessa tales” by Isaac Babel knows him under the name of Beny Krik. Odessa was an arena of legendary thieves and swindlers such as Son’ka the Golden Hand. Thieves High School was here, its graduates worked both in the territory of the Russian Empire and abroad.

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Odessa catacombs

It is an exiting excursion to the multistaged subterranean labyrinths which are the longest in the world.

Odessa catacombs consist of mines and caves. They existed when Odessa was founded and played a significant part in the whole history of this city. They were a shelter for gangsters and contraband deport in Little Odessa. It was a hiding-place for revolutionists in the turbulent period of time and for the civilians at the time of war. During the Great Patriotic War the partisan headquarters were located in the mines of catacombs. One of them was in Nerubayskoe village. During the excursion you will visit the Partisan Glory museum. It is a unique underground museum which is situated at a depth of 14 meters.

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Theatres of Odessa

Noble events, allure, lights, music, curtain. Odessa has always attracted actors, composers, musicians.

Famous people of art such as Ferenc Liszt gave their concerts here. Chaikovskiy and Rimsky-Korsakov conducted here. Odessa is one of the recognized capitals of jazz. Leonid Utesov, Vertinskyi are the singers, actors, founders and directors of famous jazz band. The theatrical life of Odessa is one of the most interesting parts of its history. You will learn about the history of the establishment and the creative activity of the Russian Drama Theatre, the Ukrainian Drama Theatre and the Musical Comedy Theatre. You will definitely visit the great Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theatre which is a distinguished masterpiece. Viennese architects Felner and Gelmer made its design. That is its due to be one of the most beautiful theatres of the world.

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Odessa champagne

For last 113 years Odessa champagne has delighted wine trencher-men and just lovers of this drink. It continues to be an ornament to the festive tables and a great present. The procreator of the brand name and the drink itself is Odessa factory of sparkling wines which is located on French Avenue which is one of the most legendary streets of the city. Since 2009 this factory has been a member of «Gruppo CAMPARI» which is one of the biggest alcohol production corporations in the world. In the last few years it has exported its sparkling wines to 15 countries such as Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Switzerland, Greece and others. It is no wonder as the productive capacity of the factory is 15 million bottles of sparkling wines every year! So, if you want to taste sparkling wines you should start it from Odessa champagne.

Before tasting this sparkling wine you as a true oenophilist should get to know it. You can do it on the excursion during which you will learn about the place of Odessa champagne production and its producers. The guests of the factory will see the whole technological process of wine-making, and will assure that a pledge of such delicate taste is a creative process, the combination of deep knowledge, talent and inspiration of all the participants of its production. A hospitable master always wine and dine his guests in a proper way. Such factories as Odessa factory of sparkling wines also do it, but they call it a tasting. During it a sommelier will tell you details about the values of proposed champagne items. In order to taste each kind of sparkling wine you will be offered refreshments such as cheese, nuts, crackers, olives, apples, bananas and oranges.

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