Odessa tour.
Tour Odessa in a comfortable car/mini-cab with air conditioner, a driver and a guide.
Duration - 2.5 - 3 hours
Prices:
1-2 persons - 50 euros per person (a car)
3-4 persons - 40 euros per person (a mini-cab)
4-10 persons - 30 euros per person (a mini-cab)
Description: Starting from your hotel/apartment/boat we cover up all the centre, Sea Port, Primorsky boulevard, City Garden, Deribasovskaya street (main street, pedestrians only), Opera House, the biggest in Europe Odessa market Privoz, four cathedrals, French boulevard, Arcadia, Sobornaya square (souvenirs market). Time for shopping is alloted.
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Odessa Walking tour.
Duration - 2.5 hours.
Wear your most comfortable shoes and prepare to walk a lot.
Prices:
one person - 40 euros.
Groups -
2-3 persons - 30 euros per person.
4-5 persons - 25 euros per person.
6-10 persons - 20 euros per person.
The tour starts from the Sea
Port. Discover the Sea Port church, old artefacts and sculpture.
Then go across the port to the funicular. See the Potyomkin stairs
from below and from the top.
At the top, encounter the founder of
Odessa, Duc de Richelieu.
Then - Mother-in-law bridge with the magnificent view of the harbour,
Primorski boulevard with an open archeological site, the remnants of Russian-Crimean war, town hall,
ancient statues, Opera house, Wax museum (outside only), the main registrar office,
main street - Deribasovskaya street (pedestrians-only zone),
City Garden, with statues and fountains, Passage - an architectural wonder with little boutiques inside,
Sobornaya square with a new cathedral and an extensive shopping area
for souvenirs (allotted special time).
At the end those who want will be directed to a
price-friendly restaurant where they can taste genuine Ukrainian
everyday cuisine and drinks and enjoy the magnificent view of the
Deribasovskaya street (meal is not included, and the guide departs
when the people are seated, unless someone wants to hire the guide
for more).
For those who love shopping, it's possible to visit top brand clothes
shops and buy all the things with the 10 % discount with out discount
card.
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Odessa Shopping tour.
Shop for clothes and souvenirs with an experienced guide-shopper.
From 10 to 25 per cents discounts on clothes, shoes, bags, perfumes,
cosmetics. Benetton, Mango, Promod, Miss Sixty - 10 % off. Chanel,
Dior, Clinique, Kenzo and much more - 25 % off.
Be shown to the exclusive shops and boutiques, not frequented by
tourists - Birshka, Paul and Bear, Stradivari, Junker, Collins, Max Sport, Lacoste and
more.
Shopping tour with the English-speaking shopper - $10 US per person (using the discount cards).
Shopping tour with the English-speaking shopper and driver - $20 US per person (using the discount cards).
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XII Century Fortress in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky
XII century fortress built by ancient slavs on the frontier of their
country, which later on became Ukraine. Authentic, untouched, nothing
added. Was used as a military base as well as a place to hide from
the savage nomadic tribes from south called Pechenegs and Polovtsi. A must see.
During the summer a boat excursion around the outer walls, facing the
sea, is possible. Cameras are allowed, shopping for local artefacts
and souvenirs.
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Sofiyivsky Park, Sofijivka.
The park and the palace in it (which did not survive to the recent
days) were founded in in 1796 by Count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, a
rich local noble. He was deeply in love with a married woman Zofia
Witt. She had two children. Divorced were unacceptable at that time,
and it took them six years to get her divorce. While waiting, Potocki
built a magnificent palace (ruined by Russians when they annexed
Ukraine in 1919) surrounded by a park. The park contains temples,
lakes, an underground river, numerous fountains, "love
nooks" and grottos. All have Greek names, because at that period
ancient Greek and Rome were fashionable. The underground river is
called Acheron, for example (In ancient Greek mythology, Acheron was known as the river of pain,
and was one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld). There are boats to go into this
underground passage, the boatsmen using oars. The temple of Thetis is
covered with running waterfall, which stops every 15 minutes to show
us the temple behind and the statue of Venus in it. Diana's mirror,
Lower and Upper lake, fountain Snake (12-16 meters (39-52 feet) in height running
water included) and other sights make this place a magnificent must
see.
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Odessa catacombs.
Odessa is a relatively young city for Ukraine, only 200 years old
(the capital, Kiev, is 1500). It was built from the limestone, dug
from under the city itself. Odessa is now stand on the 2500
kilometres (1,553 miles) of underground passages. Buildings and cars
sometimes collapse, when a new opening is formed due to the
underground erosion. Exploring them is prohibited by law, since it
can be dangerous. There are several entrances, though, which can be
explored with a specially trained guide. One of them is Nerubayskoe,
a little village at the neighbourhood of Odessa. It contains a
partisan base. During the WW2 local resistance group hid there. There
is still an authentic radio transmitter, their hospital, bedrooms and
so on. A must see for people, interested in history.
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Odessa Dolphinarium.
Swim with the dolphins all the year round. Or just attend the dolphin
show.
For those swimming with the dolphins - the intepreter arrives with the camera or uses your camera to photograph this memorable moment for you. Videotyping is possible, too, and it's free. We do not charge you anything for photographing/videoptyping and deliver the photos/video to you via e-mail for free.
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