Three Days in Odessa
Do not miss your chance! See the beautiful city of your eyes. (that click)
3 days/2 nights
1st Day - Saturday
Meeting with a group at railway station.
Sightseeing bus-walking tour round the city “ Ah, Odessa...!”. At first, we will go on bus through the center of the city, Arkadia, Francuzkyi boulevard (where a film studio, heaps of recreation centers and health resorts, a botanic garden and a factory of champagne wines are located), along avenue Shevchenko, Pushkinskaya str., through Tomozhenaya square to Odessa Sea Port. Then we will have a walking tour – you will see Primorsky boulevard, Dumskaya square, where the City Council is situated, our Opera and Ballet Theater and the most beautiful Cathedral, Philharmonic Hall, Vorontsov Palace, monument to “twelfth chair”, Passage and many other places of interest of the city. Also you will have time to stroll in City Garden and along Derebasovskaya street.
Lunch in a city cafe.
Visit to dolphinarium 'NEMO', where you can watch breathtaking show, performed by Black Sea dolphins and North Sea seals, that definitely leaves unforgettable impression. Also you can visit Oceanarium “Nemo”. Limnetic and sea fish and exotic animals from all over the world are on display. (Oceanarium is optional part of the tour).
Departure of the group to town Zatoka, that is climatic health resort with fascinating beaches. And what a fine Black Sea suntan tourists get here, sunbathing under the warm sunshine on the soft white sand! Light morning and evening breezes make Zatoka a fairyland where you can relax with the soothing sounds of the waves.
Check in boarding house at the seashore.
Dinner. Free time. Overnight stay.
2nd Day
09:00 Breakfast.
10:00 – 13:00 Bus-walking tour «Jewish Odessa».
The history of Jewish Odessa and history of people of Izrael: the Main Synagogue, Hasidic Synagogue, former the Brodsky Synagogue, School «Ohr-Sameakh», Moldavanka (place of living of poor Jews), a building where H.N.Byalyk (a poet) lived. Memorable Jewish places: monument to «25 thousands burnt city residents», old Jewish cemetery, Memorial to Holocaust victims. Jewish writers и poets: Mendele Moyher Shorim, H. Byalyk, Sh. Chernikhovsky, Shalom- Aleykhem, Leon Pinsker, Isaac Babel, historics Sh. Dubnov, I.-G. Klauzner lived and worked actively in Odessa. Only in Odessa it can be seen modern Jewish shops and restaurants together with memorial tablet to famous Jewish men, modern synagogues, functioning on the place of synagogues of 19 century: Jewish Community, which is located on the place of a former synagogue and others... At the second part of 19th century- at the beginning of the 20th century Odessa was the third city in the world by number of living Jews (after New-York and Prague).
Our guide will tell you many things that are known only to real residents of the South Palmira, show hidden places and point to those particular details, that brightly described short stories, written by Isaac Babel, Ilf and Petrov, Bunin.
Tour to Museum of Jewish history:photos, artefacts, authentic books and papers( additional payment). Working hours:13:00-19:00 except Friday, Saturday and Jewish holidays.
13:00-14:00 Lunch at Jewish restaurant. (additional payment 230 UAH/person.). A real kosher meal: we want you to get acquainted with dishes of traditional Jewish cuisine, many of them came into common use not only for Jewish people.
14:00-16:00 Free time.
16:00-18:00 visit to Cultural center of the Jewish community
You can attend different Master classes at your choice(additional payment):
- Master class on Jewish cuisine,
- Master class on European Arts and Crafts,
- Master class on sand animation,
- Dancing master class.
19:00 Visit to Jewish Cultural Center «Beit Grand».
Enjoy the watching of the performance from the list of productions (additional payment for the tickets.).
Return to the hotel by public transport. Overnight stay.
3 день 08:00-09:00 Check out. Breakfast.
09:00-12:00 Tour to
Odessa Cotacombs - its a network of underground labyrinths, stretched to 2,5 thousand
kilometers. You will see stone quarries, solutional caves, geologic prospecting
and constraction shafts, cellars, bunkers, tonnels and other underground
caves...
Price for a tour per person for a group of 15+1: 1135 UAH (50 Dollars)
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The price includes: · Meals: 3 breakfasts; · Tickets to the catacombs; · Insurance; · Transportation and excursions according to the program;
Accompanied by representatives
of the company for the entire route |
Not included: · Meeting w / d; · Lunch, dinner - UAH 40 (USD 5 150 rubles) · Workshops; · Admission: · Dolphinarium Nemo - 100 UAH / person; (USD 10) · Oceanarium - 100 USD / person; (5 US dollars, 188 rubles) · Wax Museum - 30 USD / person; (3 US dollars)
Travel
by public transport |
