Odessa Travel Guide

Odessa is a big city-port located in the south of Ukraine. It lies at the Black Sea shore and is famous for the combination of beauty and economical power. Odessa is a big industrial city with about 1 million inhabitants, but in the same time it is a great resort with sunny beaches, warm sea and a special way of life.

Numerous historical places attract a lot of tourists to Odessa each year. Buildings with magnificent architecture and lightness of forms, wide streets of Odessa city make the tourist feel the wellness and richness of the city. It seams that sun never leaves Odessa city. The small yards (you will find a lot of them) with its own life and kind people make a very special atmosphere.

For its beauty and location Odessa is called the pearl of the Black Sea. Tourists will find a lot of hotels and restaurants located at the seaside. If you prefer to rent private apartment you may be assisted by on of real estate agencies which are always ready to offer you a nice apartment at a good price.

Odessa climate is famous by its softness and the abundance of sunny days. An original regulator of climatic conditions is Black Sea - it weakens heat in the summer and softens frosts in the winter. The combination of a sea and steppe climate, the warm sea, fine beaches, a plenty of sunny days an abundance of fruit and vegetables - all this creates here exclusive conditions for rest, tourism and strengthening of health of people.

In summer thank to breezes, even in hot days you don't feel heat of the nearby steppes. The cultivate dirt of estuaries and mineral sources attract to Odessa a lot of visitors. Odessa resort is stretched on ten kilometers along the coast of the Black Sea. One of the most popular entertainment summer arias in Odessa is Arcadia, which is situated on the coast of the sea and includes a lot of night clubs, famous beaches and places for summer activities.

On the coast of Odessa you can find such beaches as: Luzanovka, Lanzheron, The Joy, The Dolphin, the group of beaches of Big Fountain, Chernomorka and others. You also can visit very famous beach "the Gold Coast", it is a luxurious beach with soft white sand, small cafes where you can sit in the shadows of the tents, drinking cold ice beverages and watching the waves, playing around the berth. The increasing popularity is won with a new resort zone Carolina-Bugaz, Zatoka. In the summer about 100 bases of rest the Resort here operates to be in 60 kilometers on the South from Odessa.

Odessa is also well known for the beauty of its parks can find desired coolness under the leaves of age-old trees. From the first of May the citizens of Odessa Ukraine begin the tradition of the pick nicks on the nature beside the sea. The tradition to have pick nicks at first days of May is very popular in Ukraine. Travel to Odessa and enjoy the beauty of this wonderful Ukrainian resort. Even during a short trip you will see that it is real Pearl of the Black Sea.

Use Odessa guide to plan you travel to Ukraine and Odessa city tour. The most interesting attractions of Odessa are listed below.

Photos of Odessa

Odessa and the Black Sea
Architecture of Odessa
Odessa at night
Sunset in Odessa