Odessa General Tips by hunterV

Favorite Thing: Visit the central city beach in Arcadia. There you can sunbathe and enjoy everything the beach has to offer including cafes, restaurants and casino. There are lots of cafes:
"Tropicano", "Mexican Village", "Western", "Prince", "Itaka" restaurant,
"Pago" restaurant, "Atlantis" club ,
"Assol" tavern, etc.
In the evening there is a disco at 'Kon-Tiki'.

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By the way, “Arcadia” means “God’s Gate” in Ancient Greek.
It was the name the ancient Greeks gave to a highland area in Hellas for its beautiful landscape and heavenly way of life of its inhabitants. Arcadia in Odessa has always been a resort for people living in Odessa and its visitors.

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Fondest Memory: spending a day at Arcadia beach.

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Fondest Memory: cHaving a happy family vacation in Odessa and bathing in the Black Sea at Golden Shore beach near Cape Big Fountain.
It was unforgettable experience, especially for our daughter who enjoys swimming.
We also went downtown to visit the main sites in Odessa and to “Privoz” market that is a must for every visitor of Odessa, too.
“Privoz” market is located next to the railway station.

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Favorite Thing: Odessa is one of the Hero-Cities of the Soviet Union.
This honorary title was awarded to the city for the mass heroism, courage and staunchness of the working people of the city in their struggle against the Nazi invaders in 1941-45.


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Favorite Thing: Your impressions of your stay in this city can be complemented by drinking some champagne made in Odessa such as "French Boulevard", "Odessa" and others.
Odessa has long been famous for its champagne.
You can recognize Odessa champagne by its black label.
There are also new sorts of champagne.
Odessa is also famous for its cognac. The trademark is called "Shustov".
36 French Boulevard is the address of the famous Odessa winery that produces champagne and sparkling wines.
The winery was founded in 1896 and is one of the few champagne wineries in Ukraine.
This label is from Odessa red semisweet sparkling wine.
I have always enjoyed that kind of wine!
It was a good souvenir to take home and a good memory of my stay in Odessa.

Fondest Memory: Drinking some champagne from Odessa at the city beach.
was lucky for the hotel where I used to stay many times - Magnolia - is just opposite the champagne winery! I was glad to stay at such a historical place and often think of French Boulevard that I explored each time I stayed there.

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Odessa Champagne Winery
closed joint stock company
36 French Boulevard
Odessa 65058
Ukraine

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Favorite Thing: This is All-Ukrainian Odessa monthly magazine.
More than 75 issues have been published already since June 1996.
It contains a lot of interesting information connected with all sides of life in Odessa, with people who used to live and work here and who visited Odessa.
You can find a lot of interesting articles about things connected with this city, a lot of Odessa anecdotes, etc.
Alaxander Shatukh is the editor-in-chief.
The editorial office is at 13 De Ribas Street (office # 21).
If you'd like to get more information from Odessa, why not have a look at the web site from Odessa:
www.odessapassage.com
where there is Odessa chat, photo album, web cameras, competitions and other things for tourists there.

Fondest Memory: visiting the city beaches in the summer and cafes in all other seasons.
www.odessapassage.com
E-mail:
passage@farlep.net
Tel.: +38 0482 34 80 38,
+38 048 760 17 32,
Tel./Fax: +38 0482 741 11 30

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Favorite Thing: Concstruction sites are among the city sites, too.
You can see them not only uptown where new apartment houses of very unique projects are being built, but also downtown.
This concrete-and-glass building is going to be a new Trade and Business Center and is it being built by Gefest Co. in Greek Street.

Fondest Memory: exploring the streets in the Old City.

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