10 THINGS TO DO IN ODESSA, UKRAINE

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1. Odessa City Tour  A great way to spend a couple of hours is to take a tour of the main sights of Odessa.Included are the Opera House, Potemkin Steps, Philarmonic Hall, Vorontsov Palace, Spaco Preobrazhensky Cathedral,City Hall and the town`s main monuments and churches. Take a stroll along the main street, the pedestrianised Deribasovska Street. View the main beaches during a drive along the Black Sea coast. Duration:approx 2.5 hrs.Price: $50 Prices quoted are for car+driver+guide and 2-3 persons. Larger groups available on request.Contact the office for further details. 2. ANYONE FOR TENNIS?    It is fair to say that Ukraine is not renowned for producing tennis stars.However Odessa does have Tennis Courts for those wishing to brush up on their strokes or simply to enjoy a knock-about.The red clay courts of Club Prestige are available for use all year round because in winter a tent is erected around them.Tennis rackets are provided free of charge.Price per hour is $12.Open 7 days.Location is just off the main Frantzusky Boulevard, close to the city beaches and about 10 minutes in a cab from the centre. Tennis Club " Prestige"
1/1, 2nd Lermontovskiy Lane
tel. (048) 743?10?28, (0482) 42-80-62
info@tennisclubprestige.com
Opening Hours 07.00 - 22.00 3. TEN PIN BOWLING     An evening at the bowling alley is always good fun and not a bad bonding exercise either.This modern venue is located in the same building as the Nightclub "Yo".There is also a Billiards Room here with 3 tables.To compliment the experience there is a bar serving food and drinks.Prices range from $20 to $24 per hour depending on times of use.Located about a 10 minute walk from Deribasovskaya St. Bowling Alley 15, Polskiy Descent
tel. 37-14-14
Opening Hours 10.00 - 05.00 7 Days. 4. A VISIT TO THE CINEMA Fancy a visit to a cinema to view one of the latest Holywood releases in Russian?
Films are dubbed rather than subtitled and poorly at that, with the origonal dialogue often audible. Cinema "Utochkino"
22, Deribasovskaya St., City Garden
e-mail: utochkino@kino.odessa.ua
http://www.kino.odessa.ua/utochkino/ (unfortunately only russian)
Ticket booking - (0482)372-872
Performance - 10.00, 12.35, 14.40, 17.15, 19.20, 21.25, 24.00
Tickets price - from 15 grn. to 40 grn. 5. VISIT THE DOLPHINARIUM This is a popular attraction in Odessa.Apart from the Dolphin Show, and Seals demonstrating their ball skills you may have your photo taking with the Dolphins or if you are really keen (or foolhardy) , you may take a swim with the Dolphins.Evening Shows also available.This venue is open all year round. Dolphinarium "Nemo"
Lanzheron beach
tel.(048) 787-20-10, (0482) 35-24-44
http://www.delfinariy.od.ua
Perfomance - Tue-Fri - 12.00, 15.00, 18.00
Sat, Sun - 12.00, 15.00, 18.00
Monday - Closed
Ticket Prices
Weekdays - children - 20 grn., adult - 30 grn.
Weekend - children - 30 grn.,adult - 40 grn.
children up to 5 y.o. - free admissio
night show - 60 grn. 6. TAKE A BOAT TRIP Various boat trips are available from a basic jaunt down to Arcadia and back, to a trip on a luxury cruiser down to the Crimea.Prices range from $50 per hour to $150 and even higher depending on the size and standard of the vessel.

Typical Cruises.

* Cruise off the coast of Odessa in a 14 meter Yacht with capacity for 8 passengers plus 3 crew members.Price is approx $80 per hour incl (for the boat).Departures are from Otrada Yacht club.Duration of the trips is by arrangement.Food is not included in the price.Availability is between 1st May and end of October.

*Boat trip from Odessa to Yalta and finishing in Simferopol in the Crimea.Titled "Unknown Crimea" the trip takes in Balaklava and Cape Faros,a total of 380 miles and lasting some 7 days.Price is approx $1200 one way.Available between the 1st May and end of October.Vessels are typically between 8 and 12 meters long and 2 and 4 meters wide.Crew members normally number 2.Passenger capacity varies between 5 and 10 persons. Further information: Katamaran Tour http://www.katamarantour.com
9b Fontanskaya Doroga St
Odessa
Tel :+380 48 7178740
E-Mail : office@katamarantour.com *Trip across the Black Sea to Istanbul.Typical itinerary is to depart Odessa Seaport at 19.00.Cabaret and Disco are part of the entertainment available on board the Caledonia.Day two en route to destination.Day three arrive 09.00 at Istanbul.This and day four spent enjoying the city.The vessel returns on day five and arrives back in Odessa between 13.00 and 14.00 on day six.Availability is all year round.Fares are around $207 Second Class return and $538 First Class return.On board meals are included. "Caledonia"
Departure from Odessa - Saturday, 18.00
Arive Istanbul - Monday, 08.00
Depart from Istanbul - Tue, 00.00
Arrive Odessa - Thu, 12.00

"Yuzhnaya Palmira"
Departure from Odessa - Mondays, 16.00
Arrive Istanbul - Tue, 16.30
Depart Istanbul - Fri, 10.00
Arrive Odessa - Sat, 11.30

Further Information: www.ukrferry.com 7. GO-KART RACING This is not a bad option to pass a couple of hours. Sesssions last about ten minutes during busy periods with longer ones available midweek.You should note that there can be long queues at weekends and during the Holiday Season.Beware of budding adolescent Schumakers trying to run you off the track! Club "Hobby"
Shevchenko park
Tel: 728-72-05
e-mail:info@hobby-kart.com.ua
www.hobby-kart.com.ua
opening hours 11.00 - 22.00
prices
new carts CRG SpitFire 10 min- 70 grn., 5 min- 40 grn.
old carts MsKart 10min - 60 grn., 5 min - 35 grn. 8. VISIT ODESSA ZOO The towns Zoo has a varied selection of animals,birds,reptiles and marine life.Among its more celebrated residents are the Indian Elephants,the Leopards and Brown Bears.The zoo has a conservation policy with the Elephants and Leopards having reproduced sucessfully.Various Birds of Prey have also been bred with some released back into their natural habitat.Children can ride on the Camels,Ponies and Llamas. Tel No : 0482 251473
Adress : Odessa, Novoshchepniy St 25 (close to Privoz Market)
Opening Hours are 09.00-20.00 in Summer
09.00-17.00 in Winter 9. VISIT A SHOOTING RANGE This is conveniently located in the centre of town on the ground floor of 16a Bunina St, close to the junction of Rishelyevskaya St.Pass the security guard wearing a military uniform and enter through a couple of steel doors to get to the shooting ranges.One is 25 meters long and is for firing pistols.The other is the 50 meter rifle range.Each range can accommodate five persons at one time.No pellets here but live ammunition fired from 22 calibre Russian made Toz rifles and Margolin Pistols.Charges are very modest at 10 Hrivnas for ten bullets.Facilities are basic but this is a fun way to spend some time.It is important to note that you must register with your passport before being allowed to participate. TER 16a Bunina St.
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-18.00 10. TOUR OF THE CATACOMBS OF ODESSA Odessa lies over a labryinth of over 2000 kilometers of sandstone tunnels,the Catacombs.This soft sandstone provided the construction material for much of old Odessa.The Catacombs have in the past been used as a hiding place for smugglers who stored there stolen booty there.During World War 11 Ukranian Partisans numbering about 6000 used the Tunnels as a base from which to attack the occupying Nazi troops killing an estimated 3000 of them. The tour takes place in the village of Nerubaiskoye, about 30 minutes from Odessa.A visit to the Catacombs Museum is part of the itinerary.Here are exhibited various weapons, radio receivers,old passports,photos of the Partisans etc.Access to the Catacombs from the Museum is via the origonal staircase used by the partisans.
Please note that the Catacombs should only be visited as part of an official tour.There are many stories of persons getting lost and disappearing in the Catacombs. Duration:approx 2.5 hrs.Price: $60
Prices quoted are for car+driver+guide and 2-3 persons.
Larger groups available on request.Contact the office for further details.