Odessa City Tour

Odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - catacombs

Duration - 2 hours

Price for 1-7 people - €15 per person

More than 7 people - €12 per person

Attention! We offer five different catacombs Odessa tours. More information see below.

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Odessa catacombs tour passes inside network of abandoned mines of 19 century. Catacombs are underground tunnels below the city and suburbs. Excursion to catacombs is interesting for all who like unusual places with gloomy atmosphere and hidden history. What is important, we propose five special tours inside catacombs. Choose the most suitable and interesting tour exactly for you!

Five reasons to make Odessa catacombs tour

  • Odessa catacombs is a largest underground labyrinth in the world.
  • There is no way to understand daily history of Odessa without looking under the ground.
  • We have lot of catacombs stories about smugglers, revolutionaries, military resistance, secret societies, which hid underground.
  • Catacombs in Odessa are definitely one of Ukraine wonders.
  • This is one of the scariest places made by people.

Catacombs tour options

Odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - catacombs

Extremely popular Odessa city tour that passes totally underground inside gloomy abandoned mines, that we call catacombs. Since Odessa took part in WW2, catacombs tour closely connected with war topic. But that is not rule. If you want just to get inside underground labyrinth and explore it, we offer special tours in wild catacombs, not in museum reserve. See all suggestions of catacombs Odessa tour on special page.

City tour Odessa short info

For those who like to walk around the city, observing beautiful places and sights, taking photos and simultaneously learning a variety of information, we offer main Sightseeing Odessa city tour. Such walking tours take place in old town. That is a place of accumulation of main attractions, such as: Odessa Opera House, Potemkin Stairs, Odessa City Garden, Deribasovskaya, Primorsky boulevard ect. Also you'll see old monuments to famous people, city sculptures, squares, architecture ensembles, ancient remnants. Also walking ensembles with beautiful views of sea, public parks, museum buildings and nobility palaces of 19th century and other things to see.

Moreover, lovers of military history will be curious to visit a large WW2 memorial complex. That complex located under the open sky and represent variety of Soviet military enginery. You can see such things as tanks, guns, anti-aircraft installations and many others.

Common Odessa tours info

Odessa is one of the most popular tourist cities in Ukraine. During the year it visit more than one million tourists from various countries. This is not surprising. Odessa is a fairly young city, but it has a rich history, and a cultural heritage known far beyond its borders. Common history of city covers just over two centuries. Nevertheless such attractions as Odessa Opera House or Potemkin Stairs, are known all over the world. Almost each corner of city literally can taking away a curious tourist in the times of Russian Empire. It history telling about lifetime of famous people, or simply tells us about how inhabitants of Odessa lived. About rejoce and saddness of simlpe people. Cinematography, literature, music, theatrical art, architecture, history - permanent components of any Odessa city tour.

Things to do in Odessa

Different people are attracted by different sightseeing Odessa tour. So those who are fond of architecture, this city maybe a kind of catalog of stone monuments.  Starting from unpretentious architecture of first half of 19th century, to pretentious building forms of late 19th - early 20th century. Therefore you can see different architectural styles: strict forms of public buildings of Classicism and Empire styles. Variety of facades of residential buildings were done in styles of Neoclassicism and Renaissance, decorative and constructive Modern. Majestic hotels and Opera House represent by Neo-Baroque style. Another unexpected joy can be a meeting with a strict aspiration of medieval Gothic or a patterned Moorish style. Whole palette of architectural forms you can see at any Odessa sightseeing tours. There is also a large number of religious buildings of Orthodox Church.

To see or not to see

Another group of sightseeing Odessa Ukraine presents places wich tell us about literary heritage of city. It so happened that a whole galaxy of writers and poets of early 20th century lived here. They represent literature of Russia and Israel. Their names are widely known: Konstantin Paustovsky, Ilf and Petrov, Isaak Babel, Vladimir Zhabotinsky, Sholom Aleichem and many others. Knowingly in Odessa there is unique Literary Museum. Its exposition represent literary life of Odessa from beginning of 19th century until middle of 20th century.

Odessa city tour port

Odessa city tour - port from Potemkin stairs

Duration – 2.5 hours

Price for 1 person - €12 per person

More than 5 people + €10 per person

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Read more about Sightseeing Odessa Tour

Odessa sightseeing tour are very popular amid the tourists. This tour includes all main Odessa attractions and sights. Sightseeing tour take place in central historical zone of old city. You'll see famous Odessa Opera House, Potemkin stairs, Odessa City Garden, Duke, Deribasovskaya and much more. You'll hear about Odessa history from the begining until today altogether with a little fun stories about simple people and their lifetime.

City tour Odessa short info

For those who like to walk around the city, observing beautiful places and sights, taking photos and simultaneously learning a variety of information, we offer main Sightseeing Odessa. Such walking tours take place in old town. That is a place of accumulation of main attractions, such as: Odessa Opera House, Potemkin Stairs, Odessa City Garden, Deribasovskaya, Primorsky boulevard ect. Also you'll see old monuments to famous people, city sculptures, squares, architecture ensembles, ancient remnants. Also walking ensembles with beautiful views of sea, public parks, museum buildings and palaces of nobility of 19th century and much more.

odessa city tour opera sculptures

Odessa city tour - Opera sculptures

City Odessa tour info

Odessa is one of the most popular tourist cities in Ukraine. During the year it visit more than one million tourists from various countries. This is not surprising. Odessa is a fairly young city, but it has a rich history, and a cultural heritage known far beyond its borders. Common history of city covers just over two centuries. Nevertheless such attractions as Odessa Opera House or Potemkin Stairs, are known all over the world. Almost each corner of city literally can taking away a curious tourist in the times of Russian Empire. It history telling about lifetime of famous people, or simply tells us about how inhabitants of Odessa lived. About rejoce and saddness of simlpe people. Cinematography, literature, music, theatrical art, architecture, history - permanent components of any Odessa tour.

What to see in Odessa

Different people are attracted by different sightseeing Odessa tour. So those who are fond of architecture, this city maybe a kind of catalog of stone monuments.  Starting from unpretentious architecture of first half of 19th century, to pretentious building forms of late 19th - early 20th century. Therefore you can see different architectural styles: strict forms of public buildings of Classicism and Empire styles. Variety of facades of residential buildings were done in styles of Neoclassicism and Renaissance, decorative and constructive Modern. Majestic hotels and Opera House represent by Neo-Baroque style. Another unexpected joy can be a meeting with a strict aspiration of medieval Gothic or a patterned Moorish style. Whole palette of architectural forms you can see at any Odessa sightseeing tours. There is also a large number of religious buildings of Orthodox Church.

To see or not to see

Another group of sightseeing Odessa Ukraine presents places wich tell us about literary heritage of city. It so happened that a whole galaxy of writers and poets of early 20th century lived here. They represent literature of Russia and Israel. Their names are widely known: Konstantin Paustovsky, Ilf and Petrov, Isaak Babel, Vladimir Zhabotinsky, Sholom Aleichem and many others. Knowingly in Odessa there is unique Literary Museum. Its exposition represent literary life of Odessa from beginning of 19th century until middle of 20th century.

City museums

Ordinarily Odessa sightseeing tours are held in center of city, on its main streets. In such tour, is not necessary to use transport, since main attractions are a short distance from each other. It is convenient for walking around. City tours also can include visits to museums, the most popular of them are next: Archaeological museum, Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Literary museum, Art museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Private Collections in the name of Bleschunov, Local History museum. Many of them are poorly adapted for people who do not speak Russian, so it makes sense to visit them with a guide-translator.

Odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - old synagogue

Duration – 2 hours

Price for 1 person - €15 per person

More than 5 people + €10 per person

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Read more about Jewish Odessa tour

Special tour amid other Odessa city tours. Jewish tour totally dedicated to history of Jewish community. Tour cover all Jewish places in Odessa and passes away from usual touristic route. You'll see old synagogues, streets of community living, private houses and places for meeting.

Jewish history tour info

Odessa city tour

Choral synagogue

Since Odessa was a centre of jews in Russian Empire, huge part of city history closely connected with jewish community. That tour passes away from usual touristic centre. You'll see old streets and houses, where lived many famous people, old synagogues and community institutions. We'll observe whole existance of that community from the end of 18 century, until biggining of 20 century. This tour is especially interesting for people who have their roots here, who living in Izrael or simply interested in Jewish histoty.

Odessa city tour short info

For those who like to walk around the city, observing beautiful places and sights, taking photos and simultaneously learning a variety of information, we offer main Sightseeing Odessa. Such walking tours take place in old town. That is a place of accumulation of main attractions, such as: Odessa Opera House, Potemkin Stairs, Odessa City Garden, Deribasovskaya, Primorsky boulevard ect. Also you'll see old monuments to famous people, city sculptures, squares, architecture ensembles, ancient remnants. Also walking ensembles with beautiful views of sea, public parks, museum buildings and palaces of nobility of 19th century and much more.

General Odessa City tour info

Odessa is one of the most popular tourist cities in Ukraine. During the year it visit more than one million tourists from various countries. This is not surprising. Odessa is a fairly young city, but it has a rich history, and a cultural heritage known far beyond its borders. Common history of city covers just over two centuries. Nevertheless such attractions as Odessa Opera House or Potemkin Stairs, are known all over the world. Almost each corner of city literally can taking away a curious tourist in the times of Russian Empire. It history telling about lifetime of famous people, or simply tells us about how inhabitants of Odessa lived. About rejoce and saddness of simlpe people. Cinematography, literature, music, theatrical art, architecture, history - permanent components of any Odessa tour.

What to do in Odessa

Different people are attracted by different sightseeing Odessa tour. So those who are fond of architecture, this city maybe a kind of catalog of stone monuments.  Starting from unpretentious architecture of first half of 19th century, to pretentious building forms of late 19th - early 20th century. Therefore you can see different architectural styles: strict forms of public buildings of Classicism and Empire styles. Variety of facades of residential buildings were done in styles of Neoclassicism and Renaissance, decorative and constructive Modern. Majestic hotels and Opera House represent by Neo-Baroque style. Another unexpected joy can be a meeting with a strict aspiration of medieval Gothic or a patterned Moorish style. Whole palette of architectural forms you can see at any Odessa sightseeing tours. There is also a large number of religious buildings of Orthodox Church.

To see or not to see

Another group of sightseeing Odessa Ukraine presents places wich tell us about literary heritage of city. It so happened that a whole galaxy of writers and poets of early 20th century lived here. They represent literature of Russia and Israel. Their names are widely known: Konstantin Paustovsky, Ilf and Petrov, Isaak Babel, Vladimir Zhabotinsky, Sholom Aleichem and many others. Knowingly in Odessa there is unique Literary Museum. Its exposition represent literary life of Odessa from beginning of 19th century until middle of 20th century.

Museums in Odessa

Ordinarily Odessa sightseeing tours are held in center of city, on its main streets. In such tour, is not necessary to use transport, since main attractions are a short distance from each other. It is convenient for walking around. City tours also can include visits to museums, the most popular of them are next: Archaeological museum, Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Literary museum, Art museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Private Collections in the name of Bleschunov, Local History museum. Many of them are poorly adapted for people who do not speak Russian, so it makes sense to visit them with a guide-translator.

Odessa city tour - Odessa city garden

Odessa city tour - City garden

Duration – unlimited

Price for 1 person – €15 per hour

Price for 2-4 people – €20 per hour

More then 5 people – €25 per hour

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Read more about Private Tours

Here we offer a special version of Odessa city tour - private tours. What does it mean? Regular city tours have a given route and time to view main Odessa attractions. Private tour can be mix of all other tours. For example, we can make one hour of sightseeing and then go to catacombs. Or visa versa. So it's like a pizza, when you choose all components.

Private Odessa city tour

Odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - The twelfth chair

Tour programm can changes according to you wishes. In that case it's better to order Private tour. During private tours we can visit many additional places like, for instance, city courtyard, or WW2 memorial. Yards are a type of housing, often found in southern countries, for example, in Georgia. Square-shaped city courtyards, represent visual remains of old Odessa life in 19th century. Due to lack of many communications, and other specific living conditions, Odessa courts became some sort of scene for numerous literary characters and movie heroes. As a result some of Odessa tours go exclusively through the city courtyards. Such places not very noticeable in official travel guide books, brochures, or advertisements in Internet.

City tours Odessa short info

For those who like to walk around the city, observing beautiful places and sights, taking photos and simultaneously learning a variety of information, we offer main Sightseeing Odessa. Such walking tours take place in old town. That is a place of accumulation of main attractions, such as: Odessa Opera House, Potemkin Stairs, Odessa City Garden, Deribasovskaya, Primorsky boulevard ect. Also you'll see old monuments to famous people, city sculptures, squares, architecture ensembles, ancient remnants. Also walking ensembles with beautiful views of sea, public parks, museum buildings and palaces of nobility of 19th century and much more.

Common Odessa city tours info

During the year in Odessa come more than one million tourists from various countries. This is not surprising. Odessa is a fairly young city, but it has a rich history, and a cultural heritage known far beyond its borders. Common history of city covers just over two centuries. Nevertheless such attractions as Odessa Opera House or Potemkin Stairs, are known all over the world. Almost each corner of city literally can taking away a curious tourist in the times of Russian Empire. It history telling about lifetime of famous people, or simply tells us about how inhabitants of Odessa lived. About rejoce and saddness of simlpe people. Cinematography, literature, music, theatrical art, architecture, history - permanent components of any Odessa tour.

Things to see in Odessa

Different people are attracted by different sightseeing Odessa tour. So those who are fond of architecture, this city maybe a kind of catalog of stone monuments.  Starting from unpretentious architecture of first half of 19th century, to pretentious building forms of late 19th - early 20th century. Therefore you can see different architectural styles: strict forms of public buildings of Classicism and Empire styles. Variety of facades of residential buildings were done in styles of Neoclassicism and Renaissance, decorative and constructive Modern. Majestic hotels and Opera House represent by Neo-Baroque style. Another unexpected joy can be a meeting with a strict aspiration of medieval Gothic or a patterned Moorish style. Whole palette of architectural forms you can see at any Odessa sightseeing tours. There is also a large number of religious buildings of Orthodox Church.

To see or not to see

Another group of sightseeing Odessa Ukraine presents places wich tell us about literary heritage of city. It so happened that a whole galaxy of writers and poets of early 20th century lived here. They represent literature of Russia and Israel. Their names are widely known: Konstantin Paustovsky, Ilf and Petrov, Isaak Babel, Vladimir Zhabotinsky, Sholom Aleichem and many others. Knowingly in Odessa there is unique Literary Museum. Its exposition represent literary life of Odessa from beginning of 19th century until middle of 20th century.

Museums

Ordinarily Odessa sightseeing tours are held in center of city, on its main streets. In such tour, is not necessary to use transport, since main attractions are a short distance from each other. It is convenient for walking around. Odessa city tours also can include visits to museums, the most popular of them are next: Archaeological museum, Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Literary museum, Art museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Private Collections in the name of Bleschunov, Local History museum. Many of them are poorly adapted for people who do not speak Russian, so it makes sense to visit them with a guide-translator.

odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - Dumskaya square

Duration - 4 hours

Price for 5-7 people - €20 per person

More then 7 people - €25 per person

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We offer two excursions in one city tour: sightseeing Odessa attractions with catacombs tour for 4 hours. You'll save nearly $15-25 and one hour of time. Double tour cover main sights and must-see places of Odessa. Sightseeing part is a walk around old town. Catacombs part passes inside mines outside the city, that is why we have to use a transport to get there. Cost of transport depends of its type. Regular city bus, taxi, private car, bus for a group - all is available.

Tour includes all history of catacombs and visit of partizan museum. Catacombs tour is changable, so instead partizan museum you can choose wild catacombs tour. Price and durations will be same.
Attention! All other options of catacombs tours have different price and duration. In that case common cost will be a little bit different!

Odessa sightseeing part represent walk around old city with observing most famous sights. There are such must-see places as: Opera House, Potemkin stairs, City Garden, Deribasovskaya, Primorsky boulevard, Mother-in-law bridge ect.
Moreover, main topic of city tour also changable. As a part of double tour we propose Jewish tour instead of usual sightseeing. Price and duration remain the same.

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Opera and Ballet theatre in Odessa

Duration - 3.5 hours

Price for 1 person - €23

(group price)

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This tour includes regular sightseeing in Odessa and tour to Opera House. Check all options of mixed tours.

  • You will hear history of the city and visit its main attraction.
  • This mixed Odessa tour allow you to safe approximately €5-10.
  • If you won't go to watch some opera, this is only opportunity to visit Opera and Ballet theater.
  • Walking part take place in old town in unhurried style and will be pleasant for everybody.
  • Double tour is a good options, when you have not much time for a regular tours.

odessa city tour

Odessa city tour - Theater Square

Duration – 2.5 hours

Price for 1 person - €12 per person

More than 5 people + €10 per person

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We propose very comfortable excursion walk aroung old part of Odessa city. You'll see main attractions of Odessa and places to visit that every tourist should observe. In addition we show some special places that most of regular guides doesn't show. Walking tour Odessa also suitable in case you want not just listen to a guide, but chatting all about and ask your questions. Such possibility hardly can be in simple tourists buses with big groups of people.

Walking tour benefits

  • There is no need to hire a car. So you save money on it.
  • Most of Odessa sights located very close to each other.
  • Old city is pretty small with lot of pedestrian zones. That's why you'll hardly tiring.
  • There are too much cars and traffic jams on Odessa streets. As a result use a bus is rather uncomfortable.
  • During unhurried walk much easier to chat all about with a guide.

Points of interest you will see

Squares

  • Cathedral - main city orthodox Transfiguration cathedral and munument to count Vorontsov.
  • Catherine - one of beautiful city places with monument to founders of Odessa.
  • Theater - includes famous Odessa Opera House, fountain, couple marble sculptures, buildings of Archeological museum and old English club.
  • Dumskaya - usual place of city holidays. Includes old english cannon, building of city hall and monument to Alexander Pushkin.

Walking areas

  • Primorsky boulevard - central Odessa promenade considering as a face of the city. Along Primorsky boulevard stands dozen of city attractions, like: Mother-in-law bridge, colonnade and a palace of Vorontsov, One-wall house, monument to Duke de Richelieu, Potemkin stairs, Funicular, Half-circle buildings and excavations of ancient greek city.
  • City Garden - special green area near Deribasovskaya street. Place attracts tourists by beautiful Passage, lot of bronze sculptures for making foto, colorful fountain and musician gazebo. Considering as must-see tourist place in Odessa.

Streets we walking by

  • Preobrazhenskaya - here placed monument to Orange, central Cathedral, monument to Vorontsov.
  • Deribasovskaya - main city street. Here located the Passage, City Garden, monument to de Ribas.
  • Ekaterininskaya - include old courtyard Pale Royale and Catherine square.
  • Langeronovskaya - aline this street located Odessa Opera and ballet theater, Theater square, Archeological and Literary museums.
  • Pushkinskaya - starts from boulevard and include Odessa philharmonic building, old hotel Bristol, museum to Pushkin and museum of Western and Oriental art.
  • Gogolya - small cozy place with couple of architecture monuments: palace of Tolstoy, House with Athlantes, Shah palace and The corner of old Odessa.

 

odessa city tour

Cognac factory museum

Duration – 1 hour

Film Studio

Cognac factory

Opera House

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Small excursions to points of interest in Odessa, that didn't include into regular city tours. You can visit Film studio, make Opera House tour or observe Cognac factory with testing. Check the list of excursions and notice, that each one we can add to a full Odessa tour program.

Special Odessa museums and regular ones

City tours can include visits to museums, the most popular of them are next: Archaeological museum, Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Literary museum, Art museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Private Collections in the name of Bleschunov, Local History museum. Many of them are poorly adapted for people who do not speak Russian, so it makes sense to visit them with a guide-translator.

Also there are non-standard museums, like cognac factory, excursion to it includes tasting of production. The same with Shabo wine factory, but this relate to day trips.  Private museums like Film studio, or tour to Opera House you can't visit without guide. Why it so? First, because these are working enterprises. Second, their museum installations tell you nothing without guide support.