Odessa International Airport 14 min
Statue of the Duc de Richelieu (26 min) Bronze statue in a city square depicting the historic governor-general Duke of Richelieu in a toga. Hawaii (8 min) Water park City Garden (22 min) Old-fashioned park with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a fountain, rotunda & bronze statues. Odesa Zoo (17 min) Historic zoo with many endangered animals, children’s rides & an aquarium exhibit. Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art (20 min) Museum displaying paintings & sculptures from European artists in a 19th-century palace. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (22 min) Monumental Russian Orthodox cathedral dating from 1808, restored after being destroyed by Stalin. Odesa Archeological Museum (21 min) Stately archaeology museum with regional artifacts, a gold & silver treasury & Egyptian mummies. Potemkin Stairs (21 min) Formal entrance to city from sea, most famous for featuring in the silent film Battleship Potemkin. Park Tarasa Shevchenka (20 min) Landscaped park featuring monuments to Taras Shevchenko & Alexander II, plus sports facilities. Privoz Market (17 min) Sprawling market dating back to 1827 selling fresh produce, secondhand goods & cheap clothing. Odesa Fine Arts Museum (26 min) Works by mainly Ukrainian & Russian artists on display in the elegant Potocki Palace. Arcadia Beach (17 min) Famous holiday resort & beach featuring water slides, with nightclubs & a health resort nearby. Odesʹkyy Delʹfinariy Nemo (22 min) Aquarium where visitors can interact with the dolphins, including dolphin therapy for kids. Lanzheron (22 min) Summertime draws crowds to this oceanside beach with a sizable stretch of sand & nearby cafes. Vorontsov Palace (25 min) Palace & colonnade built in the 19th century for Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. |