Odessa - the pearl near the sea

Odessa - Survey excursion

Magnificent constructions, successful lay-out, soft climate and the tender sea have created the reputation of fine city.

During excursion you will visit historical places of the city; you will visit beautiful city park in the name of T.Shevchenko where it is located the ancient Fortification, see and can take a walk on cosy streets: Puskinskaya, Rishelievskaya, Lanzheronovskaya and, certainly, very favourite Deribasovskaya street. - a unique historical and architectural monument. You will meet with a masterpiece of architecture - Theatre of an Opera and Ballet, and also historical buildings in which are located Art, Archeologic, Sea and other museums. You can take a walk both in the winter and summer, to Primorsky parkway where the municipal duma is located, a palace column Vorontsov with a colonnade, a monument to duke де Rishelieu. The remarkable panorama with a kind on a marina will appear, port and the sea will open. Here we shall introduce you with well-known Potemkinskaya ladder. You make walk on old areas and streets of our city. We are sure, that after a sightseeing tour our visitors will express desire to get acquainted more deeply and more in details with Odessa - a pearl of the Black Sea coast.

Driving the White Mercedes

To fly with a breeze on the center of Odessa on splendid automobile with folding top with arrival on Deribasovskaya street - what can be better?

If you want to organize unforgettable rest for the visitors or to impress business partners, we advise you to make fascinating travel across Odessa on splendid automobile "Lincoln" or "Ford" of the 1936 year

You will meet the richest history of city, visit the most beautiful places and sights.

Only after this excursion you will understand that Odessa - is not only the city, this is the Mode of Life! And then you will have dinner in restaurant De Ja Vue with the sight to Monument of Duk De Rishelieu and Primorsky boulevard. The cost of excursion on Lincoln – 80 $ (1 hour with guide).
The cost of excursion on Ford - 65 $ (1 hour with guide).

Literary Odessa

For the two hundred year's existence Odessa has found the richest literary history connected to names of A.Pushkin, N.Gogol, A.Ostrovskiy, V.Korolenko, I.Bunin, A.Kuprin, A.Mitskevich, M.Tven, Sholom-Aleyhem, V.Kataev and many, many other writers, poets, playwrights. They have embodied on pages of the products bright instants of a history of city, its labour, cultural, literary life, traditions, customs, habits - all that forms " local colour ". Time inevitably "washes away" the past: there leave a life old residents, the facts are forgotten, names are lost, the life, customs and a landscape of city varies. And to recreate the past, to see the past of cities, the given excursion during which you will visit a wonderful Literary museum in which the atmosphere of literary works of writers and poets of two centuries reigns is offered to your attention.

You visit Pushkin's house where in 1961 A.S.Pushkin's museum-apartment was open, will meet with Rishelievsky liceum, nowadays the Odessa university which also is connected to A.S.Pushkin and A.Mitskevich's names.

" Puskinskaya Odessa " is also the huge ancient house at the corner of Deribasovskaya and Ekateriniskaya streets, the past of " Wagner's house ", named by his owner. And much, many other things.

Temples of Odessa

Одесса is the city of various religions. You will visit the Uspensky monastery, based in 1824. Here the Theological seminary where it is now training about 700 seminarists is located also. You will Visit the church revived in 1998 of Saint Maria Magdaliny, a synagogue, a Muslim mosque, Greek-Catholic church. During excursion to you will tell about a birth, destruction and revival of numerous Odessa temples, Histories of the Odessa relics, about creativity of modern icon painters and much, much the friend.

Secrets of Odessa catacombs

Odessa, from the moment of a birth, was under construction on a stone of a shell rock which was extracted from the underground. Therefore under the city underground labyrinthes were formed. They store secrets of the past.

The history of the Odessa catacombs is a terrible monastery of the criminal of Odessa and simultaneously they are Heroism Odessa the guerrilla of the period of occupation of Odessa fascists during Great Domestic war.

Going in suburb of Odessa - village Nerubajskoe, you will visit catacombs where the guerrilla group was based The hero of Soviet Union - Vladimir Molodtsov-Badaev.

Simultaneously this excursion will open before you a feat of Odessa in the Second World War for which Odessa is awarded with a rank The city - hero.

Criminal Odessa

Criminal life of Odessa began from those far seasons, when director of Odessa customs house Kirjakov, that "to pull out assignments" on civil work in port foisted off to emperor Paul I a bribe- three thousand... oranges. And then the imperial decree about free port (a wave of harbour) of Odessa has involved in city set businessmen from all the Europe and Russia which "washed" capitals, and right behind them to Odessa have rushed lumpen - fluent convicts, deserters, tramps, adventurers.

The city is madly rich, city - port. A nutrient medium for the underworld unique. To all underground labyrinthes - Catacombs where it is possible to hide stolen goods and to disappear from police.

On September, 14, 1789 Russian armies and the Ukrainian cossacks have taken turkish fortress Hadzhibey. It has been solved to build city and port, and workers were necessary for this purpose. And then persons began to be flown down to Odessa with the doubtful past, and frequently and hereby.

Odessa was arena of activity legendary Sonka the Gold Handle. Her true name is Shendlya Solomoniak, and she was born in place Povonszky near Warsaw in 1846. At the early age unsurpassed pickpocket, She has passed in mature years to louder performances which obviously specified uncommon artistry of the author.

On Moldavanka the recognized head of the Odessa mafia, Michael Jakovlevich was born, as well-known Mikhail Yakovlevich Vinnitsky. Under a name of Beni Krik he is known to everyone who read " the Odessa stories " of Isaak Babel. On Moldavanka - one of areas of Odessa the supreme thieves' academy, preparing "staff" operated not only For Russian empire, but also on export. Former robber Mojsha Oks (on nickname Кайлыч) headed an educational institution.

Except for all other, in Odessa lived and "worked" It is left Backs - the chief Mahnovskaya investigations, Shiko Yablochko, Numa Kotov and many other persons known and not so.

About all these in more detail you can learn if you choose excursion "Criminal Odessa".

Theatre and musical Odessa

We are glad to introduce the visitors of Odessa with a theatrical life of Odessa which began very much early - almost with a birth of city.

You will get acquainted to a history of creation and a creative life of Russian drama theatre, Ukrainian drama theatre, Theatre of a musical comedy and, certainly, one of the most beautiful theatres of the world - Theatre of an opera and the ballet, constructed under the project of Viennese architects Felner and Gelmer which auditorium amazes with unknown luxury and beauty, and from which stage the best voices of the world sounded. It will be offered to your attention to meet with one of the best in the country of musical schools, and also with the Odessa conservatory which has brought up a famous galaxy of talented singers and executors, among which oustanding violinist D.Ojstrah, pianists E.Gilels and S.Rihter.

You will visit a building of the Odessa philarmonic society and learn about creation of a philharmonic society.

Odessa is the city, that best musicians of the world such as Ferenc List visited with concerts; behind a conductor's stand acted Chaikovsky, Roman - korsakov and others.

Odessa is the one of the recognized jazz capitals. You learn about a life and Leonid Utesov creativity - the singer, the actor, yhe founder and the head of the famous jazz orchestra.

We shall suggest our visitors to visit representations, performance at theatre - at a choice.

Vilkovo - The "Ukrainian Venice"

The Vilkovo city is located in delta of Danube - a unique geographical and climatic zone, near " the Danube biospheric reserve ". The area Vilkovo is a place where are concentrated practically possible pleasures for the rest: the sea (a plenty of inexpensive bases of rest) pine wood (mushrooms and hunting), the river Danube, numerous lakes (magnificent fishing!).

Small town Vilkovo - the main gate in delta Kilijskuju of Danube, its visit card.

the city is as old as delta Kilijskaya - the first settlers lived on seacoast- the delta only starts to build. The city was based by Old Believers - lipovans, come from Russia. They have literally constructed city the by hands - building from silt the small islands for the houses. Instead of streets there are the channels, and instead of sidewalks - a laying. And houses in Vilkovo built of a reed.

By your request:

• - excursions to Old City – laying across the channels;
• - excursions in Old Belief church and lipovans' houses;
• - Walking by boats to the streets of the city;
• - Fish soup, prepared from the fresh fish or boiled Danube herring;
• - Visiting of Danube's biospheric reserve.

Odessa cognac factory - 100 years of unstained quality!

Odessa cognac factory - the oldest enterprise of this branch in Ukraine.
In 1863 year the factory was founded by South-Russian association «Black Sea winemaking». Later the factory was being acquired by the family of well-known russian manufacturer Shustov. Firm «N.L.Shustov» posessed a few factories in Russian empire. Shustov produced various kind of drinks: vodka, liqueur, nalivka, balm, and certainly, splendid cognac, many of which obtained the world popularity.
Firstly in Ukraine exactly on the South-Russian association there has began cognac production, and right up till 1941 year enterprise produced high-quality cognacs with own recipe. During the war factory has been destroyed, but in 1947 year the first party of cognac has been produced again.
Now «Odessa cognac factory» - the biggest enterprise of this branch in Ukraine. This is the entire series of recognized leaders of sale quality and volumes:

• Cognac ordinary – «Three stars», «Desna»;
• Cognan matured – «Chaika», «Arkadia»;
• Cognac old – «Yubilejny», «Odessa», «Ukraine», «Kiev», «Russia», «Gold Duke».

There are going permanent renovation of production, new workshops is building, and planted more than 200 hectares of vineyard, enlarging assortment of production: in addition to cognacs the factory produces champagne, aerated wine, nastoyka and vodka. In the future plans – the building of factory, that will produce hiqh-quality quiet wine.

Arabian cultural center

In the 12th of June 2001 y. the Arabian cultural center was opened. The first guests there were city and region leaders, public figures, and local leaders of three oldest religion - Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

The building was built by the order and finances of one person – 38-years old Adnan Kivan, that was born in Siria, come to Soviet Union in 80 year, and now he lives in Odessa and London. Main architect of center is 25 years old Dmitry Povstanjuk, that win approving responses from his east colleagues for a new technology of patterned Arabic character, that decorate the building.

Educational and enlightening activity of Center contains functioning school, for teaching and Arabian language for all interested people for freeof cost. In the center school in addition to children groups, works the group for adult people teaching. There are the library, where the books tell about present and ancient traditions of Arabian countries and their culture. There are the halls for meeting carrying out between representative of different religions nationalities also.