2-Hour Odesa Highlights Tour

Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater

Primorskiy Boulevard

Highlights

Odesa

architectural, cultural, historical

Group Tour

2 Hours

Easy

Russian

Description

Spend 2 hours exploring the highlights of Odesa, a port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture. Discover the city's Jewish heritage by visiting the Jose de Ribas monument, Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, Primorskiy Boulevard, Vorontsov Palace, Shah Palace, Tolstoy Houses, Catherine Monument, City Garden, and Sobornaya Square.

Itinerary

Odesa Highlights Tour

Visit the following places with the tour guide:
- Jose de Ribas monument, the bronze monument that stands at the beginning of Deribasovskaya street and says: “To the first founder of Odessa-Iosif Deribas”.
- Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, the oldest theatre in Odessa, built in neo-baroque architectural style, known for its unique acoustics of the horseshoe-designed hall that delivers even a low tone of voice from the stage to every part of the hall.
- Primorsky Boulevard, a picturesque street on the seaside.
- Vorontsov Palace, one of the brightest architectural monuments that served as the manor-residence of the Novorossiysk Governorate's governor-general, Prince Mikhail Vorontsov.
- Shah Palace, the neo-gothic building on a cliff, last used from 1909 to 1917 by Persian Shah Muhammad Ali, who fled to Odessa from Iran.
- Tolstoy Houses, the palace of Count Tolstoy, commonly known as the House of Scientists.
- Catherine Monument, the monument dedicated to Catherine the Great, the mother of Odessa.
- City Garden, a very old and ancient public park in Odessa.
- Sobornaya Square, once the main city square at the times of the Russian Empire, now a favourite hangout space for the locals.
End of the tour.