Not too black really
by kolabor
The Black Sea which is obviously the only one available in Odessa istn't black after all :). All my hopes went down!
Well... but it still is warm, quite clean/clear and the waves in the municipal beaches aren't too big to cause problems and not too cmall to make it "lake alike".
If you are afraid of jellyfish watch out as you may be surrounded sometimes. Fortunatelly these aren't dangerous :)
Stroll along the Deribasivska...
by lotharlerch
Stroll along the Deribasivska street and walk up and down the most famous staircase in the history of the cinema, the Potemkin-staircase from the harbour up into the city. The only one adequate way to arrive in Odesa would be by boat, of course, although I came twice by train (to the other end of the city. To stroll around, sit in the nice open air cafes along the Deribasivska, watch the people and their life.
Kuyalnik resort
by IngaA
It is the resort and sanatorium near Odesa.
Known by its curative mud whih is considered as one of the best in the world.
A lot of people ome there to recover.. come ill and leave Kuyalnik "en pleine forme".
Don Josef de Ribas
by Klod5
In the war of 1787-91, Don Josef de Ribas, a soldier of fortune born in Naples of Spanish and Irish stock and one of many adventures in Catherine's service, stormed the fortress of Yeny-Dunai at Khadzhibei. Catherine the Great apparently considered making the port of Ochakov, near the mouth of the Boh river, the effective capital of Novorossiya. But Ochakov lacked a good natural harbour. On the other hand, de Ribas and a close collaborator, a Dutch engineer named Franz de Volan, recommended Khadzhibei as the site of the region's principal port. Its harbour was deep and nearly ice-free. Breakwaters, on the model of those found at Naples, Livorno and Ancona, could be cheaply constructed and would render the harbour safe even for large fleets.
Le passage
by Klod5
The Passage, Deribasovskaya street, is part of the particular curiosities of Odessa. The totality of the interior court is decorated until in the heights with marvelous sculptures.
The Passage been built in 1898-1899