Top Odessa City Tours

See the sights of Odessa on a private tour that provides an introduction to the city's major attractions. Check out the district of Arcadia, known for its beaches and restaurants; drive along French Boulevard; admire a view of the Black Sea coastline; and see Odessa’s main landmarks in the city center. With a private guide, you'll enjoy personalized attention as you learn about life in the city, its history and prominent figures.

Every city has something special. For Odesa one of its distinctive features is old courtyards. We will enter the secret corners of Odesa, with the spiral staircases, well holes, interesting balconies, beautiful doors and laundry on the ropes. And of course, the main attribute of our courtyards is a cat. A good opportunity to see the inside of the old Odesa. Entering the courtyards with a guide telling Odesian anecdotes brings you special impressions about our hidden and "rough" city life.

Experience all that Odessa has to offer in a comprehensive full-day private tour.  After pickup from your hotel, you and your guide will visit the catacombs in Nerubajskoe and the historical highlights of the city.  Then, explore the city center on foot, stopping at famous palaces such as the Vorontsov and Tolstoy palaces. Lastly, take a literary tour of the Odessa and learn about the great writers associated with the city.

Get an in-depth look at Odessa on this private walking tour. Head out into the city with your guide and explore the highlights of the city by foot. As you walk, learn about Odessa’s history from your guide. Customize your itinerary to suit your interests and travel at a pace that works best for you.

Local enthusiasts will do all the best possible to introduce Odesa in so short time as 2 hours. The route may include some top popular and some totally unknown places to visit. The tour flexible and based on the interests of our visitors and tour guide view. So, bring your positive emotions to exchange) Why is it so cheap? - We are not professionals but inspired. - We want it to be suitable for most people. - Donation-based. Your tips and reviews inspire us to move on. Let's go!

During water excursions in Lower Dniester national park tourists can see pelicans, swans, big and small cormorants, storks, wading ducks, as well as thickets of rare plant: Nymphoides peltata and one of Europe's largest plantations of nuthar lutea, which are named by people 'yellow water lilies'. During blossom of white water lilies tourists are impressed by Bile Lake (White Lake). It's water surface looks like as if a continuous carpet of white flowers covered it.

we have set the greatest plan for our dear friends This is for everyone who wants to see the history of this great city . I will take through the old city center and will show you all the land marks in the center from the Beautiful opera house, through the historical streets to the port , you will have an experience like no other . I will show you all the landmarks there are to see

Odesa is the city of variety. For this reason a few years ago a brilliant idea was born to make our city much more remarkable and picturesque by using a new art movement - street-art. Now you have a great opportunity to observe it with us and to listen to the stories about these splendid and inspiring drawings (as well as to find a deep philosophic spirit in them for you;)

Discover the highlights and hidden corners of Odessa on a private 3-hour tour. Spare yourself the stress of navigating crowded public transit, and relax in convenient hotel pickup and drop-off. You set the pace of the tour and are free to engage with your guide, every step of the way. Follow your guide to the city’s architectural and historical gems, including the Opera and Ballet Theater and Rishelievska Street.

Travelers who would like a glimpse into Odessa’s grand, royal history will love this walking tour of the palaces of Odessa. As this is a private tour you’ll be able to go at your own pace, and will have the chance to stop and take pictures, or to ask questions. Touring on foot is the perfect way of getting to know the city and its sights on a more intimate level.

Local food with local food lover. From the oldest in-street market to the regular canteen and typical restaurant for citizens with classical local food. Will "make a market" together, eat with the market loaders together at the same canteen, taste for a bit from few different typical local dishes of southern Ukraine. As an extra bonus for real overeaters will continue at cooking an extra dish at home. +2 hours.

Discover the dark side of beautiful Odessa on a private, 2.5-hour tour of its most sinister quarters. Hear tales of notorious thieves, gangsters and swindlers who once called the city home, and see the former haunts that set the stage for vice during the city’s early days as a booming port town. An entertaining local guide will lead the way and provide a glimpse into the city’s seedy past that many visitors never see.

Odesa is a city-hero. The defence of the city lasted 73 days in 1941. Military equipment, weapons, and soldiers were not enough for this city, but Odessa did not give up. This city managed to defeat the German-Romanian army! During this tour, we will walk along with the historical complex, which includes an exhibition in the open air, representing military equipment from the times of the Great Patriotic War. We will talk about weapons, military strategy and technique of that time, know about military legends, talk about history, see and much more. During this tour, we will do our best to show you historical and bold Odesa, the same Odesa, that fell into despair but could win.

Get a glimpse into the daily life and cultural traditions of Odessa on a private, 2.5-hour tour of the city’s courtyards, alleyways and other hidden spaces. Travel in a private vehicle with a local guide, who will share anecdotes about Odessa’s history and legends along the way. Stop at several points off of the typical tourist track to explore scenes of the ‘real’ Odessa on foot for a unique and charming adventure. 

Discover an often missed side of Ukraine on a day trip to Kherson. Avoid slow-paced public transit with round-trip private transportation from your Odessa hotel. With your private guide on hand, you can avoid uncomfortable language barriers. Military buffs will especially love the in depth look at the military history of the region. Enjoy free time to explore on your own and eat lunch (at own expense).

Experience the best of Odessa without feeling rushed on a 3-day small group tour. Accommodation in the hotel class of your choosing, plus comfortable end-to-end transportation ensure that your visit to the seaside city is hassle free. After convenient airport transfer, enjoy free time to explore the city independently. The next day, join your guide for an extensive highlights tour, which includes the Potemkin Steps, Arcadia District, and Deribasovskaya Street.

Pre-booking tours, transport, and hotels takes the stress out of planning an Odessa vacation, and you can choose between 3-, 4-, and 5-star hotels to customize this 4-night trip to you. In between tours of Odessa highlights you’ll have free time to explore on your own—you won’t be stuck on a group itinerary from dawn to dusk—with tips from the guide on what to eat, drink, and see.

Get to know the city through the eyes of a passionate local. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it up to the local for an insightful introduction to the city. Make travel about the people you meet not just the places you see.

Travel back in time to the Soviet Union period on a private day trip to Transnistria from Odessa. Explore the main sights of the unrecognized country and see Soviet-style buildings, old-fashioned public transport and monuments to Lenin, Suvorov and Gagarin. With an expert guide, you will visit the cities of Bender and Tiraspol and learn interesting facts from the history and present of the “country that doesn’t exist”.

Odessa is the maritime center of Ukraine, located on the Black sea coast. Discover the highlights of the coastal city on this 2.5-hour walking tour, including architectural wonders like the 19th-century Opera House and Vorontsov Palace, the grand Potemkin Steps, and the unique Monument to the 12th Chair.

Discover Odessa’s architectural masterpieces on a 2.5-hour walking tour with a private guide. See palaces and elegant mansions while you learn about their histories and styles, from baroque to classical to gothic. Soak up the luxurious charm of Primorsky Boulevard and its surrounding streets, and find out why Odessa, known as the Black Sea Pearl, is also sometimes called a ‘little Paris.’

Experience Odessa like a local on this private full-day tour and maximize your time with a custom-made itinerary. Admire the grand monuments along Deribasovskaya Street; visit the Potemkin Steps, Vorontsov Palace, and Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater; and enjoy a typical Ukrainian lunch at a local restaurant.

I do postcards with my drawings and budget tours to top attractions and hidden gems of Transnistria. Honestly, I can’t make Maldives of my country, because it is not Maldives. But i can make an unforgettable journey through all contrasts of what it really is - beautiful panoramas and impressive soviet lost places, curious history and nowadays life in the country that doesn't exist, combining classic walk with forays for true explorers and adventurers. Full day tour takes eight hours default, though Transnistria deserves at least a week. It is not Stalinism, we are very volatile where to go and what to do, but default route covers must-see USSR era and modern bits of Tiraspol, Bendery and optionallly Kitskany, and my favorite nooks and crannies that I discovered doing my sketches. The trip wont be exhausting, not boring at all, we will have time to talk about all peculiarities of past and present of Transnistria, you won’t be meeting a guide, you will be meeting a friend!

I do postcards with my drawings and budget tours to top attractions and hidden gems of Transnistria. Honestly, I can’t make Maldives of my country, because it is not Maldives. But i can make an unforgettable journey through all contrasts of what it really is - beautiful panoramas and impressive soviet lost places, curious history and nowadays life in the country that doesn't exist, combining classic walk with forays for true explorers and adventurers. Now I started virtual tour, it is a teaser, a sneak peek, but I made it as close to real tours as possible. Everything can be customized, there is no Stalinism, we will decide where to go and what to talk about along the way. Default route is 2 hours, I will show my favorite bits of Tiraspol and Bendery, first part - city, second part - urbex. You can use smartphone or notebook web-browser, and write your questions and comments in chat in same window. There will be jaw-down abandoned USSR places where I never took real tours before.