Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district is located in the central part of Odesa region, on the historical and ethnographic territory of Ukrainian Bessarabia, on the Black Sea coast. It borders Moldova to the north. The eastern border runs along the Dniester estuary.
The nature of the mouth of the Dniester is protected by the Lower Dniester National Nature Park, and the Black Sea estuaries are protected by the Tuzla Estuaries National Nature Park.
Within the district there are such historical and cultural monuments as the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress "Ackerman", the Armenian and Greek churches in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, the Lutheran church in Sarata. One of the main centers of Bessarabian winemaking is the village of Shabo, founded by Swiss colonists, where the Shabo Wine C ...