Attractions of Odesa region

The center of ethnographic, green, rural tourism and family recreation "Frumushika-Nova" is an open-air museum known as "Bessarabian village".

The construction of the Frumushika-Nova farm began in the summer of 2006 on the site of the Moldavian villages of Frumushika-Nova and Roshiya, which were evicted in the spring of 1946 due to the creation of a military training ground.

The "Frumushika-Nova" complex includes stylized national ethnographic estates built around a production base - a modern sheep complex (one of the largest sheep farms in Europe for breeding Karakul sheep). Nearby there are 10 holiday cottages that meet modern European requirements. The complex also has a Bessarabian restaurant and its own wine cellar with a mini-museum of Bessarabian viticulture. There is a picturesque lake with swans and wild geese, and enclosures with local animals: wild boars and other animals, a large pheasantry was built for 1000 pheasants and quails, there is a farm for ponies and donkeys, on which you can ride if you wish.

On the territory of "Frumushika-Nova" there is the largest monument "Chaban" in the world, entered in the Guinness Book of Records, as well as in the National Register of Records of Ukraine. The height of the monument is 16 meters 43 centimeters (17.93 with the pedestal), and the weight of the monument is 1080 tons.

In the neighboring village of Semysotka, the "Semysotka Smart Village Museum" has been created since 2011, combining the features of an open-air museum, an eco-village with permanent residents, and a rural green tourism complex.

The winery was founded in Velykodolynske, 20 kilometers from Odesa, in 1999 with the planting of the first vines.

Certified seedlings of direct clones of grape varieties of French and German selection from producers Hyacinthe Raymond (France) and Reben Sibbus (Germany) were used to plant the vineyards. Today, the winery's own vineyards occupy an area of ​​over 140 hectares.

The Vintrest winery was built in 2004 and is equipped with modern European equipment from leading industry manufacturers in Italy and France. The enterprise specializes in the production of champagne and table wine materials, but since 2015 the production of dry varietal wines under its own trademark Grande Vallee has been started. The line includes 8 items: "Riesling Grande Vallee", "Chardonnay Grande Vallee", "Pinot Blanc Grande Vallee", "Traminer Grande Vallee", "Pinot Meunier Rose Grande Vallee", "Pinot Noir Rose Grande Vallee", "Merlot Grande Vallee", "Cabernet Grande Vallee". Since 2018, the Grande Vallee line has been replenished with sparkling wines: both using classical technology and the Charmat method.

Tours with tastings are held at the Vintrest Winery, during which you can get acquainted with the wine production process.

Odesa Museum of Western and Oriental Art is one of the best museums in the country in this field.

Occupies the former palace of the landowner Oleksiy Abaza, built in 1856-1858 by architect Louis Cesar Otto. The house is made in an eclectic style: baroque features coexist with elements of Empire and Rococo styles. The "swinging" grand staircase in the lobby, carved from Carrara marble, erected without load-bearing beams-kosour together with the platforms form a spectacular hanging structure. The interiors of the Abaza Palace are rich in stucco decor, carvings, bronze fittings.

The Museum of Western and Oriental Art was founded in Odesa in 1923 on the basis of private collections collected by the local committee for the protection of monuments of art and antiquity.

The museum's exhibition presents paintings by Dutch masters, porcelain of the best European factories of the XVIII-XX centuries, sculptures and ceramics of Iran, Tibet, China, India and Japan. Pearls of the collection: "Saint Luke" and "Saint Matthew" by the great Dutchman Frans Hals , "Madonna on the Throne" by the Florentine painter of the 16th century. Francesco Granacci, "Endangered Cupid" by Etienne Falcone, as well as unique woodcuts by the famous Japanese master Katsushiki Hokusai from the series "Book of Birds".

Arkadiya is a resort area of ​​the city, the Odesa Riviera, the center of night life.

It is famous for its modern, well-equipped beaches and a large number of restaurants, night clubs and other entertainment facilities that work around the clock during the holiday season.

In the park territory of Arkadiya by the sea there are hotels, sanatoriums, holiday homes, a hydrotherapy center, and a resort clinic.

The building was built in the style of classicism (architect Franz Boffo) for the Odesa Commodity Exchange. The main facade is decorated with 12 columns and sculptures. Later, the City Duma (now the Odesa City Council) was located here.

On the square in front of the City Duma, an ancient 250-pound trophy cast-iron cannon from the sunken English steam frigate "Tiger" has been installed in memory of the Crimean War.

The monument to Pushkin, created in 1888 at the expense of the townspeople, was installed at the beginning of Prymorsky Boulevard with its back to the Duma (according to legend, this is how the townspeople expressed their attitude to the city authorities, who allocated not a penny from the budget for the monument).

The country's first Contraband museum was opened in Odesa by businessman and former military man Oleksandr Otdyelnov.

The museum is located in the basement of an old house on Evropeyskaya Street. The museum's exposition contains more than 150 items of confiscated contraband and illustrations of the methods of their illegal import.

In particular, you can see porcelain services with heroin inside, cocaine caches in various objects, car doors stuffed with cigarette packs, a model of an underground passage dug under the state border near Uzhhorod.

Visitors are also introduced to how smugglers used the Odessa catacombs.

ATTENTION! The Contraband Museum ceased operations in 2021.

The arcade and two towers of the Quarantine, as well as the remains of the Andriyivskyi bastion - all that remains of the defense structures of the Odesa fortress.

The earthen fortress was laid in 1793-1794 by General Oleksandr Suvorov after the destruction of the Turkish fortress Khadzhybey. A quarantine with a long wall and two towers at its ends was built next to it in 1807. Two more walls went down to Quarantine Harbor. The fortress existed for less than 20 years, was legally liquidated in 1811 "as recognized as incapable of defense" and handed over to Quarantine.

Currently, the Chornomorets stadium is located on the site of the Suvorov fortress in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after Taras Shevchenko. A part of the arcade of the Quarantine Wall has been preserved, the Powder Tower adjacent to it, the separate Mortuary Tower (it had a morgue), as well as the Andriyivsky Bastion of the Odesa Fortress, on which the Oleksandrivska Column was later installed (1891).

A picturesque panorama of the seaport opens from the arcade.

The monument to the ancient Roman poet Publius Ovidius Nazon, known in English as Ovid, in whose honor Ovidiopol is named, is located in a picturesque place on the banks of the Dniester estuary.

Ovid is known as the author of Metamorphoses and The Science of Love. He spent the rest of his life in exile in the northeastern provinces of the Roman Empire (most likely, on the territory of modern Romanian Constanta). In the 18th century, it was believed that the place of Ovid's exile was on the eastern bank of the Dniester estuary, so in 1795 the Tatar settlement Khadzhyher located here was renamed Ovidiopol.

The Port of Odesa is one of the largest seaports in Eastern Europe, and was the largest in the Russian Empire. The construction of a new port at the Khadzhibey fortress, which was captured by Russian troops, started the city. Completely reconstructed in 1968.

In front of the building of the sea station, a sculpture of Ernst Unknown "The Golden Child" was installed, on the pier there is a monument to the sailor's wife. The tower of the high-rise "Odesa" hotel (2001) rises above the naval station. At the end of the pier - the church of Saint Nicholas, a new yacht club. On the territory there is a museum of open-air anchors.

The neo-Gothic building on a steep slope at the very beginning of Hoholya Street is called the Shah Palace in Odesa, because it was once rented by the Persian Shah.

The palace was built in 1851-1852 according to the project of the architect Feliks Gonsorovsky for the Polish nobleman Zenona Bzhozovsky, and the last owner was Count Yosyp Shenbek. Part of the premises was rented out.

From 1909 to 1917, the Persian Shah Mohammad Ali, who fled to Odesa from the revolution in Iran, lived in the palace. According to legend, with the beginning of the revolution in Russia, he also left the country, this time abandoning his harem.

During Soviet times, the "Shah Palace" housed the House of Folk Art. For some time, the restored building was occupied by the main office of the Maritime Transport Bank. Currently - the office of the transfer company "Eximnaftoprodukt".

The Palace of the Governor-General of the Novorossiya Region Mykhaylo Vorontsov in Odesa was built in 1827 in the Empire style according to the project and under the direction of the architect Frants Boffo.

The interiors of the palace, designed by the outstanding sculptor and painter Karl Scotti, are the best examples of the preserved interiors of Odesa from the empire era. Prince Vorontsov arranged elegant balls here.

During Soviet times, the premises of the Vorontsov Palace were occupied by the Palace of Children and Students.

The belvedere colonnade on the embankment is considered one of the symbols of Odesa. In 1994, the "Day and Night" fountain by Mykhaylo Reva was installed nearby.

In May 2022, during the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Vorontsov Palace was damaged by Russian missile fire.

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art was founded in 2008 by businessman, intellectual and philanthropist Vadym Morokhovskyi. During its existence, the museum changed its location several times, until in 20025 it opened in its current premises - in a two-story mansion near the Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art exposition is based on a unique collection of works of the "second wave of the Odessa avant-garde" by Mykhailo Knobel, which was significantly expanded during the museum's existence. Of particular interest are works of nonconformist art of the 1960s - 1970s and the "New Southern Wave" of the late 20th century.

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art has an exhibition space and a gallery, which hosts contemporary art exhibitions, conferences, and various art projects. There is a small cafe and shop on the ground floor. There is also an underground storage room for visitors.

The author's historical and local lore museum was created in Vylkove by the artist Oleksandr Sharonov in 2002. The museum is located in the city center.

The exposition was based on 54 artistic canvases of the artist, as well as icons, household items of the Old Believers and other peoples who lived on the territory of Bessarabia (Antians, Goths, Greeks, Scythians, Romans, Turks and others).

The museum exhibits weapons from the times of Transdanubian Sich, Russian-Turkish wars, and World War II.

The 76-hectare vineyards were planted in the center of Ukrainian Bessarabia near the village of Strumok by the farming family of Valerii and Svitlana Petrovs.

The V.Petrov family winery of organic wines is specializes in the production of natural wines in accordance with the international Certificate Organic Standard Ltd. When growing grapes, they use only special biological products that are listed in the organic register. Sulfur anhydrides and stabilizers are not added to the finished product.

The winery produces white and red ordinary wines, as well as three types of grappa: silver (purified with silver), red (infused with grape seed), gold (aged in oak barrels). Walking tours of the vineyards with a story about the history of the area, as well as a story about the creation of a family winery are included in the cost of tastings.

Incredible landscapes of vineyards, as well as a lake with swans await visitors. On the territory of the location there is a Scythian mound of ancient times, where you can be alone in the gazebo. There is also an observation deck with views of nearby villages and an Old Believer church. You can book a walk around the vineyards in a tour cart or rent a bike and go to the vineyards for a picnic.

The V.Petrov family winery of organic wines is a participant in the project "Wine and Taste Route of Ukrainian Bessarabia".

"European Cheese Dairy" in the village of Shabo is a new, modern cheese factory built according to the European model.

The cheese factory has a closed production cycle - from growing animal feed to processing dairy raw materials and obtaining the final product. The cheese-making process is carefully controlled at each stage. The production uses exclusively Dutch live starter cultures, which give the cheeses a special uniqueness, texture and delicate cheese taste.

The cheese dairy offers tours, during which visitors are introduced to the process and secrets of cheese production. During the tour, you can see the process and learn the intricacies of cheese-making, try exquisite varieties of cheese.

There is a playground on the territory, recreation areas and a corner with live animals, where you can feed them and get comprehensive information about their maintenance. There is also a shop where you can buy your favorite cheese and souvenirs.

On the territory of the "European Cheese Dairy" there is a cheese cafe "Cheeseriya", which prepares delicious cheese-based dishes.