And finally I made
it to Odessa, one of the most important destinations on my list while
being in Moldova. And the timing was perfect – beginning of July,
beautiful sun, hot water, interesting places full of people (and taxi
drivers trying to rip us off all the time –
successfully, unfortunately :/ ).
But despite these
little disadvantages the trip was as awesome as it could be from the
very first moment – drinking some Moldovan wine in almost empty
marshrutka from Chisinau to Odessa. There are few mini buses that go
every day, we took the one at 8 pm and arrived before 1 am. They all
depart from Gara de Nord and the ticket cost 150 lei. There is also a
train to Odessa, but as far as I know it’s only once a day.
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| Situation in Ukraine is difficult but Odessa was super calm and - like the picture says - Ukrainian :) |
As we arrived to the
Odessa Bus Station (already in good mood ;) we to
ok a taxi (70
hryvnas – who knows if it’s a lot or not?) to our hostel -
Centro Hostel on Gogolya street that we have booked earlier on
hostelworld.com. It was strange because it had no reviews on the
website but we decided to risk as it was the cheapest available
option. And the risk was totally worth it, it was so far the best
hostel I stayed in in my life. Very good location, all brand new
facilities and what’s the most important – every detail was
completely thought through – a hangers in a perfect places, enough
space for your staff, small lamp next to the bed, the curtains at the
bed for more privacy….etc… Generally speaking, if you ever have felt in any
hostel like it misses something, here it was almost not possible to
have this feeling, everything is designed just right! Very
recommended.
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| Despite some decorations people at Centro hostel are very fiendly ;) |
Unfortunately we
could stay in the hostel only for 1 night, there was some problem
with our reservation so they moved us to another one – Krovat
Hostel near Deribasovskaya street, which was quite nice too and the
owner of the first one (very cool guy who used to travel the world as
a cruise ship’s crew member) took us there and payed a private room
for us. So quite a good deal after all :)
The city is so much
fun itself, many nice bars and cafes, for example Shkaf (Шкаф)
where we spent one very nice evening eating good food and drinking
plenty of shots with discount ;)
But the most
important thing of all was of course going to the beach and trying
out some Black Sea for the first time! And it was awesome of course!
Just perfect temperature of water, no stones, only sand and cheap
beer with some shrimps when we got bored of swimming ;) And it all in
the place called Arkadia!
The place is pretty
touristic, with some boutiques and many fancy pubs, but it’s worth
to go there, it’s the best beach in the city even if it’s pretty
far from the center. We spent really nice time there and on the
evening we came back to have another party night. It turned out even
better than the previous one: liters of champagne, fancy bar on the
balcony with the view on the sea and the most handsome Ukrainian guy
ever as bartender, and it all ending up with a naked swim in the sea
with cherishing us people sitting on the beach because it was almost
getting light ;D Unforgettable moments ;)
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| The view on the port |
Yeah, Odessa is
definitely a party city and that’s where you should go for some
fun!
The way it looks?
Well, it looks nice, has some sightseeing places with the most
important – Potemkin stairs, but it’s all not that impressive or
important. It’s rather all about the atmosphere of the city and who
never goes there – loses a lot!
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