Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Odesa, Ukraine

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 98 m
Descend 128 m

Explore Odesa in Ukraine with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in OdesaIndividual Sights in Odesa

Sight 1: Німецька євангелійсько-лютеранська церква св. Павла

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St. John's Lutheran Church St. Paul's Church, also known as the Odessa Church, is a historic building in the city of Odesa and the main church of the Lutheran community.

Wikipedia: Центральний лютеранський кафедральний собор України Св. Павла (UK)

717 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Будинок О. П. Руссова

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The apartment house of Alexander Petrovich Russov is a monument of architecture and urban planning of local importance in Odessa, security number 33-Od. Located at 21 Sadova Street. One of the many houses of A.P. Rusov.

Wikipedia: Будинок О. П. Руссова на Садовій вулиці (UK)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Statue of Graf Vorontsov

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The Statue of Graf Vorontsov, Odessa, is a sculptural and former monument established in 1863 on the Sobor Square in Odesa in honor of Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Field Marshal, the General-Governor of Novorossiya Region and plenipotentiary governor of Bessarabia who was a graf until 1845, then knyaz from 1845. The sculptor is Friedrich Brugger, the pedestal was made under the command of Sevastopol 1st guild merchant P.A. Telyatnikov. and the architect was Francesco Carlo Boffo. On 11 November 2023 the monumental status of the sculpture was scrapped.

Wikipedia: Statue of Graf Vorontsov, Odesa (EN)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Odesa Academic Drama Theater

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The Odesa Oblast Academic Drama Theater is the oldest theatre in southern Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Odesa Oblast Academic Drama Theater (EN)

266 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Tree of Love

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The Tree of Love is a bronze sculpture symbolizing eternity or St. Valentine's Day, installed in Odessa.

Wikipedia: Дерево любви (Одесса) (RU)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Історико-краєзнавчий музей

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The Odesa Museum of Regional History is a historical museum in Odesa, Ukraine. It is dedicated to the regional history of Odesa.

Wikipedia: Odesa Museum of Regional History (EN), Website

892 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 7: Vorontsov Palace

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The Vorontsov Palace is a 19th-century palace and colonnade in Odesa, Ukraine, at the end of the Prymorskyi Boulevard pedestrian walkway.

Wikipedia: Vorontsov Palace (Odesa) (EN)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Duke of Richelieu

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Duke of Richelieu

Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac, was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy title of Count of Chinon until 1788, then Duke of Fronsac until 1791, when he succeeded his father as Duke of Richelieu.

Wikipedia: Armand Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu (EN)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Odesa City Council

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Odesa City Hall is the city hall of Odesa, Ukraine, located at the junction of Prymorskyi Boulevard, Chaikovskoho Lane and Pushkinska Street. It occupies a Neoclassical building, built to a design by Francesco Boffo and Gregorio Toricelli in 1828–34. Rebuilt in 1871-1873 by Franz Morandi.

Wikipedia: Odesa City Hall (EN)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet

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The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa.

Wikipedia: Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre (EN), Website

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Palace Royal

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The Palais-Royal is a square in the city of Odesa. It is surrounded by buildings on Lanzheronovskaya and Ekaterininskaya streets, Tchaikovsky Lane and the building of the Opera House.

Wikipedia: Сквер «Пале-Рояль» (Одеса) (UK)

514 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Музей західного та східного мистецтва

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The Museum of Western and Oriental Art is a municipal museum in Odessa, one of the best art museums in modern Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Музей західного і східного мистецтва (UK), Website

653 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: Odesa Archeological Museum

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The Odesa Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest archaeological museums in Ukraine. It was founded in 1825; the current museum building was completed in 1883 according to a design by Polish architect Feliks Gąsiorowski.

Wikipedia: Odesa Archaeological Museum (EN), Website

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Sight 14: Museum of Literature

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The Odessa Literary Museum is one of the literary museums in Ukraine. Located in Odessa, in the palace of the Gagarin princes.

Wikipedia: Державний літературний музей (Одеса) (UK), Website

1732 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 15: Воронцовський маяк

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The Vorontsov Lighthouse is a red-and-white, 27.2 metre tall lighthouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine. It is named after Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, one of the governors-general of the Odesa region.

Wikipedia: Vorontsov Lighthouse (EN)

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