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Private city tours, themed group walks in Odessa's historic quarter and day trips to Odessa's countryside; Jewish Heritage, Moldavanka & Catacombs tours; original Food Tasting tour and Pubs walk. We do nothing special. But we love what we do. We love each and every tour guest. And we have a passion for our city and desire to share it with you. As locals, we have many stories to share. We put faces and events to the landmarks. We make sure you get “under the skin” of the city and travel back home with memorable experiences.
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Robert T
Ladera Ranch, CA18 contributions
Odessa Walks
Jun 2014 • Couples
My wife and I enjoyed our visit to Odessa. Olga from Odessa Walks is the "Key to the City."
Her insight and knowledge of the city made our visit-she is a pleasure to work with.
Written June 23, 2014
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Girls_jetset_too
California23 contributions
Imaginative, fun and affordable
These tours of Odessa are full of the spirit of this beautiful coastal city. Olga's tales are truths, jokes, history and fiction all wrapped up around a walk around the city's hidden treasures: small secluded yards, historic buildings, bridges and monuments. She brings this city alive and makes you want to know more. This is NOT a good old Soviet tour experience with a stern guide focused on the approved sites. The tour is a good value! Whether you have a few hours away from your cruise ship or are staying in the city for a few days, I would strongly recommend that you stop by one of the meeting points or call to arrange something that works for you! You will be the next one writing a review on Trip Advisor sharing a great time you have had, I guarantee it!
Written September 16, 2011
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Nanerz1
Toronto, Canada40 contributions
Fantastic Walking Tour in Odessa
Sep 2011 • Couples
We have just returned from a trip to Ukraine and visited Odessa in our travels. Over the course of the trip we did several walking tours in Kiev, Odessa and in The Crimea - this by far was the best one we have done. Owned and operated by Olga, she gives a very detailed account of many of the historical landmarks and more - we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Odessa and the 2 tours we did with Odessa Walks contributed highly to our opinion of this fabulous city. We would recommend these tours to anyone visiting Odessa!
Written September 14, 2011
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vfrankov
London, UK10 contributions
Worldly Insight into Odessa past and present
Sep 2011 • Friends
We did a 90 minutes walk with Olga late September 2011, and it was one of the highlights of our stay. Olga has lived all over the world, but decided to return and work in Odessa. We learned a lot about the history, but she also manages to give across a picture of everyday life in Odessa now. Stories told in superb English, flexibility and very reasonable pricing - highly recommend Odessa Walks for all visitors to this great city!
Vlad
Written September 27, 2011
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wileecoyote2016
Monmouthshire, UK18 contributions
Great city, great tour
Jun 2016 • Solo
Spent a weekend in Odessa, specifically to see the Potemkin steps. Spent the Saturday finding my own way around - the Sunday I took two Odessa Walks tours. I recommend both the food tasting and pub tours - I saw & learnt more of Odessa & Ukraine from brilliant guide Julia than I ever would have on my own. Recommended!
Written June 19, 2016
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Sharon T
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Terrific tours of Odessa and Constanta
May 2015 • Family
My daughter and I were on a Black Sea cruise last month and looking for alternatives to the overpriced shore excursions offered by the ship. We found Odessa Walks online, and scheduled two back to back walks in Odessa ( highlights and the "other" Odessa), and also scheduled a 6 hour "foodie" tour of Constanta - visits to three different restaurants, where incredible delicacies were ordered ahead for us to sample. Everything about the excursions were perfect, from highly efficient organizing on email beforehand (putting together a group of 8 from our ship to reduce costs for the Constanta trip), very clear instructions including a picture of where to meet in Odessa, etc, to the tours themselves. Both guides were very intelligent, engaging, fluent in English, and willing to answer all of our far flung questions about their cities, their culture, etc. Of all the places we visited on our cruise, we have the fondest memories of these cities, because of the expert guides. The "other Odessa" walk was particularly wonderful for its visit to the food market and tasting unusual and wonderful cheeses. The food tour in Constanta, the first of this kind they had offered, was a resounding success. I have already tried to recreate some of the dishes we had along the way. This tour agency is top notch...don't hesitate to book with them.
Written June 15, 2015
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Olga B
Dear Sharon, So excited to hear that you liked your walks in Odessa with Anastasia and enjoyed the Food and Culture tour in Constanta. If you ever need a recipe of the food you tried during the tour, let us know :). We'll email it to you, no problem! Thanks for choosing us to explore Odessa and Constanta! Safe Travels! Olga
Written July 16, 2015
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Albert s
Greater London, UK1 contribution
Visit to the catacombs
Jan 2015 • Couples
When we visited the catacombs, at the begining of 2015, we were surprised for the low quality of the service: it lasted for 1:30 h instead of the 3h promised and you were just paraded thorugh a few hundred meters of catacombs completly adapted as a musseum (altough with 80 years old stuff). Too expensive for what they offer.
Written April 16, 2015
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AnatolM
Chisinau, Moldova7 contributions
Excelent!
Nov 2011 • Friends
Well, let's start with the fact that I am from an ex-USSR country, where the old soviet culture, architecture and habits are still haunting the local society. I came to Odessa for the first time, I didn’t know too many things about its culture and history so the general expectancy was to find another sad, quite and cold city, with dark streets and simple architecture.
The idea of having a guided tour through the city was not in the top of my priorities list, because of the previous tours I took in Chisinau, Minsk and Sankt Petersburg, where the only impressive moments were when we were passing near those massive, stone buildings (especially St Petersburg and Minsk) irradiating strange cold energy. I remember the guides, with a strange false smile (I’d say even forced), describing the existing “wonderful” lifestyle dominating those cities, and how wonderful the life is there.
But in Odessa…
Well, after a quick walk in the center of the city, I saw a bunch of impressive buildings and strange/funny monuments. Then I stumbled upon this “Odessa walks” tours, when somebody gave me a flyer with some info about the tours and a map with some pinpointed locations, marking some monuments, buildings with really intriguing names (the longest balcony in Europe? The monument to the bribe? Oh..). That was Odessa Walks tours.. So I decided to give it a try.
I met Olga, the guide and the manager of those tours and I registered for a tour.
What I saw and the way all these things were explained by the guide was most unexpected. I felt like watching a 3D movie on Discovery channel..I totally forgot that this was an ex-soviet country, every building, every street became suddenly full of action, colored and warm. It wasn’t a simple tour, with stories being told for the most impressive buildings, but a continuous flow of events, presented in a very accurate consequence, for almost everything you could see around: buildings, trees, monuments, pavement blocks, poles, indicators, trees…everything! That strange initially shapeless “monument to the bribe” became suddenly animated and clear, after its story was told by Olga.
The Opera? When you first see it, you think “what the hell the Museum Quartier from Vienna is doing in the center of Odessa?” Then after you hear the stories from the guide, you start seeing in you mind not just a beautiful piece of architecture, but a flow of events, going faster and slower, as long the guide keeps telling…
If you ever go to Odessa, take the “Odessa Walks” tours..All of them! You will not have one of those static, traditional, crowded tour, but a really unique experience, where every thing you encounter will come to life and change its color. The history of a town, of a building, of a pavement block was never more vivid and captivating.
5 stars out of 5!
Written November 18, 2011
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FrancesAmbler
Bangkok, Thailand86 contributions
Wonderful walking tour--highly recommended for a better understanding of Odessa.
Oct 2011
We called Olga and arranged to do the walk entitled "The Other Odessa," while visiting this city over a long weekend. This walking tour was easily one of the highlights of our time in Odessa. Olga is very knowledgeable about the fascinating history of Odessa. Her English is fluent, and she has a great sense of humor. A 90-minute walk turned into an easy 2-1/2 hour stroll through the city, and the time absolutely flew by. If we had been staying longer, we would definitely have asked her to lead us on another tour on a second day. Very highly recommended. Odessa has an enthralling history, one that Olga brought to life for us.
Written October 25, 2011
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rpcvindc
Washington DC, DC55 contributions
Tours Made to Order
May 2019 • Family
Private tours organized by Olga. She is very responsive and provides quotes for the different types of tours and accommodations. Olga was our tour guide for the catacombs and took the extra time to discuss and tell stories many of the features. We saw other tours that quickly walked past some of the interesting sites such as the water well and sleeping quarters. She also gained access to parts that other tours didn’t take since the Catacomb's staff took us.
The Food Tour was a wonderful walk around town and we went to three different restaurants for a full meal with appetizers, main entrée, and dessert. We had so much food we skipped dinner.
Written May 25, 2019
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