This is not a museum, this is an abandoned part of the huge system of labyrinths that you will visit.

All time temperature inside 13-14 degrees. It can be a bit dirty, depends on how you will move.

Sporty/comfortable shoes preferred, not high heels please.  

If you have something for light wear for head and something like jacket it is the best.

With transport, it will take maximum 4 hours. The underground tour duration is 2 hours.

Wild Catacombs Odesa 

Local enthusiasts will do all the best possible to introduce Odesa in so short time as 2 hours.
The route may include some top popular and some totally unknown places to visit. The tour flexible and based on the interests of our visitors and tour guide view. So, bring your positive emotions to exchange)

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City centre walking through Odesa

The Museum of Catacombs on Moldavanka district is considered one of the best in Odessa (one of the world’s unique attractions). The route is absolutely safe. We accept tourists from 2-3 years. The tour is conducted by speleologists. Each hall is stylized to its own theme. At the end of the tour the guests a sweet surprise awaits. 

In helmets and with flashlights, you will go to the dungeon, going down to the depth of an 8-storey building. You will see an anti-nuclear bunker, underground lakes, bones of ancient animals and other finds of cavers. You will hear stories about the foundation of quarries, the slave trade, smugglers, as well as the partisan movement during the Second World War. 

Private Walking Tour of Odessa Catacombs with Hotel Pick up 

Creative and fresh approach, polemical ideas, vast experience, not standard locations, enthusiastic guides.

Private Odesa city walking

Every city has something special. For Odesa one of its distinctive features is old courtyards. We will enter the secret corners of Odesa, with the spiral staircases, well holes, interesting balconies, beautiful doors and laundry on the ropes. And of course, the main attribute of our courtyards is a cat.
A good opportunity to see the inside of the old Odesa. Entering the courtyards with a guide telling Odesian anecdotes brings you special impressions about our hidden and "rough" city life. 

Courtyards of Odesa

Local food with local food lover. From the oldest in-street market to the regular canteen and typical restaurant for citizens with classical local food. Will "make a market" together, eat with the market loaders together at the same canteen, taste for a bit from few different typical local dishes of southern Ukraine.


Local Odesa Food Tasting

See the highlights of Odessa on a joyful 2.5-hour private tour by car that gives you s great overview of the city’s top attractions. You will discover Arcadia district with its fabulous beaches and restaurants, drive through the French Boulevard and enjoy the panorama of the Black Sea shore, and explore the central part of the city where all the must-visit Odessa’s sights are situated. Find out interesting facts about the city life and famous people who have lived in Odessa.

Panoramic Odessa Private City Tour by Car

This Jewish Odessa tour tells the story of Odessa's Jewry since the city's founding till modern times. The “Star in Exile” for an Eastern European Jew in the 19th century. The center of the Haskalah and Zionism. In hundred years Odessa became the third largest Jewish city in the world.

The tour takes you to the temples – the Great Choral Synagogue and Shomrei Shabbos Synagogue. We follow in the footsteps of Odessa’s Zionists, including Meir Dizengoff and Ze'ev Jabotinsky. We see the location of Odessa’s Palestine Committee. We explore some of the darkest sides of Odessa’s Jewish history – pogroms and Holocaust.

But more importantly, we not just visit the sights, our guides skillfully tell the story of the Jewish Odessa, covering spiritual, religious and business aspects.

Aah, and if you’ve read the famous Edmund de Waal’s bestseller “The Hare with Amber Eyes” and keen on walking in the footsteps of the Ephrussis, then you should definitely take this tour!

Odessa Jewish Heritage Tour

Visit the mysterious underground world of Odessa Catacombs on a 2.5-hour private guided tour. The labyrinths of the Catacombs are spread for about 1550 miles (2500 km) under the city of Odessa and its surroundings. Many pages of Odessa's history are connected with the Catacombs. It used to be limestone quarries, a place where the smugglers sold their goods, and a hiding place during the World War II. Nowadays, it is a famous attraction and no visit to Odessa is complete without this tour

Private Tour of Odessa Catacombs

Get adventurous. Eat local. Explore more. You'll literally eat your way through Odessa's historic quarter on this tour. You'll enjoy a variety of Odessa’s traditional appetizers, Ukrainian dumplings (aka Pirogi) and delicious local desserts while exploring Odessa’s history and culture. All tastings are done seated in local restaurants each with a different flavor. To walk off some calories we'll do sightseeing in between the tastings. Odessa offers a unique cuisine – a mix of Greek, Bulgarian, Jewish, French, Russian and Ukrainian. During this tour you will enjoy a variety of food specialties that has secured Odessa’s reputation as being one of the greatest culinary and cultural centers of Ukraine and the former USSR. You will explore   the history, culture and lifestyle that make Odessa so unique and set it apart from other Ukrainian cities.
We are happy to do this tour for 1 person. If group size matters for you, please contact us prior to coming to the tour regards the group size.



Odessa Food Tour

The oldest museum of Odesa Catacombs. Another name is the Museum of Partisan Glory. Situated at the isolated part from the main system of the huge labyrinth of mines. You could hear there a lot of stories about brave partisans and difficult life during WW2. There are some installations such as a bedroom, classroom, weapons and etc. Mostly about the Catacombs and WW2 time. In Odesa, all school children usually go there to know the history of our region.
It is an underground museum, but a very civil one, suitable for baby carriages, wheelchairs.

The tour is about 30-40 minutes + 25 minutes for public transport one way. The guide will meet you at the bicycle parking of McDonald's which is near the main bus station and take the public bus together. 
You may also meet a guide at the entrance of museum 30 minutes later to the booked time. 

The public bus is about 24 UAH for both ways per person, the taxi is about 100-150 UAH per car one way.

Catacombs Odesa Official Museum Tour

Explore the best attractions of Odessa on a joyful 2.5-hour walking tour with an expert guide. You will admire the architecture of the city and feel the festive atmosphere of the “Black Sea Pearl”. You will walk through the central streets of Odessa and see such sights as Odessa Opera House, the Potemkin Steps and the Monument to Catherine the Great. Your friendly local guide will tell you the most interesting facts about the city and you will enjoy this pleasant walk.

Private Sightseeing Walking Tour of Odessa with Local Guide

Odessa is a city with a rich musical and cultural history. Let's discover why so many musicians came out from Odessa, what inspires poets and writers, why they returned here for a breath of this unique air. 

And you will feel why the main words of our anthem are "there is a city that I see in my dreams".

You will be guided through the lives of the world-famous musicians who were born and studying in Odesa. You will hear how Odesa inspired them and what they brought to our culture. 

This tour is all about classical music exactly in Odesa, the local mix of culture and art.
You could listen to some piano compositions by Liszt, Chopin or Rachmaninov.
The tour route is in-between the Academy of Music, Music College, two Music Schools, Philharmonic, Opera and Ballet House, and modern places for listening to music.


Musical and Cultural Odesa

Odesa is a city-hero. The defence of the city lasted 73 days in 1941. Military equipment, weapons, and soldiers were not enough for this city, but Odessa did not give up. This city managed to defeat the German-Romanian army! During this tour, we will walk along with the historical complex, which includes an exhibition in the open air, representing military equipment from the times of the Great Patriotic War. We will talk about weapons, military strategy and technique of that time, know about military legends, talk about history, see and much more. During this tour, we will do our best to show you historical and bold Odesa, the same Odesa, that fell into despair but could win.

The tour is based on donations. The amount you pay for the reservation is a guarantee that the tour will take place

WW2 Odesa weapons park tour

Odesa is the city of variety. For this reason a few years ago a brilliant idea was born to make our city much more remarkable and picturesque by using a new art movement - street-art. Now you have a great opportunity to observe it with us and to listen to the stories about these splendid and inspiring drawings (as well as to find a deep philosophic spirit in them for you;)

This tour is based on donations. The amount you pay through booking guarantees that tour will take place 

Street Art Walking Odesa

Travel back in time on a private 5-hour guided trip from Odessa to the most ancient city in Ukraine, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Discover the Medieval Akkerman Fortress and admire the Dniester estuary, while an expert local guide tells you the most intriguing facts from the history of the city. Enjoy the time spent in this picturesque place and feel the atmosphere of adventure.

Akkerman Fortress and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Half-Day Trip from Odessa

During a fascinating half-day private tour , you will enjoy the southern scenery, hear the story of a qualified guide about Shabo region, as well as explore the beautiful and well-maintained territory of the Shabo Wine Culture Center. After tasting the best samples of Shabo wine, you may buy some bottles of this noble drink as a souvenir to your friends.

Full-Day Shabo Wine Culture Center Private Tour in Odessa

Enjoy a delightful and interesting tour of the Shustov Cognac Museum with an expert guide. You will not only learn the history of the trademark but will also try the best sorts of excellent well-aged brandy on a tasting in a cozy atmosphere of the Art bar. Both Cognac novices and connoisseurs will appreciate elegance and style of the museum and the exquisite taste of brandy.

Shustov Cognac Winery Museum Tour with Tasting in Odessa

Uncover the story of Odessa's Jewry since the city's founding till the end of the 19th century on this 3-hour Jewish Odessa walking tour. Explore the sights related to the Golden Age of Odessa's Jewry. 

From the first Jewish settlers to the establishment of the Jewish merchant community to the Haskalah to the first pogroms and the appearance of the Odessa's Palestine committee we tell the exciting story of the Golden Age of Odessa's Jewry. We immerse in the Jewish past through the city landmarks and the Jewish sights. We visit the Great Choral synagogue and the Brodsky temple. A walk through the area of the pogroms lets us uncover one of the darkest periods of Odessa's history. How did Odessa become the cultural center for the Jews? After all, the first Jewish newspapers - in Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew were published here. On top of that, we explore the places described by Jabotinsky in his novel The Five and in the famous The Hare with Amber Eyes.  



Jewish Odessa walking tour

A walk through the largest system of the underground tunnels in Europe. The most comprehensive tour of the Odessa Catacombs. From to 200-year old mines and quarries to criminal headquarters to WW2 partisans’ base this is an exciting story of the hidden under the ground Odessa. 

We'll start the underground journey with a walk through the authentic mines and quarries (aka wild catacombs). We'll explore how the miners created the tunnels about 200 yrs ago and see original artifacts of that period. 
Odessa's catacombs and the criminals. Discover how the smugglers used the tunnels and hear fun stories of Odessa's criminal world. A walk through the WW2 resistance quarters will take you back in time to Odessa's occupation and show how people lived under the ground. And as we get outside the tunnels, we'll glimpse at the local village and see the route we covered under the ground.

Join us on this fascinating journey as we explore the underground city bringing its history to life.

Odessa's Hidden Story: the Catacombs 

Get this Odessa's iconic sight all to yourself on this exciting tour of the theater's interiors and exteriors. Walk through its halls and sit (all by yourself!) in the main auditorium. Immerse in the enchanting atmosphere of one of the most beautiful theaters in Europe. The Odessa Opera hall competed for the #1 position in acoustics with La Scala. Tchaikovsky, Chaliapin, Caruso, Pavlova are just some of the big names who performed here.

We’ll walk up the magnificent staircase to get the top view on the main hall and marvel at the stunning ceiling. We’ll explore magnificent Bel-Etage and main auditorium. You'll hear the fascinating story of the Odessa's National Opera and Ballet theater: its construction, glory, fire and restorations. 

Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theater Tour

The exclusive tour only in the Christmas period! This special times brings magic in The Odesa city. Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most beautifully decorated places in Odesa - Vorontsov Palace, Odessa Opera House, Museum of Modern Art. You will feel spellbound with the charming atmosphere along Derybasivska Street, which you can feel only this time of the year! What is the story of the Christmas tree? Who was the first to decorate it in the world? What magical things can happen during the Christmas period? Have you heard about Christmas spells? You will hear miraculous Christmas legends about Odesa. You will visit the old-fashioned Christmas Market by the harbor. What makes it so popular? What local products are must taste at Christmas? Fill your heart with the joy and experience magic of Odesa.

Magic Christmas Tour in Odessa

See all the main sights of Odessa, including the splendid Opera and Ballet Theatre, famous Potemkin Steps, modern Arcadia district and mysterious Odessa Catacombs. During 5-day small group tour, you will hear many interesting facts about Odessa from an expert local guide. Don’t miss the chance to walk through the Deribasovskaya Street and admire the stunning view of the Black Sea from the Primorsky Boulevard. You will enjoy an accommodation in 3-, 4-, or 5-star hotel with breakfast. This comprehensive tour of Odessa is ideal for the first-time visitors.

5-Day Odessa Highlights Small-Group Tour

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It should not surprise you that with us you get a private driver whose only purpose is to make your trip memorable, in a positive way. 

Private Driver to Bucharest Private Transfer from Basarabeasca Serpniovo Moldova

Take an exclusive tour to discover a hidden gem of Ukraine, the city of Vilkovo, and get acquainted with local people, their way of living, culture, and culinary traditions. Visit a unique Danube Biosphere Reserve where time stops and only peace, beauty, and nature does matter.

Private Day Trip to Vilkovo - Ukrainian Venice

An exclusive tour for all the romantics of the world! Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most romantic places in the city. What the sculpture "Solar Heart" hides. You will feel spellbound in a charming atmosphere. What is considered as one of the best places to have a date in the city? Where can you make lovely photos? You will be surprised how many historical love stories are hidden in the streets, buildings, parks of the city. From heartbreaking and tragic, to the hilarious or spicy ones. What was the beautiful story of love between Misha Yaponchik and Tsilya Averman? This tour is especially recommended in the Saint Valentine period! 

 Romantic walking tour in Odessa

Enjoy a 4-day small-group tour of Odessa and discover the main attractions of the city. From the splendid Opera and Ballet Theatre and the lively Deribassovskaya Street to the mysterious world of Odessa catacombs and beautiful Black Sea –you’ll get the best of Odessa during your journey. Tour includes accommodation in 3-, 4- or 5-star hotel with breakfast and round-trip airport transfers. An expert guide will tell you many interesting facts about the history of the city and will advise you the best restaurants and museums to visit in your free time.

4-Day Odessa Highlights Small-Group Tour

A Black Sea port of Odessa is well known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture. Underneath the city lie a huge labyrinths and tunnels known as the Odessa Catacombs. City history is impossible to tell without this fascinating place. Do you know that it was hiding place for Soviet Partisans during World War II? How big are catacombs? What historical events taken part underground of Odessa? This was a place where the smugglers sold their goods and thieves escaped from police! With the local charismatic guide you will discover a small museum on the Partisan movement, the Museum of Partisan Glory, tunnels, will hear secret love stories and history of different events connected with underground world of Odessa.

Odessa Catacombs Walking Tour

Odessa is Ukraine’s favorite holiday destination. Its culture, romantic beaches, perfect climate calls you to visit this beautiful city. Odessa is known for its 19th century architecture. Do you know that grand staircase; known for its very ceremonious way to enter Odessa from the port was built as a gift of love? Whose masterpiece is Opera and Ballet House of Odessa? Why Deribasivska Street is called Odessa’s beating heart? Parks, gardens, boulevards will lead you through the fairy tale city with lavish Academic style buildings during the day and will invite you to the wildest parties in the Ukrainian Ibiza at night. With charismatic local guide you will visit Odessa Opera House, Derybasivska Street, Potemkin Stairs, Vorontsov Palace, Walk by the harbor and hear incredible secret stories about major seaport on the Black Sea.

Sightseeing Walking Tour in Odessa

Odessa has always been a city of culture and art. This holiday city always was an inspiration to many artists, bohemians, movie makers. The Museum of Modern Art is telling many stories of 20th century culture and cinematography. Why Odessa is called wild Ukrainian Ibiza? In which movies have you seen pedestrian Derybasivska Street located in the city centre of Odessa? Will you remember iconic landmark from Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin? Would you go to Arcadia for the wildest parties in Odessa and concerts of world-famous stars? All the illegal trade secrets and history can be seen not just in movies, but in The Museum of Smuggling as well! With charismatic local guide you will visit Odessa Opera House, Derybasivska Street, Potemkin Stairs, Vorontsov Palace, Arcadia, listen to the incredible love stories about major seaport on the Black Sea.

Odessa and cinematography Walking tour

Odessa is the city port by the Black Sea. It has a major seaport that is the biggest in Ukraine and one of the most important on the Black Sea. In Odessa underground lies a huge network of tunnels known as the Odessa Catacombs. Derybasivska street is a perfect place for lunch, dining or just a walk to really feel for the city’s vibe. Did You know that Odessa is called the Ukrainian Ibiza at night? You will see the most magnificent buildings in the city. You will be amazed by its 19th-century architecture. Is Odessa really the most romantic Ukrainian city? A local charismatic guide will reveal the secrets and interesting facts about Vorontsov Palace, Odessa Opera House, Museum of Modern Art.

The best of Odessa Walking tour

Explore Odessa on a 3-day small-group tour that includes accommodation with breakfast, comprehensive city tour and round-trip airport transfers. Visit all the most popular travel attractions of the city and hear many interesting facts from an expert local guide. Discover such landmarks as splendid Odessa Opera House and famous Potemkin Steps, luxury Arcadia district and colorful Deribasovskaya Street. Enjoy the atmosphere of the city and visit its restaurants and museums in your free time.

3-Day Small-Group Tour of Odessa Highlights

If you are you interested in top-secret military objects of the Soviet Era and the Cold war, a visit of the Missile base is a right choice for you. Discover striking facts and secrets about arms race and see unique collection of ballistic missiles.
Here you can sit at the desk of doom, pretend to take that fateful call on an old Soviet phone, and press the button that once would have ended civilisation as we know it. These days it sets off lights and alarms, but thankfully no missiles are launched. 

Day Trip to Strategic Missile Forces Base from Odessa

Odessa seems like a classic city from the russian literature masterpieces: some debauchery, a little bit of drama, some aristocratic flair. Built by Catherine the Great and developed mainly by its jewish population, this city is thriving once again. Join our private walking tour and experience first hand the revival of the biggest commercial city port in Ukraine.

Odessa Private Walking Tour with a Professional Guide

Uncover mysterious and exciting dark past of the beautiful Odessa city! A thrilling private 2.5-hour Criminal Odessa Tour is created especially for those who adore seeing things how they are! Fascinating journey through the most intriguing events and places of city’s criminal history will show you the dark side of Odessa. This exciting tour will introduce you to outstanding gangsters, who once lived in Odessa, and whose life stories have not faded in centuries.

Private Odessa Criminal History Tour

Explore the hidden gems of Odessa on a joyful 2.5-hour private tour with a friendly local guide and private vehicle. Get insider’s tips about everyday life in Odessa, its customs and traditions. If you have already seen all the main sights of the city, this tour will show you some secret parts of Odessa. Feeling of surprise, spirit of adventurism and romanticism, admiration of a human cheerfulness and acuteness – all these are the main emotional features of this walk.

Private Guided Tour of Odessa Hidden Courtyards

Admire the stunning architectural masterpieces of Odessa on a 2.5-hour private walking tour. Splendid mansions and elegant palaces will impress you with their beauty while your expert guide will tell you interesting facts about their creation. Dive into the atmosphere of charm and luxury wandering through the Primorsky Boulevard and its neighborhoods and find out why Odessa is often called a “small Paris”. Explore the variety of the architectural styles, like Baroque, Classicism, Gothic and Modern in the marvelous buildings of the city.

Palaces of Odessa Private Walking Tour

Learn about Odessa’s rich Jewish heritage on a private, 2.5-hour tour. Once considered the Jewish capital of the Russian Empire, the city is filled with traditions, stories and monuments with ties to this long cultural legacy. Travel in a private vehicle to diverse locations including the old Jewish quarter, the Central Synagogue and Brodsky Synagoge, while a private guide shares tales of the city’s most famous Jewish residents and important moments in the population’s history.

It is considered that Jews have appeared in Odessa right from the moment of the foundation of the city. In the beginning of the 20th century Jewish community of Odessa was one of the biggest in the world. Famous Jewish entrepreneurs have made a great contribution to the development of architecture, culture and science of the city. However, there were also tragic pages in Jewish history in Odessa - pogroms and Holocaust, Soviet persecution and forced emigration.
Learn all this facts from your expert guide. 

Odessa Jewish Heritage Private Guided Tour

Experience Odessa as a local

Interested in seeing local life? Visit local markets. Or in Odessa, we call them bazars. We'll head to Odessa's most famous market, Privoz. Called the "stomach of Odessa", it boasts endless rows of stalls with home made sausages, feta cheese, fish, fruits and veggies. We'll introduce you to our favorite vendors. We'll try homemade sausage and feta cheese. From the market, we'll go to explore Odessa's famous neighborhood Moldavanka. Once it was Odessa's largest suburb with its own very distinctive character. It was as ethnically diverse as Odessa itself. A Greek lived there next door to a Jew, Bulgarian, Russian, Moldavian, German and Ukrainian. Moldavanka still boats its unique ambiance, cute old courtyards and lots of street cats.


Experiences in Odessa, Ukraine