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Travel to Odessa

Odessa is a city in Ukraine.

Odessa (Odesa) is a city in Ukraine located next to the Black Sea. Odessa can be reached by plane, train, bus or ferries. Close to Odessa is the Moldovian and the Romanian borders. Odessa is both one of the largest Black Sea ports and a resort city.

 Get in

• Train 109O goes daily from Odessa Glavnaya 19:57 to Bratislava hl.st. 05:23, two nights later.
• There is a regular ship service to Illichevsk (Odessa's harbour) from Batumi and Poti in Georgia; approx 42 hours of sailing.
• There is a regular ferry service to Istanbul twice a week on Saturday (36hours) and Monday (24hours)

• Odessa airport serves connection to Istanbul, Vienna, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, and Moscow every day and other places as well.
  • At the above-listed points it is also possible to transfer to/from a connecting flight with the rest of Europe/Asia and even with some point in North America, Japan, etc.
• As soon as you are in Ukraine, there are many trains and buses going to Odessa
• Hitchhiking is also an option, especially on the road Kyiv-Odessa (one of the best in Ukraine)

Getting to/from major trasportation hubs

• Airport is easily reachable to/from a center, as well as other neighborhoods by a number of jitneys, and buses. Bus 129 links an airport with a railway station making stops in the "Cherjomushki" section of Odessa. Bus 117 links an airport with city center.
• Railway station ("zhe de vokzal, or simply "vokzal") is located at the southern edge of city center. It is extremely easily reachable from all point of the city. One of the major tram hubs, as well as trolleybus hubs is located next to it.
• Marine terminal (Mozrokvaz) is located just underneath Primorsky Parkway. The famous potemkin steps are leading to it from the monument of the Duke De Richelieu. It is reachable by several buses and jitneys, as well as trolleybus number 10 stops there