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Odessa, Ukraine City Guide: General Information

Location And Population
The city lies on the Black Sea coast in the Bay of Odessa. Odessa occupies territory of 160 sq. km. and has population 1 027 000.
 
Weather
The climate is moderately continental and comparatively dry, with a short mild winter and long hot summer. There are more than 290 sunny days in the year. Since Odessa region is drawn out along the meridian, the climate in the narrow – 30-40 km. – stretch along the coast is practically ideal, with the soft tang of the sea mixing with the scent of the steppes.

The winter average temperature hovers around freezing. Falling snow and minus 20 Celsius is a really rare occurrence, which is usually replaced by a thaw.

In summer average temperature is 25 Celsius, though in summer daytime can get up over 35 Celsius.

 
Accommodation
 
Transport Information
Air:
Odessa has air connection with Vienna (Austrian Airlines and Air Ukraine International), Warsaw (LOT), Budapest (Malev), Prague (CSA), Istanbul, Moscow, Athens, Aleppo, Dubai, Yerevan, Larnaca, Tel Aviv, Tbilisi, Kyiv.
The summer schedule may include some other domestic and international flights.
Here you can view current air schedule.

Rail:
Train to Warsaw – 3 times a week.
Prague, Bratislava, Berlin – weekly.
Moscow, major cities of Ukraine – daily.
Saint – Petersburg – 3 times a week.

Bus:
Germany – weekly.
Thessalonica, Athens - weekly.
Varna - three times a week, during summer.
Major cities in Ukraine - daily.

Sea:
Istanbul - 2 times a week.
Varna – weekly, from June to September.

Domestic rail, bus, sea/river tickets can be booked in Ukraine only. We are glad to make these bookings for you.


 
 
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Just wanted to thank you for helping me in making my journey to the
Ukraine reality. My air-ticket was waiting for me at hotel George in Lvov. I just came back last night from my trip and it will take time to process all my impressions. As planned I visited Dnipropetrovsk, Charkiv and Kiev. They were all interesting in their own way, but Kiev is a real pearl.
In the summer it must be even more beautiful. I practiced my poor Russian and learned even better to read cyrillic letters. Not many people speak English or German, which for me personally is good, because I'm forced to make myself understood, trying to speak Russian. Travelling in winter is sometimes hard; dark, cold weather with freezing fingers and toes. Every season has it's charm and I enjoyed my stay very much. If you make an effort, people are very kind and helpful. I look forward to going again.
Again, thank you for making it possible.
Good health to all of you and the best in year 2004!

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