Zirka Hotel Odessa
70 Uspenskaya St Odessa, Ukraine
TravelPod Member ReviewsZirka Hotel Odessa
“Average hotel”
rightwayaround 7 contributions
Melbourne, Australia
Jul 6, 2011
Service is ok, but don't expect to get much sightseeing advice from the staff, and the advice they do give isn't that accurate.
Good locations, and rooms are fine - but very small.
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelZirka Hotel Odessa
The Ukraine Experience
Over four months in one location was starting to get to me – it was a nice feeling getting back on the road. The journey to Odessa was a long and sleepless one. Melbourne to Doha, two hour stop over, Doha to Bucharest, four hour stop over, Bucharest to Kiev, four hour stop over, and finally Kiev to Odessa, arriving in late in the evening. My …
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Elegance By The Mile
... my trip in this lovely town. Odessa is absolutely loaded with historic locations and has a vast history spanning several centuries. The architecture reflects this variety as do many of the statues and other landmarks through out the city and the broader area.
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... also selling food that smelled so good.
Eventually we went to the old part of the town, established in the late 1700s early 1800s. Beautifully restored building. I love the architecture, again. It is so interesting to see these old buildings along Stalin style buildings, Khrushcev block apartments and communist style of the 80s. There are a lot of resorts and high rise apartment buildings being built in recent years, especially near the ...
The first fortnight in the Ambulance
... dancing in a bad street of Chisinau.
Transitinia- After struggling our way out of Chisinau we briefly invaded the separtist state of Moldova, trying to get through to our current destination in Odessa. A slight planning misjudgment on our part led to this. We were stopped at a number of miltary and border check points. We actually got through two checkpoints before finally being told by the men with guns that the ...
What's funnier?
... that he had gone to the beach with a mixed group and the women had defiantly taken of their headscarves. He reckons change will come, but slowly.
I had a nice, light dinner and hope to have an early night as I have to get up at 3.45 to get myself sorted. Tomorrow... ISTANBUL!! was Constantinople.... now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople, been a long time gone, old Constantinople's still a Turkish delight, on a moonlit night... (thank you They Might Be Giants)
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