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ELEGANZA opened its doors after renovation
ELEGANZA: view from the balcony Apart-Hotel Eleganza opened its doors to their guests after 6 month of construction work on June, 1st. Five new apartments are all unique and beautiful. You can pick what you like: bedroom with Jacuzzi tub? … Continue reading
Tin-can of Odessa air
Twelve Chairs Well, back to that old April Fools’ Day, I can say this is too big an event for a small paragraph. The most important thing about it, I believe, was that I didn’t feel like a fool after … Continue reading
Forget about Odessa apartments..
Jumorina Now, let me tell you a tiny bit about what it felt like when I arrived in Odessa. Although I had reserved a spacious and cozy room at one of the most renowned Odessa hotels – the Eleganza Hotel, … Continue reading
April’s Fool Day in Odessa
Odessa April’s Fool Day It was long before I started to pack my gear and got my ticket to Odessa that I knew (or, better say, I thought I knew) where I was going. Among the many things I knew … Continue reading
Odessa beauty: illusion or reality?
Well, so much for the history. What I noticed was, as I discovered later, a well known fact… At the moment, I had doubts as to whether or not the stairs was designed to create such an illusion, but it … Continue reading
Boffo’s miracles in Odessa Ukraine
Vorontsov Palace in Odessa was built to Boffo’s design Designed by F. Boffo in 1825, it was built in 1837-1841 and used to have 200 steps and its bottom used to be be washed by the sea. However, bank reinforcement … Continue reading
Renting Odessa apartments near Potemkin Stairs
Potemkin’s Stairs Strangely enough, during my nearly hundredth visit to Odessa, I felt like it was my first visit. There is something about this stunning city that makes you want to roam the same places again. Yes, the déjà vu … Continue reading
Songs by Leonid Utyosov – remembering Odessa Ukraine
Odessa: Leonid Utyosov Ironically, my dad was crazy about songs by Leonid Utyosov, a world-famous Soviet musician and song-writer, born in Odessa. Most probably, he had been beaten by the Utyosov bug during one of his trips to Odessa, so, … Continue reading
First day in Odessa
Catherine the Great Now, sitting in one of the beautiful rooms of the Eleganza Hotel (that was why Odessa apartments were the last thing I wanted to think about again!) and wandering the streets of my favorite city, I can … Continue reading
Travel to Odessa: it all started with a ship
Believe it or not, but I used to beg my folks so many times and so hard to take me somewhere at least a few hundred miles away from where we lived. While apartments in Odessa were the last thing … Continue reading