Odessa Gallery

Deribasovskaya Street

Deribasovskaya is the very heart of Odessa. What lends Deribasovskaya its unique character is magnificent architecture, tons of people leisurely sitting on terraces of numerous cafes and restaurants, perfect cobblestones, no vehicle traffic and big shady linden trees. Deribasovskaya leads to the City Gardens with its fountain, old summerhouse and sculpture of lion and lioness. City Gardens were laid out shortly after the foundation of Odessa and were its first park. The Souvenir Market with a crowd of artists and craftsmen demonstrating their works is situated right here. Prices are really low, and some items are gorgeous. Don't miss it if you want to get originally Odessa souvenirs.

The street bears the name of the first constructor of Odessa — a Spaniard Joseph (Jose) de Ribas. And of course, the first thing you are going to see in this street is a monument in his honor. The statue depicts De Ribas in his admiral uniform with a spade in one hand and a plan of Odessa in the other one. Some will probably be shocked at seeing the spade in the admiral’s hand. But this is the way Odessa citizens with their inherent wittiness pay respect to their city’s «founding fathers».

In the summer Deribasovskaya Street is covered with a vast assortment of cozy cafes where one can have a healthy rest after a lengthy stroll around the city. Each year Deribasovksaya gets more beautiful and of course, more crowded with tourists.

• The Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater
• The Primorsky Boulevard
• Deribasovskaya Street
• The Potemkin Stairs
• City Council
• The Duke de Richelieu Monument
• The Odessa Archeological Museum
• Laocoon
• The Cannon
• The Odessa Sea Port
• The Leonid Utesov Monument
• «12 chairs» Monument
• Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
• The Pushkin Monument
• The Count Vorontsov Palace and the Colonnade