On September 12th, 2014, three passenger ships called at Odessa sea port. On the whole, the passenger terminal hosted 1,300 passengers.
At 9:00 am m/v Ocean Dream moored at berth #15 of the terminal. There are 932 passengers onboard, who came from Constanta, Romania and at 9:00 pm will depart to Sochi, Russia. Ocean Dream called at Odessa Sea Port for the first time. And one more peculiarity of today’s biggest ship is that the liner was rent by Japanese non-governmental organization Peace Boat, the main aim of which is the cooperation of cultures in order to achieve peace in the world, to protect human rights and to save the environment.
A little bit earlier, m/v Star Pride and m/v “Viking Sineus” moored at berths #18 and # 19 accordingly. The first one carried 191 passengers, and the second one 177, who are mainly Europeans. M/v “Star Pride” came from the Turkish port Samsun, and is planning to depart to Constanta, Romania in the evening. It should be stressed that, it is for the first time, that m/v “Viking Sineus” came with passengers, and not for parking, and then it will depart to Galati, Romania.
A couple from New England
Very lovely city! What impressed us most of all, is that it is very clean. We have read a lot about the history of the city before our trip, about Babel, Mishka Yaponchik, and the building history, etc. We imagined it absolutely in another way; we chose this cruise because of 2 destinations – Yalta and Odessa. It is such a pity, that we didn’t go to Moldovanka area, and weren’t shown famous yards of Odessa, and old Jewish city. Also, we were impressed a lot, that the city is very modern, and in the meantime you the historic architecture of the city is saved. Unfortunately, we were only on the bus excursion. We were astonished by Ekaterinenskaya square and of course by the Opera House. My husband enjoyed Protestant church, as he is ethnic German. We mentioned that the city comprises in itself a lot of internationalities. We won’t lie if we say, that we were afraid a little to visit Odessa, as we watch the news. We do hope that everything is going to be OK soon. We want a lot to return here ASAP.
A family from Florida
We are for the first time in Odessa. We liked a lot a bus excursion “Museums and palaces of Odessa”, but it wasn’t enough. Right now, we want to go to the city by foot. We asked local people and our tour guides about best places to visit. We like a lot, that the port is in the very center of the city, and we won’t waste a lot time on getting to the city to go sightseeing and to go shopping. Also, we like that the port doesn’t have this all industrial stuff, if you know what I mean. It’s great that you maintain the style of the city. We paid attention to the fact, that Odessa is very green and clean. It’s great. People are very friendly, if we asked them about our way, about places, they helped us willingly. We hope we will visit it once again.
A family from Canada
We enjoyed a lot our pedestrian excursion, and didn’t regret not taking a bus one. The weather is splendid. All people here are so bright and smiling. We heard about news ion Ukraine, and we were a little bit afraid, but we were told that everything is calm here, so we made sure with our own eyes. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a possibility to get in the building of the Opera House, we saw 5 similar ones, but it goes without saying- this one is the best one. The city smells of freshness and cleanness. During our walk, we didn’t have any problems like with exchange, ATMs, people helped us if we didn’t know the route. We can say for sure, we are very glad we visited city.
