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The Babushka Grand Hostel, Odessa, Ukraine
60 Malaya Arnautskaya, 85 Ekaterinenskaya, Odessa, Ukraine |
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Hostel Description
VERY IMPORTANT: The entrance to our hostel is on MALA ARNAUTSKAYA #60. There is NO entrance on Ekaterinenskaya 85.
We are 3 blocks from the train station, 1 block from the tram to Arcadia and the bus station. We are one block from the best Restaurant/bar/club venue in the city. 2 blocks from the Privoz market where you can get fresh cheap food from the surrounding villages. We are also the closest hostel in Odessa to the beach.
For your comfort we have comfortable box spring mattresses (Look closely at what the other hostels will be putting you on), quality sheets which we iron so you'll sleep soundly. For your security we have a CCTV camera on the street to buzz in our guests and free lockers to store your valuables so you can rest comfortably. We are experts at finding a reason to party, there is always someone going to a bar, concert or club and during the day we offer unique and interesting tours (see below).
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
coffee and tea
available computer and Wi-Fi (with earphones for skype)
Secure storage
Lockers
Book exchange
Sheets and towels
maps
Our hostel is a large spacious apartment with chandeliers and gold gilded ceilings. We have two balconies for lounging or smoking, two bathrooms and a large comfy communal area with carpets and a TV. Our kitchen is fully functional with a blender, microwave, stove, oven, spices. The dorm room is large, carpeted and spacious. Our private rooms are luxurious and decorated with classic furniture. The apartment's 18th century aristocratic style makes the Babushka Grand a truly gorgeous hostel which helps add to the home-like relaxed atmosphere that we try to provide for travelers rushing around Eastern Europe and exploring the former Soviet Union.
And because we want to have time to get to know you, we offer discounts for our long term guests, but if you are in Ukraine looking for a wife through an agency please find other accomodations.
FACILITIES:
air-conditioned 10 person dorm room
Spacious comfortable common room
Fully equipped kitchen
Two balconies for smoking
Ironing board
box spring mattresses
Laundry
We?re always open, 24 hour reception/ No lock-outs
OUR STAFF: We opened this hostel because we love meeting new people and we love Odessa. Let us introduce ourselves: Masha, the owner, is a working jazz singer born and raised in Odessa, John has been living in Odessa working as a bartender, translator and editor, and Neil has been working in hostels in Ukraine since he came through for a week and never left, he has taken the best from what he has learned from other hostels (and left out the worst) to help make The Babushka Grand a special place. We love going to the beach, listening to live music (or making it), walking around the city, cooking (especially Mexican food), playing poker, smoking hookah and just sitting around talking. We want to show you a great time and having lived on Ukrainian wages we know where to eat, what to do and where to drink CHEAP (and because we have friends that work in bars and clubs we may even be able to get a few things free). We?ve got a great group of friends, locals and expats, who we would love to introduce you to, because we know that it is people, more than anything else, that makes the experience. Odessa is our home and so we are less in the hostel business than making and keeping Odessa a great place to enjoy life.
LOCATION: We are located right in the center of the city next to the train station (which is where you take the bus or tram to get to Arcadia) and are surrounded by great bars, restaurants, stores, markets and we are a two minute walk from our favorite bar Trueman and five minutes from the largest club Paladium.
By foot:
5 min. from the trainstation
5 min. from Prevoz market (where you can get the freshest, cheapest food in the city.)
12 minutes from Deirbasivskaya (the main pedestrian street) and all the main attractions
15 minutes from the sea
By public transport:
5 min. from Deribasivskaya
15 min from Arcadia Beach and Club complex (the backpackers Ibiza)
20 min from airport
TOURS: We save you from getting ripped off by providing our own local tour guides that can show you any of the popular historic sites, galleries or museums.
OR if you're feeling a bit more adventurous we are also happy to show you the dive bars, the slums, the courtyards or the wild catacombs under Odessa. We can also arrange special excursions for you to go to a nearby castle and shoot cannons, visit a babushka and eat a traditional home cooked feast with traditional drinks, go to a Russian banya, check out the graffiti and abandoned buildings, take cruises on yachts, go to a shooting range, horse back riding, play paintball, go on a pub crawl (dive bar or disco). We can put together Russian, Ukrainian lessons and Odessa style cooking classes. Whatever you imagine, we can arrange it.
If there is something we haven't mentioned that you would like to see, just let us know what it is a day or two in advance and we'll make it happen.
THE CITY: Odessa has character. Founded on free trade it became one of the richest ports in the Russian empire and because the stone used to build it was taken from below it, its thousands of kilometers of catacombs were perfect for smugglers during the days of the empire, partisans during the war, and then bandits after the fall of the soviet. Odessa is the resort city of the former Soviet Union and the Pearl on the Black Sea, a city home to and beloved by poets, artist and musicians. The locals have turned their tumultuous into a special humor that they carry with them everywhere as they stroll down the long tree lined Boulevards. Odessa is the one city where it is ok for Russians on the street, and if you ask them why they like Odessa, their smile will turn mischievous and they?ll say, ?Odessa is the best place to take a rest.? This is the Odessa we want to and are qualified to show you.
Please note: in accordance with Ukrainian law we are allowed only to accept payment in Ukrainian Grivens, so please be advised that the price of a stay in the hostel is the listed price in Grivens on hostelworld.
Hostel Facilities
• Internet Access
• Airport Pick Up
• Linen Included
• Security Lockers
• Luggage Storage
• 24 hour reception
• Travel Desk/Travel Info
• Common Room
• Free Carpark
• 24 Hour Check In
• WiFi in lobby
• Web access in lobby
• WiFi in room
• Air Conditioning
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Hostel Rating
This hostel has scored a rating of
  90%
Ratings are based on customer satisfaction in the following categories: Character, Security, Location, Staff, Fun, Cleanliness.
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