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( 738 0412;
www.hotel-yunost.com
;
vul Pionerska 34; r from 495uah; )
Occupying a
hard-to-miss monolith out towards Arkadia, Yunost has rooms at various stages of trans-
ition from Soviet to normal. The more you pay, the better standard you'll enjoy.
Economy doubles share bathrooms between two rooms. It's a few stops before Arkadia
on tram 5.
Mozart Hotel
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 377 777;
www.mozart-hotel.com
;
vul Lanzheronivska 13; s/tw from 1330/1860uah;
)
As the name suggests, this top choice epitomises European luxury, with elegant furnish-
ings and a calm, light-filled interior lurking behind its refurbished neoclassical facade.
The 40 rooms are individually decorated and the location across from the Opera & Ballet
Theatre is perfect.
Hotel Ayvazovsky
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 242 9022;
www.ayvazovsky.com.ua
; vul Bunina 19; s/d from 880/1280uah; )
From
the Chesterfield sofas in the lobby to the spacious, high-ceilinged, European-standard
bedrooms to the design-magazine perfect bathrooms, this soothing, 27-room sleepery in
the heart of the city centre is worth every kopeck. Continental breakfast is delivered
every morning to your room, and staff can book tours and countless other services.
Frederic Koklen
BOUTIQUE HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 737 5553;
www.koklenhotel.com
; prov Nekrasova 7; 1570/2380uah; )
Odesa's most
sumptuous boutique hotel has guests gushing forth about exceptional service, luxurious
period ambience and the great location. Rooms in this renovated mansion are studies in
18th- and 19th-century Imperial-era style and attention to detail, quality of materials and
standard of maintenance is outstanding for Ukraine.
Hotel Londonskaya
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 738 0110;
www.londred.com
;
bul Prymorsky 11; s/d from 1155/1365uah; )
Last re-
furbished in the early 1990s, the rooms of Odesa's oldest luxury hotel are becoming
slightly dated, but with iron-lace balustrades, stained-glass windows, parquet flooring
and an inner courtyard, the place still oozes Regency charm and remains the lodgings of
