The location of the hotel is perfect; next to the Potemkin stairs and few minutes walk to main pedestrian street Deribasovskaya. The hotel used to be the finest in Odessa, and e.g. Finnish Marshall C.G.E Mannerheim has stayed there. Other famous guests were Marcello Mastroianni, Isadora Duncan, Aleksander Pushkin, Robert Louis Stevenson. Great English speaking helpful staff. Nice spa and sauna department with pool, included in the room price.