点评:We didn’t do much research beforehand and arrived at the Catacombs hoping for a tour on the day. The last tour had already stared but to the credit of the staff, they arranged for one of the staff to give us a quick tour in English of the parts we missed, and then joined the group tour halfway through. We also paid a discounted rate as we had missed the first part of the tour.
The group tour was only in Ukrainian but thankfully two of the members of the tour spoke good English and translated for us. I would advise checking the website or messaging them online if you want a tour in English as I believe there are only one or two English tours a day.
The actual tour itself took around 2hrs and was a group of around 20 people. The catacombs are absolutely huge and although you are provided with a helmet, the ceilings are very low so you constantly have to duck and watch for uneven ground. If you are claustrophobic or not comfortable walking around a large cave system with narrow corridors and uneven ground, I would advise against this tour.
The tour is interesting and I was suprised the hear the number of different uses for the catacombs over the generations, it really does form an important part of Odesa’s cultural and political history.
As part of the tour we also got to try some Ukrainian liqueur (I didn’t try it but my friend said it was very strong) which was an added bonus.
If you are interested in learning more about Odesa’s history, then I would recommend a visit, but the tour was lengthy and it is a lot of time spent in a fairly claustrophobic environment.
翻译:我们事先没有做太多调查,只是怀着当天能参观的期望才来到地下墓穴。当时最后一场参观已经开始了,但工作人员真的很负责,他们安排了一名工作人员用英语为我们快速介绍了错过的部分,之后我们又中途加入了团体参观队伍。由于我们错过了参观的前半段,还享受到了折扣价。团体游览仅以乌克兰语进行,不过幸运的是,有两名导游英语说得很好,为我们做了翻译。如果你想参加英语导游的游览,我建议先查看他们的网站或在线留言咨询,因为据我所知,每天只有一到两场英语导览。
实际的游览时长约为2小时,当时有大约20人组成一个团体。那些地下墓穴规模极其庞大,虽然会发放头盔给你佩戴,。天花板非常低,因此你不得不时常低头,同时还要小心地面上的凹凸不平。如果你有幽闭恐惧症,或者不习惯在有着狭窄通道和崎岖地面的庞大洞穴系统中行走,我建议不要参加这次游览。
这次游览很有意思;听到几个世纪以来地下墓穴有着如此多不同的用途后,我也颇感惊讶。它确实构成了敖德萨文化与政治历史中不可或缺的一部分。作为游览的一部分,我们还有机会品尝一些乌克兰利口酒(我没喝,不过我的朋友说度数非常高),这也算是一个意外的惊喜。
如果你有兴趣了解更多关于敖德萨的历史,我推荐你去参观一下。不过整个游览过程相当漫长,而且大部分时间都需要在相对闷热拥挤的环境中度过。