ZATOKA, UKRAINE (with audioguide): Black Sea, beach, resort secrets, history, rate | Odessa region

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Zatoka, Ukraine (Odessa region): the most popular beach resort of the country
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Zatoka – the most popular beach resort in Ukraine. In this video we will show you how the vacation in Zatoka looks like, we will make an overview of the beach, share with you what to do during the stay there, explore the history of the resort foundation and give the rate to the vacation in Zatoka.

We went to Zatoka from Kyiv by car. It took us about 530 km and 7 hours to get to the resort. We left in the morning and closer to the evening we enjoyed the seaside.

Zatoka is an urban-type settlement in Odessa region, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi raion, 60 km away from Odessa. The town is located on a sand spit of the Dniester Estuary next to where the Dniester flows into the Black Sea.
There are a number of hypotheses for why this sea was eventually called the Black Sea. One theory is that the name “Black” was given to the sea by sailors, who observed how the sea turned black during severe storms in winter.

The main attraction of Zatoka resort is a sandy 50 m-wide and 5 km long beach. Shallow water made Zatoka a popular family resort for Ukrainians, Moldavians, Belarusians. Sometimes you can even meet a foreigner from far abroad there.

During the stay in Zatoka we recommend to visit the local aquapark, to go for a walk in Odessa (60 km from the resort), to visit Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress (25 km from the resort), Vylkove (settlement, which is famous for its road absence, its numerous water canals, which the locals use for fishing of their local especially delicious Danube herring) – 167 km from the resort, and finally tasting of Shabo wines (20 km from the resort).
Also starting from 2014 a festival Jazz-Koktebel is organized here in Zatoka. This festival was in Crimea before. One more interesting festival, which is held annually in August in the nearby resort settlement Karolina-Buhaz, is a sport-musical festival called Z-Games.

All kinds of activities are available to vacationers on the beach. Children can build sand fortresses, ride a pony or water slide, observe sea inhabitants, adults can play beach soccer, volleyball, badminton, ride a banana, jet skis or motorboat, or just enjoy reading a fascinating book under the noise of sea waves.

Some come to the beach with their pets.

We love to have a vacation in Zatoka. But not only because of swimming in the sea but more because of the possibility to relax, enjoy the sea breeze, observe the sea waves and funny seagulls. It is a kind of therapy – the way to reset after a busy life in a big city.

Everyone can find a place on the beach. But we can’t tell the same about the places in hotels. It is necessary to think about accommodation in Zatoka in advance, as a lot of tourists are coming here, especially in the high season.

There are different hotels, apartments, cafes, restaurants at any taste and budget. You can also buy fresh local juicy fruits by the market.

Zatoka was called Bugaz until 1945. Locals explain that this name has a Tatar origin and in translation it means “loose sands”. In Turkic languages, this word is still used and means mouth or strait. Bugaz was founded in 1827 and at that time its history wasn’t connected with tourism. The settlement grew around the lighthouse. Step by step the settlement grew and turned into a fishing village. From the end of the 19th century, when a stay on the coast became to be considered healing, summer houses were built here. Childrens’ health sanatoriums were built here for the treatment of the respiratory system. At the end of 1950s, Zatoka began to gain popularity. The resort has become not only a place of recovery, but also a location for a beach holiday.

We have been to many beach resorts around the world and we can say that Zatoka is rather a good resort for a vacation in Ukraine. Clean long sandy beach makes this place especially attractive. And a big variety of excursion programs won’t let you get bored.

Kite flying on the beach is a separate type of activity. We really enjoyed it.

The sunsets in Zatoka are incredible!

More details about the Ukrainian beach resort Zatoka you can find on our website: worldwithatwist.com, link in the description below.

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