Arcadia Beach ( uk, Пляж Аркадія, translit=Pliazh Arkadiia) is

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

, Ukraine's most famous

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc s ...

. It is located in the Arcadia quarter. The founders of Odesa chose this name for this area in the hopes it would help make it a success as a holiday

resort A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term ''resort ...

. There is a main beach which has

water slide A water slide (also referred to as a flume, or water chute) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to s ...

s and several smaller beaches.Fun in the Sub
retrieved 16 August 2014 Arcadia is a popular beach, health resort, and summer nightspot in Odesa. p. 127. Its

nightclub A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music. Nightclubs gen ...

s are open from May through September, and are Odesa's primary nightlife during that time.

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Beaches of Ukraine Black Sea Arcadia (Odessa) Tourist attractions in Odesa Landforms of Odesa Oblast {{Odessa-geo-stub