мой опыт на Куяльнике my experience at Kuyalnik

So, you decided to get medical treatment on the Kuyalnik Estuary. Here is some useful info. from my own experience. Print it out and take it with you, it will come in handy)
First of all, in Ukraine, the hryvnia is in use, there are money changers on the train, they and the exchange offices near the station have a predatory rate. It is better to change rubles or dollars in exchange offices at the corner of Ekaterininskaya and Panteleimonovskaya streets, 5-7 minutes walk from the station. in the summer of 2009 the exchange rate was 245…250, i. e. 1 UAH = 4 rubles. Immediately on the platform, grandmothers offer visitors to rent a room. This is not always safe, they say a lot of "scam" cases. If you decide to settle yourself - at the station there is a help desk for safe apartments, hotels and holiday homes. To the sanatorium Pirogova - Kuyalnik, you can order a taxi tel. But you can get there for 2 UAH, - from the stop. near the St. Panteleimon Monastery (across the square from the facade of the station) there is a minibus number 110, every hour from the morning, until 17. . 18 hours, or you can get from the city to any suitable village in the direction. Kotovsky to the stop. Grain. There, cross the road where private taxis are on duty, they will take you for 3 UAH. from Grain to the sanatorium on foot 30 minutes, if you go in the other direction to the sea 5. . 10 minutes. I advise you to buy a map of Odessa (15 UAH). There is a joke - from the sanatorium to Grain, there is a minibus with a shift of half an hour from No. 110 for 1.5 UAH, but it does not go to the station!
So you have arrived at the resort. You can simply splash around in the estuary for free, smear yourself with mud from its bottom, lie on the water like a cork. Do not run away to swim - the estuary has become shallow - the depth is from ankle to knee. Although they say h / o km there are failures. Carefully the water is very salty - it gets into your eyes - sentry. Carry bottled fresh water with you.

Toilet, fresh water, if anything - there is a clinic on the 1st floor (6th floor, building next to the pyramid pool)
If you want to undergo specific procedures yourself (hydromassage, Charcot, mud, brine baths, even rectal tampons... ) You can privately negotiate for cash in the spa with the staff.
If you decide to undergo treatment. It is better to bring a health resort card with you right away (urinalysis, blood tests, a cardiogram, a referral from a doctor), otherwise they will force you to go there, you will lose a day of time and 70 UAH.
There are options: buy kursovka (i. e. only treatment) - it will cost 67 UAH / day,
buy accommodation and treatment - about 120 UAH / day, or a ticket: treatment, housing and food - 200 UAH / day. About 800 grew. rubles.
I took accommodation and treatment.
Meals - the usual canteen, although sometimes not bad. Rates: Lunch 20 UAH, dinner 15 UAH. Come to the 2nd building to any waitress and agree that you will come sometimes, pay in cash. Because I was interested to get acquainted with Odessa, after the procedures I left for the city. I ate there, a good price / quality ratio - on Cathedral Square. "Zharyu-Paryu", still nearby in the "Athena" complex on Grecheskaya. lunch on average 25 UAH (100 Russian rubles)
About accommodation - a separate story, if you can - settle in the 2nd building, (preferably with a view of the estuary). in principle, there is no hot water in the 1st building, cold water is turned on by the hour. Rooms 2x local, nothing has changed since the collapse of the USSR. In short, a barn for extreme lovers. And they take 50 UAH per day! It's good that the cold-to-common is on the floor.
In general, they have luxury rooms, with water heaters and all things - but more expensive.
Take with you an electronic device with mosquito repellents - there are a lot of them. In the 2nd building there is a left-luggage office - you can leave the documents, money - for 3 UAH / day.

Next to the dam. the hospital has a grocery store. Gen. small things can be bought in the foyer of building 2, fruits are sold by private traders on the street. In the evening there is a bar, a cafe on the street, a disco with live sound (backing track) - by the way, well done.
Buy plastic slippers for the procedures - it's slippery everywhere. in them and in the shower, and everywhere. Very comfortably.
Behind the balneary there is a pump room - they pour mineral water - according to the dignity. book for free.
An important point so that you do not spoil the treatment and well-being. Doctors recommend not to wash off the salt after the procedures for 2 hours, and preferably more. (even after the mud there is a shower with salt water) But, brine (estuary water) is very concentrated! and if you do not wash off the salt and actively move, leave for the city, for walks, you will rub yourself imperceptibly, especially between your legs! - I stepped on this rake, and others. So you walk - nothing, but you get into salt water, (pool, bath... ) it starts to bake like that, you want to jump out faster. "Don't rub salt on my wound. . . " By the way, there is a warm fresh shower in the pool (pyramid).
I didn’t like the beaches in Odessa, a small strip of white sand, prickly shells, but the sea is cool as always. You can go to the dolphinarium yourself (trolleybus 2 from Cathedral to Shevchenko Park).
In the sanatorium they arrange excursions to theaters, to the dolphinarium - naturally more expensive than tickets at the entrance (100 rubles), but convenience - they will take them away and bring them back.
You decided ? Good luck then!