The tourist centers of the Samara region, hotels and he alth camps annually receive more than 500 thousand tourists from all over Russia. Someone visits the cities of the Samara province in passing, and someone comes purposefully in order to get acquainted with the sights of this region.
Tourists choose Samara because of its countless natural monuments - there are more than 300 of them in the province: the Volga with its numerous tributaries, national natural parks, Zhiguli mountains. Others go to the camp sites of the Samara region for treatment, as the region has a very developed sanatorium treatment, balneology, herbal medicine. Fans of active tourism conquer local mountain peaks, raft down rapids, walk along the winding paths of the taiga with a backpack on their backs, and explore mountain caves.
Besides this, the Samara province is a leader in the number of various events, of which more than 400 are held throughout the year. About 60 sanatoriums and he alth camps, 259 hotels and more than 120 recreation centers operate in the region to accommodate tourists. In this article, readers are presented with somethe most popular tourist centers in Samara and the Samara region.
Verkhniy Bor Rest
This recreation center is located on the left bank of the Volga, 40 km from Samara. The recreation center "Verkhniy Bor" is surrounded by beautiful views of the Zhiguli Mountains and dense pine forests. A sandy beach is located 200 meters from the base. The infrastructure of the base includes several banquet halls, a cinema, a place for badminton and table tennis, a children's play area, a beach, a sauna and a dining room. On the territory of this tourist center in the Samara region, there is also a rental office for sports equipment, ATVs and snowmobiles.
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Guests of the base are accommodated in wooden cottages, which are divided into several categories:
- "VIP" - a two-storey cottage for 9 people. Each house has 4 rooms, a kitchen and a dining room. The living room is equipped with a Home Cinema system.
- "Lux" - a two-storey cottage for 5 persons. Each house has 3 rooms and a kitchen.
- "Bungalow" - a one-storey cottage with four separate rooms. Each room consists of two rooms.
- "Swedish" - a large one-story cottage for 8 rooms.
All rooms have refrigerator, microwave, kettle, air conditioning and TV.
Food
The cost of accommodation does not include catering, however, if desired, guests can eat in a separate dining room located on the territory of the recreation center. The cost of three meals a day at the base "Verkhniy Bor" - 600 rubles perday.
Entertainment
Excursion programs are organized for tourists: fishing on the Volga, extreme mountain riding on ATVs, and in winter - on snowmobiles, popular excursions for groups of tourists are also organized.
Cost
The price of accommodation in the rooms of the recreation center depends on the house chosen for living. The most economical will be rest in the "Swedish" house, the cost of renting a room in it is 1,500 rubles on weekdays and 1,800 rubles on weekends. The VIP cottage costs the most - 11,000 rubles per day.
Visitors' reviews of this recreation center are mostly positive: tourists note the cleanliness of the surrounding area, convenient access to the water, and the beauty of nature. However, some of them complain that the drainage system in the showers does not work well, and there is often no hot water. The guests of the camp site also do not like the close proximity to the base of moored boats and motor boats, as gasoline and oil stains float in the water from them.
Rest in Volga Zori
"Volga Dawns" are located on the territory of the Zhiguli Nature Reserve at the foot of the Zhiguli Mountains and 40 km from the city of Zhigulevsk, on the banks of the Volga. The infrastructure of the base is represented by several guest houses, a gazebo for relaxation, a playground, a barbecue area, a dining room, a banquet hall and a private sandy beach.
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Guests of the recreation center can choose their accommodation from three possible options:
- Hotel complex. Presented as a two-storybuilding with single, double and triple rooms.
- Cottage "Lux" - a two-story wooden house, ready to accommodate up to 6 people. It has two rooms and a kitchen, a private bathroom and an equipped kitchen.
- Summer house - a small two-story house, designed for 3-4 people. Equipped with its own bathroom.
Food
Three meals a day are included in the cost of living, but if you refuse it, a recalculation will be made to the lower side. On average, three meals a day per person in the dining room of the recreation center will cost a vacationer 200 rubles.
Entertainment
If desired, tourists can book an excursion program to the famous village of Shiryaevo, to the house of the Russian artist Ilya Repin, to Strelnaya Gora, to the adit and to the holy spring of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Cost
The cost of living in a summer house depends on the season, in summer - 950 rubles per day, in spring and autumn - 750 rubles per day, including the cost of three meals a day. Accommodation in the cottage "Lux" will cost one vacationer 1300 rubles in the low season and 1600 rubles in the high season, meals are included in the price. Payment is charged from each person living at the Volzhskiye Zori recreation center.
Guests of "Volga Dawns" speak of this place with great warmth, noting the friendliness of the staff, good playgrounds for children, an abundance of entertainment for adults, neatness and cleanliness of the rooms and the surrounding area. Some complain about the abundance of algae on the beach belonging to the complex.
Rest in the "Volga Riviera"
ThisThe boarding house is located in Syzran, its main clients are employees of the Syzran oil refinery and their families. Here the plant holds corporate events: plant employees celebrate his birthday, weddings and anniversaries here. The sanatorium operates exclusively during the summer period - from June to August. Despite the fact that the sanatorium belongs to the Syzran refinery, ordinary residents of Russia often buy vouchers here. The sanatorium "Volzhskaya Riviera" is very popular, located in a unique natural place in the Shigonsky district.
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For accommodation, guests of the boarding house are offered chopped wooden houses equipped with a water supply and sewerage system. At the same time, the resort can accommodate 73 families or companies of 3-4 people.
Food
Three meals a day included.
Entertainment
The sanatorium hosts daily entertainment programs for guests: discos, competitions for children and adults. Fans of active sports have the opportunity to play billiards, table tennis, volleyball, and go fishing. There is an outdoor play area for children. On the territory of this tourist center of the Samara region there is a private bathhouse and a parking lot. The boarding house has its own sandy beach.
Cost
The cost of living in the boarding house "Volzhskaya Riviera" - from 1525 rubles per day per person. A voucher for 7 days will cost a vacationer 10,675 rubles.person, table tennis - 60 rubles for 1 hour, billiards - 120 rubles for 1 hour.
Tourists on vacation in the "Volzhskaya Riviera" speak ambiguously about this place. Someone really likes the scale of the territory occupied by the base, the abundance of recreational activities for adults, children and youth. Others note that the base is too noisy, and some of the hotel houses are in a terrible state. However, repairs are carried out at the base every year and it is possible that the negative reviews that were relevant last year will turn out to be untenable this year.
Rest at Fisherman's House
"Fisherman's House" - is part of the tourist complex "Otrada". The organizers of the TC offer tourists two specialized recreation centers - "Fisherman's House" and "Hunter's House". The recreation center "Rybaka's House" is located on the banks of the Kutuluk reservoir, rich in freshwater fish. In addition to fishermen, this place is loved by families who want to enjoy the beauty of wild nature.
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For accommodation, all guests are provided with cozy heated cottage houses. Each house has its own kitchen, bath and bathroom.
Food
Meals may be offered to holidaymakers for an additional fee.
Entertainment
All necessary equipment for fishing is provided free of charge. Residents of the tourist base can use boats and boats (for a fee). For an additional fee, vacationers can enjoy a horse ride, heat a sauna or fire in the house.
Cost
Skatingon a boat will cost those who wish 300 rubles for 5 minutes. Renting a boat costs 1000 rubles per day. In winter, fishermen can rent a heated ice house for 1,000 rubles per day. Renting a 4-bed cottage for living costs 2,500 rubles on weekdays and 4,000 rubles on weekends.
Guests of this tourist complex really like it here. Many note the beauty of the surrounding places, the well-established service on the territory of the base, the synchronism of the work of all services. There are practically no reviews of tourists that something was broken or unrepaired in the house. However, tourists are dissatisfied with the fact that while relaxing at the base, you have to pay for every little thing: firewood, a bathhouse, which is in every house, and other necessary services.
Rest in the "Crane"
The Zhuravushka base is located 12 km from Samara, on the Podzhabny Peninsula. The living conditions at this base are very ascetic, and may even seem spartan to a city dweller, since there are no amenities in the rooms, a shower is only a summer one, on the street, and electricity is supplied only three hours a day - from 21 to 24 hours. Tourists who stay at this place choose it because of the beauty of the places that surround Zhuravushka: it offers beautiful views of Samara, the Volga and the forest.
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Guests of this recreation center can be accommodated in a separate house for two people or on a landing stage, in rooms designed for 1-3 people. Bathrooms on the landing stage are located on the deck. There are no amenities in wooden houses, the bathroom is represented by a village toilet andoutdoor shower. Inside the rooms, the furniture is very modest and consists of two metal beds, a plastic table and two chairs.
Food
Possible three meals a day for an additional fee.
Entertainment
There are cafes, billiards, tennis tables, a volleyball court, a dance floor on the camp site.
Cost
Summer houses will cost vacationers 570 rubles per day for a house, a room on the landing stage is a little cheaper - 550 rubles per day.
About "Crane" tourists say that this is the best place in terms of price and quality of services provided. Of the pluses, vacationers note the cheapness of the rest, good food and animation in the evenings. Dissatisfied guests complain about the dilapidated rooms and territory, power outages, lack of communications in the room.
Rest in "Friendship"
Tourist recreation center "Druzhba" is located on the banks of the Volga in the Komsomolsky district of Tolyatti, on the Kopylovo peninsula. The Druzhba base can accommodate up to 210 people at the same time.
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For accommodation, vacationers are offered small brick houses, divided into 4 rooms. The rooms are designed for two people and have everything you need for a comfortable stay: furniture and a bathroom. Triple and quadruple rooms have private facilities on the floor, showers are located in a separate complex on the territory of the base.
Food
Performed in the dining room on a full board basis, included in the price. If desired, you can buyboarding house for 400 rubles per day.
Entertainment
Sports lovers have the opportunity to rent sports equipment, rent a sports ground, boat or catamaran. There is also a sauna for rent. A children's room is organized for children.
Cost
The cost of living at this base is from 400 rubles in the low season, up to 950 in the high season.
Reviews of tourists about Druzhba characterize it as a good place for a family holiday: the food is good and tasty, the territory is well equipped, there is a clean beach. The rooms are very clean and tidy, plumbing is working.
Rest in "Dubki"
The base is located in the village of Tsarevshchina, 25 km from Samara, on the shore of a small lake in a young oak grove.
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The recreation center "Dubki" offers for settlement one-story summer-type houses without amenities. Each house can accommodate up to 6 people, equipped with a refrigerator, beds and bedside tables. An outdoor shower is located on the territory of the recreation center.
Food
Paid by residents separately, the cost of food for 1 person per day is 500 rubles. Has its own dining room.
Entertainment
On the territory of the recreation center there are children's, sports and volleyball grounds, as well as billiards and a place for barbecue. There is parking for cars and a private sandy beach.
"Dubki" are famous among tourists for the inexpensive cost of rest. Many families come here for the entire summer season. If the requirements for a place of rest are not too high,then "Oaks" are the best for this.
Rest in Scarlet Sails
The tourist center "Scarlet Sails" welcomes its guests all year round, it is located on Fedorovskie meadows, on the shore of a small lake with a rope bridge thrown over it. From "Scarlet Sails" to Samara - 25 km. Tourists are offered a wide range of services and types of accommodation.
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Guests of the complex have the opportunity to choose accommodation from 4 options: wooden houses, panel houses, cottages, rooms, Buryat yurts. Each of the houses has its own playground with barbecue, amenities inside the house. The yurt is heated with a stove, the conveniences are outside.
- Wooden and panel houses are designed for 4 people, equipped with the necessary furniture, as well as a TV, telephone, refrigerator and their own full-fledged kitchen. The house has two bedrooms and a kitchen.
- Cottages are ready to accommodate up to 6 people, have all the necessary amenities and furniture, including a sofa.
- The rooms are small houses for 3 people. The room has a bed, bedside table and TV. Facilities - in the next building.
- Buryat yurts can accommodate three or four people, have lighting and necessary furniture. Facilities - in the next building.
Food
Additional charge. The order of dishes is possible according to the menu. On the territory of the complex there is a bar, a home-cooked restaurant, banquet halls for adults and children.
Entertainment
Guests of the complex are offered to rent catamarans, boats -oar and motor. There is the possibility of horseback riding and sleigh rides in winter. There are paintball and volleyball courts, a sauna, a children's playroom, a bicycle rental, a tennis table.
Cost
Breakfast - 130 rubles, lunch and dinner - 690 rubles per person. The cost of living depends on the category of housing and the time of visiting the tourist complex. On average, the cost of living in a yurt and panel houses is about 300 rubles, in rooms - about 200 rubles per person, and in cottages - around 900 rubles.
Of the minuses of this place, only a large number of wasps can be distinguished, which, however, depends on the season. But tourists talk a lot about the advantages of "Scarlet Sails", noting the developed infrastructure, delicious food, cleanliness on the territory and in the rooms, the friendliness of the staff.
Rest on the Aviator
In a very picturesque place near the village of Tsarevshchina on the banks of the Volga, there is a recreation center "Aviator". The camp site is open to guests all year round and has a good infrastructure.
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Tourists are resettled in rooms of various categories, these can be rooms on a landing stage, a separate cottage or a guest house.
- The landing stage has 18 cabins with private facilities. Cabins vary in capacity, it is possible to stay two and six guests in one room.
- Cottages on the "Aviator" - two-story, designed for 9 people. They have their own equipped kitchen, fireplace and other amenities.
- Guest housedivided into 4 rooms, each of which can accommodate up to 4 people. Each room has two rooms, amenities.
Food
Meals are not included in the price, only available during the summer season. They have their own restaurant, conference room.
Entertainment
To services of tourists - bath and sauna, rental of jet skis, boats, boats.
Cost
Cost of meals - about 700 rubles per day per person. The cost of living is from 600 rubles per person at the landing stage in a 6-bed room, the cost of renting a cottage for 8 people is 9,000 rubles, and the cost of renting a room for 4 people in a guest house is 3,800 rubles.
"Aviator" is very popular among residents of the Samara region. Guests note that the rest here is inexpensive, and the conditions of rest are not bad.
Rest in the "Ataman Farm"
The Atamansky Khutor camp site is located not far from Samara, near the village of Staro-Semeykino. The base occupies a large territory, richly landscaped, decorated with artificial lakes. The base has its own swimming pool and a sandy beach on the banks of the Sok River.
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Guests of the camp site are offered large cottages for 20 people, equipped with their own sauna, swimming pool, fireplace, billiard room, dining room, hookah room and kitchen. Small cottages can accommodate 6 people, have their own kitchen, gazebo with barbecue and satellite TV in the house. The cottages are medium in size and can accommodate up to 8 people.
Food
There is no possibility of organized meals at the base, tourists cook for themselves.
Entertainment
A play area with a small poultry house has been organized for children. For adults there is a swimming pool, a Russian bath.
Cost
The price for renting cottages depends on its capacity. The minimum cost per person is 250 rubles per day on weekdays and 500 rubles per day on weekends and holidays. Renting a banquet hall will cost 400 rubles per hour.
Whole families very often come here. Vacationers note a large territory, the presence of lakes and streams on it, the opportunity to use the bathhouse and pool for free, as well as the convenience of the location. Among the minuses, tourists note the lack of a washing machine, which is very lacking for families with children living here for a long time.
Relax at Aqua House
On the territory of the base there is a stocked lake, a pine alley, an orchard of apple trees. The Aqua House base is located 112 kilometers from Samara in the Vasilyevsky Islands region on the left bank of the Volga.
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Guests of the tourist complex are accommodated in three types of houses:
- Frame-panel house - 2 floors, 180 sq. m., contains 5 rooms for 2 people.
- Arbalite house - 1st floor, 170 sq. m., contains 2 rooms for 2 people.
- House with an attic - 2 floors, 59 sq. m., 2 rooms for 2 people.
Entertainment
A fortress town was organized for children. Those who wish can order the preparation of a bath for 10 people for an additional fee. Sports loversholidaymakers can rent a snowmobile, speedboat, boat, catamaran, quad bike.
Cost
The cost of living depends on the chosen house. The minimum cost of accommodation is 1000 rubles per person, the maximum is 4000 rubles per person per day.
Reviews of guests about this place characterize it as a good option for tourists who are accustomed to a comfortable stay: all the cottages of this complex were built not so long ago, the services meet the requirements of young people. The cost of rest here is higher than in most other places, this is the main disadvantage of "Aqua House".
