Spring is an interesting season in its own way. In March, there is still snow somewhere, and in May it is already warm and the day is long. In spring, various holidays are celebrated in Russia and other countries, therefore, visiting them diversifies the trip. Where to go on vacation in Russia and other countries in spring?
Vacation in the native land
Where to go in the spring in Russia? Our country is large, so there are many options. For example, March in most regions is a snowy month, therefore, options with ski tourism are suitable:
- New ski resort "Veduchi" in Chechnya. In early March, it is still allowed to ride there. You can combine a vacation with a visit to Chechnya. Here tourists celebrate the extraordinary beauty of the capital and an interesting national museum.
- Tashtagol ski resort in the south of the Kemerovo region. Skiing can be combined with a visit to interesting museums in Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk.
- Abzakovo ski resort in Bashkiria. It is useful not only to go skiing, but also to get acquainted with the Bashkir culture.
March is also worth a ridein the cities of the Golden Ring. Snow in them, as a rule, is still enough. Not only large Vladimir and Yaroslavl are interesting to visit, but also smaller cities that can be seen during a trip along the route: Yuryev-Polsky, Aleksandrov, Gorokhovets.
Features of traveling in Russia in May
There are several public holidays in May. You can add a couple of weeks of vacation to them and organize an interesting trip, for example, to the south of the country. It will be interesting to spend May 9 in some hero city, there are three of them: Sevastopol, Kerch and Novorossiysk.
The swimming season starts at the end of the last month of spring, therefore, wondering where to go to the sea in spring, you can choose a place in the Krasnodar Territory or Crimea:
- Simeiz.
- Tarkhankut Peninsula.
- Pike perch.
- Alushta.
- Sochi.
In May everything blooms in the Crimea, the landscapes are beautiful and photogenic. The temperature of the water in the sea is not for everybody, it depends on the weather in general.
Another nice feature of May is Museum Day on the 18th and Museum Night right after it (depending on the calendar). If you try, you will be able to visit a number of museums for free, although it all depends on the specific region - sometimes even these days they take part of the entrance fee. Where to go in the spring to visit museums? The most interesting cities in this sense are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Veliky Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Myshkin.
Spring trip to Central Asia
Where can I go in the spring in the republics of the former USSR? In Kazakhstan in Marchcool, so you can visit the ski resort "Chimbulak" near Almaty. There are magnificent slopes, long cable cars, and nearby is a rather interesting city with a dozen museums and a subway.
It is already warm in Central Asia in May, so you can plan some route for an educational vacation. It involves acquaintance with historical and cultural sights. The following cities deserve attention:
- Astana. The most modern capital of the near abroad, a unique museum of the current president has been created there.
- Turkestan. An interesting city in southern Kazakhstan with a mausoleum-UNESCO site.
- Tashkent. Large and interesting metropolitan city: metro, museums, parks.
- Ancient cities: Bukhara, Samarkand, Termez. They are easily accessible by train from Tashkent.
A big plus for the traveler of Kazakhstan will be low domestic railway tariffs, a compartment is sometimes cheaper than a Russian Railways reserved seat.
Spring route in Transcaucasia
Another good destination when choosing where to travel in spring is the three republics between the Black and Caspian Seas. You can fly to Baku by plane. It is best to start from there, since with an Armenian stamp in the passport they may not be allowed into Azerbaijan. From Baku it is worth going at least to Gobustan and Sheki, and then by night train (the fare will be cheaper than Russian Railways) to Ganja and from it already to Tbilisi.
Just there at the end of spring (May 26) they celebrate Independence Day, it's interesting to seehow it happens.
Where to go to the sea in Transcaucasia in spring? Transport in Georgia is cheap, so from the capital on a modern and comfortable train you can easily come to Adjara, where the beach season is already at the end of May. Pleasant and uncrowded beaches are located in Sarpi, south of Batumi. Adjara also has interesting museums, ancient fortresses, a huge botanical garden and picturesque mountain villages.
Trip to Belarus in spring
The territory of this small country does not include seas and mountains, but you can enter by train with an ordinary passport and the prices inside for transport will pleasantly surprise you. Where to go in spring in Belarus:
- Polotsk. One of the most "museum" years of the country.
- Nesvizh and Mir. They contain castles - UNESCO sites, which are depicted even on local banknotes.
- Brest and surroundings: Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Kamenets, Kobrin, Pruzhany.
- Minsk and Zaslavl.
- Grodno. Two castles adjoin at once in it, the historical center is well preserved.
Spring holidays in Serbia and Montenegro
Two visa-free countries are located in the Balkans. You can fly there by plane or transit through Bulgaria and other EU countries if you have a visa. Serbia is a fairly cheap country for Europe in terms of accommodation, transport and food. There are many objects of historical and cultural heritage of different periods on its territory: from the palaces of Roman emperors to medieval fortresses and architecture of the turn of the 19th-20th centuries in the former Austro-Hungarian cities of Subbotica and Novi Sad.
In Montenegro, at the end of spring, you can already swim in the Adriatic Sea, and there are enough sights in this small country:
- Durmitor National Park.
- Venetian fortresses.
- The ruins of medieval Dukla.
- Former capital of Cetinje.
- The city of Ulcinj is interesting for its Albanian community on the territory of a Slavic country.
- Arched bridge of Dzhurdzhevich.
Trip to Turkey in spring
Turkey should be attributed to one of the best destinations for spring holidays. Close and inexpensive, accessible by plane, ferry and overland are some of the perks to visit the country. Where to go in spring in Turkey? The options are:
- Ski resorts. At the beginning of spring, they still go skiing in Palandoken, Sarykamysh, Uludag and other resorts. It is interesting to compare them with Russian ones and visit the ancient cities nearby (Erzurum, Kars and Bursa).
- Sea coast. In May, you can already swim in the resorts of the Mediterranean Sea. There are many places to choose from: from Marmaris to Iskanderun.
- Unbanal places. Any Antalya is well known to tourists, why not visit Trabzon, Sinop, Amasra and Karabuk? The Black Sea coast is not so crowded with tourists. At the end of May there is a tea harvest season.
Peculiarities of spring holidays in Morocco
If we exclude the nearest countries, then where to go abroad in the spring? An interesting direction is the Kingdom of Morocco. You do not need a visa there, airfare for Africa is low. You can also get there by ferry from Spain and combine your visit to Morocco with the Iberian Peninsula. In the spring there is not yet a strong heat.
Worth going to these places:
- Cities on the coast of the ocean, both large (Rabat and Casablanca) and small ones with their own flavor, for example, Essaouira and Safi, where beautiful fortresses and a pleasure to watch the sunset.
- Mount Toubkal is one of the highest in Africa.
- Sand dunes near Erfoud and various oases such as Figuig on the border with Algeria.
The rest of the Arab countries are inferior to Morocco because they have some serious drawback: the size is smaller (Tunisia), internal conflicts (Syria), poverty (Yemen) or nature is less diverse (Egypt).
Spring holidays with children
There are many places to go with children in spring. The choice of direction depends on the age of relatives and their interests. Some calm country is best suited, where rest does not involve traveling long distances, a low crime rate is also recorded, there are enough sights and there is a sea. For example, Cyprus or Greece.
If you want to visit the tropics, then you should choose the Dominican Republic or Thailand. You can spend time with children on Koh Samui.
For holidays with kids, the popular resorts of Turkey (Kemer, Alanya) and Egypt (Sharm el-Sheikh) are suitable. However, if the children are older and prefer active recreation, then you can go on a trip with them, for example, in Italy or Spain, where you will visit not only the sea, but also many museums, historical and culturalattractions.
Spring vacation at the sea
In Russia and neighboring countries, due to the climate, the swimming season does not cover the whole spring, therefore, people think where to go to relax in the spring at sea in the tropics?
The nearest year-round seaside resorts to Russia are located in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Rest really plan so that after the Jordanian Aqaba you will visit the Israeli Eilat. It is worth seeing its unique underwater observatory here.
Lovers of unusual places can go to the seaside resort of Salalah in southern Oman.
If you want to be closer to the equator, then the following places are suitable for relaxing on the sea:
- Vietnam resorts Vung Tau and Cam Ranh. The first is located near Ho Chi Minh, a very interesting city, and the second is near Nha Trang, where you can admire the Cham towers.
- Resorts of Cambodia Sihanoukville and Kep.
- Bali island in Indonesia. Despite its small size, it is rich in attractions.
Unbanal travel destinations
Where to go on vacation in the spring, so that later all your friends would ask: "Where is it?"
An example of a non-banal direction is the country of Myanmar. Let's compare. Millions of Russians spend their holidays in Thailand every year. And about 50 thousand people have visited Myanmar over the past 20 years. The visa is done online or at the embassy of that country in Bangkok. Next, you need to fly by Air Asia plane through Yangon or Mandalay or enter by land through the Thai province of Tak.
The country is really unusual inin every sense: from impressive Buddhist architecture to a strange alphabet. In the spring there is a hot season, and in April they celebrate the New Year, which is accompanied by pouring water.
If you start from Yangon, then the route in Myanmar is:
- Sea resorts near the Irrawaddy Delta. They look modest, because tourism has recently begun to develop in the country.
- The ancient city of Bago. Once it was the capital, and now it delights tourists with giant Buddha statues and tall pagodas.
- Gold stone. For locals, it serves as a place of pilgrimage.
- Mon and Karen states. National minorities live in them, small towns are interesting for their architecture and caves nearby.
- Neypyidaw. One of the youngest capitals in the world. An unusual city for Southeast Asia, it is sparsely populated, with wide avenues, lots of green spaces and modern museums.
- Taungoo. Former capital of Myanmar. It is interesting to compare it with Naypyidaw and there is where to stay for the night. You can set aside one day to take a productive walk.
- Mandalay. An interesting city and a major transport hub in the center of the country. It is worth examining it and making two forays to the northeast. First by bus to the waterfalls and botanical garden in Pyi-u-Lwin, and then by rail and to the Goteik Viaduct.
- Myitkyina. The northernmost regional center of the country, relatively cool, a leisurely train from Mandalay runs to it.
Option to stay south of the equator
If it is warmer every month in Russia in springprevious, then in the southern hemisphere vice versa. Where to go in the spring in that direction? Argentina would be a good place. It is not as expensive as Australia, and not as criminal and poor as Africa south of the equator.
The country stretched from north to south, therefore, if you want coolness and wildlife, it is better to go south to Los Glaciares National Park. If you are interested in architectural monuments, then you can spend time in Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Tigris.
The north of the country is also interesting for its natural beauties:
- Kalchaki Valley. It is a combination of mountain deserts and subtropical forests.
- Iguazu Falls is located among the subtropical jungle in the national park of the same name.
- Remains of the paths of the Inca Empire or Khapak-Nyan. Just in the north of Argentina 500 years ago were the southern outskirts of their empire.
- The picturesque valley of Quebrada de Humahuaca on the border with Bolivia.
Reviews of tourists about spring holidays
Tourists like to relax at this time of the year in the places listed. For example, those who visit Crimea celebrate the beauty of the peninsula during the flowering of its rich fauna, as well as the beginning of the strawberry season.
Some guests of the peninsula rightly noted that swimming in the Black Sea in May is not very comfortable, as the water does not have time to warm up, but you can spend time walking through ancient fortresses, mountains, caves and, for example, fly on a hang glider.
Those who visited Morocco in March, instead of a beach holiday, walked around the old picturesque cities and visited the dunes in the Sahara. There is no springheat, but sometimes it can rain. Tourists liked the Arab and Berber life and beautiful sunsets.
