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Experienced travelers convinced that travel does not need a lot of money. The desire to wander and the ability to seek information is enough.

site summarized tips from travel bloggers that will allow you to see the world at a minimum cost. At the end of the article, you will find a bonus in the form of useful information for every tourist. And may you have more travel in the near future!

11. Travel on your own

Traveling on your own, and not through travel agencies, is both more profitable and more interesting. Yes, you will be responsible for any problems. But travel agencies do not decide much in similar cases, preferring to blame the airline, force majeure, the host, and the like.

On your own you will be able to lay the "that" route of your dreams, choose cheap option flight, book the best-priced hotel with a convenient localization for you, choose a transfer.

4. Rent out your own accommodation while traveling or go on an "exchange vacation"

An exchange vacation is an opportunity for free accommodation while traveling, and maybe even a chance, like the characters in a movie, to meet your love.

2. Don't buy what you can get for free

Wi-Fi... When booking accommodation, immediately choose an apartment or hotel with free Wi-Fi. Use free Wi-Fi throughout the day in restaurants and cafes, gas stations and shopping centers.
Terrain maps. Free Maps available at counters in many hotels, apartments and hostels. You can also borrow a map from the Tourist Information Office. As a rule, they are located in the city center or near the main attractions. Download electronic city maps and a guidebook to your phone in advance.

Water... In Europe, you can drink tap water everywhere. In many cities, drinking fountains are installed, and you can safely drink from them. To check, you can look at

Perhaps all modern travelers can be roughly divided into two categories - those who go to unknown destinations with the help of travel companies and those who organize their trip from and to on their own.

Recently, there are more and more people traveling without intermediaries - both in the world and in Russia in particular. It is obvious that independent tourism has become widespread thanks to the development of the Internet and electronic technologies, which do not require, say, even personal presence when buying air tickets.

The maximum simplification of paperwork, hotel reservations, purchase of tickets for all kinds of transport allowed people to expand the boundaries of choice. And if earlier a person had to go to a travel agency in order to find out absolutely all questions about the upcoming trip, now we just need to enter any request into the search line on the Internet and get an exhaustive amount of information.

Interestingly, according to some sources, employees of a number of travel companies are already talking about the fact that their business is on the verge of extinction... Of course, travel companies will not be able to completely disappear - lazy, rich and elderly people will always crave the caring "hand" of a tour operator, but the problems with "passenger traffic" are increasingly beginning to be felt by companies. After all, they are mostly turned away by young people - they are not afraid of anything and know perfectly well how to find cheap air tickets, how to book the most suitable hotel rooms, how to apply for a visa and how to see the maximum of attractions with a minimum of financial costs.

In this material, we will not debunk the unnecessaryness of travel agents and praise independent travelers, if only because in the first and second cases there are both obvious advantages and disadvantages that are not so noticeable at first glance.

Here we will talk about how to travel cheaper - through a travel agency or by yourself, to which country it is better to go through a tour operator, and which country you can go to "on your own", and also consider, by way of example, how to organize a trip on your own according to a similar offer from a travel agency, what time it will cost - what will be its advantages and disadvantages.

To begin with, the choice of organizing the upcoming trip depends on a number of circumstances and factors. These include primarily travel dates, choice of dates and days for the flight or relocation, financial capabilities of tourists, direction - that is, the country they have chosen for vacation, as well as personal wishes for the level of the hotel, its location, and so on.

As practice shows, travel companies are usually approached by people who do not want or do not have enough time to independently organize a trip, citizens who have problems with a foreign language and need constant guidance from a guide, as well as those who are "greedy" for hot tours, that is vouchers that can be bought, roughly speaking, one day before departure at a super-low price.

On their own, people who speak English fluently travel to foreign countries, who know how to independently organize the best leisure time and conditions for staying in a foreign country, who are not afraid of buying air tickets on their own, solving visa issues, and so on, as well as those who do not want rest according to a given pattern travel agency.

Now let's look at the example of specific countries, where it is still easier for our fellow citizens to travel through travel companies, and where it is more profitable to travel on their own.

All statistics show that the most popular tourist destinations for Russians are Turkey, Egypt, Greece, China, Thailand, India and Spain. The sample of these countries is naturally supplemented from year to year by others, but even among those given here it is clear that mainly European states are in demand, or countries South-East Asia ... Neither Latin and North America, neither Australia nor Middle and South Africa in this top you will not find.

The craving for Europe among our compatriots is most often explained by the close location of the countries, their rich history and a richness of attractions smoothly interspersed with a favorable Mediterranean climate. As for Asia, Russians are most often attracted there by the thirst to get acquainted with the exotic, to expand spiritual knowledge, and also attracted by the cheapness of Asian life. However, first things first.

Where is the best place to go with the voucher?

To begin with, let's take such popular destinations from Russians as Turkey and Egypt. As a rule, these countries attract compatriots by their territorial proximity to Russia, resorts with access to the sea, warm climate and developed tourist infrastructure. Both countries, due to their popularity, are in good standing with Russian travel companies. That is why it is easy to spend a week in Egyptian Hurghada or Turkish Antalya with the help of a tour operator for 14-16 thousand rubles, with a flight, compulsory meals and all-inclusive drinks, in at least a 4-star hotel with a swimming pool and a water park on site.

Otherwise, the choice is for the tourists themselves - spend all 7 days at the hotel, relaxing and basking in the sun, or combine passive rest with active trips to the sights for an additional price. For example, at the hotel itself, you can easily take an excursion and go on a real safari or to the ancient mysterious pyramids.

As practice shows, it is better and cheaper to travel to the countries in question by a voucher. Self drive for only one round-trip tickets will cost the traveler the price of the entire tour from the tour operator. And if you add accommodation, food and entertainment to this, then you will need to overpay at least twice.

Of course, if you really want to, you can go to Turkey or Egypt on your own. However, if you choose exactly a beach vacation, then it makes sense to overpay for it, using an individual search for hotels and good conditions in them - practically none.

It is known that such destinations as Thailand, China and India have also recently been widely developed by travel companies and, accordingly, by the flows of Russian citizens. At first glance, these countries are also easier, safer and more appropriate to visit on the tours offered by the operators. However, it immediately becomes apparent that to fly, say, to sunny Thailand is several times more expensive than to plunge into warm seas Turkey.

Usually, offers of travel agencies for holidays in Southeast Asia for two are full of amounts almost reaching 100 thousand rubles for a week's rest, and there is definitely no question of any all-inclusive. Sometimes, of course, companies throw away unsold vouchers and Internet surfers eager to travel get a discount trip for 30-40 thousand, which, you will agree, is much cheaper than 100, but still more expensive than Turkish baklava.

Which countries are cheaper to travel to on their own?

And here tour operators are replaced by free travelers, those who are meticulously ready to tell you that it is best to travel around Asia yourself.

Firstly, it is important to understand that such resorts in Thailand as Pattaya and Phuket (the most popular among tour operators and, accordingly, tourists) are becoming prohibitively expensive every year, not without the help of our compatriots. Secondly, even in these, which have become expensive places in Thailand, independent travelers find budget options for both food and accommodation, rather than what the operators offer.

For example, in the "kingdom of smiles" it is not necessary to rent a 4-star hotel with free breakfast at the fabulous price of a travel agency. At independent search you can easily find hotels or guest houses on the same Booking at two or even three times cheaper, with conditions practically no different from a 4-star hotel.

As for air travel, if you plan your trip in advance, say, three months in advance, you can buy the cheapest tickets, and sometimes even direct ones. Sometimes independent travelers manage to grab round-trip tickets for $ 500-550. And if we add rental housing here, on average 500-600 rubles per room per day in a decent guest house, and daily meals for the same amount, then housing plus food will cost a maximum of 8 thousand rubles for one person or 12-15 thousand for two.

At the same time, you will not be constrained by the schedule set by a travel agency, you will be free to change your location in accordance with your preferences and budget, and you will also be able to easily travel around memorable places countries without resorting to the help of guides and groups loitering after him. To implement the last point, it will be enough to arm yourself with a map of the area and a smile, even knowledge of the English language at a high level is not required from you.

If we talk about a trip to India on a tour, then it is definitely worth saying that the benefit of such a trip will consist only in the fact that the organizer, in a sense, will be responsible for you - for the round-trip flight, check-in at the hotel and what -that food. For the rest, you need to know that rest in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and, say, Vietnam is best planned on your own, since factors such as accommodation, food and hotel location are, first of all, a priority to determine on the spot. , and secondly, all this in the local market will cost you several times cheaper than the tour operator will offer.

Thus, in many respects, it will be cheaper and more interesting to visit the countries of Southeast Asia on their own. Even in spite of the fact that the flight to this land, far from central Russia, takes a lot of time and costs an order of magnitude more expensive than the road to a clean and civilized Europe.

What about Europe?

As for Europe, then opinions on how it is more profitable to travel - by yourself or through a travel agency in each case are ambiguous. In fact, one cannot generalize about European countries that they are all equally expensive, for example, as about Asian countries, we confidently assure that all these states are approximately equally cheap.

The paradox of Europe is often that it is quite cheap to fly there from Moscow or St. Petersburg, but in the Schengen area itself, everything is not so accessible to our tourists. For example, many travelers - it doesn't matter on a tour or on their own who traveled to Paris on their own - note the high cost of the French capital, the inability to idly drink coffee in the morning in coffee houses and allow themselves to have lunch and dinner at a cafe every day. About Norway and Denmark, in general, one can hear only exclamations about incredible prices for everything, and not at all stories about fjords.

However, our tourist still does not bypass old Europe, despite all its pretentiousness and high cost. There are also corners here, which from year to year attract streams of Russians. For instance, Spain, Bulgaria or Czech Republic.

Traveling to these countries in most cases will be cheaper if you plan on your own. If only you want to visit one of the designated countries, and not several in a week on a bus tour.

For instance, v Czech Karlovy Vary on tourist voucher on average, you can go for 1000-1500 euros for 7 days, this amount includes the flight, as well as accommodation in a 4-star hotel with daily breakfasts.

If you organize the trip yourself, then there is a chance to cut costs in half, that is, for 500-500 euros. All you need to do this is a plane directly to the capital of the Czech Republic - Prague for an average of 120 euros for both tickets, from where you then need to go on your own to Karlovy Vary for about 50-60 euros one way, to a hotel booked in advance of your choice for 240 euro for 7 days.

As for countries such as Spain, Italy, France or Greece, it is possible to travel there slightly, but it is still cheaper to travel on your own. Among the advantages of such a vacation there will be absolute freedom of movement and plans, among the disadvantages - the complete organization of the trip - from self-registration of visas to finding the best and inexpensive hotel in an unfamiliar country.

By the way, it's time to tell you about all the delights of independent and mediated travel. After all, in the end, a tourist must clearly see the difference between the first and the second, in order to choose for himself the most optimal plan for spending a vacation or another segment of his life in a foreign country.

First, let's take a look at the points. advantages of traveling abroad through tour operators:

Minimum time spent on planning and organizing the upcoming trip, purchasing a full package of services in a short time.
Directly at the time of rest, you do not need to worry about hotel reservations, meals and sightseeing.
Any questions will be answered by the tour operator or his representative on the tour.
If you do not own English language- it doesn't matter, the tour will be organized using Russian-speaking guides, the hotels will meet you with a speech at native language, there is practically no need to communicate in broken English.
Organized excursions will take place in a schedule and speed set by the guides, tourists will have no time to think about anything superfluous. All decisions for travelers will be made even at the moment when they will pay for the trip to a travel agency in their home country.

As you can see, the trip through travel company may be pleasant to those who are not ready to deal with some everyday problems while on vacation, as well as to those who like a clear, set schedule. In addition, the services of the tour operator will be gladly used by people employed in ordinary life, wealthy compatriots and other categories of people who, for some reason, do not want to plan their vacation on their own.

However, let's also see what are the advantages of individual travelers:

The ability to adjust the travel route, both before the start of the trip, and during the trip itself.
The ability to independently choose the most suitable level of hotel, food, transportation.
The chance to purchase air tickets in advance at a discounted low cost and the ability to shift the date of departure or arrival, as well as an independent tourist, is always entitled to return a ticket if necessary, paying the minimum fine to the airline. For example, it is a priori impossible to refuse a travel agency voucher without tangible damage to the wallet.
A free traveler is completely left to himself, so he can consider the sights as much as he wants, change the route at will, return to the places he likes or more intensively explore new ones. You can only dream of such freedom in organized tours.
Self-organization of travel with a careful approach will often cost an order of magnitude cheaper than a tourist trip.
In addition, drawing up a travel plan individually, a tourist, as a rule, truly penetrates the culture of an unknown country, broadens his horizons, lives his journey from the very beginning to the very end consciously, independently, freely.

Usually, young people who do not have money for organized tours and have no desire to follow some kind of guide, to be limited in actions and aspirations, go on trips on their own. Also, individual trips are a priority for people who have been abroad more than once and "gorged" organized tours eager for real adventure.

Among independent tourists you can also meet middle-aged, even elderly people. As a rule, these are people who have not lost interest in life, striving to more fully familiarize themselves with the local flavor of the countries they are going to, as well as understanding the value of their time and the fact that no one can organize a good trip for them better than themselves.

In principle, to choose which way is better or cheaper to go to distant countries- everyone's personal business. Because for some people, the thought of organizing a trip abroad on their own will seem like a nightmare, while for others they will open a "second wind" and incredibly inspire.

Finally, I want to give you an example of how you can organize your trip cheaper than using the services of a travel agency, even taking into account the fact that you are planning the purchase of tickets and the entire trip in a short time.

We will choose sunny and distant Thailand as our destination. A ticket to the famous island of Phuket, so beloved by Russian tourists, is sold for two by the first travel agency in the search for 76,737 rubles. This price includes air flight, 4-star hotel accommodation for 6 nights from May 9 to 15, free breakfast, insurance and transfer.

But let's see what price this trip will cost us if we organize it ourselves. Turning to the first low-cost airline that came across (sites selling air tickets with discounts, cheaper than the airlines themselves), it turns out that flying from St. 29 643 rubles for one... That is, two tickets will cost 59,286 rubles, including fuel surcharges.

We go to booking and find the desired 4-star hotel. The price for a superior double room with taxes included and breakfast is EUR 168 for 6 nights. We translate them into rubles at the current exchange rate and get 8370 rubles.

To summarize - tickets plus accommodation without a voucher on their own will cost us 67 656 rubles.

That is with an independent organization, you can save up to 10 thousand rubles! For some, of course, this is not money, but for some categories of citizens this difference will seem tangible. In addition, it can be significantly increased if, say, you stay not in a designated hotel, but in a guest house with the same pleasant and cozy rooms, but without breakfast included in the price. It is quite easy to find a decent guest house in Phuket with accommodation per day for 600 rubles for two, which will be half the price of a hotel.

However, in independent travel not everything is as cloudless as it might seem. Naturally, saving sometimes requires some sacrifice, for example, time... Unfortunately, I have no data on what kind of flight the travel agency offers to Thailand from Russia - direct or with transfers. But more often they try to organize such tours with direct transfers. In the meantime, with independent planning, usually the cheapness of tickets is formed due to the fact that you fly with transfers, perhaps even with different airlines.

In our example, you can contemplate this. The flight to Phuket will be with two transfers and on average it will take 20 hours to travel in both directions. As you can see, you'll have to sacrifice a few hours of restful sleep in order to save on travel costs. Therefore, choosing the best way to go on vacation is, I repeat, everyone's personal business.

Do not forget that when organizing a trip on your own, a lot depends on how early you started planning your trip, as a rule, the earlier you bought tickets, the cheaper they are. In our example, the deadlines are really quite tight, and the dates are not the best in terms of cost, so the difference in price between the tour operator's offer and an independent trip may not seem too noticeable. But even with such an organization, it is obvious, which means that it will be cheaper to go to Thailand on your own than through a company.

Summing up, I would like to say that naturally there is no consensus on how best to travel around the world. Every person has his own needs, his own comfort zone and his own financial capabilities. As for how it will be cheaper to travel abroad, I think that within the framework of the article I was able to show you that there are certain trends, based on which you can plan your trip and know which country is better to go on your own, and which one through a tour operator ...

Do you want to travel inexpensively? Travel. Dot. No excuses.

All you need for this is a great desire and desire to get to know every corner of this world, a little time for planning and money. The material component very often stops many people who want to go somewhere, because there is an opinion that traveling is expensive. But this is not the case. Whether you want to travel within the country or abroad, one thing remains unchanged - you can and should travel based on your own budget. And if you have a modest one, it doesn't matter. It will take only a little time and a strong desire from you, and they will help you to deal with all the nuances.

All advice is based solely on our own experience (good and bad). Yes, whatever it is - it's still an experience. After all, thanks to him, we know how to travel cheaply across Europe from Ukraine, and not only. And so that this experience is not bad, we believe that it is necessary to draw useful conclusions from it so as not to step on the same rake every time.

So, we decided to go a little further and remove as many of these "rakes" as possible, so that neither we, nor you, nor your friend / girlfriend, in general, no one stumbles over them the next time. Down with the rake! After all, cheap travel is real and much easier to carry out than you might think.

Little advice- take only the essentials and throw on as many things as possible on yourself, thereby leaving more space in a backpack, bag or suitcase.

One city is not the limit. One country too.

It is not necessary that the city of your arrival and departure is the same. Sometimes it will be much cheaper to move or fly to another city or even a country, and then go home from there. Unfortunately, sometimes a low price for a ticket from point A to point B does not mean the same low price to return from point B to point A. Besides, I think that plus a couple of cities or countries to your route will never be negative. Unless you are running out of time - then you already need to look at other options for how to save money on your trip.

Love the buses

If by land, then in 90% of cases it will be cheapest to go by bus. Trains, although more comfortable, sometimes much faster, but on a budget trip, you can choose a less comfortable option. Believe me, the bus can be cool too. In addition, no one canceled the presence of Wi-Fi and sometimes personal screens for watching movies 🙂

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Take your time with tickets

In the case of trains in Europe, look at different ticket options (group, day, for several days, etc.) and buy 2nd class. Believe me, in Europe very often the second class of the train is much cooler than our Intercity +.

Do the same with public transport. It is often much cheaper to buy a card for the whole day than to drive three times. regular ticket... Think in advance how often you will need to use public transport and calculate which option will be more profitable for you.

Use couchsurfing

I think everyone has already heard about this service. But we are sure that not everyone used it. If the budget is tight, but you really want to travel - try it, you won't regret it. We have heard many reviews from friends - not a single negative one. Everyone was always satisfied not only with free housing, but also with good and interesting people, as well as an unforgettable pastime with them. Indeed, often couchsurfing is not just a free place to sleep, but also people who are ready to tell you (sometimes even show) about interesting places that you will not find in a regular guidebook, as well as tell about local culture and traditions.

The only caveat is - be prepared to cancel your agreement in last moment... There is nothing you can do about it - anything can happen.

Pay in your native currency

If you have the opportunity to choose the currency for paying for the ticket, choose the currency of the country in which you live. Why spend extra money on conversion? In addition, very often the price can differ depending on the currency you choose. Therefore, check, check and check again!

Fuh, this is the end of our list. We hope these tips will help you save on your travel expenses.

If you have any questions - you know how you can find us 😉

Tireless romantics are already planning their next independent excursion to new country, city, territory. And someone is going on a more familiar, but long-awaited vacation tour with a ready-made voucher. But here's how to learn how to travel, both fun and budget, applies to all types of travelers for whom spending is key. Experienced pilgrims, for whom inexpensive travel has become a kind of test of adaptability, will help you to learn the secrets of this noble cause. Their stories and advice boil down to 5 iron rules for budget adventures around the world.

A rule that is not shown to everyone, but if it is possible to use it, it works flawlessly - to drive only on your own.

Fits:

free, young people;
outgoing, courageous tourists;
married couples without exaggerated requirements.

If you know the language of the country where the tourist's gaze is directed, then you can go freely yourself in any case, it will still come out cheaper and much more interesting than through an agency. By the way, about the latter. It is the services of intermediaries that eat up a decent part of the travel budget, because of them economical trips are impossible. But everything that is done in the agency is quite accessible to yourself.

You just need to spend the evening on useful information, instructions, of which there are a large number on the network today, and book tickets and accommodation on your own. If you need a visa, then it is also possible to make it without the participation of others, especially when you live in a developed city. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of the provinces should not despair either - since it is conceived to make the tour on their own, then such a task should not become the first obstacle.

Part two - do it yourself

The rule that smoothly follows from the first - to travel economically helps the independent selection of air tickets or other tickets for the road.

This makes it possible:

Exactly the same actions will bring success when looking for housing on your own. There are a lot of metasearch engines looking for the best options, for example, super-cheap ones, but with the conveniences of hostels, apartments from owners, mini-hotels. And also, you should definitely study with interest the topic called "crouch surfing". Then accommodation during the trip can generally be obtained free of charge.

More detailed instructions How to do all of the above, there is a large amount on the network today, choose what you like best and learn. In the unstable time of our days, it is not fashionable to throw money around.

Part Three - Banks Can Help Too

A rule of thumb for how to travel on a budget with the help of banks. The fact is that considerable competition in the market forces banks to fight for any customers, which gives rise to a bunch of interesting offers from the banking side. If you already have your own preference for a bank, then you need to ask if it has an appropriate package of services related to travel. By 2018, many banks have developed very profitable programs for tourists using their payment cards, which include:

cashback miles;

refundable interest for booking hotel tickets;

free insurance;

gift bonuses and more.

If you do not have a single payment card in your hands, then you should not be lazy to find yourself a suitable bank with favorable offers for tourism and start a relationship with it. However, you need to be more careful when choosing a partner bank - often a rather large commission is charged for using some cards abroad.

Young promising students and specialists should take an interest in ISIC, ITIC or IYTC international cards - a very profitable system for budget travel in Europe and the USA.

Part four - visas

Self-service visas - already mentioned, but a few more little tips won't hurt. Firstly, it is a deep myth that visa processing through travel agents is more reliable, fast or successful. In fact, all the work of travel agency employees in terms of issuing a visa to a client is reduced to the fact that they simply give the necessary package of documents to the consuls themselves instead of clients. To do this is absolutely accessible on your own and with exactly the same success. But no overpayment. How - they will tell you detailed, very simple instructions from the sections of special sites.

Part five - on the road

The first 4 tips related to preparing for the tour, and now tips for saving on the road directly:

luggage should be as compact as possible and with minimal filling - the pleasure of traveling increases in direct proportion to the decrease in the volume of things taken with you and vice versa, the threat of loss, overpayment for excess weight also disappears (especially for low-cost airlines);

going on independent budget travel, you need to carefully identify the scheme of moving from the airport of arrival to the place at home - doing this by taxi is very expensive, and the timetable public transport may be very peculiar in some countries, it is better to know about this in advance;

it is better to eat away from tourist zones, in eateries, cafes and taverns for locals, this should be firmly learned by every future thrifty traveler, the real ones already know about this - prices for the "menu" for their own and tourists differ by 2 or even 3 4 times.

Thinking about how to make a tourist cruise inexpensively, you do not need to be limited to superficial ideas heard by chance from friends. The more information, the more profitable you can travel around the world without a lot of money, therefore, having chosen a direction, read, read, read as much as possible about it, and then you will be able to save on absolutely everything. But - no need to try to save abroad on travel tickets from Europeans or the United States, hares are punished there very severely.

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Tickets cost from 13 574 rubles.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 990 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 1,000 rubles.
Food... Cold Lithuanian borscht - 190 rubles, fried potatoes with hunting sausages - 290 rubles.
Entertainment... Two tickets to the Museum of the World Ocean (submarine excursion) - 600 rubles, entrance to the Amber Museum - 300 rubles for two.

Things to do

Go to an organ music concert in Cathedral and meditate on the eternal at the tomb of Immanuel Kant.
Visit the Fishing Village, board the B-413 submarine, and then go to the Amber Museum. It is unthinkable to visit Kaliningrad and not buy an amber souvenir or jewelry.
Explore the Kaliningrad region: the castles of the Teutonic Order - Insterburg and Schaaken are located a short hour from the city.
Take a walk through one of hiking trails Curonian Spit - a miracle of nature included in the List World heritage UNESCO. Marvel at the dunes and intricately curved trees of the Dancing Forest.

Russia, Karelia

The cost of tickets to Petrozavodsk is from 18 872 rubles.
When to go: May to September.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 1,000 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 1,200 rubles.
Food... A gate (Karelian pie) with potatoes - 75 rubles, trout fish soup - 410 rubles, mountain ash liqueur - 190 rubles per 50 grams.
Entertainment... A trip to Ruskeala - 3,850 rubles for two, an excursion to Kizhi - 5,900 rubles for two, an excursion to Valaam from Petrozavodsk - 10,400 rubles.

Things to do

There are 60 thousand lakes and 27 thousand rivers here. Go rafting or kayaking on the Shuya River, or catch a hefty salmon while fishing on Lake Onega. If extreme is not attractive, go to the Kivach waterfall - this is the highest flat waterfall in Europe.
You cannot visit Karelia and not visit the Kizhi reserve, where real masterpieces of wooden architecture are collected. According to legend, the Church of the Transfiguration was built by the carpenter Nestor with only one ax. After the construction, the master threw the ax into the lake so that no one could repeat his masterpiece.
Not far from the border with Finland there is mountain park Ruskeala. Where marble was previously mined in an industrial quarry, there is now a lake with marble shores and underwater grottoes. On the way to Ruskeala, take a look at the Tohminskiye waterfalls.

Georgia

The cost of tickets to Tbilisi is from 22,332 rubles.
The entry regime is visa-free. When to go: May to July or September to October.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 361 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 902 rubles.
Food... Khachapuri - 135 rubles, a portion of 10 khinkali with beef - 180 rubles, pork shashlik - 270 rubles.
Entertainment... Excursion around Tbilisi - 1,800 rubles for two, two tickets to the botanical garden - 90 rubles, a round trip by cable car - 90 rubles for two.

Things to do

In Tbilisi, be sure to take the cable car to the Narikala fortress, visit the flea market on the Dry Bridge, Shardeni street and the botanical garden.
It is worth paying attention not only to the capital, but also to the rest of the country's regions. Interesting - ancient city Mtskheta, the mountains and waterfalls of Svaneti, the Georgian Military Road and, of course, Kakheti with its wine.
For a beach holiday, go to Batumi, Kobuleti or Sarpi. The beach in Sarpi is considered one of the best in Adjara - the seaside region of Georgia.

Poland, Krakow

The cost of tickets to Krakow is from 34,104 rubles.
Entry mode: Schengen visa required. When to go: For Catholic Christmas or May to September.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 1,081 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 2,153 rubles.
Food... Casserole (baguette with filling) - from 84 rubles, chicken fillet with mushrooms - from 227 rubles, 0.5 liters of draft beer - from 118 rubles.
Entertainment... Tickets to castles and museums - from 200 rubles for two, a tour of the Wieliczka salt mines - from 2,998 rubles for two.

Things to do

If you want to see the real Poland, fly to Krakow. Krakow is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the country. This former capital state and place of the coronation of Polish monarchs.
Wander in Krakow's Old Town and Market square visit architectural complex on the Wawel Hill, there is the royal castle and the ancient cathedral of Saints Stanislav and Wenceslas. Be sure to check out the Christmas market in December.
In the city of Wieliczka, not far from Krakow, there are once the largest salt mines in Europe. You will be guided through winding corridors, past salt sculptures and underground lakes. To fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere, you will rise to the surface in a special miner's cabin.

Montenegro

The cost of tickets to Tivat is from 28,370 rubles.
The entry regime is visa-free. When to go: May to November.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in the hostel - from 1 750 rubles, double room in guest house- from 1 893 rubles.
Food... Fried cheese - 419 rubles, pork chop - 482 rubles.
Entertainment... Excursion to Ostrog - from 3 490 rubles for two, two tickets to the Durmitor park - 419 rubles.

Things to do

For natural beauty, go to national park"Durmitor". The gorge along the Tara River, which flows through the park, is the Montenegrin analogue of the American Grand Canyon. This is the deepest canyon in Europe: its depth reaches 1,300 meters. In "Durmitor" there is one of the most high points Montenegro - Mount Bobotov Kuk (2,523 meters).
For connoisseurs of medieval architecture, there is a direct road to the historical part of Budva, built during the times of the Venetian Republic. Then go to the Orthodox monastery Ostrog, carved into a sheer cliff at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level.
As for the sea, the choice is yours: or the beaches Adriatic sea, or the fjord of the Bay of Kotor.

Vietnam

The cost of tickets to Ho Chi Minh City is from 43,922 rubles.
Entry mode: when traveling for less than 15 days, a visa is not required. When to go: to Hanoi - from September to February, to Nha Trang - from February to August, in Mui Ne - from December to June, to Hoi An - from January to August.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 664 rubles, a hotel - from 844 rubles.
Food... Pho soup - from 98 rubles, rice with seafood - around 170 rubles, fresh juices - from 40 rubles per 0.3 liters.
Entertainment... Excursion to the Kuti tunnels - from 2,257 rubles for two, two tickets to the Vinperl park - about 3,900 rubles.

Things to do

Would you like to see the dragon-made bay? Long ago, he crawled to the sea and left valleys filled with water behind him. Of course, this is a legend. But Halong Bay is the most beautiful postcard view of Vietnam.
From Ho Chi Minh City, take a guided tour of the Kuchi Tunnels. They were dug up by guerrillas during the Vietnam War to launch surprise attacks on American troops. Now underground passages with a total length of up to 200 kilometers have become a popular tourist attraction.
It would be strange to come to Vietnam solely for the sake of studying cultural heritage of this country. Beach holidays are what attracts tourists. For him it is worth going to Nha Trang, Mui Ne or Hoi An.
In Nha Trang, be sure to take a day to visit the Vinperl amusement park. Leads there cable car more than three kilometers long. Winperl is a paradise for the budget tourist: for a very moderate amount, you can ride the rides all day long, see the dolphin show and go to the only water park with fresh water on the coast. Of the rides, we especially recommend an electric sled: the cart rushes along a winding track, and you regulate the speed yourself.

Sri Lanka

The cost of tickets to Colombo is from 54,034 rubles.
Entry mode: you can apply for an electronic visa permit. When to go: December to April.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Two places in a hostel - from 673 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 1,263 rubles.
Food... A portion of rice with curry - from 75 rubles, pancakes with banana and chocolate - from 90 rubles.
Entertainment. Sightseeing tour in Colombo - from 3,095 rubles for two, two tickets to the elephant orphanage - about 1,800 rubles.

Things to do

The path to nirvana lies through the golden triangle: the cities of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Here are the largest and most important Buddhist temples and monasteries.
Connoisseurs of good tea should visit the town of Nuwara Eliya. See how densely carpeted tea bushes line the hills and shimmer with emeralds in the sun. Dilmah, Akbar - it's all from here. Sri Lanka is one of the three largest tea-producing countries in the world.
The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is without exaggeration a unique place. Here they bring up and teach wisdom to elephants, for one reason or another left without parents. You can even watch the elephants bathe and eat.

Tunisia

The cost of tickets to Tunisia is from 33,201 rubles.
Entry mode: when traveling for less than 90 days, a visa is not required. When to go: March to June or September to October.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... Double room in the hotel - from 2,099 rubles, apartments for two - from 2,239 rubles.
Food... Fish soup - 165 rubles, grilled tuna - 470 rubles, a cup of mint tea - 50 rubles.
Entertainment... Two tickets to Carthage - about 500 rubles, two day trip to the Sahara - approximately 13,000 rubles.

Things to do

If you want to literally touch the antiquity, here you will find what you were looking for. You can start from the capital: in Tunisia (yes, both the country and the capital are all Tunisia) visit the medina - Old city where narrow streets are woven into a labyrinth surrounded by a stone wall.
The ruins of Carthage are deservedly popular with tourists - once largest city on the west coast Mediterranean Sea... Carthage was founded around 814 BC. The amphitheater, aqueduct and baths of Anthony Pius remained from the former luxury.
Go on an excursion to the Sahara - after all, not every day you get a chance to see the most real desert and visit the Berbers. By the way, the settlement of Matmata, where representatives of this ethnic group live, was seen by everyone who watched “ Star Wars": There it depicted the planet Tatooine.

Morocco

The cost of tickets to Casablanca is from 31,692 rubles.
Entry mode: when traveling for less than 90 days, a visa is not required. When to go: May to October.

Cost of one day

Accommodation... A room in a guest house - from 1,400 rubles, a double room in a hotel - from 1,959 rubles.
Food... Casserole with eggplant and tomatoes - 430 rubles, paella with fish - from 276 rubles, a cup of coffee - from 77 rubles.
Entertainment... Excursion from Agadir to Marrakech - approximately 8,100 rubles for two, a trip to the Sahara with local guides - from 10,000 rubles.

Things to do

Stop by Rick's Bar in Casablanca, which recreates the atmosphere of the cult movie by Michael Curtis. Feel like a Humphrey Bogart and order a bourbon.
For lovers beach holiday road to Tangier. To the west of the city is the country's longest beach strip: 47 kilometers of sand along Atlantic Ocean... When you swim enough, you can go to the Sahara - such excursions are not only in Tunisia.
Who Said Africa Isn't For Amateurs alpine skiing? In winter, the weather in the Atlas Mountains is good for skiing. You can slide on a snowy slope in the morning and swim in the warm ocean in the evening.
If you have enviable willpower and do not fall for the sweet speeches of talkative sellers, go for souvenirs at the local bazaar. Bargain with might and main, here this process is almost more important than the fact of purchase.

USA, New York

Tickets cost from 40 830 rubles.
Entry mode: visa required. When to go: March to October.

Cost of one day

Food and housing in New York is not cheap. On the other hand, tickets from Moscow are inexpensive for such a long flight, and on the spot you can make a very budgetary vacation program.

Accommodation... Double room in the hotel - from 3 816 rubles, apartments for two - from 5 331 rubles.
Food... Hot dog - 186 rubles, chicken burger - 354 rubles, chocolate muffin - 154 rubles.
Entertainment... Two tickets to the Guggenheim Museum - about 2,800 rubles, two tickets to the zoo - about 2,000 rubles, a visit to the Statue of Liberty - about 2,100 rubles for two.

Things to do

Must-sees in New York: Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Statue of Liberty, Times Square and Central Park.
From local museums and attractions, it is worth visiting, first of all, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, Madame Tussauds, a botanical garden and a zoo. Of course, one cannot ignore the New York Museum of Modern Art, which contains works by Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso and Dali. By the way, on Fridays from 4 pm to 8 pm admission is free, if you are not afraid of long lines.
Entertainment in New York is for every taste: a concert at the Metropolitan Opera, NBA or NHL matches. Going over budget? The views from the Brooklyn Bridge are absolutely free, as is the ferry between Manhattan and Staten Island.

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