Summer is the time to escape from the office to the sea to make up for the lack of sun in the body and relax. We have put together for you a selection of countries with sea beaches, low prices and interesting sights, where you can spend an inexpensive and interesting holiday. How you can combine a beach holiday with diving to sunken cities and hot air balloon flights, walks with pink flamingos and giant turtles, visits to eastern palaces and mountain monasteries – read in our material.
Budget: up to 20,000 rubles
Abkhazia
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Visa: not required
Russians do not need visas or foreign passports to travel to Abkhazia. There are clean beaches, untouched nature, hospitable residents and excellent cuisine. The most popular resorts in the country: Pitsunda, with sandy beaches surrounded by pine forests, Gagra, with pebble beaches, clubs and a water park, and Gudauta, with a wide beach covered with small pebbles and a smooth entry into the sea. There are also many diving centers in Abkhazia that organize dives to the sunken cities of the Roman Empire, such as Dioscuria near Sukhumi and Anakopia near New Athos.
In addition to a beach holiday, we recommend visiting the karst caves of New Athos, with stalactites and underground lakes, paragliding, seeing Lake Ritsa, which changes color depending on the weather, the Gegsky waterfall and the elegant castle of the Duke of Oldenburg in the mountains near Gagra.
Flight Moscow ⇄ Sochi: from 9,510 rubles
Accommodation in a 3* hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 10,500 rubles
Budget: from 20,000 to 30,000 rubles
Georgia
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Visa: not required
Georgia is an amazing country with sea resorts and mountain passes, cave cities and ancient monasteries. Prices are low, the wine and food are excellent, and the people are hospitable. The Black Sea coast covers about 100 kilometers, and its best resorts are: Poti, with black volcanic beaches that are surrounded by pine and eucalyptus trees, Kobuleti with pebble beaches and nightlife, Kvariati, where you can go diving and snorkeling, and Batumi, with wide beaches, good service and excellent restaurants.
Georgia has a huge number of natural wonders and historical monuments, of which the rock monasteries of Vardzia and David Gareja, the mountain peaks of Svaneti, the cave city of Uplistsikhe, the karst caves of Sataplia with underground lakes, the Likan Palace in Borjomi and the medieval fortress of Khartsvisi deserve special attention.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 22,163 rubles
Turkey
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Visa: not required
Turkey has four seas with resorts for every taste, mountains and thermal springs, ruins of ancient cities, magnificent palaces and mosques. The most popular resorts: Alanya – wide sandy beaches surrounded by banana groves, Belek – nightlife, clean beaches and excellent infrastructure, Antalya – noisy beaches with restaurants, discos and a water park, Marmaris – pebble beaches, discos and diving schools, this is a favorite resort of young people .
The country has a huge number of attractions that are worth visiting: the cave cities and hot air balloons of Cappadocia, the ghost village of Kayaköy and ancient Hierapolis, Byzantine temples and Ottoman palaces of Istanbul, the dazzling white travertine terraces of Pamukkale and Olympos-Beydagları National Park with mountain ranges and ruins of ancient cities and a beach with giant turtles.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 24,218 rubles
Portugal
Visa: Schengen visa required
Portugal has the lowest prices in Western Europe, wonderful weather all year round, 1,800 kilometers of ocean coastline and delicious cuisine. 299 Portuguese beaches have been awarded the Blue Flag, an international award recognizing the cleanest and safest beaches. The resorts of the Algarve province are considered the most comfortable: Vilamoura, Albufeira and Portimao, next to which there are nature reserves with flamingos, water parks, ancient Roman ruins, surfing and diving schools. The beaches of the Azores are surrounded by wildlife and geysers, and the resorts of the Lisbon Riviera are famous for their nightlife.
In addition to elegant architecture, low prices and excellent beaches, Portugal has many UNESCO heritage sites: the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, the museum city center of Évora with its Moorish palaces, the laurel forests of Madeira and the medieval cities of Sintra and Guimarães.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 29,574 rubles
Budget: from 30,000 to 40,000 rubles
Bulgaria
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Visa: a Bulgarian visa is required, but if you have double/multiple entry visas of the Republic of Cyprus, Romania and Croatia or a Schengen visa, you can enter using them
Bulgaria is one of the cheapest countries in the European Union, so you will have to pay for a visa, but you will be able to save on housing, entertainment and food. There are many resorts with clear seas and sandy beaches: Obzor, with the ruins of a fortress, a pine forest and mineral springs, Saints Constantine and Helena with quiet bays and cypress groves, Albena with a quiet beach surrounded by a pine forest, Golden Sands with a water park, a surf school and fun nightlife, and Sunny Beach with the best service, wide beaches and gently sloping sandy bottom. And in the towns of Velingrad and Sapareva Banya there are balneological resorts.
Bulgaria is a small country with wild nature and ancient cities that you can travel around in a few hours. We recommend visiting the Valley of Roses and the Thracian fortress of Serdika, the city-museum of Nessebar, the islands of Burgas and the Rila Monastery in the mountains.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 31,244 rubles
Montenegro
Visa: not required
Montenegro has low prices, amazing nature and the cleanest sea. Here you can relax at the spa resorts of Kontor Bay, sunbathe on the shores of the Adriatic Sea in Becici, Budva and on the island of San Stefano and snorkel at the Lustica Peninsula or in Risan Bay.
In addition to the beaches, Montenegro is famous for its medieval historical monuments and natural reserves, we recommend that you see the castles of Perest, the mountain peaks and glacial lakes of the Durmitor National Park, the Ostrog rock monastery, Skadar Lake with pelicans, medieval palaces and cathedrals of Kotor.
Flight+hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 36,768 rubles
Morocco
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Visa: not required
Most European low-cost airlines fly to the visa-free kingdom of Morocco. Here you can swim in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, go on a Sahara safari or go surfing. Resorts with the best infrastructure are Agadir – the most European resort in the country with a crescent-shaped beach, Oualidia, lying on the Atlantic coast surrounded by quiet lagoons, Essaouira, which is loved by surfers for its constant wind, and Legzira – with secluded beaches with red sand and orange rocks.
Morocco is also famous for its ancient cities and natural wonders: white houses and the fabulous palace of Mahakma du Pasha in Casablanca, hundreds of shades of blue in the city of Chefchaouen, Martian landscapes of the Sahara, the huge colorful Al-Ahad market, a medieval city made of clay Aït-Benhaddou, where Hollywood directors love to film, and the Dades Gorge with amazingly shaped red rocks.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 35,744 rubles
Tunisia
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Visa: not required
Tunisia is a mixture of Europe and the East, where colonial architecture coexists with ancient fortresses, and spa resorts with mosques, Catholic churches and bustling bazaars. The resorts of Tunisia are varied: quiet Tabarka is surrounded by cliffs and cork forests, Gammarat has wide beaches and the largest thalassotherapy center in the country, the clean sandy beaches of Nabeul are surrounded by ancient ruins and orange groves, Hammamet has the best infrastructure, restaurants and nightlife.
In addition to the beaches, we recommend visiting the ruins of the legendary Carthage, the city of Djerba with a monumental fortress and a lagoon where pink flamingos live, Jugurtha, a mountain with a flat top, the medieval city of Hammamet with ancient Roman ruins, as well as Lake Chott el Djerid , covered with a salt crust.
Flight + hotel for 7 nights for 1 person: from 37,415 rubles
* Prices for flights and accommodation are indicated at the time of writing. The cost indicated in the material and the final price may differ depending on the time during which the tickets are purchased.
