Weekly “Argumenty i Fakty” n ° 31. Without flag or anthem, but with medals and Tchaikovsky 04/08/2021
The holiday season is in full swing. Where to spend it for those who haven't decided yet? Consider non-seaside destinations & ndash; active holidays, wellness or cruises.
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It is good to combine active tourism and outdoor recreation, beaches by the lakes and even wellness programs, like the balneotherapy & shy logia. If we are talking about not so remote regions of central Russia with incredibly beautiful landscapes and opportunities for active recreation and health improvement, then these are Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk region in the Caucasus & ndash; Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Tcherkessia, my native Ossetia, Chechnya and Dagestan.
In the North & ndash; this is of course Karelia and the Murmansk region. Further & ndash; Altai, unique Baikal, both from the Irkutsk and Buryat side, and, of course, from the Far East & ndash; and Primorsky Territory, and Kamchatka, and Sakhalin Island, which is now also possible to fly & shy; inexpensively.
A great format for a summer vacation off the beach & ndash; cruises: there are hundreds of different routes in our country along rivers and along the Black Sea coast. These are very special trips, with their own traditions and atmospheres. A true classic & ndash; cruise along the Volga, the largest river highway in Europe. You can access it from all major cities of the Volga & ndash; Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan. Cruise on the Volga & ndash; these are ancient trading towns, and knowledge of different cultures, new gastronomy, for example, in the Tatarstan republics, Chuvashia. You can cross the Volga downstream and travel to Astrakhan, where lotuses bloom from the second half of summer until early fall.
Cruises between the two capitals, Moscow and St. Petersburg, are good. And from St. Petersburg you can choose routes in northern Russia & ndash; to Valaam and Kizhi, to the Solovetsky & shy archipelago.
Cruise on wheels
But cruising can be not only on the water. A new type of cruises has appeared in Russia & ndash; railroad & shy; road. Here the principle is the same, only instead of a 'hotel on the water'. you are traveling to a hotel on wheels. The 'Pearl of the Caucasus' tourist train is new for the season. It leaves until the end of September every Saturday from Moscow & shy; you. It is a unique route, a bright mix of the South, the Volga and the Caucasus. For weeks & shy; ny trip you can visit the thermal springs in Kislovodsk, take a seaside walk in Novorossiysk, see the ancient citadel of Derbent or the Sulak cany & shy; it is in Dagestan, the most beautiful mosques in Chechnya, and end the trip by visiting Mamograev Kurgan in the Volga Volga.
In the city & ndash; and on the beach
You can spend your vacation comfortably in large cities, which already have a high-quality tourist infrastructure, & ndash; opportunities for recreation outside the city in nature and near water, for example, on the banks of the Volga & ndash; in Kazan, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, in the Baltic & ndash; in St. Petersburg and Kalinin & shy; grad, in the south & ndash; in Rostov-on-Don. Atmospheric walks in Kaliningrad can also be combined with ecological routes along the unique Curonian Spit, relaxation on white sandy beaches, as well as balneology. Kazan & ndash; it's the flavor of Tatar culture and UNESCO sites on the island town of Sviyazhsk and ancient Bolgar, and a trip to picturesque Kamskoye Ustye. Samara & ndash; it is not only a very beautiful city with Art Nouveau architecture, but also the longest riverbank of the Volga, sandy beaches in the city, Samarskaya Luka, Zhiguli mountains, which s ; call the Volga Switzerland. And Nizhny Novgorod celebrates its 800th anniversary & ndash; and it promises to be the highlight of this summer season. At the same time, from Nizhny Novgorod you can go to the sandy beaches of the Gorky Sea and the famous Svetloyar Lake, as well as walk around the ancient cities & ndash; Semionov, Gorodets. To be calm on vacation, I recommend getting vaccinated before the holidays.