It is interesting and budget-friendly to relax in Russia and Ukraine on the beaches of the Black Sea coast. In addition to the beach, there are also options for informative excursion recreation and places where active tourism is developed.
Many people, for various reasons (language barrier, unwillingness to travel abroad, etc.), want to relax in Russia or Ukraine, since vacation at home is quite economical and diverse.
Beach vacation
Summer beach holidays are, of course, linked to the Black Sea coast. In the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory and Abkhazia, you can rent a small room in a mini-hotel, a summer house, or book a room in a boarding house for quite little money. Fans of "wild" tourism prefer to settle in tents near deserted beaches, far from famous resorts: the water is cleaner there, dozens of times fewer people and a more family-like calm atmosphere. The resorts of Crimea are suitable for those who want not only to sunbathe and swim, but also to improve their health: the healing coniferous-sea air has a good effect on the state of the respiratory and cardiac systems of a person. The cost of "tent" rest is the sum of tickets to the sea (or the cost of gasoline) and food.
Interesting sights of the South of Russia are, as a rule, natural, but in the Crimean cities you can visit the most interesting architectural monuments of the 19th century, as well as the ruins of ancient Greek cities located near Sevastopol, Feodosia and Kerch.
Excursion rest
Fans of educational tourism will be interested in trips along the Golden Ring of Russia: the cities of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad, Kostroma, Suzdal and Vladimir (and other small towns included in the Golden Ring). In addition to the most interesting ancient Russian architecture, you can visit historical museums, buy handicrafts, take a break from the hustle and bustle of big cities in nature. You can arrange an inexpensive trip along this route with a travel company (a tour by bus with a guide, lasting 2-3 days will cost from 10-12 thousand rubles) or on your own, by car (costs for gasoline, inexpensive hotels and food). In addition, routes to St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan are popular (for an economical stay, you can choose hostels or inexpensive hotels).
Leisure
The niche of inexpensive ecological tourism in Russia is occupied by horse tours in Bashkiria and Altai, as well as rafting tours (organized in various regions of Russia, the most popular in the Altai Territory, Siberia, as well as in the south of Russia). The cost of water tours (without tickets to the venue) is from 11 thousand rubles for 4-5 days. The cost of an equestrian crossing is from 16 thousand.
You can go downhill skiing inexpensively in the Ukrainian Carpathians or in Siberia (Krasnoyarsk Territory). The cost of the ticket depends on the remoteness of the place of residence; accommodation starts from 400-500 rubles per day.
