This year, Defender of the Fatherland Day falls on four days off, from February 23 to 26. And if you add a few days of vacation to them, you can go on a full-fledged trip, especially considering that February is not the most tourist month, and prices for air tickets and hotels are an order of magnitude lower than during the January holidays. AiF.ru found out where to spend an inexpensive February weekend, together with the online travel service OneTwoTrip.
Baku, Azerbaijan
The capital of Azerbaijan was once compared to Paris, but now, thanks to skyscrapers, Baku resembles Dubai. Despite urbanization, the city does not lose its flavor: historical fortresses, palaces, and mosques have been preserved here.
In four days in Baku you can get acquainted with its main attractions: the palace of the Shirvanshahs, the Maiden Tower made of black stone and, of course, real oriental bazaars.
Price: Flight + hotel (from February 23 to 27) - from 15,557 rubles
Weather: At the end of February it is quite warm in the capital of Azerbaijan. The average air temperature is +8 - +14 degrees
Visa: Not required for travel up to 90 days
Brussels, Belgium
If you have a multiple-entry Schengen visa, you can travel to Brussels. Four days for a walk around the capital of Belgium and the European Union, you’ll have enough time to see the main attractions and try the main types of beer in local pubs.
If you wish, you can get from Brussels in a few hours to Paris, Amsterdam or toy Bruges, located just an hour and a half drive from the capital.
Price: Flight + hotel from 21,643 rubles (from February 23 to 27)
Visa: Schengen.
Weather: average temperature during the day +6 - +10 degrees
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Baltic capitals have been called the cheapest for many years now tourist cities Europe. Vilnius is perhaps an ideal option for a short and budget travel: despite Lithuania’s transition to the euro, holidays in the country remain inexpensive.
In Vilnius, be sure to stroll through the narrow streets of the Old Town and the artists' district of Užupis, go to the KGB Museum and the Church of St. Anne. You can also go to the town of Trakai, located near the capital, where the medieval castle of the same name is located.
Price: flight + hotel: from 12,954 rubles (from February 22 to 26)
Visa: Schengen
Weather: Unlike Brussels and Baku, it is still cool in Vilnius in February. The average daytime temperature is −2 — +2 degrees
Staraya Russa, Russia
If your travel budget is limited, you can spend a long vacation in Russia. For example, in Staraya Russa, a small town in the Novgorod region, founded in the 12th century. A huge number of legends are associated with it, for example, there is a version that it was Staraya Russa that gave the name to the whole of Russia and that this place was the birthplace of Rurik.
The city was once the center of Russian salt production. Natural mineral fountains of salt water that come out of the ground are reminiscent of this fishery. At one time, Dostoevsky came to relax at local resorts: the house where he worked on The Brothers Karamazov has now been turned into a museum.
Price: Round-trip train ticket - from 2500 rubles, accommodation - from 4200 rubles for a double room for three nights.
Visa: Not needed
Weather: At the end of February from −6 to −1 degrees
Magnitogorsk, Russia
With the end of winter, the ski season is coming to an end, so if you have not yet tried snowboarding and skiing, then there is the opportunity to spend a few days on the slopes. Inexpensive ski holiday can be found in Magnitogorsk. In addition to skiing, you can go snowmobiling and ice skating here.
Price: Flight + accommodation from 22,000 rubles
Visa: Not needed
Weather: Average temperature from −10 to −5 degrees
The New Year holidays are left behind, which means that February 23 is about to arrive - the popularly celebrated Defender of the Fatherland Day, which has become an official holiday since 2002.
Today, this wonderful holiday has begun to have a less pronounced military and political overtones, turning simply into Men's Day. February 23 is the time for the strong half of humanity to accept congratulations from women and receive gifts, since they are all our protectors. We joyfully thank them for real masculine qualities: masculinity, strength, care, love, courage, support, for taking care of us.
Best congratulations on February 23
Don’t know how to congratulate you on this day in an original and useful way? The best gift for real men on February 23rd will be exciting journey with family or friends for the most famous cities Russia, as well as abroad!
In 2020, we offer you unforgettable excursion tours around the Golden Ring, to Novgorod, Pskov, Karelia, the Middle Zone and other most interesting places. You will appreciate the beauty of majestic cities, follow in the footsteps of outstanding people of our country and learn a lot of interesting things about their exploits. Choosing such an educational tour will cause an unprecedented rise in patriotic feelings.
Most often tourists choose bus tour along the Golden Ring and to cities not very far from Moscow. But if you are planning a long winter holiday on February holidays(for example, tours to St. Petersburg, Crimea, Kaliningrad, etc.), then it is better to use train or air travel.
It became known that in 2018, Russians, in addition to vacations and “regular” weekends, will have an intensive rest for another 28 days. Full vacation, and paid. This luxury was a consequence of the postponement of weekends due to holidays.
The Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations supported the draft resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation on the transfer holidays in 2018. In this regard, Russians will have substantial New Year holidays, “long” holidays on February 23 and March 8, quite decent May holidays, and will also have the opportunity to relax in June and November.
How to relax for the New Year
New Year holidays 2017-2018 will be ten days - from Saturday, December 30, 2017, to Monday, January 8, 2018, inclusive. Thus, the last official working day will be Friday, December 29, and the first working day of the new 2018 will be Tuesday, January 9. Here, as doctors warn, the main thing is to correctly calculate your strength and not get carried away with strong drinks with fatty, high-calorie snacks.
Defender of the Fatherland Day February 23
On Defender of the Fatherland Day Russians will be able to rest for three days - from Friday, February 23, until Sunday, February 25, inclusive. This is convenient because you don’t have to go to work straight from the holiday table.
Women's Day March 8
Women will also be lucky in 2018, at least as far as their holiday is concerned. Traditionally popular in Russia International Women's Day we have to walk and relax for four whole days - from Thursday, March 8, to Sunday, March 11. This is very convenient, because, as after Defender of the Fatherland Day, you don’t have to “get up to the bench” immediately after the hectic celebration.
May beds
The start of the dacha season will also be successful for Russians - on May 1 Russians will be given four days off at once, and this is not counting the lonely May 9.
The May holidays will begin on Sunday, April 29 (Saturday, April 28, you will have to work) and will last four days - until May 2 inclusive.
On Russia Day, which is celebrated on June 12, you will also be able to relax longer - the small summer holidays for working Russians will last from Sunday, June 10, to Wednesday, June 12, inclusive. You will have to work for this on Saturday, June 9th.
Although November 7 in Russia it has not been a day off for a long time, but the habit of celebrating in the midst of autumn cannot be canceled, so we have a holiday National Unity Day, which is celebrated on November 4th. Due to the fact that next year November 4 falls on a Sunday, the Russians were compensated for this loss. Therefore, we will have a rest from Friday, November 3, to Monday, November 5, inclusive.
And there, as they say, the New Year is just around the corner, and, judging by the calendar, from December 29-30, 2018, Russia will again go on a ten-day New Year holiday.
Who is the laziest
Russia ranks first in the world in the number of non-working days. Russians annually receive 40 paid non-working days, consisting of 28 days of vacation and 12 days off due to public holidays.
In second place among those who like to relax are Italy and Sweden; citizens of these countries vacation for 36 days.
Next come residents of Brazil, Norway, Finland and France, who each have 35 days off.
In last place is Mexico, where there are only seven days of paid leave plus six holidays.
In China it’s a little better - a five-day vacation plus 11 days of holidays.
In the USA - ten days vacation and ten days of public holidays.
In terms of vacation duration, Russia is in second place (28 days), second only to Brazil, where workers rest for 30 days.
So familiar and near Moscow region every year reveals to us new facets of its splendor and truly limitless opportunities for relaxation and treatment. The Moscow region was formed on January 14, 1929 and is located in the center of the European part of Russia, between 54 and 57 s. w. and between 35 and 40 centuries. d. Area (excluding Moscow area) 46 thousand km2. Population (as of January 1, 2004) - 6,622 thousand people (4.6% of the Russian population). The Moscow region borders in the west with Smolensk, in the northwest and north with Tverskaya, in the northeast with Yaroslavl, in the east with Vladimir, in the southeast with Ryazan, in the south with Tula, in the southwest with Kaluga regions. Administrative center Moscow region - Moscow. Geographical location The territory of the Moscow region is determined by the generally flat nature of the relief with alternating hilly hills and flat lowlands.
The poet William Blake argued that the whole world can be seen in one flower bud. In the Moscow region, many generations of Russians collected and painstakingly preserved the best artifacts of world culture, repeated famous historical landscapes, and copied world-famous palaces and castles. Here you can visit the holy land without leaving the expanses of our northern Motherland. In the 17th century, the banks of the Istra River, with their bends, miraculously repeated the bends of the Jordan River, and our Moscow region Jerusalem was reflected in its waters. Mounts Zion, Tabor, Eleon and Galgotha grew. For its beauty and genuine luxury, the Arkhangelskoye estate has been turned into a “Versailles” near Moscow, and in the south of the Moscow region, in the steppes of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve, real bison graze freely. And if you like the overseas exoticism of a tropical hotel, the hospitable and zealous Moscow region will offer it to you. Because the Moscow region is one of the most developed regions of the Russian tourism industry. Scroll resort complexes exceeds 1000 items and is able to provide any level of comfort. Health resorts, known for their unique medical facilities and highly qualified medical staff, will help you restore and improve your health. How much active entertainment in boarding houses and recreation centers near Moscow! The outskirts of the capital are famous for rare natural beauty. A land of brooding forests, ancient rivers, magical lakes and even man-made mountains will provide you with a rich selection of spring entertainment, summer holiday and rest on
Climate
The climate of the Moscow region is temperate continental. The warm period (average daily air temperature above 0°C), starting in early April and ending in early November, lasts 205-215 days. The warmest month is July (average temperature from 16.5 C in the northwest to 18.5 C in the southeast). The absolute maximum temperature - 39 C was recorded in Kashira and Zaraysk. The annual precipitation in the region varies from 450 to 650 mm.
Natural healing factors and treatment profiles
The basis of the resort resources of the Moscow region, along with the climate, is mineral waters drinking value and brines that are used for baths. Many sanatoriums near Moscow, such as Mozhaisky, Dorokhovo and Erino, have their own pump rooms. In the Moscow region there are several deposits of medicinal peat mud, which are effectively used for treatment in sanatoriums. The possibility of carrying out sanatorium-resort treatment and recreation in the Moscow region is determined by the following factors: the absence of an acclimatization, adaptation and readaptation reaction for residents of central Russia; all-season; developed recreational and medical-diagnostic infrastructure of sanatoriums near Moscow; proximity to leading medical centers.
Diseases of the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, nervous system, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, gynecological diseases, metabolic disorders.
