Someone prefers to spend the New Year holidays lying on the couch. And someone wants to radically change the situation, and celebrate the New Year in another country. Who said: "Is it too expensive?" OneTwoTrip service amounted to rating of the cheapest New Year tours 2018-19. To do this, the experts analyzed the cost of both self-rest and vouchers with departure from Moscow on December 29 and return in a week, January 5.
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6. Greece
A week costs 70 120 rubles.
Opens the list of the cheapest places for the New Year holidays sunny and friendly Hellas. The cultural program of the New Year depends on the city in which you will be. In Athens, the most crowded and colorful festivities take place on the main square - Syntagme. Everyone dances sirtaki, have fun, shout - the dream of an extrovert. And dreamy introverts are recommended to visit the temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. According to rumors, if you make a wish there at sunset, it will come true.
In early January, you can swim in the rocky radon lake Vouliagmeni. Entrance is paid, but the experience is unforgettable. And good for health.
5. Cyprus
A week trip costs 63,266 rubles.
Like Greece, Cyprus is associated with summer tourism. And what can you do there for the New Year? It turns out a lot of things:
- Watch the Sirtaki folk dance and participate in the festive carnival.
- Try Vasilopitta - semolina flour pie in which a silver coin is hidden. According to legend, St. Basil hid the simple savings of Christians in the dough so that they would not be found by the soldiers of the emperor Julius. From this test, he baked a lot of bread and distributed them to those in need. By tradition, one piece of basilopitta should be left on the table, and in the morning taken to church and given to the poor.
- Meet the upcoming year on the seashore (at night there are about +5 degrees). Or climb the mountain, which is located near the port city of Girne. At the top of the mountain is the castle of St. Hilarion.
It is best to visit Paphos and Limassol on New Year's holidays. According to reviews of experienced travelers, the most lively festivities take place there.
4. Turkey
A week tour costs 51,889 rubles.
This country is traditionally associated with inexpensive summer vacations. However, in winter in Turkey there is something to see. Of course, swimming in the cold Mediterranean Sea is hardly reasonable, but it will be successfully replaced by swimming pools with heated water. And in the Turkish ski resorts you can enjoy not only the all-inclusive system, but also simple slopes and good service. Or celebrate the New Year by plunging into a hot thermal spring in Pamukkale or Kangal.
Magnificent New Year celebrations (more to please tourists than locals) are held in Istanbul and Ankara. In other cities, the onset of the Christian New Year is calm, unlike the Muslim New Year according to the Hijra (lunar calendar with a floating date).
3. Poland
A weekly trip costs 49,400 rubles.
The top 3 cheapest New Year destinations are opened by a small, compared to Russia, but very beautiful country. We recommend not only one city for New Year holidays, but visit Warsaw, Gdansk, Krakow and Wroclaw. All these cities have their own unique atmosphere and a large number of ancient attractions. And on New Year's days they are also richly decorated, here, like in other European cities, Christmas markets will be held and your trip will turn into a real New Year's fairy tale.
On New Year's Eve, concerts of folk and modern music are held on the squares of Polish cities, fireworks are thundering and multi-colored fireworks are launched.
2. Riga
A week trip costs 48 690 rubles.
From the end of December until mid-January, holidays are continuously held in the capital of Latvia. Both Catholic and Orthodox Christmas are celebrated here. Citizens are proud that it was in their city that the world's first New Year tree was installed (this happened in 1510). In honor of this event, a memorial plate is mounted on the Town Hall Square.
Christmas trees in Riga love and make them very intricate. Here you can find both wooden and mirror Christmas trees and even Christmas trees, labyrinths. The tradition of Christmas markets is not forgotten, the largest of them works on Dome Square. It sells handicrafts, amber jewelry, toys, famous Riga bread and much more.
At 12 am, a grandiose firework begins, which tourists and residents of Riga look out on. And over the river Daugava salute thunders.
1. Bulgaria
A week stay will cost 32,400 rubles.
According to OneTwoTrip, this is the cheapest New Year tour at the moment. In winter, in Bulgaria you can go to the ski resort of Bansko, Pamporovo or Borovets, and celebrate the beginning of the New Year in a local cafe or at a disco.
If your sport is shopping, go to Sofia, where New Year's sales and discounts await. And on January 6 it will be possible to observe the Feast of the Epiphany (Yordanovden). Bulgarian men dressed in national clothes bravely plunge into icy water. And each of them is the first to try to swim to the wooden cross, which the priest lowers into the water. It is believed that the winner of the extreme swim in the new year will not hurt.
Even in Bulgaria, there is a tradition after 12 strokes of the chimes for three minutes to turn off the lights in rooms and squares. At this "time of darkness" everyone kisses, expressing without words their joy from the onset of the holiday. Very romantic, right?
