Spring is a great reason for traveling with the whole family. By April, he is already warming, so you can spend more time on the street and enjoy fresh air and flourishing nature. We picked up several options for trips that will like both children and adults.
With kids: Azov Sea
It’s still too early to swim in April, but if you decide to go on a trip at the end of May, then you will just find the beginning of the beach season. The Sea of Azov is smaller than black, and already in the middle of the last spring month, the water warms up to +18 ° C there, and by the beginning of summer, if there are enough sunny days, it will reach +22 ° C.
At the same time, breathing in salty air and walking along the beach is always useful, especially since the weather in the middle of spring is already quite comfortable: in the afternoon before +20 ° C, and the sun is increasingly showing due to clouds. The warmer in the southern cities and villages, for example, in Temryuk, Peresyp and Achuyevo.
The more popular Yeisk is cooler, but there are much more leisure options here, so we advise you to go on vacation with the kids here. The beaches here are pebble and shell -made, which means that you can collect beautiful pebbles in memory of the rest. In addition, the city has many inexpensive cafes where there are dishes that are suitable even the smallest guests. The choice of entertainment is huge: oceanarium, dolphinarium, children’s entertainment center and amusement park.
From the attractions we advise you to visit the Khan lake, whose dirt is considered healing, and a long braid – here it is nice to walk along the shore and admire nature. Find the time for a trip to the Ethnographic Center “Kuban Khutor”, in which you will be introduced to the history and life of the Cossacks and even show costumed performances.
Where to stop
Hotel “Villa Vitaly” – from 2,500 rubles* per night.
Assol Hotel – from 3,000 rubles* per day.
How to get
The nearest working airport is in Stavropol. The cost of tickets from Moscow in April and May starts from 5,800 rubles* in one direction. To get to Yeysk, you need to rent a car, you will spend about five hours on the way.
With preschoolers: Pyatigorsk
This resort city, famous for its mineral springs, is great for restoring strength after a long winter. Here you will find many sanatoriums where healing programs will be selected – including for children.
In April, the temperature is held in the area of +18 ° C, every day it becomes warmer. It’s nice to walk the streets, and you can also go with an excursion to the mountains or to Lermontov’s places.
Preschoolers will appeal to the local Operetta Theater, where they put performances on children’s fairy tales-for example, “Tsar-Snow Princess” or “Treasure Island”. There is a zoo in the city park, and there is also an interesting museum of insects, where you can look at butterflies and bright beetles closely.
In addition, it is convenient to travel to neighboring resort cities from Pyatigorsk – it is easy to get to Essentukov, Kislovodsk and Zheleznovodsk by car or public transport.
Where to stop
Hotel “Mashuk” – from 3,000 rubles* per day.
Spas hotel “Bristol”-from 8,700 rubles* per night.
How to get
The nearest airport is located in neighboring mineral waters, from where you can get to the city by taxi for half an hour or public transport (minibus + train) in 40 minutes. A ticket from Moscow to mineral water will cost at least 4,000 rubles*.
With primary school students: Vladimir
With older children, from 7 to 10 years old, you can already get out for sightseeing walks – study history and get acquainted with beautiful architecture. For this, the Golden Ring of Russia is ideal – one of the most popular tourist routes. However, it is important not to overload children with impressions, so we advise you to focus on the examination of only one city. And Vladimir is a great option, because there are several interesting museums in which fascinating master classes are held.
Of course, the historical center is also worth a walk: to inspect the Cathedral Square and the symbol of the city, the Holy Assumption Cathedral, which has long been the main temple of Rus’. After going, for example, to the gingerbread museum-here you can see delicious exhibits and prepare a delicious souvenir yourself: they will teach how to fashion, bake and even paint a confectionery on the master classes.
Next, look at the Vladimir Planetarium, the museum of the spoon, the Borodin’s forge, the Museum of Illusions and Sciences, as well as in an amazing space called “Grandmother-Jugus” dedicated to this fairy-tale character.
Where to stop
Hotel “Vladimir” – from 4,500 rubles per day*.
Hotel “Orion” – from 5,000 rubles per day*.
How to get
By train from Moscow. In the spring months, the cost of tickets one way starts from 530 rubles*.
With teenagers: Kola Peninsula
Want to arrange a real adventure for your grown up children? Show them the harsh exotic of the available Arctic! Moreover, it is not difficult to get to Murmansk: there is a large airport in the city, into which direct flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg are regularly flying. And in April-May, the long-awaited spring comes in the region slowly, and you can count on +5 ° C and the sun.
The main May event of the region is the opportunity to observe in the Barents Sea, not far from the village of Teriberk, real whales. Of course, the place is colorful in itself: there is a beach with stones of an unusual shape that resemble eggs of fairy -tale lizards or dinosaurs, as well as a cemetery of abandoned ships. We are sure that teenagers will be delighted. In addition, in recent years, the city has been rapidly developing a tourist infrastructure: there are hotels and a good restaurant in which local sea delicacies are served.
And, of course, here it is worth ordering an excursion on a boat that will deliver you to the open sea to a meeting with the largest mammals in the world. In the bay of the Teriberian lip itself, whales rarely come in (although this happens).
You can get to Teriberki from Murmansk both by public transport – once every two days a regular bus (on the way is about four hours) – and by taxi from the bus station.
Murmansk himself also leave a couple of days: here the children will probably impress a visit to the real atomic icebreaker Lenin. Here you can inspect the cabins, galley, captain’s cabin (they even allow the helm) and the nuclear reactor itself. And in the city there is a good oceanarium, according to which interesting excursions are conducted.
Where to stop
Renaissance Hotel – from 5,200 rubles* per night.
Azimut Hotel – from 6,500 rubles* per day.
How to get
Airplanes from Moscow and St. Petersburg fly to Murmansk daily. Ticket prices in the spring season start from 4,000 rubles* and 3,000 rubles*, respectively.
With adult children: Kamchatka
With children over 15 years old, you can already go to the distant corners of Russia or go to where the kids can be too difficult. For example, to the other end of the country, on Kamchatka. The road to the edge of volcanoes and geysers for young children can be a test: in the plane from Moscow you will have to spend about nine hours. But adult children are already affordable.
And there are enough entertainment that will not leave anyone indifferent. In the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky itself, get on the Nikolskaya hill to remove the beautiful panorama of the Avacha Bay and admire the unusual forest of stone birches, which are older than the city itself. Get to the pier in the Mokhova Bay, where there is a cowl of a sivuke – pretty animals, which, incidentally, are listed in the Red Book. And be sure to booked a boat trip – in May it will no longer be a harsh test, but quite a pleasant impression, because the weather improves every day. In the sea, the famous rocks “Three Brothers”, whales and killer whales will be shown to you.
Another bright travel point will be a trip to the Gisers Valley, where several hundred seething sources and mud boilers are located. The powerful fountains of hot water and the couple are really impressive from under the ground.
In addition, you can look at the Khalalaktyr beach with black sand (there are several surf spots), get to the SUV to one of the volcanoes and swim in a hot source.
Where to stop
The recreation center “Solnechny” – from 3,700 rubles* per night.
Hotel “Avacha” (rating 6.6 out of 10) – from 4,300 rubles* per day.
How to get
On an airplane from Moscow, you will spend about nine hours on the way. The cost of tickets starts from 13,500 rubles* in one direction.
*Prices are relevant at the time of publication.
