What is the best way to spend your May holidays when the borders are closed due to the virus and you can no longer stay at home? Of course, you can get out to the dacha, but it's better to go on a trip to Russia! We offer several destinations where you can go on vacation in May 2021 relatively inexpensively.
Black Sea
While the borders are closed, develop domestic tourism! Yes, the service in Russia is much worse, no doubt about it. But it is better to go to the sea and mountains in May 2021 than to stay in a dusty and noisy city. Moreover, it is quite inexpensive on the Black Sea!
I really like the sea in May: it is warm and sunny during the day, and in the evenings it is fresh and cool, so I always take a jacket and a windbreaker. The warmest in Sochi and Adler - during the day + 21 ° С, at night + 13 ° С, but there are rains. The water is still + 15 ° С, it is too early to swim. By the end of the month, the sea warms up to + 18 ° С, and the season begins in Tuapse, Gelendzhik and Anapa.
So where is the best place to rest? Any resort will do. I like the area around Sochi, because there are many interesting and beautiful places: mountains, waterfalls, crevices, dolmens. Find out where is the best place to relax in Sochi.
With young children, I advise you to choose a resort with a sandy beach, for example, in Anapa - it is safe and convenient.
We rested in Abrau-Dyurso in May - everything is blooming there, the air is very fresh. It is very good in campsites near Arkhipo-Osipovka, where pines grow. And if you want to improve your health, go to the thermal springs - complete relaxation!
Crimea
Crimea is love for life. At different times of the year, he reveals different beauties. And if you want to have a rest in Russia in May, be sure to go to Crimea to see the peninsula in different colors. We specially went there in May to see fiery poppies, rare tulips and yellow rapeseed fields. And in spring it is not hot there, there are few tourists, and housing prices are low.
In Yalta, Alushta and Feodosia + 18 ° С during the day, +10 ... + 12 ° С at night. The weather is changeable - sometimes it rains, it is windy and cool during the day. It is still cool to swim even at the end of May (water +18 ... + 20 ° С), but we swam a little in Sudak and Alushta. Take warm clothes - a jacket and a windbreaker. They may not be useful, but take it better.
So where is the best place to rest? We traveled all over Crimea in May and it was good for us everywhere! But most of all I liked Sudak and Olenevka - they are very cozy and picturesque. We return to these places more than once. Olenevka has a stunning sandy beach, shallow transparent sea, dolphins and fabulous snow-white cliffs. Sudak has a well-developed infrastructure, stunning nature and a lot of interesting places in the area, so it's hard to get bored: the fortress, Novy Svet, walks to the mountains and to the Meganom and Alchak-Kaya capes ...
Azov sea
The Sea of Azov seems to me not as beautiful as the Black Sea, and the nature there is much more modest. But it is convenient to have a rest with children: the terrain is not mountainous, the sea is shallow, the beaches are sandy. And at the resorts of the Azov Sea it is cheaper than at the Black Sea coast.
In the afternoon + 21 ° С, in the evenings I put on a jacket and trousers - it's still cool, +13 ... + 16 ° С. Come to rest at the end of May: it gets warmer + 22 ... + 25 ° С, some even swim, although by local standards the sea is still icy. I didn't risk it. By the way, the warmest sea is in August-September.
So where is the best place to rest? We have been to Kuchugury many times - this is a small quiet village with minimal infrastructure, a long sandy beach and a shallow sea. From there it is convenient to go on excursions to Anapa, Taman, to the lake of lotuses, to a mud volcano. If developed infrastructure is important, choose Yeisk. Just to live by the sea and breathe healthy air, go to Golubitskaya, Dolzhanskaya, Shchelkino.
Karelia
If you are not attracted by the southern resorts of Russia, we advise you to go on vacation to Karelia in May 2021 - a wonderful land of dense forests, endless lakes and clear rivers. We went there by car - and we advise you the same, because only in your car you will see the maximum of interesting places. Find out how to organize a car trip to Karelia.
It is better to go to Karelia at the end of May, when it is already sunny and warm - in the afternoon +15 ... + 18 ° С. In the first half of the month, during the day up to + 10 ° С, and at night there may be frosts. But there are no lingering rains and blood-sucking insects! This is a big plus, because in the summer the gnaw drove us crazy. By the way, in May, the best time for rafting, and the season of fishing and navigation in general begins - you can already get to Kizhi, Valaam and Solovki. Find out what reviews tourists leave about Karelia.
Seliger
We haven’t been to this lake yet, but tourists warmly recommend it for a vacation in Russia in May. On Seliger, there are simple human joys: fishing, barbecue, sauna. Vacationers sunbathe, go boating, ride horses and bicycles, or simply walk through the pine forest.
In May, on Seliger during the day + 18 ° С, at night + 8 ° С, sometimes the air warms up to + 22 ° С. But the weather is changeable, be prepared for the rains too.
The main attractions are the Nilo-Stolobenskaya hermitage, the source of the Volga and the holy Okovetsky spring. Visit Torzhok - a cozy, beautiful town on the Tvertsa River with picturesque temples. Interesting is the Shirokov graveyard, which is popularly called the Seligerskiy Kizhi.
Mountain Altai
Gorny Altai is a fabulous land, there is such a beautiful nature! If you want to relax in May in a completely different Russia - wild, exotic - come to Gorny Altai, beyond the Seminsky Pass. Here, along the Chuisky tract, horses and camels graze, kumis and mantas are sold, there are ancient steles and burial mounds, and thousand-year-old petroglyphs are carved on the rocks. We drove in Gorny Altai by car for a month and a half - these places are really impressive! Check out our TOP-25 places in Altai.
In general, everything is fine, but there is one drawback - only residents of Siberia can have an inexpensive vacation in Altai. For everyone else, the trip will be quite expensive, because the tickets are decent.
There may still be snow in the mountains in May, but the valleys are turning green and hiking tours are already opening. Dry, clear and a little windy. + 15 ° С during the day, + 10 ° С at night. Sometimes there are frosts at night, even snow falls, but it quickly disappears.
