Last places for the new year

The first days of winter are very close, which means that soon the New Year holidays will knock on our doors. Someone will traditionally celebrate the New Year with family and friends, but someone for the holidays can not wait to go on a New Year's journey. However, traveling is not necessarily visiting other countries, since there are also many beautiful places in Russia to celebrate the New Year.

Moscow and St. Petersburg

Red Square, Chimes, christmas treeSanta Claus, New Year's salute, thousands of people - an incredible festive atmosphere undoubtedly reigns here, in the capital of Russia. You can also spend the New Year at VDNH, in Gorky Park, Sokolniki, and many other parks in Moscow. Dozens of New Year's fairs and several big rinks are open.

The main tree of the server capital is located on Palace Square, and the main street of the New Year event is the main street of the city - Nevsky Prospect. Also to spend New Year's holidays invites Ostrovsky Square. Fairs, concerts, competitions and other various events await you in St. Petersburg.

Kamchatka

A rather exotic place to meet for holidays will be the northeast peninsula of the country. You will have the opportunity to visit the hot springs, ride in a dog sled and see real volcanoes near. You have plenty to ski on the slopes and visit all the main sights on snowmobiles.

Local animal guides will show real rookeries of wild seals and sea lions to animal lovers. For those who prefer to all types of recreation, winter fishing will be offered to visit the Commander Islands, where you can catch cod, flounder or halibut. In general, the New Year in Kamchatka is a lot of beautiful places, an abundance of snow and a real unity with nature.

Baikal

The majestic lake looks incredibly beautiful in winter. One of the most popular places to celebrate the New Year on Baikal is Olkhon Island, which is located right in the middle of the lake. A lot of legends surround the island, one of which says that the legendary conqueror Genghis Khan was buried here.

On Olkhon, you will be offered to ride a snowmobile, relax in a Russian steam room, or take a ride on the ice through the Small Sea and the Olkhon Gates. Among the attractions of the island is to see the Kurykan Wall and Shamanka Rock. We also advise you to look at the fish market, where you can buy fresh fish caught in the cleanest waters of Baikal.

Karelia

Winter Karelia is a wonderful place to celebrate the New Year. Here you can celebrate holidays with a sleigh ride with a reindeer sleigh or a snowmobile ride in the winter forest. The nature in Karelia is remarkable for its incredible beauty, and therefore you will long remember such a holiday.

One of the most beautiful places is the largest waterfall in Europe, Kivach. It does not freeze in winter and takes on a truly magical appearance. Water vapor settles on the surrounding fir trees, covering them with fluffy hoarfrost. The ice pillars at the foot look bizarre and form a whole gallery of winter art.

Great Ustyug

This city is traditionally considered in Russia as the birthplace of Santa Claus and is a popular meeting place. new Year holidays. The main attraction is the two houses that belong to the winter wizard. The residence of Santa Claus is located right in the center of Veliky Ustyug, and his Votchina is located outside the city in a pine forest. These fabulous houses are so famous that at least 200 thousand tourists come to visit them every year.

In the Fatherland of Father Frost, you can visit the workshop, the zoo, the forge and the ice room. You can also try to make your own fabulous gifts and, of course, buy a few souvenirs. In the vicinity of the magic house you will find the House of the wise Owl, the Glade of the Months Brothers, the Magic Well and other fabulous places. Together with Santa Claus, visit the Winter Garden, in which in the middle of winter flowers bloom and magical characters hide.

Vologda

The city in which New Year's celebrations are held on a truly Russian scale. On the main square of Vologda traditionally arrange a fair, theatrical performances and round dances. In addition, there are a lot of souvenir shops here, in which, in addition to New Year's merchandise, you can buy Vologda lace, which is well-known throughout Russia.

Those who are more interested in customs and architecture in Vologda will also find where to go and what to look for. There are many museums, several functioning monasteries, cathedrals and churches. Among the unique places is the Museum of Lace, which is the world's only collection of lace works from around the world.

The beginning of the New Year is a holiday and celebration. All over the world, people are trying to celebrate the arrival of the new year in the brightest, most beautiful and original way. Fireworks, concerts, festivities - all this makes New Year's Eve the most spectacular. But there are some places in the world where New Year's Eve becomes really magical.

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New Year in Las Vegas is celebrated in a big way. The city hosts mass celebrations with more than 9-hour concert of live music and famous artists. Night clubs tend to impress their guests, so much so that you will not forget it soon. Fireworks are exciting. Every year more than 300 thousand people come to Las Vegas to meet new Year.

You can buy the coolest pyrotechnics at saluti.by, but salutes on New Year's Eve in Bangkok are something. Perhaps Bangkok is the perfect place to celebrate the New Year. It is not surprising that people come from all over the world. In addition to bright salutes, parties and open-air cruises await you with amazing food and beautiful views.

Originality is the word that describes the celebration of the New Year in this city. Live music and parades, cars with food, digital video shows and bright fireworks.

City of Lights offers an elegant celebration. Fireworks around the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Romantic Parisian air makes this city ideal for celebrating the new year together. An exquisite dinner with wonderful music and wine will make New Year's Eve in Paris unforgettable.

The old center of Vienna turns into a huge banquet hall on December 31, offering excellent atmosphere, music, food and drinks. For romantics - a boat trip on the Danube will be a great way to celebrate the New Year. And music lovers can visit the opera.

Prague is a city that will satisfy all the tastes of those who decide to celebrate the New Year there. For party lovers, clubs and bars are opened that roll up theme parties with food and drinks. Beautiful fireworks can be viewed in the city center or near the river. Cruises and romantic dinners are also popular on New Year's Eve.

New Year's fireworks right from the London Eye collects thousands of people. People are having fun in the streets, dancing, singing and drinking champagne. Numerous clubs hold parties for every taste, so that pleasure is guaranteed.

New York never disappoints when it comes to celebrations. Times Square is a place for party lovers, where the bars and clubs of the city open their doors until the morning. Fireworks and scenery of the city also look like a fairy tale.

Parties on the beach of Kopokabana gather people from all over the world who want to enjoy the unique atmosphere that Rio has to offer. Magnificent landscapes, amazing music and delicious food make Rio one of the most popular cities to celebrate the New Year.

Sydney is well known for its spectacular fireworks and parades on New Year's Eve. About a million people gather in different parts of the city to see the beautiful fireworks. Given the fact that in Australia at this time of the year is great weather, the festivities take place until the morning.

Where to celebrate the New Year so that the rest was inexpensive and interesting - go to Europe or stay in Russia? You will be interested to get acquainted with best ideas. There are many options for creating a festive atmosphere - from a banal feast with a traditional Olivier salad in your own apartment to a walk at night along the seashore in some exotic country.

Where to celebrate New Year

Every time to celebrate the holiday under the same TV shows, at a table with familiar dishes, drinks? Great, but annoying. Try to diversify the holiday yourself, your loved ones. Playing in snowballs, skating from hills, round dances around the Christmas tree is a tradition, but because of it all New Year's celebrations are similar. There are many options for how to spend these days interesting:

• tour of the Golden Ring will allow every day to walk around another city;
• for sports, active - snowboarding, skiing, hiking;
• gastronomic tours in countries and cities of Europe, Asia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia;
• lovers of the Russian winter, frosts will feel good in the north, where they can visit the deer farm and ride a sled;
• people who enjoy risk and encounter danger will love skydiving, horseback riding through the forest, spending the night in a castle, which are many in the ancient cities of the Baltic countries;
• a very unusual night in the desert among camels, Bedouins - Morocco is waiting for travelers who crave interesting adventures.

With kids

Having a child is no reason to refuse to travel; rather, on the contrary, the incentive to spend the holidays as varied as possible. Where to celebrate New Year with children:

• if funds permit, you can make an amazing journey to the homeland of Santa Claus in Lapland, which is located in northern Finland;
• no less interesting will be a trip to Veliky Ustyug, the homeland of Father Frost;
• you can have a great rest during the winter holidays in one of the out-of-town boarding houses, where a special festive program is being prepared, and entertainment activities are provided for children.

With a family

Create a festive mood - this is the main condition for the evening to be fun and interesting. How to start preparing for the New Year:

• sew, order or buy funny costumes and masks;
• to decorate the room;
• prepare gifts for all family members;
• make a festive menu, and then cook together delicious dishes.

To organize a theme party for the New Year, you need to create a program with interesting contests, games, prizes, and for young children you can invite animators. Family vacations are well planned at the camp site, where interesting holidays are organized for children and adults there: congratulations from Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, fun contests, tournaments, dances, folk festivals, skiing from a hill, festive fireworks.

With friends

Where can I meet the new year with good friends to make it fun and interesting? One friendly company can rent a cottage in the country with a swimming pool, sauna, to have a great time.  The idea of ​​a party can be any, as long as everyone likes it. A restaurant, a nightclub, a walk around the city, dancing by a campfire or songs with a guitar in a hunting lodge - all options are acceptable.

With class

The celebration of schoolchildren begins even before the event itself, from about December 25-26. There are two popular options where you can spend New Year's holidays:

• The first is the organization of discos for high school students and matinees for junior classes right on the school grounds. Scenarios are developed by teachers or are used ready-made, which may include staging performances, contests with prizes, and tea drinking.
• The second is the removal of children to watch performances with participation in recreational activities in institutions of the city where New Year trees are arranged.

One

Celebration in solitude is also wonderful, you can do what you want, without adhering to traditions. Here are some great holiday ideas:

• Climb to the roof of a high-rise building with a glass of champagne or hot mulled wine, look from there to the fireworks
• Meet the same "loners" with social networkmaybe acquaintance on this night will be fateful.
• A good option is to go out and join a random company.
• Allow yourself to travel to an exotic country where it is easy to find new friends.

Unusual New Year

The main holiday, which is so waiting for everyone, I want to spend somehow in a special way.  Meeting options:

• In the forest or at the foot of the mountain. A festive night in tents, dancing around a campfire, kebabs, elegant lively fir trees will be remembered forever.
• Theme party on the New Year for lovers of noisy events. It is necessary to come up with costumes, decorations, order design, pick up music, prepare small souvenirs.
• You can visit unusual places in another city, alone or with a large company.
• Travel to hot countries. New Year is not always snow and frost: lovers of exotic will like to drink a glass of champagne under a palm tree on the seashore.
• Celebration in the traditions of another country. The main thing is to study them in advance, and at the same time to decorate the kitchen of the selected country, to decorate the original house, to buy outfits.
• Try to please others and do charity work. Orphanage, boarding school, nursing home, hospital - these are the places where gifts will not be superfluous. Good deeds and gratitude for them - good start  new Year.

In the countryside

New Year's Eve outside the city - one of the options to have fun, not only the first day of the year, but all the time corporate holidays or winter holidays. It is not necessary to visit a European country, camp sites near St. Petersburg or in the suburbs with a Russian bath and a Finnish sauna will open the doors to all those who have taken care of holidays for holidays by booking a room in a comfortable cottage. Recreation centers for this period provide various opportunities, taking into account the tastes and desires of customers:

• skiing, sleigh rides, snowmobiles;
• paintball.

In the restaurant

Celebrate the New Year in the restaurant can be modest or in a big way. The hostess will be spared from going to the supermarkets in search of the right products and many hours of standing near the stove. There is no shortage of anything for a long time, but crowds of buyers at cash registers do not contribute to creating a festive atmosphere. Themed menus are always special, tasty dishes are served against the backdrop of beautifully decorated halls. Many restaurants offer incredible shows with popular artists, interesting contests for holidays.

On the rink

The last night of the outgoing year, many tend to spend interesting. Boring sitting at a table and watching television is no longer in trend. So where to spend New Year's Eve so that she remembered for a whole year? You can go to the rink, where a bright holiday awaits guests and residents of the capital. The night will begin with a carnival and theatrical performances, after midnight the sky will light up with festive salutes, performances can be seen and participated in them. Music, fiery dances, exciting games, a fabulous atmosphere will become attractive for adults and children.

In the club

Since November, many nightclubs are beginning to offer a choice of New Year's holiday program. Here you can organize a cool youth party, order a disco with the hits of past years, hold a costumed masquerade ball, where it is appropriate to show funny or fabulous costumes, luxurious cocktail Dresses. So often celebrate the holiday working groups, friendly companies, families.

New Year Abroad

To spend the New Year in dressed up Europe or the glittering colorful lights of Asia, giving yourself a festive mood and vivid memories - a dream that today is quite reachable. The cost of the New Year's voucher depends on the chosen tourist destination, but if you take care of the rest in advance, you can really get an inexpensive tour. For those who are used to traveling on their own, cheap tickets are easy to book several months before departure. Before you buy a holiday tour, you need to decide what you want to get from the winter holiday:

• new Year's Eve shopping;
• visiting clubs, bars, restaurants;
• sightseeing tours;
• sun, sea, sand in an exotic country;
• snow fun - traditionally skiing and snowboarding;
• walking along the quiet streets of Europe and visiting festive fairs.

Each version of the New Year has its own characteristics. For Catholics and Protestants, the main winter holiday is Christmas (the night of December 25). Therefore, if you want to catch the most impressive and vibrant events, enjoy the Christmas holidays, you should plan your tour not at the end of December, but on the 20th, but return in the first days of January. An interesting idea is the beach and sightseeing holiday for the winter holidays: tourists participate in festivals, diving, windsurfing, because the water of the southern seas at this time of year warms up to 23-25 ​​degrees.

At the ski resorts

Fans of outdoor activities will appreciate the opportunity to celebrate the New Year at one of the many ski resorts in the world. High-quality trails and a developed infrastructure will help to combine your favorite activity with the New Year holidays. In such a tour, you can go even in the absence of driving skills and the necessary equipment, it is rented on the spot.

Popular destinations where to meet New Year actively are given by nature itself:

• Bansko in Bulgaria. One of the most budgetary winter resorts in Europe and the ancient city, located at the foot of the Pirin mountain range. The celebration is noisy, with songs, processions, but there are also lonely places for tourists who prefer a quiet family vacation.
• Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. Fashionable resort, which has everything you need to celebrate the New Year among the snow-capped peaks. It offers tourists all kinds of ski slopes and an inexpensive ski pass, thermal spa, Triglav National Park, numerous cultural attractions of the city.
• Saariselkä (Finland). Along with the natural beauty and ski slopes, tourists are offered the vibrant nightlife of the city. The doors of bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the resort are open until the morning, festive Christmas illuminations everywhere, fluffy Christmas trees in the lights, laser shows.
• Switzerland, the Alps. Resorts are popular with skiing enthusiasts. There are no familiar attributes, but local routes are considered the benchmark around the world, as well as the level of service. Lovers will appreciate the untouched nature and snow landscapes. Last night of the outgoing year, guests will be greeted with restaurants with a festive menu.
• Austria, Sölden. Perfectly prepared trails meet tourists. Here you can celebrate New Year (night) in Russian traditions. For guests there are 90 restaurants with a menu in Russian, crowded bars with live music, amazing night-ski-show, illuminations on the streets and fluffy Christmas trees.

Many resorts offer special festive programs for the whole night, including concerts with the participation of pop stars, fireworks, noisy parties, attractions, discos. The developed infrastructure contributes to active pastime, tourists spend time in the lap of almost untouched nature and breathe fresh air, visit sights in the neighboring cities. In the villages themselves there is everything you need to relax after passing the highway: restaurants, pubs, saunas, swimming pools, souvenir shops.

On the warm sea

For those who want to meet the main holiday of the year under palm trees, tour operators offer to make a trip to the overseas sea. To abandon the familiar attributes of the New Year and go to the sandy beach, you can, if you buy tickets to one of the popular destinations. Egypt and Turkey have become familiar, and the Maldives and Cuba are only gaining popularity.It is necessary to take care of the purchase of the voucher in advance, preferably in November. Russian tourists enjoy love:

• Thailand. New Year's beach parties are organized for guests with mandatory fireworks, fire shows, a disco, a romantic dinner in a restaurant or on the beach by candlelight. For a fee, Father Frost with the Snow Maiden will come.
• Maldives. Become a suitable option for lovers of a relaxing holiday in the family circle without the noise of the city, firecrackers, discos. Shows are held on some islands (Male or Huwahendu). Everywhere you can order a festive dinner with a variety of dishes of national or European cuisine. On New Year's Eve, tourists prefer to enjoy the scenery of the coast.
• India and rest in hotels of Goa. On New Year's Eve there is the height of the season - the Arabian Sea warms up to 26-28 ° C. Enjoy dancing to the music of a local DJ, spa treatments for rejuvenation and yoga, fresh watermelon and exotic food, shopping at local bazaars. The beaches are held daily New Year's parties until January 7.
• Egypt. All shopping and entertainment centers, hotels include New Year's illumination, artificial fir-trees and thujas are dressed up, shop-windows are decorated with poinsettia, a flower whose second name is “Christmas Star”. Everywhere welcomes the host of the holiday - Santa Claus. Hotels organize a special New Year's entertainment program with shows.

Celebrating the upcoming New Year on the coast has not only advantages - an additional portion of the sun, getting rid of apathy, a charge of energy - but also disadvantages. The main one is the prohibitively high prices, so the only chance to save is to book a tour in advance. The second minus is a sharp change in climate. From the Russian winter tourists fall into the hot summer, it will take several days to acclimatize, especially for children.

New Year in Europe

In European countries, the Christmas holidays begin a little earlier. Here they honor Christmas, prepare for it with special trepidation. To have time to get to the festive New Year's events, you need to plan a trip in advance. Several destinations that are popular with Russian tourists:

• Germany. On the eve of Christmas, fairs with culinary delights open. Berlin, Munich and other cities are shrouded in bright illumination, the corresponding New Year and Christmas attributes are visible everywhere.
• Czech. Prague is the cheapest European capital. During the winter holidays, tourists in the city have a lot of fun on the night of January 1, visiting local sights.
• Italy. It's fun, noisy, perky. Rome on New Year's Eve will stun fireworks to the sound of music, Venice attracts carnival on St. Mark's Square, sightseeing walks on gondolas.
• France Paris. The best place for lovers. The city at night is shrouded in bright New Year illumination, fairs and festive processions are held everywhere. Shop windows and restaurants are decorated in an original way, puppet shows can be seen on the streets.

Visiting European countries on New Year's Eve opens up the opportunity for tourists to visit Christmas fairs and interesting events in different cities. There are negative aspects of traveling abroad during the winter holidays. The main thing is the price of the tour, which consists of the cost of tickets and accommodation at the hotel: the closer the New Year, the higher it will be. At this time, there are many people on the streets, in restaurants, tables should be booked in advance, otherwise there will be no theft.

Tours 2018

On the eve of the New Year, people make wishes at night and wait for miracles. Many people live with the thought that in the coming year they will have to visit the country or city of their dreams. Why postpone the journey for later? Tourist companies have prepared interesting New Year's tours with accommodation in good hotels:

• New Year Express - Vuokatti and Rovaniemi;
• "Winter Tale of Lapland" - a vacation visiting Santa Claus, in Rovaniemi;
• "New Year's cruise on the ferry" Princess Anastasia "- Tallinn-Riga-Stockholm-Helsinki;
• New Year in the Eastern tale (the city of Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara);
• journey to the fabulous residence of Santa Claus - the city of Great Ustyug.

Where to celebrate New Year in Russia

A magical night happens once a year, one family holiday is met at home, others go for new impressions. New Year's tours in his native country will introduce you to amazing places that you have only heard about before, but you didn’t have to go there. The most famous and popular New Year's routes:

• Moscow.New Year's Eve on Red Square, folk festivals, salutes is an unforgettable and memorable sight in the city.
• Kazan The city attracts not only the colorful decoration of the streets, the opportunity to visit the water park, museums, explore the monuments, but also the opportunity to try the traditional Tatar cuisine.
• St. Petersburg.  This is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia, where they first began to celebrate the New Year on January 1.
• Great Ustyug.This is the birthplace of our Father Frost, a city where ancient settlements of the 12th century are preserved, there are monuments of architecture of the Russian north.
• Altai.  The camp sites are located in picturesque environmentally friendly places. Eco-tourism is a new, but already popular destination, so you must book in advance.
• Baikal.The deepest lake in the world is also no less attractive in terms of visits to celebrate the New Year's Eve. Baikal tours are the enjoyment of pure nature, campfire evenings, new friends and the opportunity to ride around clear icelike on a big rink.
• South of the country.  Resorts are famous for winter New Year's entertainment. Krasnaya Polyana, located near Sochi, is a famous ski resort, which is not inferior to European in terms of comfort. Among the magnificent nature there are luxurious hotels, where a fantastic holiday program is prepared for guests.
• Karelia.  The region of lakes, reserves, rivers and waterfalls. It offers hostels, hunting houses in a pine forest and the national Kalevalsky Park, where there are performances with the participation of the Finnish Frost.

In which city to celebrate New Year

The territory of the Russian Federation is huge, and the New Year holidays provide an opportunity to discover new cities and villages:

• The ancient city of Vladimir offers to take part in folk festivals, get acquainted with the architecture of temples and cathedrals, attend Christmas fairs and purchase traditional Russian souvenirs. From Vladimir you can go on New Year bus excursions to the nearest cities - Murom, Suzdal.
• Those who are bored traveling around the central part of the country can go to Oimyakon, a village in Yakutia on the banks of Indigirka. Fans of extreme sports will feel for themselves what it means to severe frosts. Oymyakon is a pole of cold, the temperature can reach minus 67 degrees. For the New Year tourists are waiting for the local Chyskhaan.
• Tropical island among the snow and frost - Tyumen thermal springs. Natural SPAs with a water temperature of 38-40 degrees are located at Avan and Sosnoviy Bor camps.

New Year in Moscow

Moscow in the New Year holidays is a bright, radiant, magical city. In the parks of the capital will be held festive performances, entertainment programs until the morning. The Kuzminsky Forest Park (the residence of Santa Claus), Sokolniki, Gorky Park, VDNKh, and Red Square were opened. To get to the square at night is not easy, police cordons have to go through, get through the crowd to take comfortable places. It is necessary to come beforehand in very warm clothes, but the wait is worth it: the magic moment of the chiming clock and the beginning of the new time will never be forgotten.

Where to celebrate New Year cheap

Finding a place to celebrate is a responsible occupation, especially if you do not want to lay out big money for a night of entertainment. The best option for the New Year is not to leave the house, but it will seem boring to many. Cheap to meet on January 1, you can:

• in a rented cottage in the village;
• on the street - in many large cities, concerts, performances, exhibitions, festivals, discos and many other open-air entertainment are organized;
• on tours of the festive night city - interesting offers  a lot, guides will show the most elegant squares and streets;
• at his own dacha, decorating it with garlands and dressing a real Christmas tree in the yard.

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