A trip for health. Where can you relax with benefit in Russia? "Free Vitebsk"
A trip to a health resort is akin to a second birth: here a person is cleansed, gains health, sleeps and rests to the fullest. Fortunately, the choice of such boarding houses and sanatoriums is extremely large: you can always find the best option. So all that remains is to pack your bags and set off on a journey through this fertile land.
“What a fertile land,” this thought sounded in my head while driving from the airport to boarding house "Lake of Dreams"(Evpatoria).
The boarding house has a special location: from three sides - from the sea, from the steppes and from Lake Moinak - air currents come in, saturated with the aroma of the sea, the smells of the steppes and the lake, which has a very good effect on the sleep and health of vacationers.
Boarding house "Lake of Dreams". Photo: / Sergey Kibets
The building of the boarding house, its rooms (“standard”, “junior suite” and “luxury”) and the small well-kept area make a very good impression, creating a feeling of home comfort. In the cozy hall, guests were entertained by a talking parrot. I have pleasant memories from the restaurant with a summer terrace, and the breakfast accompanied by live piano music was completely unexpected. Very attentive and responsive staff - no complaints.
On the basis of the boarding house, the Ocean of Storms medical center was created with modern equipment, a medical license, the necessary certificates and permits. Medical services are provided only after examination by a doctor and in the presence of a sanatorium-resort card, and for children a certificate of epidemiological conditions is required. The center specializes in balneotherapy. There is mud therapy with Saki mud, healing showers, a bath section, and various types of massage. Services are provided not only to visitors to the boarding house, but also to outsiders. We were able to test two services: a contactless massage and a session in a speleo- and halo-chamber (“salt cave”).
The next point on the route was "Sports Center "Evolution", whose services can also be used by people with disabilities. On the territory of the center there is a sports and recreation complex with rooms and exercise equipment. The center provides numerous medical services. The “oxygen cocktail” service was tested. Children's sports teams and Paralympians train in the center's pools (outdoor and indoor). The center has several buildings, its own sandy beach, an internal lake, a helipad and several parking lots.
Located in Yevpatoria sanatorium "Iskra", founded in 1944 and designed for year-round treatment and recreation for children alone and accompanied by their parents. The main profile of the institution is psychoneurological diseases of children with cerebral palsy, treatment of children with problems of the musculoskeletal system. In addition, assistance is provided to children with problems of the nervous system, with the consequences of injuries and diseases of the brain, and with problems of the upper respiratory tract. Modern techniques and equipment are used to treat children. There are two speech therapists and two psychologists. There is also an additional education room where children are taught basic skills: how to hold a spoon, etc. Children are treated in the following rooms: climatotherapy, physiotherapy, massage, mud therapy (applications), acupuncture, aromatherapy and exercise therapy.
Several dormitory buildings of the sanatorium allow you to accommodate children undergoing treatment and rest, either independently or accompanied by their parents. Guests must have access to them 24 hours a day. The treatment cycle is 21 days. The sanatorium has a teaching license. There is its own school from first to ninth grade.
A well-maintained protected area, designed for children of all ages, with fifty CCTV cameras. And your own beach allows you to get complete treatment and relaxation.
This year, an agreement was concluded with the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection.
The sanatorium is the main scientific base of the Research Institute of Children's Balneology, Physiotherapy and Medical Rehabilitation.
Sanatorium "Oren-Crimea" celebrated its thirtieth anniversary this year. During this time, 170,000 people had a rest. He built the Orenburg Gazprom sanatorium. The sanatorium is designed for 550 people with a staff of 286 people. About 112 procedures are performed simultaneously. Four dining rooms with custom menus and waiters, which makes you feel more comfortable than at a buffet. Four meals a day are provided. The sanatorium has two territories and its own beach.
The sanatorium provides spa treatment of the musculoskeletal system using massage, bath procedures, wraps and rubbing. The sanatorium also treats diseases of the respiratory system, ENT organs, gynecological diseases, diseases of the digestive system and endocrine system, cardiovascular and nervous systems. Treatment is carried out with Saki mud. The classrooms are equipped with modern equipment. There is a swimming pool, children's and sports grounds, and a cafeteria. This year more than 150 children had a rest.
Sanatorium "Saki" in Crimea dates back to the end of the 19th century and is one of the first mud baths in Russia. The scientific study of Saki mud began in 1807.
Saki mud is mined at the Hydrogeological Operational Station, which was established in 1926 as an observation post. The station is a state enterprise and is engaged in monitoring, research and extraction of mud and brine. There are three licenses: for the extraction of mud, the extraction of brine and mineral water. The station provides Saki mud to all sanatoriums in Crimea (more than 80) and partly in mainland Russia, and produces balneocosmetic preparations based on Saki mud. Highly specialized scientific activities are being carried out to study Saki mud and brine with a view to their further use. The Saki field is unique: it is the only artificially regulated field in the post-Soviet space.
In 2007, the bicentenary of Crimean balneology using Saki mud was celebrated. This was the first natural factor used for treatment in Crimea. 20 years later the first doctor was sent here Sergei Nikolaevich Auger, who began researching Saki mud: what can be treated and how. He developed the first instructions for using Saki medicinal mud to treat certain types of diseases. It has now been established that more than 100 diseases can be treated with Saki mud: from joint diseases to diseases of internal organs. The treatment is based on the complex effect of the mineral factor (the mineral composition of the mud), the thermal factor (because the mud is used warm) and the third factor, biochemical (chemical elements that penetrate the skin and affect the immune system, various physiological systems of the body). humans, stimulate this action and thereby accelerate the healing process of the human body). Treatment with Dead Sea mud is limited to 5-6 diseases (mainly joints). Dead Sea mud is used for external use and mainly for the treatment of concomitant diseases that arise from skin diseases. Mud therapy with Dead Sea mud specializes in two factors: heliotherapy (the spectrum of ultraviolet rays is extended, which has a healing effect on the human body, plus fine dispersion during evaporation from the surface of the Dead Sea allows the sun's rays to dissipate and prevent burns), and Dead Sea water is used as a concomitant healing factor sea and mud in the form of applications. Saki mud has a higher biological component of mud. Many years of experience in using Saki mud is confirmed by medical practice and statistics. There are some diseases for which the use of mud is contraindicated, because it can provoke a relapse. In addition, there are mud-based preparations that are more gentle on the human body, including the elderly and children.
The sanatorium uses unique gas-mud baths for treatment: therapeutic mud is diluted with native brine and sulfuric acid is added. This solution reacts with sulfuric acid, and hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and oxygen are released. And the patient is in a three-layer environment: gas, solution and then dirt.
Mud therapy can be used for health purposes, the body is strengthened, and for a year after a cycle of procedures there is practically no need to visit pharmacies. A lot of young people, practically healthy, come to us, and they tell us with gratitude about their recovery.
The sanatorium is private, and it is constantly developing, because people want not only to be treated with mud, but also to improve their health, relax, and live. A new facility was created that includes a pool with mineral water, which is diluted with ordinary water so that the concentration is not like that of medicinal water, in which you can stay for no more than 30-40 minutes, and you can stay and swim as long as you like. Various events are held here, there is a restaurant, a sauna, it is a multifunctional facility that is difficult to leave. Next to the pool there is an unusual object: the visiting card of the resort, a monument to the Brontosaurus. The monument is unique, because it was erected in 1937, when monuments to workers and peasants were erected, Lenin and other outstanding people. This monument is a symbol of the antiquity of the resort. This is the second version of the monument. The first one suffered during the Great Patriotic War. The monument is depicted on the coat of arms of the city of Saki.
The sanatorium has a very diverse number of rooms: from the simplest “economy” to themed rooms (“family”, “comfort plus”). The room price includes accommodation, four meals a day and treatment. There is a dining room and entertainment center on site. Animators work, there is a library. Each group of vacationers has its own approach, psychologists work.
Photo: / Sergey Kibets
Saki Military Clinical Sanatorium named after. N. I. Pirogova- the oldest military health resort, it is located in the resort area of the resort town of Saki on the territory of an ancient arboretum. The territory of the health resort (22 hectares) borders on three lakes - salty (a source of therapeutic mud and brine), fresh and buffer - being a 24-hour natural inhalation center and aerarium.
The sanatorium was founded in 1837 to treat soldiers wounded in battle using balneo and mud treatments. Over the course of 180 years, the sanatorium has undergone changes, and now there are about 96 buildings on the territory. The sanatorium operates in three main areas: sanatorium-resort care, medical rehabilitation and medical-sociological rehabilitation for military personnel, for a contingent of flight and sailing personnel who conducted operations outside the Russian Federation. For the convenience of patients, the main nine-story building is connected by a covered, warm passage to the medical building.
Since 2016, the sanatorium has been introducing an integrated quality system, which will later be extended to all sanatoriums, because now in Russia and, in particular, in Crimea, hospitality and quality lag behind the standards. With the help of internal audits, situations are analyzed and optimal solutions are found to ultimately comply with Russian and, in the future, international standards. It is planned to use the sanatorium as a training center for training employees of other sanatoriums. With the help of experts, standard procedures are determined so that there is no dependence on the human factor - standards of behavior, standards of care, etc. - and all employees of the sanatorium participate in this process. Innovative equipment, innovative technologies and innovative methods of managing the sanatorium are being introduced. The sanatorium has its own television studio, and on the health resort’s website there are numerous films of an advertising and informational nature.
The Saki military clinical sanatorium has a wide range of therapeutic technologies, including innovative ones, using the unique natural healing factors of the city of Saki, and is rightfully a sanatorium of natural rehabilitation medicine with the most modern equipment.
The sanatorium has its own source of mineral water, which patients take as prescribed by the doctor.
Rooms: “standard”, “junior suite”, “luxury”.
Sanatorium "Ai-Petri" is located on the southern coast of Crimea, in the village of Koreiz at the foot of Mount Ai-Petri, and includes two buildings for vacationers for seven hundred people at a time. Cypress trees, fragrant acacia, and Italian pine grow around the buildings. On the territory there is a bath complex, a swimming pool, a restaurant and a pump room with mineral water.
The number of rooms ranges from “first category rooms” to “suites” and “apartments”. The buildings are located almost on the shore, and in their rooms vacationers can hear the sound of the surf. In the morning, a delightful and unique sunrise is visible from the windows. The private beach provides guests with excellent opportunities for varied recreation and is divided into three separate areas. The first zone is for active recreation (water activities: boats, banana boats, ATVs, water skis, bicycles, boat trips, etc.). For lovers of extreme entertainment - paragliding, diving, spearfishing. The second zone is the largest. There is a bar where you can have a snack and billiards. The third area with small pebbles is for children, it is equipped with a playground and numerous sandboxes.
Beach of the sanatorium "Ai-Petri". Photo: / Sergey Kibets
For vacationers there is a multifunctional sports ground with artificial grass and a ground surface. There is paid guarded parking.
The sanatorium specializes in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. A modern medical base with diagnostic and treatment rooms allows us to provide a wide range of medical procedures. Wellness treatments are available every day.
The sanatorium provides its guests with four meals a day (rational, commercial, restaurant) on a buffet basis.
VIP hotel Palmira Palace 4* located on one of the most fashionable areas of the southern coast of Crimea, on the territory of a former estate princes of the Romanovs. The complex fits into the landscape as much as possible. Travel agencies rightly call the Palmira Palace hotel a leader in creating a new group of premium holiday tourism products. The hotel was originally a family-type resort, people came here to relax and recuperate. The second area that always attracts guests is holding events and business conferences of various types and sizes. There are halls for 50 people, 200 people, there are small venues, and hotel restaurants allow you to host various events.
The most actively developing area is recreation and wellness. There is a separate sanatorium-resort license. For vacationers there are two outdoor and one indoor swimming pools with sea water at a constant temperature. The water is changed every three months. Fresh water children's pool.
For children there is a children's club with permanent animators who work all year round. The hotel's own beach has the status of a healing beach.
The hotel consists of many different complexes that allow you to combine business and pleasure, relax with children and conduct business negotiations, have fun in a noisy company and retire to quiet, cozy corners.
The number of rooms is designed for different levels of guests: “standard”, “suite”, “luxury apartments” (suite “Paris”, apartments “Brussels”, apartments “Milan”, apartments “New York”) and apartments “Sleep by the Sea” . Each room has a place for children.
The hotel has a unique medical and SPA center that offers programs to restore strength and health at any time of the year. Some programs and procedures are unique (with corresponding costs). The hotel is the only hotel on the South Coast with a selenium chamber with sylvinite, which is extremely effective in the treatment of bronchial asthma in children.
Medical programs at the Palmira Medical resort clinic are designed for treatment and wellness in the following areas: pulmonology, gynecology, general health, orthopedics and traumatology. The hotel offers free emergency care with free medications.
There are no small details for Palmira Palace, because it is the little things that create the atmosphere.
Park Hotel Porto Mare is located on the southern coast of Crimea in Alushta.
In 1961, the International Youth Recreation Center “Yunost” was built, which after reconstruction turned into the Porto Mare 4* park hotel. The hotel, with 24-hour security, has all the conditions for a holiday with children of any age, including babies from birth.
The magnificent hotel park was laid out in 1962 and is designed in the French style, which gradually turned into a landscape one.
Park Hotel "Porto Mare". Photo: / Sergey Kibets
Hotel room capacity - 76 hotel rooms and 82 apartment hotel rooms - categories "standard", "standard+", "junior suite", "suite", "studio", "studio+", "family", "luxury apartments" and "super deluxe" All rooms have balconies.
The principle of the hotel: while relaxing with children, you can relax yourself. The hotel provides free bulky accessories for families with children (cribs, strollers, potties, playpens, bathtubs, changing tables, bottle sterilizers) and even a video baby monitor.
24-hour medical support is provided due to the fact that there is a nurse on site and pediatricians live on site. There is its own mini-pharmacy.
To ensure adequate nutrition (buffet), agreements have been concluded with all farms for the purchase of natural Crimean products.
A special children's buffet line has been made for children, which even includes food for infants. If necessary, a personal table can be prepared for the child to eliminate food allergies, and gluten-free meals can also be organized.
A special kitchen was made for mothers so that they could cook for their child on their own: equipment and any products are provided.
We have our own mini-sausage workshop for making sausages using classical technologies.
On the territory for guests there is a hookah area and a place for preparing shish kebabs with the provision of food and skewers with a barbecue, a grill bar, and smoking areas are also provided.
There are three swimming pools on site: heated for children, sports and entertainment.
There is a petting zoo; swans and ducks live on the internal lake with waterfalls. Children can ride a pony or donkey, and roosters wake up guests in the morning.
On a special playground for children, electric scooters, hoverboards, electric cars, children's bicycles, roller skates, cars are provided free of charge, and at the same time, on a playground with a real traffic light, children can learn the rules of the road.
For children over 12 years old, a teenage club is open for a location without adults; children gather on their own and in each room they are divided by interests and ages. There are two quest rooms, a billiard room, a room for playing Mafia, air hockey, board games, a virtual reality room and its own mini-recording studio. There is a shooting range and a platform for laser battles.
Children in wealthy families grow up refined, and a tent camp is made for them with army tents and bunk beds. For two weeks, children prepare for a two-day hike in the mountains to a mountain lake.
There is a children's room with a Center for Development of Abilities, a branch of the Solar Circle Children's Academy of Sciences, where each child acquires new skills. The Montesorri method is also used.
The beach is three-tiered pebble. A thirty-meter sandy area with a huge sandbox in the shade was created for children. The beach has a sewerage system with a biological treatment system.
The hotel has implemented a program of cleansing the body at the cellular level (detox) and opened the first clinic of Dr. Hynnenen, who developed in Russia and studied the best methods of cleansing the body in Europe.
For guests with spinal problems, the “Healthy Spine” program has been developed: a set of procedures according to the traction therapy program using the “Triton” computer table, which allows non-surgical treatment of spinal diseases in children and adults, including herniated intervertebral discs.
Thus, we can say with confidence that the Porto Mare Park Hotel is a cozy haven!
Probably everyone is familiar with the feeling of impatience with which a person anticipates the weekend. Plans are made about ways to spend time, the mood rises in anticipation of free time spent usefully. However, with the onset of Monday comes the realization that the weekend is over, and clearly not enough benefits and rest have been received.
What you need to do to spend time usefully
Unfortunately, in this case the reason for the lack of results is simple lack of concentration and laziness. On Friday evening, a person is ready to move mountains and plans a lot of things that he will definitely complete on Saturday and Sunday. However, in the morning he has difficulty lifting his head from the pillow and prefers to spend the day without leaving the apartment.
To have a good time, you need to carefully stick to your plan. Then there will be no regrets about lost opportunities. And you should not plan many things at once; there is clearly not enough time to complete them.
It is better to give preference to 1-2 major events that will be both pleasant and useful.
Where you can usefully spend time on weekends
First of all, you need to decide what is meant by the concept of “benefit”? A person can spend his free time plunging into the cycle of endless family affairs, or get maximum pleasure by indulging in his favorite hobby. How not to waste time?
We suggest you do the following:
- If household chores are a priority, it is recommended to make a list of necessary work in advance. For example, do a general cleaning of the apartment, replace a leaking gasket in a faucet, or have your shoes repaired. The main thing is to strictly adhere to the compiled list, then the benefits will be tangible;
- Don't be completely immersed in household chores. Weekends are created so that a person can relax as much as possible. Therefore, it is advisable to combine benefit with pleasure. For example, you can go shopping, selecting the necessary accessories for home comfort;
- However, shopping is the best way to spend time with a friend. What could be more pleasant and useful than visiting boutiques that display the latest collections of famous couturiers and makeup artists? Not a single woman would dare call a day spent in fitting rooms and dedicated to purchasing useful things wasted.
What else to do in your free time?
A great solution is to spend a day off in nature. In winter, there is a huge selection of ski resorts, sanatoriums, and mini-hotels for this purpose. In the summer, it is recommended for a friendly group to visit the beaches and cook barbecue at their dachas.
Some would argue that this time would be wasted. On the contrary, fresh air and a little physical activity will be an excellent combination of an exciting and healthy vacation. Among the priority matters, it is necessary to set aside at least a little time to communicate with relatives.
Don't forget about your parents. Even if they live in another city, you can set aside a few minutes for a telephone conversation.
If a woman has children, it is useful to spend the weekend with the whole family, attending theater performances, going on a roller coaster ride, or walking along the alleys of an autumn park. There is always something to do if you want to devote your free time to raising your dearest person.
Since you want to spend your time with maximum benefit, you can learn some new business. Attending foreign language courses, studying the basics of fine or theatrical arts, learning knitting and sewing, clay modeling or glass painting can become more than just an exciting hobby. With enough diligence, such activities can easily become professional, allowing you to dramatically change your life.
It is incredibly useful to broaden your horizons in order to have the opportunity to show off your knowledge in a conversation with friends or colleagues.
If the level of intelligence is high, perhaps correction of appearance is necessary?
After visiting a beauty salon, you can feel like a person full of energy, capable of literally moving mountains. Are the procedures too expensive?
Another reason to spend time usefully by learning how to prepare masks yourself, do a manicure and perform exquisite hair styling.
For a girl in love, it is sometimes difficult to figure out how to spend time with a guy so that he does not feel bored and the relationship does not cease to be romantic.
To do this, you can use your free time to think through the program of the evening, create the necessary atmosphere and prepare a surprise for your loved one, showing your imagination.
Problem Acne and oily skin are largely due to poor nutrition. The Lancet magazine (it's been published for 190 years!) claims that foods with a high glycemic index are to blame.
The solution to the Mediterranean diet is a lot of natural foods, a minimum of processed ones. The most affordable Mediterranean resort now is Albania, where you can eat like a king for mere pennies, and Russians don’t need a visa from June to October.
Price Dinner at one of the best restaurants in Tirana, Era, will cost about 700 rubles. for two (era.al).
Denmark: lose weight
Problem Almost a third of Russian men suffer from excess weight. Let's say thank you to foods with saturated fats.
Solution Denmark is one of the worst countries in Europe; until December 2012, they even had a special tax on foods containing saturated fat. The tax has been abolished, but it’s still worth going: Copenhagen is recognized as the “green capital” of Europe, over the last 10 years alone, CO2 emissions have decreased by 10%, and 35% of residents now commute to work by bicycle. 2 weeks of cycling holiday will make you fit and refreshed.
Price Flight Moscow - Copenhagen - from 6450 rub.
Sweden: you will appreciate women
Problem You live in Russia, where there are a lot of beauties and few men as attractive as you. It’s quite possible to get overindulged and turn into a cynical hunter of one-time sex. Sometimes you need to reset the settings.
Solution Go to Sweden, they have the largest population of bisexual women in the world - the sexual fantasies of 39% of Swedish women include people of both sexes, and 13% of young women have already had sexual intercourse with their own kind. After the cold northern ladies, you will begin to appreciate domestic producers more.
Price Ticket for the ferry St. Petersburg - Stockholm - from €29.
Morocco: shake up your relationship
Problem Do you feel like your friend is a pain in the ass?
Solution Well, they knock each other out: take your girlfriend and take her to Morocco. The first person you meet in Marrakesh will offer you 10,000 camels for it, and you will think: maybe it’s not so useless after all? And then the local delicacies will give you diarrhea, you will become less arrogant and you will begin to appreciate care. If your love can withstand all this, then you are truly made for each other.
Price Russians do not need a visa to travel to Morocco.
Austria: cure your joints
The Problem Joint diseases are so common that in 2000, the World Health Organization even declared a decade to combat them (the diseases, not the joints). But the decade ended, but the problems remained.
Solution Although this treatment has not yet been scientifically tested, radon gas is believed to relieve joint pain. The best place to check this out is in the healing adits of the Bad Gastein ski resort in Austria. Nowhere else in the world will you be offered three types of radon therapy at once - thermal water, steam baths and long inhalations in the very adits that were once cut through in search of gold.
Price One descent into the adit - from €70 (gastein.com).
Amsterdam: forget your ex
Problem: She screwed you up and left you.
Solution: Scrub a little too. The frigate "Standart" (a copy of the flagship of Peter I's fleet) is ready to take on board anyone with one condition: there are no tourist places on the ship and everyone must be a sailor with specific responsibilities. This is a great adventure that will give you every right, upon returning home, to call your friends newbies and your ex-girlfriend a landlubber. By the way, just soon the Shtandart will sail to Amsterdam and Hamburg - places where it is easy to forget your ex in the arms of new ones.
Price From €70 (shtandart.ru).
Türkiye: cure asthma
Problem No one knows for sure what causes asthma, but no one disputes that the air in our cities does wonders for your lungs.
Solution Research shows that salt therapy has beneficial effects on the respiratory tract. You should visit the salt rooms at the Cappadocia Cave Resort in Turkey. Cappadocia is a volcanic region with many underground cities dug into soft rock and growths like huge phalluses on the surface of the earth. The rooms of this hotel are also carved right into the mountain.
Room prices from €242 (ccr-hotels.com).
Türkiye: improve your memory
Problem Poor memory is associated, in particular, with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Solution Liver is full of vitamin B12, and the Turkish city of Edirne is considered the “liver capital” of the world (write it down so you don’t forget).
Price Edirne is worth a day trip from Istanbul. A portion of deep-fried liver with hot pepper at a local restaurant costs less than 150 rubles. (meshuredirnecigercisi.com).
France: get your libido back
Problem You may be lacking zinc, which is important for testosterone production.
Solution Try zinc-rich oysters in the oyster capital of the south of France, the village of Bouzigues.
Price In the restaurant Chez La Tchepe, for a dozen oysters they ask from €6 - exactly 10 times less than in Moscow.
USA: learn good manners
Problem Your parents never bothered to tell you which fork to eat soup with.
Solution A fragment of old England, with its aristocratic manners and multi-story etiquette, can be found in the United States - this is the ancient colonial Charleston (South Carolina), which guidebooks call “the most polite city in America.”
Price Rooms at the Barksdale House Inn, built in 1778, start at $155 per day (barksdalehouse.com).
Iceland: overcome stress
The problem is life itself and your reaction to what happens in it. Don't freak out!
Solution According to the Global Peace Index, for the second year in a row, the most peaceful country on our planet is Iceland: few crimes, few demonstrations, many geysers and trust between people. Russia, for comparison, is in 153rd place (according to this rating, we are slightly more evil than North Korea with its 152nd place).
Price Eight-day tour to Iceland - 1750 euros (trueiceland.com).
Alaska: sober up
Problem The statistics are frightening: half a million Russians die from alcohol every year.
Solution Travel to the remote town of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, where the local Inuit have banned all booze. There is simply no alcohol there - not even a gram. You wouldn't break the rules set by people who hunt polar bears for fun, would you?
Price Ticket from Moscow to Anchorage, the capital of Alaska, - from 34,000 rubles. Sobriety requires sacrifice!
Chile: improve your sleep
Problem Could “light pollution” be to blame?
Solution Is your city bright even at midnight with street lights and advertisements? Go and sleep in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The nights here are so dark that the European Southern Observatory installed its telescopes in Atacama.
Price Book a room at Atacama Lodge (RUB 2,300 per person). Still can't sleep? Every night there are special “star tours” - go look at the stars. If you see it falling, wish for insomnia to go away.
Turks and Caicos: you will join the national team
Problem You wanted to shine on the football field... but you're not much of a player.
Solution Follow the example of the Englishman Paul Watson, who at the age of 25 moved to live on the island of Pohnpei (a full state of federal Micronesia) to lead the local national team and lead it to victories (however, very modest ones). One of the worst teams in the world according to the FIFA rating is the team from the island nation of Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. Maybe you should go there?
Price How much are you willing to give for your dream?
Mongolia: you can earn extra money
Problem Choose who is to blame for your poverty: the ruble exchange rate, corrupt officials or your own stupidity.
Solution: Go to Ulaanbaatar for a couple of weeks and take a closer look. Mongolia's economy is developing the fastest in the world, more than four times faster than Russia: the country's GDP growth last year was 17.3%. If you cannot organize some kind of business with Mongolia, you are hopeless.
Price Tickets from 24,000 rub. (skyscanner.ru).
Uzbekistan: overcome boredom
Problem You may be having a midlife crisis. Only 20% of men aged 40–49 claim that they have not experienced and are not experiencing a crisis of this kind.
Solution Join an archaeological expedition to Uzbekistan - new interests and exotic things will at least help you overcome depression. In addition, now on dates with girls you can talk about how you participated in the excavations of the “Kafyrkala Settlement”. Who else of your friends can boast of this?
Price From 45,000 rub. (centralasia-travel.com).
Thailand: get back in shape
Problem You just need to let go of everything that prevents you from going to training.
Solution Training camp for Thai boxers in Phuket. Three sessions a day with the best mentors will help you return from vacation not only tanned, but also noticeably stronger. You can live right in the camp or stay with a friend in a hotel and, while she basks on the beach, go to classes on a rented scooter.
Kenya: stop slouching
Problem Too much sedentary office work, the result: bad posture, bad mood, poor health.
The solution to Fitness in Kenya is, first of all, barefoot running and training outdoors by the ocean. The result is a super-strong torso and a firm gait.
Egypt: heal your back
Problem Often your back hurts only because you have weak and useless muscles.
Solution Swimming is great for strengthening your back, but we offer you a more interesting option - swimming and freediving in Dahab (Egypt). World freediving champion Natalya Molchanova and the cover hero of the July issue of Men's Health last year will teach you how to dive without scuba gear into the depths of the most beautiful Red Sea in the world.
Price Course schedule and prices on free-diving.ru.
Russia: you will save yourself from a headache
The problem: 7% of men suffer from migraines - mainly due to heat.
Solution If you don't want to travel around the Caribbean, go to Yakutia. Firstly, Verkhoyansk is located here - officially the coldest city in the world (average annual temperature is minus 14.5 degrees, the recorded record is minus 67.6 degrees). Secondly, in Yakutia you will visit the only Mammoth Museum in the world. And finally, thirdly: do you have another reason to travel to the largest republic of Russia at least once in your life?
Price Entrance ticket to the Mammoth Museum - 120 rubles.
Japan: calm down
Problem Modern life deprives you of Buddhist peace.
Solution Admiring the cherry blossoms in Japan begins around March 24 and continues throughout April. People go to look at flowers day and night, for which the trees are even illuminated. The Japanese believe that sakura flowers contain a deep meaning, suggestive of the transience of life. Could it be that such meditations are one of the reasons why the violent crime rate in Japan is one of the lowest in the world?
Price Tickets Vladivostok - Tokyo - from 9500 rubles. (skyscanner.ru).
New Zealand: make new friends
Problem They say that foreigners recognize Russian tourists by one simple sign - we don’t smile. We need to do something about this.
Solution New Zealand has been named the friendliest country in the world in a study by HSBC. Go there, and you will also have many reasons to smile: surfing, caring, jet boating, fishing, finally.
Price Ticket from Moscow - from 32,000 rubles.
Nepal: gain self-confidence
Problem You can blame any childhood or current problems for your low self-esteem.
Solution Climb Island Peak (6130m) in Nepal. Standing tall at the top, you'll feel capable of anything. However, if you adhere to the concept “the smart one won’t get ahead”, look for another adventure to your taste on
A good vacation should not only be pleasant, but also beneficial for the soul and body. Of course, you can spend the weekend at home in front of the TV or computer, but, you see, this is not the same at all. After all, only a real, pre-planned vacation can help you take a break from everyday work, get truly vivid emotions and impressions, and restore strength to the whole family.
How to rest properly
Modern man has very little time for rest, because everyone is busy with work, and only once a year does he have the opportunity to gain strength and relax. Therefore, you need to plan your time so that you can spend your vacation effectively and improve your health, and then go to work in excellent condition and with high spirits.
However, it is often very difficult for a person to switch from everyday work to the world of entertainment and pleasure, and therefore many simply cannot plan their vacation. And improper rest excludes any benefit. Therefore, a person needs the right well-planned rest that will bring health benefits.
Basic rules for a good holiday
In order to get the most out of your vacation, you must first tune in to it, switch from everyday work and find a wave of relaxation. So, first of all, you need to arrange “intermediate” days, both before the start of rest and before work. Such days are necessary as an adaptation period, because starting a vacation right away with active fun or an extreme form of entertainment can be a strain on the body. And before starting work after rest, you also need days like this to get back into working order. You need to determine the number of adaptation days yourself, as this is individual.
What type of rest should you choose and how to rest correctly.
If you have a sedentary job, you spend all your time at the computer, or your work requires mental stress, then you need active rest. For example, you can play paintball or take part in sports competitions, go hiking or skydive. This will perfectly invigorate your body, body and spirit - so you can feel benefits of active recreation. But if, on the contrary, at work you are constantly on the move and physically stressed, then you need a passive form of rest to relieve stress. To do this, you can visit spa centers where you can order a relaxing massage, go to the solarium and swim in the pool.
People who are constantly in the city need to spend at least part of their vacation in nature, in a country house or village, where they can replenish their vitamin supply by eating fresh berries. But, if you do not have the opportunity to relax outside the city, then you can organize picnic with games and entertainment. Of course, relaxing in the fresh air, sun and sea is the best thing you can think of. After all, this way you can replenish your energy and strength for the whole year. The sun's rays will relieve you of depression, and sea water will harden your body - that's what it is benefits of seaside holidays.
How can you spend your weekend? A few ideas for relaxation with health benefits:
A one-day trip to the mountains is a great idea for a shared holiday with friends and relatives. It is not necessary to take climbing equipment with you, just put on comfortable light shoes, take hot tea in a thermos, snacks and go on a short hike in the mountains, which will really be beneficial for your entire body, because clean mountain air perfectly improves blood circulation and improves your mood.
If you don’t really like long walks, you can arrange a bike ride for yourself and your family. To do this, you first need to think carefully about the route and it is advisable to avoid busy roads. To avoid going too far outside the city limits, you can try out the cycling routes of your nearest park. Before you go on a walk of this kind, you need to follow all safety rules: wear a bicycle helmet, knee and elbow pads, apply water, and take a supply of drinking water with you.
Communication with smart and kind animals in the fresh air, physical activity, mastering horse riding skills - and these are not all the benefits of horseback riding. Elderly people and small children will enjoy a ride in an open carriage. So everyone will be in the saddle, literally and figuratively!
Such weekends are best spent outside the city, with a bathhouse or sauna, horse riding lessons, excursions to remarkable surrounding places and an entertainment program for children and adults, barbecues or food cooked in a Russian oven, and other wellness treatments.
If you need to relax well after hard days at work, then you can relax by taking a walk by the river or lake. After all, it is one of the best antidepressants and relaxants.
Experts say that the smooth movements of the waves help to quickly get rid of fatigue and nervous tension, reorganizing the brain for the same smooth functioning.
After a hard day at work, the body cries out for physical and emotional recharging. And yoga classes in nature are perfect for this. For such classes it is not at all necessary to go somewhere far from your home; you can simply find the nearest park, a beautiful clearing and do yoga in the open air. A few minutes of yoga in the fresh air can charge you with energy for the whole day and get rid of accumulated stress.
At absolutely any age, water procedures bring benefits to our health and tone, because swimming strengthens the cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems, and also helps maintain normal health, slows down, relieves stress and gives a boost of energy. Physical activity in water is less tiring for the body, after which you will not feel pain and fatigue in your muscles. It is enough to swim twice a week for 30–40 minutes to feel a surge of strength, pleasant lightness and freedom of movement after a month or two.
Most people prefer to spend their weekends going to the cinema with friends and family. And this is right, because it allows you to escape from everyday affairs and worries. Regardless of the chosen genre of film, it is easy for film fans to plunge into the atmosphere of romance, thrills and simply celebration. And how nice it is after the movie to go with the children to playgrounds or with friends to a cafe or bowling alley.
Home master class
You can have a great weekend at home. Anything that interests you and your loved ones can become the topic of a master class. What have you been wanting to do for a long time? Fashionable collective hobbies today include mastering Italian cuisine, creating handmade soaps or candles, modeling souvenirs from polymer clay, decorating furniture, and training pets.
Game is game, but during these classes all participants, again regardless of age, learn valuable teamwork skills, gain useful knowledge, and “forget” about stress, worries and possible ailments. Hobbies are not such a frivolous matter, because hobbies “for the soul” significantly increase a person’s self-esteem and quality of life.