Eh, I wish I could put my things in a suitcase, take my passport, buy a ticket and immediately find myself on the seashore. Without collecting unnecessary documents and lengthy visa processing... Tell me, is it a dream? Not at all. The main thing is to make the right choice. After all, there are many countries in the world that will accept Russians without first obtaining an entry visa. So let's get started!
Abkhazia
When entering the country, you will only be required to present a foreign passport or a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Azerbaijan
You can stay in the country without a visa for 90 days. To enter, you just need to present your passport.
Antigua and Barbuda
You can stay in the country for up to 28 days without a visa.
Argentina
Armenia
To enter the country, it is enough to present a passport.
Bahamas
You can stay up to 90 days without a visa.
Bangladesh
A visa is issued upon arrival in the country. But it is valid for no more than 15 days.
Bahrain
A visa is issued upon arrival in the state. Valid for 14 days.
Barbados
You can stay in the country for up to 28 days without a visa.
Belarus
No visa required.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
You can stay in the country without a visa for 30 days. However, upon entry you will need to present documents confirming that you have booked a hotel room, or an invitation from an individual or legal entity.
Botswana
Brazil
If your stay in the country does not exceed 90 days within six months, and the purpose of your visit is tourism, visiting family and friends, or a business trip, then a visa is not required.
Venezuela
You can stay in the country without a visa for 90 days.
Vanuatu
You can stay in the country without a visa for 30 days.
Vietnam
You can stay in the country for up to 15 days without a visa. But only if you arrived in Vietnam as a tourist, on a private or business visit. To enter the country, it is enough to present a passport. But please note that the document must be valid for three months after your planned date of return to your homeland. In addition, you will also have to show return tickets or tickets to the country you are going to from Vietnam.
Guatemala
Hong Kong
You can stay in the state for 14 days without a visa.
Haiti
You can stay in the country for 3 months without a visa.
Grenada
You can stay in the state for 90 days without a visa.
Dominica
You can stay in the country for up to 21 days without a visa.
Dominican Republic
No visa required. But at the airport you will be asked to pay for a tourist card. It has an expiration date. Therefore, if you need to renew your card, please contact your local police department. You will have to pay additional tax for this. And if you do not renew your card on time, you will face a fine. By the way, you will also have to fork out money to leave the country - pay a fee.
Egypt
No visa required. But at the airport you will have to pay a fee.
Israel
You can stay in the country for 90 days without a visa. True, only if you arrived as a tourist, to visit family or friends, or for a short time on business, but not related to making a profit in Israel. But whatever the purpose of the visit, you must have the following documents with you:
- international passport. Moreover, its validity period at the time of entry into the country must be at least six months;
— air tickets (electronic or booked tickets are quite suitable). The main thing is that the departure date is recorded;
— medical insurance policy for the provision of services abroad for the entire duration of the trip;
- confirmation of hotel reservation (in any form - original, printout, etc.) or travel agency voucher (if you arrived in the country as a tourist), invitation (if you came to visit or at the invitation of any enterprise - original or copy) . The invitation must indicate the duration of the visit, the address where the guest of the country will reside, as well as the personal information of the invitee and the invitee.
Jordan
You can apply for a visa at the airport upon arrival. And when you leave, you will have to pay an exit tax.
Indonesia
You can apply for a visa upon arrival. Its validity period is 30 days.
Kazakhstan
You can stay in the country for 90 days without a visa. Moreover, to enter, it is enough to have a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Kyrgyzstan
You can stay in the state for 90 days without a visa. Entry with international passports.
China, Hainan Island
No visa required.
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Laos
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 15 days without a visa.
Macedonia
You can stay in the country for up to 30 days without a visa.
Mauritius
The visa is issued at the airport upon arrival. Its period is 15 days. But if necessary, you can extend it. When leaving the country you will have to pay a fee. And pay attention to your international passport - it must be valid for six months from the date of your entry into the country.
Malaysia
You can stay on the territory of the state for 30 days without a visa. But your passport must be valid for six months from the date of your entry into the country.
Maldives
A 30-day visa can be issued at the airport upon arrival. Moreover, it is completely free. You will be asked to present a passport, which will not expire until the end of your visit to the country. In addition, you will have to show return tickets, which indicate the date of departure to your home country, and travel agency vouchers. You will have to pay a fee to leave the country.
Morocco
You can stay on the territory of the state for 90 days without a visa. When crossing the border, you need to have the following documents with you:
- a foreign passport, the validity of which expires no earlier than your departure from this country;
- return tickets;
— confirmation that you have enough money for the duration of your visit to the country.
Micronesia
You can stay in the country for 30 days without a visa.
Moldova
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 90 days without a visa.
Namibia
You can stay in the country for up to 3 months without a visa.
Nicaragua
Cook Islands
You can stay in the country for up to 31 days without a visa. The host country will only require proof of your hotel reservation.
Peru
You can stay in the country for up to 90 days without a visa.
Samoa Western
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 60 days without a visa.
Swaziland
You can stay in the country for up to 1 month without a visa.
Severny e Mariana Islands
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 45 days without a visa. The receiving party will only require the presentation of return tickets.
Seychelles
You can stay in the country for up to 1 month without a visa. You only need to provide confirmation that you have booked hotel rooms.
Serbia
You can stay in the country for up to 30 days without a visa.
WITH Singapore
Without a visa, only transit is possible - up to 96 hours. To do this, you will have to present tickets to the country you will be traveling to from Singapore.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The visa is issued upon arrival in the country. Duration: 30 days.
Tajikistan
You can stay in the country for up to 90 days without a visa. Entry with a foreign passport.
Turks and Caicos
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 30 days without a visa.
Thailand
You can stay in the country for up to 30 days without a visa. True, only if you came to Thailand as a tourist. You must have a foreign passport with you, the validity of which expires no earlier than six months from the date of your entry into the country. In addition, you will need to fill out a migration card. Your passport will be stamped with the date of entry.
Tunisia
You can stay in the country for up to 30 days without a visa. But provided that the tour is arranged through a travel agency and you arrive in Tunisia on a direct flight. Upon arrival, you will need to present your travel agency voucher and return tickets, as well as fill out a migration card. They will give you a stamp at the airport.
Türkiye
No visa required. You can apply for it at any point of entry into the country within half an hour. At a special window you will need to pay a visa fee. Then it will be pasted into the passport. And at passport control, a guest of the country will be given an entry stamp.
Ukraine
No visa required. It is enough to present a foreign passport or a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. In addition, you will need to fill out a migration card. If you are traveling with a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, then the entry and exit stamp is affixed only to the migration card. If using a foreign passport, then also in the passport. Upon departure, the migration card must be returned to representatives of the border services.
Uzbekistan
You can stay in the country for up to 90 days without a visa.
Fiji
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 4 months without a visa.
Philippines
You can stay in the country for up to 21 days without a visa.
Croatia
You can stay in Croatia for up to 90 days without a visa. But provided that you came to the country as a tourist. In this case, you will be asked to present your travel agency voucher and that you have booked a hotel room. If we are talking about a private visit, then you will need to provide the original invitation from an individual or legal entity, certified by the visa department of the police at the place of residence of the inviter. If the purpose of your visit does not fall under any of the options, you will have to apply for a visa.
Montenegro
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 30 days without a visa. Upon entry, you will be asked to present a tour operator voucher if you are traveling on a package tour, or an invitation if you are visiting the country on a private visit.
Chile
No visa required.
Sri Lanka
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 30 days without a pre-issued visa - it will be issued upon arrival. But only if the purpose of your visit is tourism. You need to have the following documents with you:
- international passport. Moreover, its validity period should expire no earlier than six months from the end of the trip;
— a migration card filled out in English (it will be issued on the plane or before passport control);
— confirmation that you have booked a hotel room or that you have enough money to stay in the country;
- return ticket with departure date.
Ecuador
You can stay on the territory of the state for up to 90 days without a visa. But you will have to pay for an entry permit.
South Korea
You can stay in the country for 15 days without a visa (subject to a number of conditions), and for 30 days you can stay on Chedzhou Island.
By the way
Most often, Russians vacation in Egypt and Thailand. These data are provided by Rostourism based on the results of the first quarter of 2013.
Thus, during this period, 575,312 Russians went on vacation to Egypt. In second place is Thailand with 379,825 tourists. Finland received an honorary “bronze” with 259,089 vacationers. The fourth and fifth places are occupied by China and the UAE - they received 227,627 and 218,092 guests from Russia, respectively.
And Slovenia was among the most unpopular - only 4,349 Russians decided to vacation in this country. Morocco - 4,068 tourists went there and the Republic of Moldova - a tourism destination chosen by 3,874 vacationers.
Visa-free tours are one of the simplest and most convenient ways to organize a trip, because the visa issue is one of the first to arise when planning a trip. The need for a visa, its cost and inaccessibility are fundamental factors, because refusal of documents is a very expensive way to ruin your vacation. This is why our compatriots love the option of finding a visa-free tour. Fortunately, today the list of states with a loyal visa policy for Russians includes more than 100 countries, and it gradually continues to grow. In other words, you can choose a visa-free tour from a wide range. For example, all of Central America, many Southeast Asian countries, and some EU states are open to travelers with a Russian passport.
It is worth noting that each country has its own characteristics, which you should know about in advance. Some states do not require anything other than a valid passport for entry, others require a formal visa request online, and others place a stamp at the border, but only upon payment of the appropriate fee. Together with us, you can search for visa-free tours and immediately find out all the details of the upcoming trip.
How to book visa-free tours?
Last-minute visa-free tours are an additional opportunity to save not only on the consular fee, but also on expenses for accommodation. At the same time, the quality of your vacation will not suffer, because we offer clients a selection of offers from all tour operators that have confirmed their professional status with thousands of satisfied travelers. For tourists who have time to prepare their trip, it will be convenient to leave a request for the selection of a visa-free tour by our specialists. Depending on the budget and wishes of the customer, we will find relevant options. Our booking system allows you to buy visa-free tours online, completing all the formalities on the Internet. You can also buy visa-free tours at the sales office by selecting the appropriate branch based on various criteria: open on weekends, accepts cards for payment, and many others.
Summer is a time of revival of sales, increased consumer demand and increased economic activity. Most of the population of our country receives vacation at the end of the beach season. If it is quite problematic to find a place to relax within Russia in late autumn and especially in winter, then it is possible to go to the sea without a visa and enjoy the sun abroad.
Most people plan their vacation according to the classic model, preferring to spend a well-deserved vacation lying on a sun lounger by the sea. In the summer months, you can fully enjoy the sea coast in Russia, for example, by going on vacation to the Krasnodar Territory.
In winter, seaside holidays become possible only outside the Russian Federation.
When planning a trip, you need to prepare all the documents in advance, obtain visas and think through the nuances. At the same time, the process of obtaining entry permits to a particular country does not always go smoothly and is quite complex. However, it is possible to travel abroad without a visa.
A visa is still required to visit most European countries in 2020. However, there are also countries where entry into the territory is simplified as much as possible, and the conditions for recreation are at the highest level. The most popular, from the point of view of the classical holiday model, are the following countries:
- Abkhazia,
- Guam,
- Indonesia,
- Cuba,
- Kuwait,
- Philippines.
Traveling abroad without a visa to one of these countries will not be difficult. The above list contains only the most interesting tourist destinations, without covering other routes and countries whose territory is entered on visa-free or simplified conditions.
Turkish coast
You can enter the territory of the state with a minimum package of documents, having only a valid passport. However, no fees or additional duties are charged for crossing the border.
You can vacation within the country on a visa-free basis for up to 60 days. If desired, your stay in the country can be extended for another 90 calendar days, although you will have to pay another 149 liras for this.
The Vietnamese resorts of Phan Thiet and Nha Trang are among the most inexpensive holiday destinations for Russian tourists.
A visa to Vietnam is not required. Citizens of Russia can stay in this country without it for 15 days.
Coast of Colombia
Today, Colombia is open to travelers from Russia, whose government is doing everything possible to increase tourist interest in the country. Therefore, in 2020, Russians do not need a visa to visit it. Moreover, the duration of stay on the territory of the state is limited to 90 days for each six months.
To successfully pass customs control, it is enough to present your international passport, return tickets and confirm payment for the hotel room at the border.
Argentina is another country where Russian citizens can go on vacation. In 2009, visa rules for both countries were abolished by mutual agreement of the parties. Russians can stay here for up to 90 days without a visa in one half-year.
To successfully cross the border, you must present an active passport, return tickets and confirm your financial stability. When traveling with a child, you must also have his birth certificate and written permission for export, which is required only if he is traveling with one of the parents.
Despite the simplified border crossing regime, Argentina is still an unexplored corner for most tourists from Russia. The territorial distance from the borders of our country plays a decisive role in this.
The natural world and climatic conditions of Argentina are quite diverse, which is explained by its large extent from north to south. One part of the country is home to magnificent ski resorts, while the other is replete with endless beaches.
Inaccessible mountain ranges and snow-capped peaks form magnificent landscapes that contrast with the azure ocean coast. Evergreen jungles and ancient monuments only enhance the feeling of surrealism and increase overall tourist interest in the state.
Beaches of Guam
The abundance of flora and fauna on the Mariana Islands is amazing, and comfortable beaches and mild climate make them a real boon for tourists.
Geographically, Guam belongs to the United States of America and is its unofficial part. Until recently, access to the island was only possible with a standard American visa. However, since 2012, the visa policy for tourists from the Russian Federation has been changed, and today you can fly to Guam without a visa.
The visa-free regime is provided exclusively for tourists and allows you to stay on the island for up to 180 days if you have a US visa. At the same time, in order to smoothly clear customs, you need to fill out the standard I-734 form, have a valid passport and return air tickets indicating the departure date.
Traveling to Europe was already an expensive pleasure, and given the new economic conditions, vacations in the main European capitals have become an almost unaffordable luxury.
Fortunately, in addition to expensive London, Paris and Rome, there are cheaper European cities, so there is still an opportunity to see Europe without going broke, you just need to carefully plan your trip and choose a direction. To make things easier for you, we've put together a list of 10 interesting and inexpensive cities in Europe where a weekend won't leave a hole in your budget.
1. Krakow
It is surprising that Krakow, one of the most beautiful and at the same time the cheapest cities in Europe, has not yet been appreciated by tourists. Krakow was the capital of Poland until the end of the 16th century, but even after losing this status it always remained the main cultural and scientific center of the country. Fortunately, unlike Warsaw, the city was practically not damaged during World War II, so many ancient buildings have been preserved here (there are thirty-nine churches alone), the medieval Jagiellonian University and a huge royal castle from the 13th century.
2. Budapest
Despite the fact that the popularity of the Hungarian capital has grown greatly in recent years, prices here still remain relatively low. If you choose a hotel not in the very center and use public transport, you can enjoy views of the Danube and classical architecture while staying within a modest budget. Be sure to visit one of Budapest's famous thermal baths, cross the river on the Chain Bridge and stroll through the Buda Castle and Fisherman's Bastion.
3. Lisbon
Even by European standards, there are a lot of attractions in Lisbon and its surroundings - castles, palaces and basilicas, and the decent cost of air travel to the Portuguese capital is more than offset by cheap hotels, restaurants and shops. If you plan to travel around the city a lot by public transport or use the funiculars (including the famous city elevator of Santa Justa), be sure to buy a Viva Viagem travel system, this will allow you to save even more.
4. Prague
Prague has won the love of tourists from all over the world thanks to two factors: cheap Czech pubs and a beautiful historical center. In terms of attractiveness and richness of cultural monuments, Prague is hardly inferior to the main Western European capitals, and a trip here will cost you much less than to Paris or Amsterdam. The only negative is that there are a lot of tourists in Prague during the high season, so choose the less popular months, since this city is beautiful at any time of the year.
5. Istanbul
One of the oldest cities in the world, Istanbul is considered a must-visit destination for every history buff. Mosques, bazaars and amazing views of the Bosphorus Strait will not leave even the most experienced travelers indifferent. Today, Istanbul captivates not only with its rich cultural heritage, but also with its low prices, which, alas, fall in inverse proportion to the level of safety in the city.
6. Athens
Athens is an ideal city for a weekend - there are enough attractions here for just two days of leisurely exploration. You should set aside one full day to explore the Parthenon and the Acropolis, you will need at least half a day to visit the luxurious archaeological museum of Athens, and if you still have time, check out the Monastiraki area - see the mosque and wander around the market. Despite the fact that Athens is one of the most expensive cities on our list, by European standards it is still a very cheap place, especially if you go there out of season, but in late autumn or even winter.
7. Split
Split is a less touristy copy of Dubrovnik: the same red roofs, white walls and views of the bay. The city is much cheaper and is located in Dalmatia, which is famous for its excellent beaches, so you can combine a visit to Split with a beach holiday nearby. Split, of course, does not have a grand city wall like Dubrovnik, but it does have the ancient Roman palace of Emperor Diocletian, which is considered the best-preserved Roman-era palace in the world.
8. Berlin
Despite the fact that Berlin is the capital of one of the richest countries in the eurozone, prices here remain relatively low. Of course, compared to the cities of Eastern Europe, the cost of a night in hotels and hostels in Berlin is not so attractive, but due to the popularity of the destination and the large number of flights, tickets to Berlin can be bought quite inexpensively (especially if you take care of the purchase a few months before the trip).
9. Riga
If you have not yet been to Riga, try to correct this annoying mistake as soon as possible - after the transition to the euro, prices in this city are constantly rising. The historical center of Riga fully corresponds to the concept of a classic European city - open cafes, pretty squares, surrounded by ancient buildings with tiled roofs, paved sidewalks. Well, the advantages of a holiday in Riga for Russians are obvious: geographical proximity and the absence of a language barrier.
10. Ljubljana
Gradually, from a place that no one can find on the map, Ljubljana is turning into one of the most popular cities in Europe. It has everything you need for a classic European weekend: a beautiful historical center, good restaurants, architectural monuments, including a large, well-preserved medieval castle. We strongly recommend going to the capital of Slovenia before it begins to attract crowds of tourists and hotel prices do not jump to the average European level.
Term: up to 365 days.
Documentation:
What to do: the country is famous for its hospitality, unique architecture and delicious national cuisine. Skiers come to ski in Gudauri, where the total length of the slopes is about 57 km.
Term: up to 90 days in summer and up to 30 days during the rest of the year.
Documentation: a passport valid for the entire duration of the trip.
What to do: Montenegro is a mix of different countries and natural attractions. There are black rocks, the Adriatic Sea, mountain villages, and Venetian-style buildings. In winter, skiers come here to ski in the North Albanian
Alps.
Term: up to 180 days.
Documentation: passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation (valid only at Yerevan and Gyumri airports) or international passport.
What to do: Armenia is home to healing springs with mineral water, churches on the rocks, mountain lakes and the majestic Ararat. The best skiing here is Tsaghkadzor - the former Main Olympic Base of the USSR.
