I want to go there: 6 unusual places for New Year’s vacation in the countryside

The New Year holidays are coming very soon. This means that you can spend even more time with your family and friends, dive headfirst into active vacations, skiing and skating. And if you still do not know where to celebrate the New Year or just spend the winter weekend – no problem. We have prepared for you a list of the most non-banal hotels and country residences for a perfect weekend.

Nikola-Lenivets Art Park

Cost: 3700 rubles.
It includes: a night in a superior standard room with one bed, breakfast for two, entrance ticket to the art park.

“Nikola-Lenivets” is located in the Kaluga region around a small village of the same name. On its territory there are many unique art objects the size of soccer fields and nine-story houses. This is the only place in Russia where you can see landscape installations by famous domestic and foreign authors.

Guests are offered to stay in houses of different types. And the house with a chandelier is one of the most popular objects of the space. It was designed especially for the Archstoyanie-2017 festival. The main feature of the structure is the absence of windows. The only light aperture is located in the ceiling.

During New Year’s holidays, guests will be able to spend time on the skating rink, a small slide or on the slopes near the frozen Ugra River, riding on cotton wagons. The organizers also promise to prepare a ski track, if the weather is lucky.

Eco-hotel Hobbitland

Cost: 4000 rubles.
It includes: a night in the cabin “Kasia Travinsk” for three people.

If you are a fan of the movies “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” and would like to visit the habitats of hobbits, you don’t have to go to New Zealand for this. Hobbitland countryside complex, located in the Moscow region, on the 112th km of Minsk highway, is a great place to relax during the New Year holidays. There you can not only go on a tour of the Hobbit village, but also live in the style of “glamping”.

Glamping is an outdoor vacation that includes all the modern conveniences and comforts. Usually so called accommodation in cozy tents, small houses or modernized pods, organically blended into the terrain away from civilization.

Each cabin has a wood burning stove, electricity, soft bedding and, most importantly, a huge round window. Sitting near it with a cup of hot chocolate, you can enjoy the silence alone with nature.

By the way, there are a lot of active entertainments in Hobbitland too: from fishing to skating and skiing.

Eco-camping SFERA

Cost: 4200 rubles.
It includes: a night in a geocamp for four people.

The ecocamping is located on the lake shore in Pereslavl-Zalessky. SFERA is a small year-round recreation center in glamping format. There are 15 cozy yurts and eco-huts on the territory, which organically fit into the nature of the coniferous forest.

During the New Year holidays the country club is planning a lot of events for the guests: from joint decoration of the Christmas tree to various quests on the track and dog sledding.

Eco-hotel “Forest”

Cost: from 1500 to 2500 rubles.
It includes: a night in an eco-house or a shalash.

“Forest” is located in the Vyborg district on the shore of Lake Zerkalnoye – not so far from the Northern Capital. Here you will find neither electricity nor running water. The eco-hotel uses torches, candles, a bathhouse and a forest spring. And the coniferous forest around creates a special feeling of unity with nature. Wooden huts, located on 11 hectares, are heated by wood stoves and keep warm even in freezing weather.

Here you can have a steam bath on the lakeside, and a playground is organized for children.