Escape from cold weather: 13 warm countries, where you can swim even in winter.

It is better to go to Thailand for winter in January or February, when air tickets are slightly cheaper than the average price for the year. For tickets for December, you can overpay to a third of their average annual cost. In addition, the New Year on Samui and Phangan periodically storms: the echoes of the rainy season are still heard. But since January the weather — peach: at sea calm, and above the head cloudless sky.

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Brazil

Brazil encounters hot embraces and immediately pulls sweaters and coats off from tourists. Throw things in the hotel and rush to the famous Copacabana beach in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. Hot Latinos do not hesitate to sunbathe in a bikini even under the strict gaze of Christ the Redeemer, who looks at the city from the top of Mount Corcovado. Nearby is the luxurious beach of Ipanema, surrounded by the mansions of the rich. Its northern part was staked by surfers, and the south was chosen by mummies with children.

The volcanic islands of Fernando di Noronha in the northeast of Brazil — Mecca for divers. In clear water, you can clearly see how sea turtles, barracudas and fish surgeons scurry about fifty meters from you. Among the Atlantic resorts with a history stands apart is the homeland of Capoeira Salvador. If you want to escape from the beach nirvana for a while, at your service are its museums and beautiful churches.

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If you plan to go to Brazil in February and at the same time get on the famous carnival in Rio, buy tickets at least a couple of months before departure. So it is more likely to save up to 15% of the average cost. Flights to Brazil for January and February you buy at an average annual price, but for the December flight you can overpay up to 57%.

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Vietnam

If you want exotic for a penny, fly to Vietnam. In winter, regular and charter flights from many large cities of Russia appear in this direction. Most tourists land in the resort of Nha Trang, where across the road from fish restaurants stretches a strip of sandy beaches. Fans of the hype live in the center, and families and introverts — in the north, closer to nature.

In the winter in the resort village of Mui Ne in the southeast of Vietnam, the winds are blowing — happiness for kitesurfers. In the daytime, the sky over the beach ripples from colorful kites, and in the evening vibrates from the waves of reggae from the surrounding surf bars. Romantics with burning eyes go to the southern island of Fukuok, where behind the tropical thickets are hidden beaches with postcards. Take off the bungalows on the beach and drink every morning a mango smoothie to replenish the vitamin supply.

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In December in Mui Ne and Nha Trang, , it's dangerous to swim. If you are traveling with children, do not take risks and take a closer look at the southern resorts such as Fukuok Island. Or postpone the trip for January-February, so you can save yourself: air tickets to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi or Nyachang for the New Year can cost 1.5-2 times more than a flight in the second half of winter.

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Kenya

At the thought of Kenya, imagine crocodiles and giraffes , and not chaise lounges and umbrellas. And in vain: the beaches in the bowels of wild Africa are excellent, and a week in January or February is more than enough to buy a chocolate tan and merge with the aborigines. The most luxurious beaches of Kenya with a multi-colored ocean stretch in all directions from the resort of Mombasa. Entertainments are full: you can meditate all day in the shade of palm trees, fight with the wind on a kite under a kite or watch out for fish through the glass bottom of a boat.

Romantics will put on a large & laquo; like & raquo; Swahili island of Lamu, where instead of cars on the pavement clatter hoofs of donkeys. Just a couple of kilometers from the Old Town — and you are on a deserted beach Shela, strewn with seashells. Take a look with fresh coconut in your hand to the ocean and honestly admit to yourself: you can not prohibit beautiful life.

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There are only two problems on Kenyan beaches: strong low tides before dinner and importunate traders. You can forget about the first: you think, a few minutes to walk from the lounger to the ocean. But with the second it is more difficult to cope. If you do not want samosy and bracelets to invade your vacation, choose private beaches at hotels.

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Cuba

Half day on the plane to Cuba — like a leap fifty years ago, where people still travel to Soviet & la muscovites & raquo; and believe in the victory of communism. Do not rush the course of events — better pour yourself a glass of Cuban rum and quench their thirst for action: the Cubans will learn to enjoy life slowly. If you love, when & laquo; all inclusive & raquo ;, go to the popular Cuban resort of Varadero, where behind the sprawling palm trees and cacti stretch kilometers of white beaches. In a royal way you can relax in the elite resort of Holguin. Sit under a straw umbrella and repeat the Cuban mantra & laquo; do not put off until tomorrow what can be done the day after tomorrow & raquo;.

Dissolve in time and space well and on the famous Cuban diving spots. The bridge of the tropical islands of Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo in the north of Cuba encircles the coral reef. Divers, who were lucky enough to dive there, make legends about meter-long grupers and reef sharks. And if you are not afraid of face to face with spiked iguanas — you on the island of Cayo Largo.

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The most expensive month to fly to Cuba — December: overpay for tickets 48%. And the most profitable of winter — January: Save 19% of the average price for the year. In Cuba, badly with the Internet, free Wi-Fi only appeared recently. But those who want to temporarily hide in offline, all this is just on hand.

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Philippines

If you think you know all the Asian resorts as your five fingers, think of the seven thousand Philippine islands. Everyone who rested here, thrilled about beautiful sunsets, shrimps with palms, gambling cock-fighting and lupoglazyh tarsiers. These kids, by the way, can be squeezed on the tropical island of Bohol.

The main trump card of the Boracay resort in the Philippines — amazing white beach with fine sand and transparent as glass, water. Quiet but smooth, but already on the other side of the island the horizon is covered with hundreds of kites and triangular sails. Fans of diving Jacques-Yves Cousteau advised to move towards Palawan, where the sunken Japanese ships rest on the bottom. Day and night in the coral covered holds hold the scorpion watch, clown fish and seahorse — They are worth visiting.

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Flights to the Philippines are better to take on January or February: the December flight will cost 51% more than the average price for the year. The season of tropical typhoons in the Philippines falls on the summer, although they can attack the islands at any time — even in winter. If you do not want to get on the news, keep an eye on the weather forecast.

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Hainan Island, China

While Chinese tourists are busy conquering world resorts, visit the main health resort of the Middle Kingdom — on the tropical island of Hainan. Previously, disobedient officials were sent here, and now on the "edge of the world" cold stones are warming the tourists. Thermal springs a stone's throw from the warm South China Sea in a country with a rich culture — it's just a song!

Most of all the enthusiastic impressions brought from the resort of Sanya, where along the sandy coast stretches a chain of good hotels. While local floundering in shallow water or wandering along the beach with self-sticks, arrange a long swim. And then make friends with the local surfers: they will tell about the lagoons with good waves, hidden on the way to the capital of Hainan Province — Haikou. In the Yalunvan bay, it is unlikely to get a budget rest, but you need to go there for a couple of days: you have not met such a motley company of marine inhabitants yet. And if you want to save and at the same time hang out, take a look at the nearby resort of Dadonghai.

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To fly to Hainan in winter is cheaper in the first half of January. For a whole week in January-February, the Chinese celebrate the New Year. And this means that hotels are overcrowded, there are no tickets for airplanes and trains, and there is nowhere to drop on the beaches of the Dragonfruit. In 2017, the Chinese New Year was celebrated on January 28, in 2018 - m — note on January 16, in 2019, m — February 5.

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Indonesia

All the winters and vacations are not enough to visit each of the 17 thousand islands of Indonesia. You can start with the basics and jerk on the untwisted Bali after the heroine of the sensational film "Eat, pray, love & raquo ;. In the spa centers and yoga schools Ubud is guaranteed to restore order in your head. Although many prefer a full reset: every night in Kuta, every evening, and next morning with new forces grab the boards and run towards the ocean waves.

On the tiny islands of Gili east of Bali to the insanity of beautiful and peaceful. Surrender to the mercy of universal laziness: lie on clear sand, swim with meter turtles and drift in clear water on a ridiculous pink mattress. To dilute everyday life in paradise, you can swim to the neighboring island of Lombok with its formidable volcano and mesmerizing waterfalls.

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The most expensive winter month for a trip to Bali — December with overpayment of 35%. For tickets for January and February, you give only 5 - 9% more than the average. Another important point: however strong the temptation to try magic mushrooms, remember that they are imprisoned for using drugs in Indonesia. In addition, fantastic Indonesian landscapes change consciousness without any stimulants.

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Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

On the sugar beaches of the African island of Zanzibar did not step the foot of a pack tourist. That's nice: no one will prevent you from capturing 50 shades of the blue of the Indian Ocean. The most chic pictures are obtained if you meet the sunset on the northern beach of Nungvi and catch white snow triangles of fishing boats. Do not hurry to return to the bungalow: at night in the coral gardens of Zanzibar awakening underwater mafia — cuttlefish, octopus and scarlet mollusks, they are also Spanish dancers.

There is a continuous romance on the eastern coast of the island of Zanzibar: on the beaches there is no soul, and in the middle of the sea there is a restaurant on a tiny rock. Closer to the south are plantations of spices, where for the joy of the coffee makers grow pods of vanilla and dried in the sun cinnamon. In the lagoon, the paget is replaced by lively kite-spots, after which secluded villas come to replace the ancient Stone Town.

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During the low tide in Zanzibar, the ocean floor is exposed to a good hundred meters. Are going to romantically wander along the beach — do not forget about the slippers: there are sea urchins and sharp shells in the sand.

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