Popular lakes in Russia are fishing and pristine beaches, which are in demand among fans of a calm and a little wild rest.
Rest on the popular lakes of Russia
Russian lakeside regions attract tourists with picturesque nature, opportunities for active pastime and accommodation at recreation centers. So, lovers of mystical secrets and Ural beauties rush to the Chelyabinsk lakes, and those who want to go on interesting excursions and get medical treatment in the sanatoriums located on their shores are rushing to the Altai lakes.
Baikal
If your goal is swimming, you should head for Olkhon Island, Barguzinsky (it has pebble and sandy beaches) or Mukhor Bay, where the water warms up above + 20˚C in the summer months.
Those wishing to relax on mineral springs should head to the Kotelnikovsky Cape (water heated to + 81˚C is enriched with fluorine; and pools filled with it can be found on the lake shore) or to the village of Pearls (in the thermal water of a local spring, which is used for treatment of the nervous system and joints, contains titanium, molybdenum, strontium; to the services of vacationers - a hydropathic establishment with 2 pools), and those interested in ethnographic travel - to the village of Arshan (Buryatia), famous for its Buddhist datsans.
Cruises on Lake Baikal (the width of the lake is 81 km, and the length is more than 630 km) deserve special attention: those who went on a 6-day cruise on the Imperia motor ship will get acquainted with the cultural values of the indigenous population, meet a shaman, and visit the Stupa of Enlightenment.
For the sake of diving, it is advisable to go to Baikal in June (visibility under water - 40 m): everyone will be able to appreciate the richness of the flora and fauna of the underwater world, explore grottoes, sunken ships and barges (diving sites are located near the village of Listvyanka, on Olkhon, in the Maloye More strait …
Lake Peipsi
The coastal zone is a habitat for birds and animals (more than 50 species), and in the lake itself there are roach, bream, pike, burbot, pike perch, which cannot but please the fishermen.
In summer, on the shores of Lake Peipsi, you can stay in one of the tourist centers or boarding houses, in particular, at the recreation center "Chudskoye Podvorie": each of the almost 50 cottages has a terrace, on which you can admire the wonderful view of the lake. In addition, Chudskoe Podvorie has a conference room, parking, restaurant "Medved", a Russian bathhouse.
As for the sights, in the village of Samolva you can visit a museum, where through maps, scientific reports, unique photographs and other exhibits, you can learn more about the expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences (it was collected to search for the site of the Battle on the Ice); in the city of Gdov - to see the local Kremlin and the Cathedral of the Sovereign Mother of God, and in the village of Domogirka - the Church of the Holy Trinity (15th century).
Seliger
On Lake Seliger, travelers will find: sandy beaches, the infrastructure of which is presented in the form of changing cabins, boat rental stations, sun loungers and sun awnings (on Gorodomlya Island, the beach "May Spit" is popular); numerous attractions (the monastery of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya hermitage, the Ostashkovsky museum of local lore, the Troyeruchitsa nature reserve).
Active holidaymakers on Seliger will be able to take themselves horseback riding around the lake, hunting (wild boars, bears, lynxes, elks, capercaillie, black grouse, pheasants are found in the vicinity of Seliger), rafting on the rivers of the Seliger basin (Valdayka, Zhizhytsa, Berezaika, Zapadnaya Dvina).
Lake Onega
The average depth of Lake Onega is 30 m, and the maximum depth is over 120 m. Those who want to visit Kizhi (famous for monuments of wooden architecture of the 15-20th centuries and Onega petroglyphs), go fishing (you can catch grayling, salmon, vendace, roach, perch, ruff, catfish, eel, pike perch), visit the national park "Vodlozersky" (on its territory there are at least 100 lakes, Ilyinsky Pogost, 80 "parking lots" for tourists with houses and saunas; in the park they will offer to go kayaking, skiing or snowmobiles) and at the Onega sailing regatta (end of July).
