Most tourists try to celebrate New Year and Christmas where nature itself contributes to a festive mood. For many people, snow-covered slopes, winter festivals with hot mulled wine and brightly decorated Christmas trees, skating rinks illuminated with garlands, a bottomless cobalt sky, light frost, triplets with bells and massive snowmobiles are important. There is another category of tourists who cannot stand the winter and in the darkest time of the year tries to go farther - to the blue sea, white beaches, water activities.
In recent years, celebrating the New Year under a tree installed on the beach has become very fashionable, and this year, when the borders of European ski resorts are closed, it is also relevant. Where to go with the whole family for the New Year 2021 at sea abroad? We offer several options.
Turkey
Familiar, familiar to many, Turkey during the winter holidays will open from a completely unexpected side. Nobody expects a beach holiday from the Turkish coast in winter, but local Mediterranean resorts will have pools with heated water, so if you wish, you can arrange a summer for yourself in the middle of winter.
However, it will be more interesting to celebrate the New Year in Turkey if you choose to live in Istanbul - a city located in two parts of the world at once. What could be more romantic than spending New Year's Eve on a ship cruising along the Bosphorus? Tickets for these cruises are in high demand, so it is better to order them now. No less fun on New Year's Eve will be at the richly illuminated Taksim Square.
It should not be forgotten that there are also European-level ski resorts in Turkey (Sarikamysh, Palandoken). All hotels operate on them according to the "All inclusive" system, which is loved by many. Finally, you can go to Cappadocia - to the cave cities, strange lunar landscapes and well-designed hiking trails.
Maldives
The distant Maldives in the Indian Ocean is a place where each guest feels their significance, importance and exclusivity. This is one of the reasons why thousands of tourists come here every year.
Each hotel in the Maldives has its own island, where you can enjoy quiet, secluded private beaches or a private pool. During the day, tourists explore uninhabited islands, scuba diving, picnics on the beaches, and in the evenings watch the starry southern skies, watch outdoor movies and dine under the lapping ocean waves.
On New Year's Eve in the Maldives, hotel complexes are preparing a special festive program. Some hotels invite well-known artists to entertain the venerable audience. Naturally, a New Year's table will be served on the beaches, and fireworks await guests at the end of the evening.
UAE, Dubai
Wonderful weather, when the air warms up to 25 degrees during the day, and the water - up to 22 degrees, is established in the United Arab Emirates in winter.
Tours to New Year's Dubai are in great demand. This is a city where everyone can find something to do: beach lovers, shopaholics, gourmets, admirers of historical sights, and romantics who dream of rushing into the desert in jeeps through the dunes. Markets, ethnographic and tourist villages, hotels with observation decks, restaurants, fashion boutiques - Dubai has it all and more!
Muslim Dubai does not celebrate Christmas, but it celebrates the New Year noisily, brightly and with fireworks. In Dubai, on New Year's Eve, you can walk the streets (keep in sight the places from where the fireworks will be launched - the Burj Al Arab Hotel, the Burj Kalifa Hotel, the Palm Jumeirah Island) or order dinner at one of the local bars or restaurants. The restaurants Cielo Sky Lounge, Nikki Beach and some others are getting good reviews.
Cuba
If you do not like all the excitement that is being arranged in our latitudes around the New Year's holidays, if you just dream of spending time with friends or family, then you have a direct road to Cuba.
Catholic Christmas is celebrated here quietly and calmly, until 1996 this holiday was generally banned. All establishments (museums, restaurants, dive clubs) continue their work until the New Year. Therefore, tourists can enjoy their trip around Cuba without hindrance, without fear of facing reduced work schedules, lack of public transport and similar troubles.
No one has canceled the New Year's Eve in Cuba, so gala dinners in hotels, trees decorated with garlands, gifts and good mood await all guests. If you don't want to stay in a hotel, go to the beach, where you can have a spontaneous party with random guests or just sit under the stars making wishes.
Montenegro
Balkan Montenegro is a seasonal resort country where charters fly strictly from May to October. Therefore, spending the New Year holidays in Montenegro is a unique opportunity to see beach resorts free of tourists. On New Year's Eve, locals are more likely to go to the sea than guests from other countries.
Walk along the old streets of Budva and Kotor, ride a yacht, sit on the open terrace of a cafe. The climate in Montenegro is mild, the sea water temperature in winter is kept at around 14 degrees, so some extreme lovers even swim.
New Year in Montenegro can also be seen at the ski resorts of Kolasin or Zabljak. Excellent tracks, good snow cover, decent infrastructure - what else do you need for a wonderful holiday?
