To save on summer vacations without prejudice to the rest itself is a real quest! And if in Anapa, and even with children - the quest is triple. There are so many entertainments and temptations … But there are ways. Let's consider them in the main directions.
Transport
Savings can start from leaving Anapa airport. You shouldn't hurry with a taxi. While you are in good shape and have not relaxed from the southern heat, it is worth walking 30 meters to a public transport stop. Not all minibuses are convenient for passengers with luggage. Therefore, we will leave them for movement around the city. But buses are suitable for both price and capacity. As many as six routes to choose from, to different parts of the city. When booking accommodation, it is worth clarifying how to get to it. The price of a bus ticket is 22 rubles! There are no markups, you just need to know the final point of the route and do not start your vacation right away from the plane.
By the way, the prices in city taxis are quite budgetary, you can use this during your rest. Taxi drivers are trying to make money at the airport. So the bus will help you.
Fast and popular transport is, of course, minibuses. The cost starts at 15 rubles and increases with distance. On average, the trip will cost from 30 to 50 rubles. When moving around the city, this is a budget and quite comfortable option.
Lodging
June housing prices in Anapa are fairly tolerant. But their growth is inevitable, thanks to the covid restrictions. The way out is early booking, you can really save on it.
In hotels, the range of prices is wide, starting from 2000 rubles for a standard room. Closer to the coastline - more expensive, further from the sea - more modest prices. It is quite possible to rent a room for 1500 rubles, and minibuses go to the beach. Rates in boarding houses do not differ from hotel ones.
The ideal of economy is the private sector. It differs significantly from the Soviet "makeshift" for vacationers. Today it is an apartment / room with all amenities and household appliances. The main plus is the ability to cook yourself. It is unlikely that this will please women, but it will have a beneficial effect on the family wallet. Prices - from 1000 rubles. Many housewives attract tenants with breakfast included in the price.
More savings options: renting an apartment for a month is always cheaper. And the house can be rented in a pool for 2-3 families.
Life hack. The most affordable housing can be rented in Dzhemete or Vityazevo, villages near Anapa. They are located so close to the city that even the natives cannot tell where Anapa ends and, for example, Dzhemete begins. There are two big pluses here. When the water begins to bloom on the Anapa beaches, the sea remains clean in these villages. Vityazevo, moreover, is located on the road to the airport - it is cheaper and faster to get there.
Nutrition
Even in the ideal of family frugality, in the private sector, breakfasts and dinners are usually prepared. You will have to dine in the city. And here, too, the basic principle of resorts works - the prices are lower further from the sea. This rule even applies to retail, not to mention cafes. It is pointless to list prices, it is not known how they will change in the high season, because the pandemic is a friend of trade.
Markets in Anapa are enough The most expensive, as elsewhere, "Central". Do not forget that you can bargain. Products are perishable, so they will yield. There is also a wholesale market, where sellers from other markets are bought. Take the first exit from the ring along the Anapa highway towards the airport. But this is if you have a car.
For the townspeople, the mayor's office is implementing a project under the Odessa name "Privoz". The bottom line is simple: trading places are provided to sellers free of charge. In exchange, they have to sell products 10-20 percent cheaper. Officials are watching this. There are six “bring” fairs in Anapa. That is, on any weekend - Friday, Saturday, Sunday - in all districts of the city you can buy vegetables, fruits, cheeses, meat, fish, etc. for several days. In the summer, with the influx of holiday-makers, "transports" start working on Thursday. The assortment is wide, the products from the surrounding farms and agricultural firms are fresh. The addresses of the popular markets can be obtained from the locals.
Entertainment
The first is to entertain the child on the beach. It seems what is easier: build houses from sand and swim. But peddlers regularly circulate among vacationers with the slogans "Beer, ice cream, corn, churchkhela!" Rather than buying exorbitantly warmed corn the day before yesterday, we buy fruit on delivery, wash it and take it with us to the beach.
The second is toys, there are never many of them. No matter how much you take with you, the child will certainly want what others are playing. Exit: if you go to the left of the entrance to the Vostochny market, you will see two children's toy stores, they are several times cheaper than in the beach area.
Serious expenses - water parks and attractions. Here you just need to understand that vacation is limited, the main thing is the sea. Prices in water parks:
- "Golden Beach", in the center. Children under 3 years of age up to 105 cm - free, child ticket 900, adult 1500 rubles.
- "Tiki-Tak", Pionersky prospect. The prices are the same.
- Olympia, Vityazevo. Baby for free, child ticket 700, adult 1300 rubles
You can stay on the territory all day long, so add food costs to the cost of tickets. In such places, it will be more expensive than just in the city, and it is forbidden to bring food with you. Amusement parks are not cheap either. But keep in mind that children get tired of the heat, people and even the sea. It is more important to observe the regime than to carry them around every night for entertainment.
If you or your children are so curious that they are ready to tear themselves away from the sea for a walk in historical places, it makes sense to buy a guidebook. And, using it, make excursions on your own.
Conclusion: you can save on summer vacations. To do this, you do not need to limit yourself in drinking, eating and having fun. Just monitor prices.
