It is not easy to find any other place on our planet besides the Mediterranean, where crowds of multinational tourists tend to go throughout the calendar year. Thanks to the incredible variety of Mediterranean resort areas, travelers - even the overly demanding ones - will find it easy to find wonderful beaches here for a pleasant and rewarding pastime.
It is not easy for tourists to determine which of the picturesque cities of this wonderful land are worth visiting more than others, because in each of them a variety of entertainments and delights of rest on long sandy and pebble coasts await vacationers. Yet the most active and knowledgeable travelers manage to highlight several Mediterranean resort towns that are considered real gems this amazing land.
Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Travelers choosing a vacation in hospitable Cyprus are attracted to these lands, first of all, by the opportunities for a quiet pastime, necessary for many contemporaries, away from the noisy and overcrowded large and medium-sized cities. However, for most young tourists who come to picturesque Ayia Napa - a cozy resort town famous for its fine sandy coastline - these places are primarily associated with bright and varied entertainment.
Most often, young people prefer to have a noisy and fun vacation on Nissi - a rather crowded two-kilometer beach. Thanks to fashionable British DJs, in the evenings, almost the entire coastline turns into a stylish disco, where famous melodies of various styles and trends of advanced Western European music sound.
The beach also offers plenty of fun activities for aficionados of solitary fishing and windsurfing a favorite of young travelers. The same entertainment awaits vacationers at the glamorous Makronissos, a rather long sandy beach known for its uncrowdedness and excellent conditions for diving that has become fashionable.
The resort will delight all holidaymakers with a variety of local club life. It is unlikely that some of the young travelers would not want to visit fun parties in a medieval fortress or a cozy ice cave. It is in this exotic style that the halls and facades of the giant Castle and the small and cozy Ice, two famous clubs, are decorated. Both in them and in other similar entertainment establishments of the hospitable resort, vacationers are waiting for meetings with famous European DJs and progressive musicians.
Kemer, Turkey
Russian tourists have long been accustomed to relaxing in the magnificent resorts of the picturesque Turkish Riviera. In each of them, a wide variety of entertainment awaits vacationers both on sandy and pebble beaches and on the almost always warm azure sea. Most often, most tourists who know Turkish resorts well, dream of a serene pastime in Kemer and its picturesque surroundings.
Both in the town itself and in the neighboring villages, multinational travelers will be surprised by the harmonious coexistence of ancient buildings and modern comfortable pebble beaches. luxury hotels... On the sea, near the central embankment of the resort, you can always see many luxury yachts, for the sake of sailing on which groups of wealthy Europeans come here. Thick pine forests and orange orchards make the beaches here look like giant manicured parks.
Young people have chosen the small-pebble beaches of cozy Tekirova and Olympos, famous for ancient buildings - two hospitable villages that are part of the resort area of the above-mentioned Kemer. In the last one, young travelers are attracted not only by noisy evenings at local discos, but also by a unique opportunity to live a little in one of the tree houses.
Here, vacationers can unexpectedly become grateful participants in a short, but fascinating journey into the little-known past, having visited the remains of the Pirate Fortress and the ruins of the once gigantic temple complex. Adult travelers and their children will be delighted by the shallow sea and cleanliness of several sandy and pebble beaches of the mentioned Tekirov.
Real legends go about "Moonlight" - a picturesque park complex located along the long sandy coast of Kemer. Young tourists are attracted here first of all by a sincere desire to visit a bright and memorable performance in their favorite Dolphinarium. Adult travelers are also always in a good mood during the incendiary performance of two talented dolphins and a good-natured sea lion.
In endless streams, travelers of different ages head to the territory of "Dino" - a giant park that looks like a fantastic city. Walking past huge figures of dinosaurs moving and frightening with strange sounds, visitors feel like they are on our planet during the period of the dominance of these gigantic creatures.
Sousse, Tunisia
For most Russian travelers, rest on the North African coast of the Mediterranean Sea is associated, first of all, with well-developed Egyptian resorts. But none of them are associated with the Mediterranean coast. Throughout the African Mediterranean, tourists are attracted by a long coastal strip, on which several well-known resorts of ancient Tunisia are comfortably located.
Most often, lovers of distant wanderings choose a serene vacation on the ten-kilometer coast of ancient Sousse. Vacationers on Bou Jafar - one of the two crowded beaches of this Tunisian resort - can enjoy the clean white sand and small waves of the turquoise sea. There are also many conventional and floating fish restaurants, always crowded with overseas visitors. On Las Vegas - another fine sandy beach of hospitable Sousse - fans of fashionable windsurfing will be delighted with the local rather strong waves.
You can learn about the rich history of Tunisia associated with the name of the famous and not fully explored Carthage by visiting Medina, which amazes with its ancient age. This is how the Arabs call the ancient quarters of the city, where travelers have a unique opportunity to find themselves inside the rather well-preserved Ribat, a fortress often visited by tourists. In the evenings, resort guests flock to the romantic musical fountains located in neighboring Port El Kantaoui in droves.
The coast of this famous suburb has long been chosen by numerous divers. To visit the local amazing variety of attractions "Hannibal Park" is a sincere dream of little travelers. Becoming a miniature car driver or a children's train driver is a real big and exciting adventure for naughty kids and their caring parents.
Salou, Spain
Vacationers make up whole legends about the variety of recreation in the Spanish resort areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Travelers of different ages in conversations most often mention the beaches of picturesque Salou - a calm resort town, comfortably located on the famous Costa Dorado.
Travelers usually rush to these wonderful lands not for the sake of a luxurious pastime on local beaches, but in order to visit the famous "Port Aventura" - a complex of attractions, beloved by both children and their compassionate parents. Finding yourself in the Enchanted Garden, the tangled Labyrinth of the Wild West or other unusual areas of this giant theme park is a sincere desire not only for young travelers, but also for representatives of other generations of different ages.
Adorned here with flowers and palm groves and the best Spanish hotels the coast is always both crowded and interesting. In the morning and afternoon hours, travelers enjoy a pleasant pastime on the local fine sandy beaches. On the kilometer-long East Beach, specially equipped and fenced-off areas are waiting for parents and their naughty children.
Western European travelers, especially the British, can always be found on Long Beach. Lovers of solitude and silence will appreciate a pleasant and relaxing holiday on the miniature Lengudentse and Capellans, cut off by rocks from other places - two cozy sandy beaches.
Nice, France
Among the numerous French Mediterranean resorts, Russian travelers have a truly reverent feeling for luxurious Nice, which is closely associated with compatriots who emigrated to these lands. Along the Promenade des Anglais, favored by multinational tourists, there are several wonderful pebble beaches at once. Each of them belongs to one of the magnificent hotels on the coast.
At the Blue Beach located in the central part of the resort, vacationers can enjoy not only the delights of sunburn, but also the exquisite taste of drinks that are spread among vacationers by the waiters of the local luxury restaurant. Almost no different conditions await travelers on the long Galion, wide Neptune and other cozy beaches of Nice.
Divers who have chosen the resort are never disappointed with their rest here. Of the three local diving centers, they most often gather in Club nautique - a popular club, relatively expensive, but suitable even for picky fans of this extreme entertainment. Nice will delight connoisseurs of high art with a wonderful opportunity to become grateful spectators of the many times reconstructed Opera House or visitors to the Museum of Modern Art, which always surprises with its avant-garde exhibitions.
In the summer, in the evening, not only tourists, but almost the entire city can be seen on the Promenade des Anglais, brightly lit with colorful lights. Travelers are no less delighted with walks in the medieval Place Massena. It amazes with the harmonious combination of old buildings standing here and colorful statues on special pillars, as if they came here from a fantastic movie.
What is the best Mediterranean resort?
Due to the multitude and variety of Mediterranean resorts located in the territories of noticeably different states, it is both easy and not quite simple for travelers to choose a place for their long-awaited vacation. The difficulties are, first of all, in almost identical conditions of rest and comfort.
Each resort tries to keep up with its neighbors, preparing for travelers a lot of often not even quite foreseen opportunities for entertainment and pleasant pastime.But thanks to the truly fierce competition that exists here, travelers in any of the mentioned and many other resort towns of the Mediterranean always remain enchanted by a wonderful holiday on this famous coast.