Decided to go to the seaside by car in 2021? Consider all the costs when planning a vacation on the Black Sea with departure from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities of the Russian Federation, find out the prices. We will give practical tips to help you avoid problems on the road and enjoy your vacation.
Visiting the Black Sea coast has been and remains an attractive leisure activity. You can get or fly to the beach resorts by plane, train or bus. But still, many people are keenly interested in the question, how costs rest on the Black Sea by car... Such an independent trip allows you not to depend on the work of transport, see a lot more and arrange your vacation the way you need it.
Preparing for a trip to the sea by car:
List of things at sea, what to take with you?
When spring comes into its own and summer begins to approach, migratory birds return from the southern ends. But those who want to relax go in the opposite direction. But you will not be able to have a successful and pleasant time if you do not know what to take with you to the sea. Competent recommendations can be given not so much by other tourists as by the inhabitants of the Black Sea coast. They know deeper the peculiarities of the places where they happened to settle.
It is advisable to have first aid kit... But you cannot approach its recruitment thoughtlessly. And even the requirements of the traffic rules do not allow filling the first-aid kit properly. Dressings and disinfectants are helpful, but care must be taken to prevent motion sickness. Experienced vacationers take food poisoning products and plastic bags with them (useful if they do happen, but you can't stop). What is required for a trip to the sea? Continuing the story of maintaining health, you cannot ignore the supply of water. In summer and even in late spring, early autumn, there are unpleasant sultry days in the south.
O tent and sleeping bag We will not remind you, they are already in the car! Travel without navigator almost impossible. You don't have to take a stand-alone device. There are enough applications installed in smartphones. But, we recommend taking a printed version of the map with marks where you can stop and other points. Equipment for cooking (a stove with a gas cylinder, dishes, a kettle, a tent, a generator connected to a battery will also come in handy) put it first.
Must have video recorder... He will record unusual landscapes and events. More importantly, the video recorder will help you defend your rights in the event of an accident. No radar detector needed. But automobile vacuum cleaners bring non-contested benefits. Especially when they go on the road with small children or plan to stay outside hotels. Transponder will allow you not to stop crossing toll points.
Family travel is unthinkable without thermo containers for baby food. But they should be tested in advance so as not to suffer from problems. We also advise you to have spare wheels and other spare parts (candles, belts, suspension parts, a set for repairing wheels in case of a puncture, adding oil, antifreeze), instruments for car maintenance, replaceable clothes, cash money, bank and discount cards, tow rope.
It is better to make a list in advance of what to take with you to the sea, and check and clarify it several times. Clarification continues even while packing, because otherwise there is a great risk of not taking something.
What documents to take?
The first step is to have your passports and other identity documents with you. In the North Caucasus region, the police are stricter than in the center of Russia; on the border with Abkhazia, they like to find fault with every little thing and can detain you at the post for hours. Be sure to have a license and a technical passport, an OSAGO policy. As for personal health insurance, if possible, it is worth having a VHI policy. And if it is not there, then at least the compulsory medical insurance must be taken with you for sure.
Insurance and its cost
We are not talking about the price of insurance of the car itself and civil liability. Experienced travelers go on the road with such policies that overlap the travel time by at least 2 - 3 months. Theoretically, health can be insured with a compulsory medical insurance policy. However, experts advise to draw up a travel insurance policy for Russia. For example, the "Alfa-Insurance" program, designed for 1 traveler, with a trip duration of 7 days, will cost from 384 rubles. Such an economy program contains only the minimum of necessary things. The payment for a comfortable insurance will be 416 rubles. The amount of compensation for both programs is the same - 300 thousand. Both packages cover medical expenses, transportation in case of illness or injury, emergency dental intervention, urgent notification. Only a more expensive tariff will allow you to receive compensation for the loss or theft of documents, compensate for legal assistance.
Travel itinerary
Going to the Black Sea by car from Moscow, without a clearly drawn up plan and route scheme, is frankly unreasonable. There is nothing difficult in that, because it is enough for planning knowledge from the school geography course. You will have to take into account that the federal highway M27, stretching from Dzhubga to Sochi, is constantly overloaded in summer. Tens of thousands of cars are crawling along the highway (another word is inappropriate) towards the sea. And even in the hottest hours it is impossible to accelerate. Sometimes it is easier to turn right in the area of the Taman Peninsula. Fortunately, tedious ferry rides are no longer necessary.
If, nevertheless, the decision is made to go in Sochi or Adler, it is undesirable to plan the entrance on Friday after 12 noon. Then the locals tend to come to the coast as soon as possible. Together with the all-Russian traffic flow, this creates an unimaginable overload on the road network. For obvious reasons, the return course is inconvenient in the second half of Sunday.
It is worth booking an additional 3 - 5 hours to travel through Tuapse. City streets can fill up with traffic jams if they are heavily congested. The federal highway connects not only different settlements, but also two parts of Tuapse itself. The way that a car usually travels in 10 - 15 minutes, when traveling to the sea by car in 2021, may take more than 4 hours. In order not to waste time, you need to go through Tuapse in the middle of the day, from 9 am to 4 pm, or at night. However, the night ride is only suitable for experienced chauffeurs. The minimization of traffic flow and the coolness are somewhat overshadowed by the entry of large trucks onto the roads. During the daytime they cannot go, and the private car owner can only adapt.
- Advice: on the way, it is worth constantly monitoring the situation on the track using webcams installed at different sites.
During the summer months, storms are often accompanied by tornadoes. Therefore, a trip to the sea by car in 2021 will be safe only with constant monitoring of weather conditions. Rains in the Krasnodar Territory (recreation centers with thermal springs) are not just "water from the sky", it is a really strong flood. The tracks become rivers, the horizon shrinks to zero, and the windshield wipers stop helping. Stones rush from the slopes and rocks.
On day trips, routes are chosen where stops before dark are located at campsites or small hotels. When counting on empty night routes, they plan the road so that it is more comfortable to sleep during the daytime.
Travel tips
- Check the car first. Book a visit to the service station and diagnose the suspension, fluids, especially cooling. When traveling to Georgia, it will be important to take a pair of wheels.
- Sleep well, sleepiness is almost invisible on the road. We advise you to leave at about 6 am, look for a place to sleep by 6 pm. Every three hours, do not be lazy to stop and do exercises.
- A canister with water, a flashlight, warm clothes, bedding accessories, means for ignition, means of communication, and all the above-mentioned items are the primary task when collecting!
- Find out all the information about posts and cameras. We recommend using toll roads in the first place, oddly enough, but such a road is cheaper for your budget.
- If you have any questions, then feel free to stop at the traffic police stations, the employees will tell you about everything you need to know in the next kilometers of the highway in order to avoid incidents.
- Refuel only at branded gas stations.
Where to stay for the night?
Going on a summer vacation on the Black Sea on your own, you must strictly observe precautions. It is unacceptable to stop on the banks of rivers, especially in dry channels. When precipitation occurs, they can fill with water in a matter of minutes, even at night. Even in those places, mudflows are regularly swept by. Indeed they do - the speed of the raging stream is sometimes greater than that of a passenger train. It is undesirable to stay at the seaside. Waterspouts can "catch" there. It is necessary to pre-select hotels, motels for a stopover, or collect data on safe places for campsite.
- Where can I go by car?
The cost of a trip to the Black Sea by car
Gasoline costs
This part of the cost of a car trip to the sea is sensitive and is constantly growing. Even if the average fuel consumption is a modest 9 liters per 100 kilometers. The road takes 1,860 kilometers. Refuel AI-92 it will turn out at least in 7300 rubles, gasoline AI-95 - for 7900... And these are one-way costs based on the national average retail price of fuel at the beginning of this year. As the summer and vacation season draws near, the total pay will inevitably rise.
Cost of living
Housing is a significant component of the cost of traveling to the sea by car. The exact rate is determined by the place, the duration of the trip. The number of people settled, the exactingness of the living conditions at the resort also plays a role. Private economy class housing in Tuapse can be rented for 650 - 800 rubles per day per guest, we advise you to look for such options through Booking. Higher rates are charged by intermediaries in the form of real estate agencies. The situation is the same in Sochi. Renting a hotel room on the Black Sea coast will cost 600 - 3200 rubles per day... We advise you to make your reservation in advance (2-3 months in advance during the vacation period). During the season, housing offers diverge in a matter of hours. The chances of getting a pleasant place by direct access are vanishingly small.
How much money to take for food?
One person per day may have 500 - 800 rubles... It greatly depends on the diet, on the preferred foods. Identical rations in a cafe and in a restaurant can vary in price by 50 - 70%. For a family with children, feel free to add 20 - 30% to simple multiplication. This calculation will show the approximate amount of food costs. It will save a little if you buy food and cook it yourself.
