Countryside vs Village

City people all over the world tend to get away from the hustle and bustle of their routine city life on their vacations. I don’t know you much, but I bet you also do. Countryside is a more general antonym of city. A village is located in the countryside, and many villages, together with some towns, form the countryside. In other words, if you get away from the city, you enter the countryside.

Of course you can say: I am planning to go to a village on my vacation. But you can not omit the indefinite article ”a”. Or you can say: I am planning to go to a village called Slotino on my vacation. But none of the above sentences convey a more direct meaning of “getting away from the city life” than the one I chose: “I am planning to go to the countryside on my vacation”.

It would probably even be better to say: “I am planning to go to the countryside on my vacation, and I will be staying at a village called “xxxxx”.

I hope my explanations have answered your questions.

Good luck!