На этом курорте тихо по утрам, и путёвка оказалась дешевле, чем мы ожидали.

With курорт (resort), Russian normally uses на, not в:

• на курорте = at / in the resort
• на этом курорте = at this resort

This is just the standard preposition used with this noun.
After на in the meaning of location, you use the prepositional case, so:

• этот курорт → на этом курорте

So both words change:

• этот → этом
• курорт → курорте

In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So Russian says:

• На этом курорте тихо по утрам.

where English would need:

• It is quiet at this resort in the mornings.

There is no present-tense есть here. Using есть would sound unnatural in this sentence.

Тихо here is not an adjective agreeing with a noun. It is a predicative word (often called a category of state word), meaning something like:

• it is quiet
• it’s quiet

Compare:

• тихий отель = a quiet hotel
  
  • тихий is an adjective describing отель
• в отеле тихо = it is quiet in the hotel
  
  • тихо describes the situation as a whole

So in this sentence, тихо means it is quiet rather than quiet as an adjective attached to a noun.

По утрам means in the mornings or mornings in general.

This pattern often expresses a habitual/repeated time:

• по утрам = in the mornings
• по вечерам = in the evenings
• по выходным = on weekends

It uses по + dative plural:

• утра is not used here
• утро → plural утра → dative plural утрам

Compare:

• утром = in the morning / one morning / this morning depending on context
• по утрам = in the mornings, regularly

So тихо по утрам means it is quiet there as a general pattern in the mornings.

Путёвка is a very common Russian word, but it can be culturally specific.

In this context, it usually means a:

• travel package
• resort voucher
• holiday package
• sometimes ticket/package for a stay at a resort or sanatorium

It is not just a simple ticket like билет. It often refers to a package that includes the stay and sometimes meals, treatment, or other services.

Also note the spelling and pronunciation:

• путёвка
• the letter ё is stressed: пу-ТЁВ-ка

In writing, Russian often replaces ё with е, so you may also see путевка, but it is still pronounced путёвка.

Оказалась comes from оказаться, which often means:

• to turn out to be
• to prove to be

So:

• путёвка оказалась дешевле = the package turned out to be cheaper

This is different from simply saying была дешевле (was cheaper).
Оказалась suggests that this was the result of discovery or comparison — maybe the speakers expected a higher price, and then found out it was lower.

So it carries the idea of unexpected result or realization.

Because the subject is путёвка, which is:

• feminine
• singular

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• masculine: оказался
• feminine: оказалась
• neuter: оказалось
• plural: оказались

Since путёвка is feminine singular, the correct form is оказалась.

Дешевле is the comparative form of дешёвый (cheap):

• дешёвый = cheap
• дешевле = cheaper

After verbs like быть, стать, оказаться, Russian very often uses this short comparative form:

• отель оказался лучше
• задача стала труднее
• путёвка оказалась дешевле

You could sometimes use более дешёвая, but it is usually less natural here.
Дешевле is the normal, compact, idiomatic choice.

Also note the spelling:

• dictionary form: дешёвый
• comparative: дешевле

Again, ё may be written as е in normal text, but the pronunciation remains important.

This is the standard way to form a comparison:

• дешевле, чем... = cheaper than...
• лучше, чем... = better than...
• больше, чем... = more than...

So:

• дешевле, чем мы ожидали = cheaper than we expected

The word чем introduces the second part of the comparison.

Ожидали agrees with мы:

• мы ожидали = we expected

It is:

• past tense
• plural, because the subject is we

It is also imperfective (ожидать), which fits well because the sentence is talking about what the speakers had been expecting/thinking before they found out the real price.

So the structure is:

• мы ожидали = we expected
• путёвка оказалась дешевле, чем мы ожидали = the package turned out to be cheaper than we had expected

Yes, it could.

Russian often drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending:

• чем ожидали = than [we/they] expected, depending on context
• чем мы ожидали = than we expected

Including мы makes the subject explicit and can add a bit of clarity or emphasis. In this sentence, both are possible, but чем мы ожидали sounds completely natural.

Yes, Russian word order is flexible.

The given sentence:

• На этом курорте тихо по утрам, и путёвка оказалась дешевле, чем мы ожидали.

is a neutral, natural way to say it.

But Russian could rearrange parts for emphasis, for example:

• По утрам на этом курорте тихо...
• Путёвка оказалась дешевле, чем мы ожидали, и на этом курорте тихо по утрам.

The meaning stays similar, but the focus changes:

• На этом курорте first highlights the place
• по утрам first highlights the time
• путёвка first highlights the package

So the original order is not the only possible one, but it is very natural.

Yes, especially these words:

• курорте → stress on the second syllable of the base word: куро́рт, so на куро́рте
• путёвка → stress on ё: путёвка
• дешевле → pronounced дешевле, with stress on the first syllable: де́шевле
• ожидали → stress on а: ожида́ли

A useful rule: ё is always stressed.
So if you see путёвка, the stress is immediately clear.