Resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters: Zheleznovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Essentuki
The resorts of the Caucasian Mineral Waters completely replace the spa resorts of the Czech Republic and Germany, and not just in matters of restoring health and excellent health, but as interesting tourist routes.
In the off-season you can have a good rest in the sanatoriums of the famous KMV.
Numerous health resorts offer special courses and programs that are designed for one or two weeks, as well as fairly budget accommodation without treatment.
City-resort Zheleznovodsk
Tiny Switzerland of the Stavropol Territory. The city was founded in the XIX century, it rested famous people, whose names now bear its streets.
The uniqueness of the resort is due to the combination of a unique mountain and forest microclimate, which resembles the climate in the Middle Alps and the air, which is saturated with biologically active substances - phytoncides.
Treatment options
In Zheleznovodsk, doctors deal with problems with metabolism, diseases of the digestive organs, kidneys, problems of the genitourinary sphere, endocrine and cardiovascular systems.
Some procedures: speleotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, pine-pearl baths, inhalations, hardware physiotherapy, radon therapy.
In Zheleznovodsk opened more than twenty sources of mineral waters, the most famous: Slavyanovsky, Smirnovsky, Lermontovsky.
Patients can take baths on the silt mud of Tambukan Lake and Lysogorsk lakes, which have a high content of iron, iodine, zinc, copper, silver.
Where to stay?
In the presence of a sanatorium and resort card, you can live in sanatoriums, the most famous are “Oak Grove”, “Mountain Air”, “Beshtau”, “Caucasus”, “Elbrus”.
The approximate cost of living in the sanatorium and resort complex Mashuk Aqua-Term from 93 800 rubles. for two for a week, the price includes a full board, a visit to the pool and gym.
In railway hotels, you can rent a room (a week for two in the Lavanda cottage will cost 5 thousand rubles). Economy class room with two separate beds in the hotel "Pearl of the Caucasus" costs 2000 rubles a day, a standard room - more than 2500 rubles.
Where to go and what to see?
It is worth walking along the streets, walking along the cascading stairs, going to the Pushkin Gallery, seeing the Palace of the Emir of Bukhara. You can go to conquer Mount Beshtau - the reward will be amazing picturesque prospects from a bird's eye view.
How do I get there?
The option is an aircraft (airport Mineralnye Vody - round trip tickets from Moscow in March will cost from 7500 rubles, in April - from 10 thousand rubles, in May - from 10.5 thousand rubles). Travel time is 2 hours, 40 minutes.
If you go by train from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody, you will have to spend from 1 day, 8 hours on the road, and for a round trip ticket in a seat card or compartment you will pay from 2113 rubles or 4000 rubles, respectively.
resort town Pyatigorsk
From Pyatigorsk originated Russian balneology - in 1863 founded the first balneological society.
Pyatigorsk is located at the foot of Mount Mashuk, these places are associated with the last years of the life and work of the Russian writer M. Y. Lermontov.
Treatment options
You can come to rest and health events in Pyatigorsk all year round. For treatment, mineral water is used 38 wells (23 operating): carbon dioxide water; carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide; radon water; carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide.
The mud of Lake Tambukan is widely used in the treatment of skin diseases, joint problems, in gynecology, in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, urinary tract, etc., with cellulite and obesity.
The resort is also suitable for climate therapy - a comfortable environment for recovery develops from May to early autumn.
Where to stay?
In Pyatigorsk there is a large selection of hotels, apartments, guest houses of different price categories. The cost of living from 1500 rubles. for a week for two.
Sanatoriums "Iskra", "Spring", "Mashuk" and others offer treatment and accommodation without wellness procedures all year round, there are actions for early booking of tours.
Approximate prices: a day in a standard room of the S. Kirov sanatorium - from 3.2 thousand rubles, in a suite - from 6 thousand rubles.
Where to go and what to see?
An amazing natural attraction is Lake Proval, which is mentioned in the story of M. Lermontov “Princess Mary” and in the scene from “Twelve Chairs”, when Ostap Bender tried to get rich, and sold tickets there.
In the north-west of Mount Mashuk there is a glade, on which in 1841 M.Y. Lermontov dueled with N.S. Martynov, and the Russian writer was killed. Now a memorial obelisk is installed in this place.
In summer you can swim in your own "sea" Pyatigorsk - Lake Novopyatigorsk.
How do I get there?
We reach Pyatigorsk from Moscow by direct train - tickets in March will cost from 2255 rubles. in a compartment to 13,227 rubles. in a luxury car. Travel time is a day.
If you fly by plane, you need to buy a ticket to Mineralnye Vody, and then get to Pyatigorsk (about 30 km) by bus, car, train, taxi.
resort town kislovodsk
The famous balneological and climatic resort of Stavropol in the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus, an altitude of 800 - 1069 m above sea level.
The city was founded in 1803, its former names are Sloboda and Kislovodskaya Stanitsa. The city has a rich cultural life: there are museums, theaters, cinemas, libraries.
Treatment options
The City of Sun and Narzana is known for its mineral springs. The healing and table mineral water of Narzan city owes its glory.
Kislovodsk is famous for its curative climate. There are up to 150 sunny days a year, the air is always fresh. The city has a lot of greenery, the Resort Park is widely known, the largest in Europe, in which the Terrenkur paths were laid for the first time in Russia.
Doctors at the resort deal with diseases of the nervous system and blood circulation, heart, hypertension and hypotonic diseases.
Where to stay?
The cost of rooms for a week in the sanatoriums of Kislovodsk starts from 15 thousand rubles. per person. Prices will vary depending on the level of health resort and room, availability / lack of food, etc.
In Kislovodsk you can stay in a hostel, hotel, apartments, rent a room or an apartment.
In the hostel of Kislovodsk "Three suitcases" there is a room from 680 rubles. a day for two, in the 3-star hotel "Crystal" accommodation will cost 2000 rubles. a day.
Where to go and what to see?
Varied: quiet contemplative promenades in ancient parks and Resort Boulevard, excursions to the dacha of F. Chaliapin, to the estate of N. A. Yaroshenko, to the Kislovodsk fortress, visiting museums, tourist hikes around the surrounding places, to the Ring Mountain, rafting and trekking.
How do I get there?
By train you can leave Moscow to Kislovodsk, tickets in the compartment cost from 2255 rubles, in a luxury car from 12 926 rubles. back and forth. You will have to spend about a day on the road.
By plane - flight to Mineralnye waters, from there you need to drive 60 km to Kislovodsk by car, taxi, bus, train.
resort town Essentuki
Essentuki - "Pearl of the Caucasus" - one of the young resorts of KMV, founded in 1825.
The city is known in our country: mineral water "Essentuki-17" and "Essentuki-4" is on sale in a self-respecting grocery store.
Treatment options
Essentuki is considered a drinking (salt-alkaline and sulfur-alkaline water) and a balneological resort, here they deal with ailments of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, metabolic problems.
Patients drink mineral water, do inhalations, take baths.
Where to stay?
In health resorts "Healing key", "Hope", "Niva", "Niva", "Metallurg" week in March will cost from 20 thousand rubles. for two. There are also other options, more economical and more expensive.
In the Well hostel, simple rooms for two are rented from 800 rubles. per day. Room in a 3-star hotel will cost 1500 rubles. and more, in a 4-star - from 2000 rubles.
Where to go and what to see?
In good weather, you can devote several hours to the Resort Park (1848) and feeding squirrels and birds in it or take a walk in the Victory Park. In summer, it is possible to swim on the equipped beaches of the lake near the former White Coal hydroelectric power station.
Architectural attraction: mud hospital named after N. A. Semashko in the style of ancient neoclassicism.
In Essentuki is the most spacious drinking gallery in Europe - "five thousandth", that is, it can simultaneously be up to five thousand people.
How do I get there?
From Moscow to Essentuki can be reached in a day by train. The cost of tickets: in seat cards from 3113 rubles, in a coupe from 4337 rubles, in a suite from 11974 rubles. in both directions.
If you fly by plane, we take a ticket to Mineral Waters, and from there we get to Essentuki 40 km by taxi, bus, train.
Prices indicated at the time of publication - February 2020 Photo: varlamov