Three reasons why you should visit the Altai Territory

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In the Altai region there are unique tourist sites created simultaneously by man and nature. One of them is Denisova cave, glorified the region around the world with rare finds. Thousands of years ago, ancient people chose the Altai foothills as their home and settled here. They were people of a highly developed culture, and lived here hundreds of thousands of years ago. It was in the Denisova cave that the remains of a previously unknown species of people were found - Homo sapiens altaiensis - Altai man, and according to another Denisovsk, who became one of the ancestors of modern man.

In the Soviet district of the Altai Territory there is one of two in Russia. "swan". Every year in late autumn, swans-clikuns fly to warm ice-free lakes. A similar place exists only in the Anadyrsky district of the Chukotka Autonomous District. In Altai, tourists can observe beautiful white swans in their natural habitat - the reserve is open to the public.

The confluence of Biy and Katun, the source of the great Ob River, is also located in the Altai Territory. This place was considered sacred by many local tribes, the philosopher and artist Nicholas Roerich wrote about it as a sacred point where the final battle of Good and Evil will take place and the fate of human civilization will be decided; there was talk of an ancient sanctuary where the Golden Baba is allegedly hidden. Today at the confluence of the rivers stands a beautiful temple of Alexander Nevsky.

Have fun at mass celebrations

In the Altai Krai, holidays are held all year round, which attract thousands of tourists from different regions of Russia and from abroad. At the end of winter, the Siberian Shroud is celebrated here, in May - the summer tourist season is opened with the holiday "Blooming of Maral": in early spring, the slopes of the Altai mountains are strewn with a delicate pink color - this is a marallic flower that inspired the inhabitants of the region to a large and beautiful holiday.

Altai is the birthplace of famous writers and poets, there are many literary readings, one of which grew into a major all-Russian festival - Shukshin Days in the Altai. Today in the region is born a new holiday dedicated to the arrival of swans. It will be held in early December and will open the winter tourist season.

Try some delicious dishes.

Nature, culinary traditions, hospitality are the three pillars of local gastronomic tourism. You can try local products both on an ordinary trip, and on rural, district, city holidays, of which there are a lot in the region. Known far beyond the edge of the "Cheese holiday", "AltaiFest", and the growing popularity of "Honey holiday", rural festivals and days of honey and apple rescue, cucumber holiday. “In the Altai there is a food that does not cause any doubt or rejection. Ecology, cleanliness, the whole of Europe is chasing it, says the host of the program "Yose against food" Victor Goncharenko. He traveled this summer in the Altai region, cooking maralatin, whipping butter, eating cheese, drinking honey and recommending everyone to come to the Altai Territory.

Detailed information about the tourist opportunities of the Altai Territory read on the website Visitor. rust / visitaltai.info