A fascinating tour of the sunny Kislovodsk

Kislovodsk is the southernmost city of the Stavropol Territory and the largest in the Caucasian Mineral Waters. It is located in the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus at an altitude of 725-1200 meters above sea level. The city was formed from a Russian military fortress, founded in 1803, and got its name due to the abundance of sources of medicinal mineral carbon dioxide water "Narzan", which in Russia has long been called "acid water". Kislovodsk is the second city in Russia by the number of health resorts. The “business card” of the resort city is the Kislovodsky National Park, located on the slopes of the Jinal Range, along the valley of the Olkhovka River. It starts from the city center and goes to the southeastern border of the city, gradually expanding with a wide wedge, and then on to the slopes of the Ginala Range. Kislovodsky Park is a unique, the rarest in beauty monument of landscape architecture, a real therapeutic and recreational arboretum. It contains local and exotic plants. The green array of the park, together with climatic and hydro-mineral resources, creates a sufficient level of comfort for treatment and recreation. During the tour you will visit the Lower Park, walk along the embankment of the Olkhovka River. The park is rich in small architectural structures and architectural monuments located in shady groves, on cozy meadows and alleys, from which you will see: Colonnade, Lermontovska playground, Flower calendar, Mirror pond and Glass stream, bridge "Lady's whim". Visit the Narzan Gallery, built in Gothic style by English architect S. Upton. You will be able to taste three types of narzan, and see the 6-meter well of the Narzan spring. In addition to the park, you will walk along the central street of Kislovodsk - Resort Boulevard. This is the first street of the resort city, which appeared in 1803. Over the years, the street has repeatedly changed its name: “Topol Alley”, Stalin Avenue, named after the 50th anniversary of October. Today it is "Resort Boulevard", length of 500 meters. Historically, the street played a large role in the formation of the resort city, the main medical institutions of the late XIX and early XX centuries are located here. The building of the main narzan baths is an architectural monument of federal significance. " October Baths" - the firstborn of Soviet resort construction, built in 1928. The first large hotel of the resort "Grand Hotel" was put into operation in 1905, designed for 200 seats. Hotels "Zipalov", built in 1881 and 1902. Beshtau farmstead, built in the second half of the XIX century.

St. Nicholas Cathedral - Kislovodsk Fortress - Bridge "Lady's Caprice" - Mirror Pond - Glass Stream - Monument to A.S. Pushkin - Flower Calendar - Lermontovskaya Playground - Narzan Gallery - Resort Boulevard