Sightseeing bus and walking tour of 4 cities of KMV.

You can get an idea of the uniqueness of the Caucasian Mineral Waters and get acquainted with 4 resort cities in one day. With an excursion in each city you will visit resort parks, drinking bays and galleries with tasting of mineral waters, admire the health resorts and panoramas of the surrounding area, get acquainted with the history of the emergence and development of the region, its mineral resources. The resort towns of Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk, Essentuki, with all the similarity, have different relief, climate, peculiar mineral springs, which determines their specialized therapeutic profile.

Pyatigorsk is a large city of KMV both in terms of territory and population. Since 2010, it has been the center of the North Caucasus Federal District, preserving old streets with low stone buildings, flowering alleys, chic fountains surrounded by Mashuk and Beshtau mountains. Pyatigorsk has the most diverse natural healing resources. There are more than 40 mineral springs, different in chemical composition and water temperature. You will see: the famous Flower, the Lermontov Gallery, the Grotto of Diana, “Eagle pecking a snake”, the arbor “Aeolova Harp”, Lake Provala, the place of the duel of M.Y. Lermontov.

Zheleznovodsk is the northernmost, the smallest, but the largest on the occupied territory and the most picturesque resort city of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. A small and cozy town, sung in the works of great compatriots. The town, located in a picturesque valley formed by the mountains of laccolites Beshtau, Iron, Honey, Dumb, Ostroi, Dumping in a natural forest area is called “Little Switzerland”. The Zheleznovodskaya valley, overgrown with a dense broad-leaved forest, resembles a dark green surface of the sea with domed and steep islands in the form of mountains. You will see: Musical gazebo, Solar Zodiac Clock, Emir Bukhara cottage, Pushkin Gallery, Flower calendar, monument to A.S. Pushkin, Fountain, sculpture "Eagle", Cascade staircase.

Kislovodsk is one of the largest Russian mountain climatic and balneological resorts of national importance. Dense mixed forests, fragrant herbs, mountain rivers purify and fill the air with freshness, creating a unique microclimatic zone. The unique architectural appearance of Kislovodsk for centuries formed many famous architects. The city perfectly combines buildings built in different architectural styles, giving a unique charm to the historical part of Kislovodsk. Modern Kislovodsk is a single resort complex with a developed urban and sanatorium-resort infrastructure.
You will see: Colonnade, Lermontovska playground, Flower calendar, Mirror pond and Glass stream, bridge "Lady's whim", Resort Boulevard.

Essentuki is the largest recognized drinking resort in Russia, and the world fame it brought the famous mineral springs: Essentuki-4 and Essentuki-17. Essentuki springs are international standards of healing salt-alkaline waters. And this despite the fact that the resort of Essentuki was recognized 13 years later than Pyatigorsk and Zheleznovodsk, since open mineral springs did not immediately interest doctors and visitors of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. You will see: Alekseevsk mud hospital named after N.A. Semashko.

Pyatigorsk - Zheleznovodsk - Kislovodsk - Essentuki