Classic "Charming Caucasus". Winter Grozny

Breakfast at the hotel (if provided).

9:00 Excursion "Cities of the CMS".

According to the program of the tour:

In Pyatigorsk, a visit to Lake Proval, the place of the duel of M.Y. Lermontov.

In Zheleznovodsk, a walk through the resort park: the former summer residence of the Emir of Bukhara (sanatorium named afterTelman), Pushkin Gallery, monument to A.S. Pushkin, Slavyanovsky spring, Smirnovsky spring, Cascade staircase.

In Kislovodsk, a walk through the Lower Resort Park: the bridge "Ladies' Caprice", a Mirror pond and a Glass jet, a monument to A.S. Pushkin, a flower bed Calendar, Lermontov playground, a bust of M.Y.Lermontov, the Main Narzan Gallery, a Colonnade.

In Yessentuki, a walk through the resort park, Mud baths, pump rooms of Yessentuki springs No. 4 and Yessentuki No. 17.

Lunch on the route for an additional fee. ~400-500 rubles.

18:00 Return to Pyatigorsk.

Dinner at the hotel (if provided).

Large-scale repair works are currently underway in the Chegem Gorge. In this regard, during the tour there may be difficulties in exploring the gorges and waterfalls. Please take this fact into account when choosing a tour program.

6:50 Excursion "Upper Balkaria".

According to the program of the tour:

The Chegem Gorge is one of the most picturesque in the Caucasus, where the film "Sannikov Land" was filmed, a walk along the gorge along the Chegem mountain river to the Chegem Waterfalls – the largest karst waterfalls of the Caucasus,

Brunch with dishes of the national Balkarian cuisine for an additional fee.payment: kebabs (~400-650 rubles), jalbaur (liver), lagman (~250-300 rubles), trout (~350-800 rubles), hychines (~200-250 rubles), shurpa (~400 rubles), homemade wine, tea on mountain herbs.

Transfer to the Cherek gorge ~ 2 hours.

The village of Upper Balkaria in the Cherek Gorge is the ancestral home of the Balkarian people. Inspection of ancient towers.

Cherekskaya Gorge is a stop on an observation deck near a deep cliff overlooking an ancient mountain road.

Blue Lake is the deepest karst lake in the Caucasus (it is cold)

Aushiger village – bathing in a hot spring near (environmental fee 200 rubles per 1 person).

19:30 Return to the hotel. 

21:00 Dinner at the hotel (if provided).

OPTION I

6:30 Excursion "Elbrus". 

Excursion to the foot of the highest peak of the Caucasus, Russia and Europe, Elbrus, which is the most mysterious and mystical mountain of the Caucasus.

According to the program of the tour:

8.00Stop for breakfast at a roadside cafe. 

Breakfast for an additional fee (~ 200 rubles) – khychin (flatbread with cheese and potatoes or meat) and herbal tea. 

Stop (~ 2 hours) at the Cheget meadow – the foot of the Cheget mountain, from the slopes of which the best view of Elbrus opens in clear weather. Two levels of the chairlift lift to a height of 3,100 meters above sea level.

Cable cars for an additional fee for 1 person – 900 rubles (2 levels are paid at once). 

Stop (~ 3 hours) at the Azau glade – the southern foot of the Elbrus. Climbing on closed cable cars. 

• The 1st level rises to a height of 3000 meters above sea level - the station "Stary Krugozor". 
• The 2nd level rises to a height of 3,500 meters above sea level - Mir station. 
• The 3rd level rises to a height of 3900 meters above sea level - the Gara-Bashi station.

Cable cars for an additional fee for 1 person — 1500 rubles. (3 levels are paid at once). 

14.00 Lunch at Azau after the descent from the cable cars for an additional fee  

National Balkarian cuisine: shorpa (400 rubles), lagman (400 rubles), kebabs (500 rubles), manti (300 rubles), khychiny (200 rubles).

Stop at Narzanov glade (~ 30 min.) on the way back from Elbrus. 

Narzan tasting, you can take unlimited bottles with you for free. 

19:30 Return to the hotel.

21:00 Dinner at the hotel (if provided).

OPTION II

6:30 Excursion to Dombai.

Dombai is the most famous tourist and ski center in the Western Caucasus. The edge of the blue sky, intoxicating air, rushing rivers, everyone is amazed by the whiteness of huge glaciers, the emerald green of forests and the bright diversity of alpine meadows.

According to the program of the tour:

8:45 a.m. Stop for breakfast (extra charge): 

You can try Karachai hychines (~200-300 rubles), tea with mountain herbs (50 rubles)

The Ullu Muruju Mountain river is one of the cleanest rivers on the planet from which you can drink! A stop, a photo, a set of bottled water.

11:00 Dombayskaya polyana.

Stop for 4 hours. 

All cable cars in Dombay are laid along the slopes of Moussa Achitara Mountain.

Ascent by cable cars from Dombayskaya polyana. 

• 1st ascent by closed cable car to a height of 2270 m.n.o.m. (700 rubles) 
• 2nd ascent of the 6-seater chairlift to a height of 3012 m.n.o.m. (700 rubles) 
• 3rd ascent along the 4-seater chairlift to a height of 3200 m.n.o.m. (400 rubles) 

When paying for 3 levels at once – 1600 rubles for 1 person. 

Free time, photos, tasting of the national Karachai cuisine (for an additional fee): kebabs (500 rubles), hychines (~200-300 rubles), shurpa (~300-400 rubles), lagman (400 rubles), manti (400 rubles), mulled wine, tea on mountain herbs.

20:00 Return to the hotel. 

21:00 Dinner at the hotel (if provided).

6:30 Excursion "Grozny, Shali, Argun".   

According to the program of the tour:

Grozny – visit to the Cathedral Mosque "Heart of Chechnya", the complex of high-rise buildings "Grozny City", the Orthodox Church of Michael the Archangel, the Memorial Complex of Glory named after A.A. Kadyrov, a walk through the city center. 

Ascent to the observation deck in Grozny City, the museum and the services of a local guide (additional 500 rubles are paid).

Argun city – visit to the Mother's Heart Mosque, built in a modern style. 

The city of Shali is a visit to the largest mosque in Europe, the Pride of Muslims, opened in 2019.

Meals on the route for an additional fee (breakfast in Ossetia with Ossetian pies (~ 250 rubles), lunch in Grozny (~ 600 rubles), dinner in Ossetia on the way back (~ 350-400 rubles)

22:00 – 24:00 Return to the hotel. 

Breakfast at the hotel (if provided).

Check-out from the hotel before 12:00. 

Departure home.