At 09:00 after breakfast, you will go with our guide on an exciting tour of the Kurtatinsky gorge.
To this day, ancient Ossetian villages with family, military, residential and signal towers, cave fortifications and ancient religious buildings have been preserved here (check-in to the village of Tsimiti).
We will visit Kadargavan Canyon — a unique place where you can see how for hundreds of years a mountain river eroded the soft limestones of a rocky ridge, and a huge boulder that fell from the top of the mountain became a natural bridge across the canyon.
The medieval rock fortress Dzivgis — the fortress has been known since the invasion of Tamerlane in the XV century — and this amazing tactical cunning structure created by the highlanders to protect against enemy raids, you will learn about the secret passages that permeated the entire medieval fortress.
"The spiritual heart of Ossetia" — we will visit the Alan Holy Dormition Monastery - this is the highest Orthodox monastery in Russia, located at an altitude of 1300 meters.
Here you can climb the "ladder of absolution", enjoy the silence and solitude of the monastery, as well as see an exact copy of the ancient Alan temples.
13:30 National lunch at the Sunny Valley restaurant.
Then transfer to the Dargava basin.
"Ossetian Valley of the Pharaohs" — the Dargava necropolis is popularly compared to the Egyptian "Valley of the Pharaohs".
On the way we will see the famous swing hovering over the abyss, the Art object Ossetian letter "A".
You will see the Towers of Kurt and Tag, other family towers, ancient terraces reclaimed from the mountains for planting agricultural crops.
Then transfer to the Genaldon gorge — this is one of the narrowest and most severe gorges of Ossetia in its beauty.
The sad fame of the gorge is associated with the descent of the Kolka glacier in 2002 and the mystery of the disappearance of the film crew of Sergei Bodrov Jr.
By 19:00, those who wish will be able to go to the Torne restaurant in Vladikavkaz for an additional fee, where the "Alan Evening" will take place (the restaurant can be replaced with an equivalent one in case of unforeseen circumstances), an ethno-gastronomic show, a performance by folk vocal, instrumental and dance groups of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania. The presenter and alcoholic drinks are included.
The cost of the program is 3,500 rubles/person.
Without the "Alan evening" return to the hotel at 18:30.
The price of the tour includes: a tour guide, lunch at the Valley of the Sun restaurant (the restaurant can be replaced with an equivalent one, depending on unforeseen circumstances), a visit to the open-air museum "Dargava Necropolis".
Arrival at the hotel around 23:00.