The heady air of the winter Caucasus

Breakfast at the hotel.

Optional excursion to the Melic factory (included in the price). This trip is serviced by professional guides, and you will be in the salon for two hours, where you can choose the product you are interested in.

The company purchases arctic fox, beaver, mink, nutria, sable and leather, tanned sheepskin, suede for its production, and also works with such types of fur as astraganus, high-quality mouton, and so on.

14:00 Walking tour of the resort town. Walking along the city streets, you will visit the Theater Square, admire the Chaliapin Concert Hall and the light and music fountain.

We will walk to the V.P. Shpakovsky Museum of Local Lore, and then we will look at Zimin's Art Nouveau cottage, which is often called the "Eagle's Nest".

You will inspect the mud clinic. Semashko, which offers mud treatment from Lake Tambukan.

The resort park is considered one of the main attractions of Yessentuki. Here are the drinking gallery of the spring No. 17, the Upper (Nikolaevsky) baths, the grottos of Men's and Ladies' tears.

Return to the hotel.

Breakfast. Free time for swimming.

14:00 Excursion to the city of Zheleznovodsk. It is the smallest and quietest among the resort towns of the Caucasian Mineral Waters.

The journey from Yessentuki to Zheleznovodsk takes 30 minutes. It passes by the picturesque lakkolit mountains: Beshtau, Camels, Zheleznaya, Razvalki. Along the central street, past the railway station building and Ostrovsky baths, we get to the resort area of the city.

The tour begins with a visit to the Leo Tolstoy Cultural Center, where you will learn about the writer's stay in the Caucasus and what works he conceived here.

Then a tour of the central part of the Resort Park. Here you can make a wish at the Stone Zodiac, admire the magnificent structure of the villa of the Emir of Bukhara and hear its story, stroll past the Pushkin Gallery and the monument to Pushkin.

On the alley of springs you can taste the famous Slavyanov and Smirnov waters.

And finally you will see the Cascading staircase — the real pride of the resort. First, the route passes through the old part, decorated with sculptures of heroes of Russian fairy tales and myths. Then you will find a pump room, a book on which lines from Lermontov's works are laser-etched.

You will have the opportunity to go to the picturesque park around Mount Zheleznaya in electric cars (an additional fee of 400 rubles).

Return at 18:00.

Breakfast. Departure to the mountains.

7:00 a.m. The road to Dombay takes three hours and runs first through the flat territory of the Stavropol Territory, then beyond the village of Suvorovskaya we cross the conditional border and find ourselves on the territory of Karachay-Cherkessia.

We get to the capital of the republic, Cherkessk, and from there we leave for the Military Sukhumi Road.

After two hours of travel, there will be a 20-minute stop, where you will have the opportunity to take a break from the road, satisfy your hunger with hot Karachai tortillas (khichins), drink a glass of cool ayran or mountain tea.

The ascent up the slope of Moussa Achitara Mountain is carried out on wagons and chairs of the new cable car. There are only three ascents: the first one reaches a height of 2250 m, the second — 3012 m and the third one rises to a height of 3204 m above sea level. The cable car is paid separately — 2,300 rubles / person.

At all stages, there are panoramic platforms with magnificent views of the Main Caucasian Ridge. There is a view of Elbrus from the top!

There is a cafe on the slope (self-catering), where you will be offered a barbecue, mountain-style meat, and a glass of mulled wine.

The program lasts 4 hours, including two hours of free time: lunch, buy souvenirs, go sledding or skiing in winter.

On the way back, you will stop at the Teberdinsky Nature Reserve, on the banks of the Ullu-Muruju River. The water in the river is so pure and transparent that we allow ourselves to drink water from it.

After taking a walk through the protected area, we continue on. After an hour, a short technical stop. An hour later, we are at the Pearl of the Caucasus thermal complex (additional fee — 600 rubles). 8 pools with mineral water, sauna, hammam. For swimming — 1.5 hours.

Return to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free time to visit the local market, to buy delicacies.

12:00 Room release.