Wine and gastronomic tour to the North Caucasus in May

We have breakfast in our hotel in the morning and set ourselves up for a very eventful, colorful and warm day!

We will definitely visit Karmadon, one of the narrowest and most beautiful gorges in Ossetia.

Next, we will go to the famous Dargava necropolis, where we will learn more about the life of the ancient Ossetians.

Let's ride on the "swing over the abyss" and admire the panoramic view of the Karmadon gorge.

Then we will visit the alpine monastery in the picturesque valley of the Sun — Alansky, which from a distance resembles the medieval castles of Europe.

We will walk along the "ladder of absolution" and admire the picturesque mountain views.

They will be waiting for us at the restaurant, which is located in a picturesque location with a beautiful view of the mountain peaks of Fiagdon.

We will be served a light and silky cream soup made from lentils and Ossetian pie Ualibakh with homemade cheese.

Then they will cook a beef kebab with rustic potatoes on the grill for us.

After lunch, we will visit the famous towers of the brothers Kurt and Tag, the ancestral home of the local rulers, standing on a cliff overlooking three gorges at once.

And we will see the unique Kadargavan Canyon.

In the evening, we return to the city and go for dinner to a restaurant serving modern Caucasian cuisine.

Today, our main dish will be trout from the spring waters of the North Caucasus with grilled vegetables.

We will also try a variety of meze as an appetizer: beef tongue in tsakhton, eggplant caviar, hummus, buttermilk with pepper leaves, phali and nasdzhyn, an Ossetian pie with pumpkin and tsakht cheese.

Dinner will be accompanied by Georgian Tsinandali wine, and we will also taste a traditional Ossetian alcoholic drink, araku.

The taste and smell of arak is similar to Scotch whiskey, and some varieties of the latter are generally difficult to distinguish from refined double-distilled arak.

In the evening we return to our hotel, relax and look forward to tomorrow's trip!

Today we will have breakfast at the hotel and go to Konstantin Dzitoev's family winery!

We will visit the workshop, wine cellars and taste 7 samples of still and sparkling wines accompanied by snacks!

After the winery, we drive to Ingushetia, to the ancient complex of Egikal battle towers.

Egikal is an ancient battle tower that has survived to the present day, and people lived in the settlement until the middle of the 20th century.

After the walk, we will stop for lunch at a mountain cafe with Ingush cuisine.

We will stay in a gazebo with a stunning view of the mountains and try Ingush chapilg (flatbread with cottage cheese), shorpa (soup) and kebabs.

After a mountain lunch, we drive on, the Chechen Republic awaits us.

The journey will take a little over two hours, and we will have time to relax and admire the beautiful views.

We are coming to one of the most beautiful cities in the Caucasus — Grozny!

We check into the hotel.

Next to the hotel is the famous "Heart of Chechnya" mosque, which is very similar to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul!

After checking into the hotel, after a short rest after the road, we will walk around the city center with a local guide.

We will see the main mosque, the Memorial Complex of Glory and the building of the national Museum.

Of course, we will go up to the observation deck of one of the skyscrapers of Grozny City to see the city from a bird's-eye view.

Then we will be waiting for dinner at one of the best restaurants in Grozny!

This is an institution with an oriental atmosphere, European gloss and preservation of Caucasian traditions.

The main dish of the evening and of the entire Chechen Republic is zhizhig—galnash: coarsely chopped boiled meat with dumplings made from wheat or corn flour, served with garlic sauce.

For dessert, we will be served hingalsh, the famous sweet pancakes with butter and pumpkin.

We have dinner and return to our hotel.

Today we are enjoying breakfast at our hotel and going to get acquainted with the main sights of the Chechen Republic!

We will see grandiose mosques, visit an ancient settlement and visit the real pearl of the Caucasus — the incredible lake Kezenoy-Am.

We will definitely make a few stops so that you can enjoy the mountain scenery and take beautiful photos.

First, we will visit the ancient highland village of Khoy and take a walk through the ethnographic museum, which is a reconstruction of the village and will help us to get to know better the way of life of those who lived in the mountainous regions of Chechnya.

After the walk, we will have lunch at the colorful restaurant of Vainakh cuisine on the lake shore.

There is also a museum here, which contains collections of household items of the peoples of the Chechen Republic.

We will be served dishes of traditional Vainakh cuisine.

After lunch, we will visit the city of Shali, where the largest mosque in Europe, the Pride of Muslims, is located.

After Shali, we will visit Argun, the fourth most populous city in the republic.

We will see the Mother's Heart Mosque, made in an ultra-modern high-tech style.

After a busy day, we return to the city, relax a little at the hotel and gather for dinner.

Our final dinner will be held in the panoramic restaurant located on the 32nd floor!

For an appetizer, we will be served meat delicacies and assorted cheeses from the Chechen mountain cheese factory.

We will try local goat cheese, cheese with tomatoes, fenugreek cheese, camembert and montasio.

The main dish of the evening is juicy and fragrant Chechen veal manti with sweet pepper sauce.

And for dessert — Anna Pavlova's signature interpretation of dessert with fresh berries.

After dinner, we return to the hotel, relax!

After breakfast at the hotel, we will go to the main market of Grozny — Berkat.

Berkat market is called the soul of Grozny.

This is a real oriental bazaar in the very center of the city.

They sell pickles, galnash and siskal, dried meat and horse sausage, traditional Chechen halva deman-khovlah, mountain cheeses and much more.

Then we will escort you to Grozny airport.