Winter Caucasian Mineral Waters and Karachay-Cherkessia

A short, but full of bright adventures tour of the iconic places of the Caucasian Mineral Waters and Karachay-Cherkessia. 

We will admire the beauties of the Teberdinsky Reserve, and the historical and educational program will continue with an acquaintance with the Nizhne-Arkhyz Alan settlement — an open-air museum. Consider the Sentinsky temple towering on the mountain, which is one of the five most ancient temples of the tenth century in Russia. We will visit especially famous places — the mountain with the sculpture "Eagle", the grotto of Diana, which inspired Lermontov, the Academic Elizabethan Gallery.

Location

Mineral Waters / Pyatigorsk
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$232
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Duration
4 Days
3 Nights
Departures
  • Group departures
    • 8 – 11 December
    • 22 – 25 December
    • 25 – 28 December
    • Dates for next season
    • 5 – 8 January, 2025
    • 26 – 29 January, 2025
    • 9 – 12 February, 2025
    • 23 – 26 February, 2025
or
Accommodation
  • Hotel
    2 nights
Comfort
  • Midscale
  • Upscale
Difficulty
Easy
Suitable for everyone
Group
Up to 40 people
Minimum age
7 years old
Group meet at
Mineral Waters / Pyatigorsk
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Weekdays: 8am - 8pm
Weekends: 8am - 7pm (GMT +3)
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Tour highlights

Dizzying heights
We will take the cable car to the top of Moussa Achitara
Juicy cuisine
Let's try the culinary brands of the Caucasus, cooked in their historical homeland using traditional technologies
Recreation at the springs
Relax on the delightful thermal springs

Itinerary

  • Day 1 - Meeting. Sightseeing tour in Pyatigorsk

    Arrival at Mineralnye Vody airport or Pyatigorsk railway station. 

    13:00 Meeting and gathering of the group, transfer to the hotel in Pyatigorsk. 

    Accommodation in hotels: Mashuk 2*/ Pyatigorsk 3* or Intourist 3*/Beshtau 3*.

    15:00 Sightseeing tour in Pyatigorsk.

    The program of the day: acquaintance with Pyatigorsk — park "Flower Garden" — Diana's grotto — cave Failure.

    Lunch and dinner are on your own (extra charge).

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  • Day 2 - Pyatigorsk — Dombai resort
  • Day 3 - Dombai — Teberdinsky Nature Reserve — Nizhny Arkhyz — Pyatigorsk
  • Day 4 - Pyatigorsk — Honey waterfalls — Kislovodsk — Pyatigorsk. Departure
Difficulty
Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Accommodation
  • Hotel
    2 nights
Comfort
  • Midscale
  • Upscale

The tour provides accommodation in hotels / tourist complexes.

The cost of the tour per room, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

PlacementRoom categoryPrice validity period

Dbl

2-local

Twin

2-local

Single

1-local

Triple

3-local

DBL+CH

2 vzr. + 1 reb.

Breakfast

Breakfast

Mashuk 2* — Snow Leopard 3*standard08.12.2024-28.03.20254500045000305006500062000Sw. table
Intourist 3* — Snow Leopard 3*standard08.12.2024-28.03.20254900049000340006800066000Sw. table

Twin— double room (has two separate beds).

Double (DBL) — double room (one double bed).

Singlesingle room.

Triple — for triple accommodation, hotels/camp sites along the route provide DBL/TWN + additional. a bed or sofa, or three separate beds (depending on the hotel's facilities).

DBL+CH — room for two adults and a child, from 7 to 12 years old inclusive.

"Mashuk" 2* or Intourist 3* or 2 nights
"Mashuk" 2*

Mashuk Hotel is located in the very center of Pyatigorsk, a 7-minute walk from Lenin Square and the city's cable car.

Each room has a cozy renovation, upholstered furniture. You will feel quite comfortable here.

Guests can have a snack in the dining room of the Academy of Taste.

Near the hotel there are many attractions of the city, a cable car and mud springs. The Tsvetnik Park and the M.Y. Lermontov Sanatorium are also located nearby.

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Another option
Intourist 3*

This hotel is located in the center of Pyatigorsk, just a 5-minute walk from the city's mineral springs. It offers free Wi-Fi, a restaurant, and a 24-hour front desk.

The Intourist Hotel offers rooms with a balcony, a private bathroom with free toiletries and a TV with cable channels. Most rooms offer views of the Caucasus Mountains.

The Rendezvous restaurant serves Caucasian and European cuisine.

Guests can play billiards at the hotel.

Pyatigorsk Central Train Station is 3 km from Intourist Hotel, and Mineralnye Vody Airport is a 25-minute drive away. A shuttle service can be arranged for an additional fee.

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Another option
"Snow Leopard" 3*

The hotel offers non-smoking rooms, a sauna and a year-round indoor pool. The hotel has a tour desk and bicycle rental. It is located in the popular resort town of Dombay.

All rooms are simply and modernly decorated and feature a TV, a minibar and a balcony. Each room has a private bathroom.

Guests can enjoy a variety of European dishes in the restaurant of the Dombai Snow Leopard Hotel. The bar serves aperitifs and other alcoholic beverages.

It also provides a shuttle service to nearby locations (for an additional fee). The hotel has free parking and free internet access.

Dombai hotel "Snow Leopard" is located on the territory of the Terebda Nature Reserve. It offers easy access to ski and mountain roads.

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Tour conditions

Group
up to 40 tourists
Minimum age
7 years old
Duration
4 days 3 nights
Group meets at
Mineral Waters / Pyatigorsk

Included in price

  • group transfers from Mineralnye Vody Airport and Pyatigorsk railway station to the hotel on the first day of the tour upon arrival, meeting at 13:00;
  • group transfer to Pyatigorsk railway station and Mineralnye Vody Airport upon departure on the final day of the tour for flights/trains later than 19:00;
  • accommodation in hotels /tourist complexes according to the tour program in Pyatigorsk/Dombay with breakfast;
  • guided tours with professional guides and qualified drivers;
  • entrance tickets to the objects of visits according to the excursion program, environmental fees of nature reserves.

Paid extra

  • air and railway tickets to Mineralnye Vody or Pyatigorsk and back;
  • meals not specified in the program;
  • a ticket for the cable car when climbing Moussa Achitara - 2,000 rubles.;
  • ticket to the thermal springs "Pearl of the Caucasus" — 500 rubles.;
  • excursions, entertainment and entrance tickets to facilities not included in the tour program, resort fee;
  • individual transfers from / to the airport and railway station, as well as any individual transport service.

It's important to know

Personal equipment you need for the tour

Travel clothes should be, first of all, comfortable. Please take with you what you usually wear for hiking and recreation. When planning a visit to protected areas and mountain gorges, sneakers with durable and non-slippery soles are best suited.

Regardless of the predicted weather conditions, it is necessary to take several warm clothes, several pairs of replacement shoes, and rain clothes on the trip; they will be useful in case of a cold snap. 

Sun hats, cream, sunglasses. Sunglasses are a must-have attribute in the mountains regardless when you travel in winter or summer. Clothing that covers the shoulders and arms during the daytime hours of active sun.

When visiting shrines, you will need appropriate clothing:

  • in the mosque, women need to wear clothes that will cover the whole body, only the face and hands remain open, trousers are also not allowed;
  • It is enough for men to wear trousers and a shirt with sleeves to visit the mosque.
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Dates and Prices

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    8 – 11 Dec 4 days 3 nights
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    22 – 25 Dec 4 days 3 nights
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    25 – 28 Dec 4 days 3 nights
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    5 – 8 Jan, 2025 4 days 3 nights
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    26 – 29 Jan, 2025 4 days 3 nights
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