Breakfast at the hotel.
Check-out from the hotel.
Alagir gorge and Tsey (Alagir gorge — Tsey — aul Nar).
Moving along the Military Ossetian road in the Alagir gorge, to the right along the way, an extraordinary sculptural composition attracts attention. This is Nykhas Uastyrdzhi, as they call him in Ossetia.
It is a dzuar, a holy place. The sculpture is attached to a rock and weighs 28 tons! The sanctuary and rock monument of Uastyrdzhi. In the Ossetian tradition, George the Victorious is named after Uastyrdzhi, who is also one of the main characters of the Nart epic.
Wastirji is the patron saint of men, travelers and warriors. The monument is considered one of the largest equestrian monuments in the world.
On the way, we will stop at the cave and the shrine of Sau Baraga (the Black Horseman). The place and the very image of the Black Horseman are shrouded in many legends and beliefs that we have to learn.
We will turn from Transkam to the Tseysky Gorge, or Tseyskaya horseshoe. The gorge has been sacred to Ossetians for many centuries: the most iconic places of worship and places of power are located here.
The Tseysky Gorge is home to one of the most famous historical and religious buildings, the ancient Alanian sanctuary of the River. The entire Tsey Gorge is a state nature reserve, and the figure of the patron saint Afsati at the entrance symbolizes protection for everyone living in this beautiful corner of the Caucasus.
Monk Mountain is the motionless and stern guardian of Cei. According to legend, the monk decided to capture a golden-horned turk and present his horns as a gift to St. George, but he did not keep his word and was turned to stone.
Lunch (extra charge).
We will take a chairlift to the Skaz glacier (for an additional fee: ~ 300 rubles per person), see the ice grotto from where the Skazdon River is rapidly bursting out, and enjoy the views of the mountain element.
Moving further along the Transkam into the depths of mountainous Ossetia, we head to the mountainous village of Nar, the birthplace of Kosta Khetagurov, the founder of the literary Ossetian language: "The whole world is my temple. Love is my sacred thing. The universe is my fatherland."
The Zaramaga HPP is a unique high—altitude hydroelectric power station. The best viewing platforms will allow you to admire the beauty of nature and the blue surface of the reservoir framed by mountain peaks.
On the way back, we will listen to a story about the Nuzalskaya chapel, a monument of history and architecture of medieval Alanya, which has not yet revealed all its secrets to us. On the way back, we will visit the Nuzalskaya Chapel, a monument of the history and architecture of medieval Alanya, which has not yet revealed all its secrets to us.
On the way to Vladikavkaz, we will stop at the piercing obelisk of the Gazdanov Brothers, Dzuarikau village, to pay tribute to the memory of those who died in the Great Patriotic War.
Check-in at the Biragzanga recreation center at the Therma Ganakh thermal spring.
Biragzang is a hot outdoor pool in the mountains. The water in the spring gushes from the depths themselves. Its healing properties help to cure many diseases.
The history of the source is not much different from other similar reservoirs. In the last century, drilling specialists arrived in the village to search for oil, but when a well was drilled, medicinal liquid flowed out of it instead of oil.
Dinner (extra charge).
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