Winter Upper Balkaria and the KMV region. Weekend Tour

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A winter tour to Upper Balkaria and the Caucasian Mineral Waters region, designed for weekends, will allow people living in big cities to escape from the usual and tedious bustle and enjoy the purest mountain air, mineral springs, dizzying views of the mountains of the Central Caucasus in Kabardino-Balkaria, eat real rustic food from environmentally friendly products, hear the ringing the silence of the mountains and escape from everyday problems.

Location

Pyatigorsk

Sightseeing tours

from

US$ 136

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Weekdays: 8am - 8pm
Weekends: 8am - 7pm (GMT +3)

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Tour highlights

Cities of the CMS

We will walk along the streets and get acquainted with the history of the resort towns

Upper Balkaria

We will visit one of the most picturesque gorges in the Caucasus and visit the ancestral home of the Balkarian people

An exciting weekend

We will make an interesting trip on Saturday and Sunday

Juicy cuisine

Let's enjoy delicious national cuisine according to original recipes

Itinerary

Day 1 - Check-in. Free time
Check-in at the hotel.

Dinner at the hotel (if provided).
Day 2 - Upper Balkaria Tour
Excursion "Upper Balkaria" at 6:50.
According to the program of the excursion:
The Chegem Gorge is one of the most picturesque in the Caucasus, where the film "Sannikov Land" was filmed, a walk along the gorge along the Chegem mountain river to the Chegem Waterfalls — the largest karst waterfalls in the Caucasus.
After the walk, a late breakfast with dishes of the national Balkarian cuisine for an additional fee.for a fee: kebabs, jalbaur (liver), trout (~300 rubles), hychines (~100 rubles), shurpa (~200 rubles), homemade wine, tea on mountain herbs.
Transfer to the Cherek gorge ~ 2 hours.
The village of Upper Balkaria in the Cherek Gorge is the ancestral home of the Balkarian people.
Inspection of ancient towers.
Cherekskaya Gorge is a stop on an observation deck near a deep cliff overlooking an ancient mountain road.
Blue Lake is the deepest karst lake in the Caucasus (it is cold).
Aushiger village — bathing in a hot spring near (environmental fee is paid separately).
Return to the hotel ~ at 19:30.
Dinner at the hotel ~ at 20:00 (if provided).

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Day 3 - An excursion of your choice
OPTION I:
Breakfast at the hotel at 7:30 (if provided).
Check-out from the hotel is 8:00.
Excursion "Kislovodsk complex" at 8:20.
According to the program of the excursion:
Koltso Mountain is one of the Lermontov places in Kislovodsk.
Tea house (free tasting of herbal tea and many types of jam).
There is an opportunity to buy: jams, herbs, sweets.
Honey Waterfalls is a gorge of the Alikonovka River, decorated with several
waterfalls.
There is an ethnographic museum on the territory of the campsite, national costumes for photos (environmental fee is paid separately).
Lunch on the route for an additional fee.
The castle of treachery and love is a neighborhood of Kislovodsk, the rock "Castle" is located in the Alikonovsky gorge.
Kislovodsk is a city park.
A visit to the Nizhny Kislovodsk resort Park: the bridge "Ladies' Caprice", a Mirror pond with a Glass stream, a flower bed calendar, a monument to A.S.Pushkin, Lermontov playground with a monument to M.Y. Lermontov, the Main Narzan Gallery with three Narzan (common, sulfate and dolomite), Kurortny Boulevard, the Main Narzan baths.
Return to Pyatigorsk at 18:00.
Departure home.
OPTION II:
Breakfast at the hotel at 8:00 (if provided).
Check-out from the hotel at 8:30.
Excursion to the "Cities of the CMS" at 9:00.
According to the program of the excursion:
In Pyatigorsk, a visit to Lake Proval, the place of the duel of M.Y. Lermontov.
In Zheleznovodsk, a walk through the resort park: the former summer residence of the Emir of Bukhara (sanatorium named afterTelman), Pushkin Gallery, monument to A.S. Pushkin, Slavyanovsky spring, Smirnovsky spring, Cascade staircase.
In Kislovodsk, a walk through the Lower Resort Park: the bridge "Ladies' Caprice", a Mirror pond and a Glass jet, a monument to A.S. Pushkin, a flower bed Calendar, Lermontov playground, a bust of M.Y.Lermontov, the Main Narzan Gallery, a Colonnade.
In Yessentuki, a walk through the resort park, Mud baths, pump rooms of Yessentuki springs No. 4 and Yessentuki No. 17.
Lunch on the route for an additional fee.
Return to Pyatigorsk at 18:00.
Departure home.

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Difficulty

For any person

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale

The tour includes accommodation in a hotel.

Children under 10 years old receive a 5% discount.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

with food:

The cost after 10.01.2023 with meals
hotel	1-BUT LOCAL	2-X LOCAL	3-X LOCAL	4-X LOCAL
BESHTAU	Standard 18,550 rubles.comfort 19,750 rubles.	Standard 14,850 rubles.comfort 15,450 rubles.luxury 16,650 rubles.	Family 15 450 rubles.	Family 14 250 rubles.
MASHUK	Economy 15 450 rubles.standard 16 300 rubles.	Economy 13,000 rubles.standard 13,250 rubles.comfort 16,000 rubles.	Comfort 13,850 rubles.family 15,300 rubles.	Family 13,850 rubles.
NAUTILUS	The standard is 15,900 rubles.	The standard is 12,800 rubles.Junior Suite 14,000 rubles.	Junior Suite 12,800 rubles.	–

Cost without food:

The cost after 10.01.2023 without power
hotel	1-BUT LOCAL	2-X LOCAL	3-X LOCAL	4-X LOCAL
CENTRAL	-	-	-	-
MASK	The standard is 18,100 rubles. Deluxe 19,300 rubles.	The standard is 13,250 rubles. Deluxe 13,850 rubles. Junior Suite 14 450 rub.	–	–
BESHTAU	The standard is 15,900 rubles. comfort 17,100 rubles.	The standard is 12,200 rubles. comfort 12,800 rubles. luxury 14,000 rubles.	Family 12,800 rubles.	Family 11,600 rubles.
MASHUK	Economy 14,250 rubles. The standard is 14,950 rubles.	Economy 11,800 rubles. The standard is 12,050 rubles. comfort 14,750 rubles.	Comfort 12,650 rubles. family 14,100 rubles.	Family 12,650 rubles.
NAUTILUS	The standard is 14,700 rubles.	The standard is 11,550 rubles. Junior Suite 12,800 rubles.	Junior Suite 11,550 rubles.	–
PYATIGORSK	The standard is 13,500 rubles.	The standard is 12,650 rubles.	–	–
South	The standard is 12,550 rubles.	The standard is 11 350 rubles. junior 12,200 rubles.	–	–

Extra day with meals from 2200 rubles.

An additional day without meals from 2,100 rubles (for more information, see the “Important to know” section).

The Beshtau Hotel

It is located in the center of Pyatigorsk. It offers rooms with wonderful views of Mount Beshtau or the Caucasus Mountains, a 24-hour restaurant and a sports club. Guests of the Beshtau Hotel can visit the sports club with a Turkish bath, sauna, modern gym and swimming pool with massage waterfalls.

The Beshtau Hotel has a classic-style restaurant serving European, Russian and Caucasian cuisine. Live music is played in the restaurant in the evenings. Hot and cold snacks are available at the 24-hour lobby bar.

Pyatigorsk Train Station is a 10-minute drive from the Beshtau Hotel. Mineralnye Vody International Airport is a 30-minute drive away. An airport shuttle service is available upon request.

The room is equipped with air conditioning and a flat-screen TV, a hydro massage shower or a hot tub. There is also a balcony. Free Wi-Fi is available. A water cooler is available on all floors.

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Mashuk Hotel

It is located in the very center of Pyatigorsk, a 7-minute walk from Lenin Square and the cable car, near the Flower Garden Park. The hotel offers treatments according to the program of the sanatorium "Mashuk". The Mashuk Hotel offers free Wi-Fi, a 24-hour front desk, a tour desk and luggage storage, as well as a small garden and a cafe.

Pyatigorsk Train Station is 3 km away. Mineralnye Vody Airport is 24 km away.

In the room: The private bathroom comes with a shower and free toiletries. The bright rooms offer mountain views.

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Another option

Nautilus Hotel

Rooms here will provide you with a flat-screen TV, air conditioning and a wardrobe. The private bathroom comes with free toiletries.

The on-site restaurant serves European and Caucasian cuisine.

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Central City Pyatigorsk Hotel

The Central City Pyatigorsk Hotel is located in Pyatigorsk. It offers free private parking and free Wi-Fi.

The rooms are equipped with air conditioning, a desk, a kettle, a minibar, a safe, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with a shower. Some rooms at the hotel have a view over the city. A coffee machine is also available in each room. Towels and bed linen are provided.

A continental breakfast is served every morning at the Central City Pyatigorsk Hotel.

The staff at the 24-hour front desk speaks Russian and English.

Kislovodsk is 32 km from the hotel, while Mineralnye Vody is 19 km away. Mineralnye Vody Airport is 20 km from the hotel. A paid airport shuttle service is available.

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Yuzhnaya Hotel 3*

Yuzhnaya Hotel is located a 2-minute walk from Pyatigorsk Train Station. It offers brightly decorated, simple rooms with air conditioning.

Each room has a TV and a balcony. Some rooms have a separate toilet, while others have a private bathroom with free toiletries, bathrobes and slippers.

Guests can either have a snack at the hotel's own bar or have lunch at local cafes near the hotel.

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Pyatigorsk Hotel 3*

The Pyatigorsk Hotel is located in the city center, 20 meters from the singing fountains. Free Wi-Fi is available on site.

The rooms are equipped with air conditioning, a refrigerator and a flat-screen TV. The hotel has a restaurant and a bar.

Pyatigorsk Railway Station is 1.7 km from Pyatigorsk Hotel, and Mineralnye Vody Airport is 26.5 km away.

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Another option

The Musk Hotel 4*

The Mask Pyatigorsk Hotel is located in Pyatigorsk. It offers a sauna, a garden, free Wi-Fi and free parking.

The rooms are equipped with air conditioning, a hairdryer, a work area, a flat-screen TV and a refrigerator.

The hotel's restaurant serves breakfast, as well as Caucasian and European cuisine. There is also a bar at the hotel. Room service is available upon request.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 50 tourists

Minimum age

5 years old

Duration

3 days 2 nights

Group meets at

Pyatigorsk

Included in price

Accommodation in rooms of the selected category;
meals specified in the program (if provided by the selected tariff);
transportation and sightseeing services.

Paid extra

Air and railway tickets to Pyatigorsk and back;
meals not specified in the program;
transfer airport Mineralnye Vody – Pyatigorsk hotel;
transfer Pyatigorsk Hotel – Mineralnye Vody airport;
the ecological fee on the hot lake in the village of Aushiger is 200 rubles.;
the environmental fee on the territory of the Honey Waterfalls campsite is 100 rubles.;
resort fee:
- for adults, 100 rubles per 1 day.;
- There is no resort fee for children under 18 years of age.

It's important to know

Documents

The first and most important thing is the documents! PASSPORT and birth certificate of the child (if you are traveling with children). What for? Firstly, in your travels you will cross the borders of the subjects of the Russian Federation and therefore passport control is possible. Secondly, there is a discount for children on all cable cars, but only upon presentation of a birth certificate!

Clothes

Clothes should be light, comfortable and warm. Traveling through the mountains, you will most likely have to cross several climatic zones at once, which means that the temperature difference is guaranteed. Therefore, do not be lazy to put on several things at once. Let's have a T-shirt, a warm sweater, and a down vest on you. You can always take off the top "layer", or vice versa, quickly insulate yourself as needed. And be sure to wear warm, waterproof shoes. Don't forget your swimsuit and slippers. And also take spare dry socks with you (take them with you on excursions if your feet get wet). For women, a headscarf for visiting mosques and temples

Cosmetics

Sunscreen in order to avoid sunburn is simply necessary! After all, it is much easier to get them in the mountains than in the flat part. Do not forget a hygienic lipstick, because it is often windy in the mountains and you can chafe your lips. As well as sunglasses.

There is a certain excursion route on each day of the tour. On the day when it is proposed to choose an excursion, the tourist needs to decide on an excursion when buying a tour. Otherwise, the organizer reserves the right to determine the tour at its discretion and in this case no claims will be accepted.

Daily communication with the tourist:

Every day, the company's manager will contact tourists: inform them of the bus number for the tour and specify the time and place of boarding. For morning excursions, the bus number is reported after 20:00 on the eve of the trip, for lunch excursions, the bus number is reported 30-40 minutes before the start.

The place of landing on the tour:

CENTRAL Hotel – boarding at the Employment Center (Kalinin ave., 50)
BESHTAU Hotel - boarding at the Beshtau Hotel (1st Bulvarnaya str.)
Hotel "MASK" - boarding at the hotel Mask (Pyatigorsk, Inozemtsevo village, Gagarina str., 213a)

MASHUK Hotel - boarding at Tarkhany sanatorium (14 Karl Marx Street)
NAUTILUS Hotel - boarding at the entrance to the Flower Garden Park (23 Kirov ave.)
PYATIGORSK Hotel - boarding at the entrance to the Flower Garden Park (23 Kirov ave.)
YUZHNAYA Hotel - boarding at the entrance to the Flower Garden Park (23 Kirov ave.).

The tourist must:
Report to the meeting place of the group at the appointed time.
Have a passport or a substitute document with you on the route, as well as a birth certificate for children.
Have sturdy shoes and comfortable clothes for movement, including weatherproof ones.
Observe the rules of personal safety and security of personal property during the tour.
Respect the customs, traditions, and religious beliefs of the local population.

The tour operator reserves the right to change the order of excursions, and if it is impossible to conduct any excursion, replace it with an equivalent one, without reducing the total volume of the program. The company reserves the right to make changes to the tour schedule depending on objective circumstances. The tour operator is not responsible for the weather conditions and the situation on the roads.

The cost of an additional day in the period up to 12/25/2022 and from 10.01.2022, RUB.:

Extra day with meals

hotel	1-BUT LOCAL	2-SEATER	3-SEATER	4-SEATER
BESHTAU	Standard 4,950 rubles.comfort 5,550 rubles.	Standard 3,100 rubles.comfort 3,400 rubles.luxury 4,000 rubles.	Family 3,400 rubles.	Family 2,800 rubles.
MASHUK	Economy 3,500 rubles. standard 3,900 rubles.	Economy 2,300 rubles.standard 2,400 rubles.comfort 3,750 rubles.	Comfort 2,700 rubles.family 3,450 rubles.	Family 2,700 rubles.
NAUTILUS	The standard is 3,750 rubles.	The standard is 2,200 rubles.Junior Suite 2,800 rubles.	Junior Suite 2,200 rubles.	–

Extra day without food

hotel	1-BUT LOCAL	2-SEATER	3-SEATER	4-SEATER
CENTRAL	Junior 6,500 rubles. Deluxe 6 500 rubles.	Junior 4,100 rubles. Deluxe 4 250 rubles.	Deluxe 3,450 rubles. This.luxury 4 250 rubles.	Family Suite 3,600 rubles.
MASK	The standard is 4,850 rubles. Deluxe 5,450 rubles.	The standard is 2,400 rubles. Deluxe 2,400 rubles. Junior Suite 3,000 rubles.	–	–
BESHTAU	The standard is 3,750 rubles. comfort 4,350 rubles.	The standard is 1,850 rubles. comfort 2,250 rubles. luxury 2,800 rubles.	Family 2,100 rubles.	Family 1,550 rubles.
MASHUK	Economy 2,900 rubles. The standard is 3,250 rubles.	Economy 1,700 rubles. the standard is 1,800 rubles. comfort 3,150 rubles.	Comfort 2,100 rubles. family 2,850 rubles.	Family 2,100 rubles.
NAUTILUS	The standard is 3,150 rubles.	The standard is 1,550 rubles. Junior Suite 2 150 rubles.	Junior Suite 1,550 rubles.	–
PYATIGORSK	The standard is 2,550 rubles.	The standard is 2,100 rubles.	–	–
south	The standard is 2,050 rubles.	The standard is 1,450 rubles. junior 1,850 rubles.	–	–

The cost of an additional day in the period from 12/25/2022 to 10.01.2022, RUB.:
Extra day + meals:

hotel

1-BUT

LOCAL

2-X

LOCAL

3-X

LOCAL

4-X

LOCAL

BESHTAU

The standard is 5,800 rubles.
comfort 6,400 rubles.

The standard is 3,500 rubles.
comfort 3,800 rubles.
luxury 4,350 rubles.

Family 3,550 rubles.

Family 2,950 rubles.

NAUTILUS

The standard is 4,350 rubles.
Junior Suite 5,550 rubles.

The standard is 2,600 rubles.
Junior Suite 3,200 rubles.

Junior Suite 3,200 rubles.

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Extra day + without meals:

hotel	1-BUT LOCAL	2-X LOCAL	3-X LOCAL	4-X LOCAL
CENTRAL	Junior 13,050 rubles. Deluxe 20,900 rubles.	Junior 6,550 rubles. Deluxe 10 450 rubles.	Deluxe 7,000 rubles. This.luxury 8,750 rubles.	Family Suite 6,550 rubles.
MASK	The standard is 6,250 rubles. Deluxe 7,200 rubles	The standard is 3,250 rubles. Deluxe 3,600 rubles. Junior Suite 3,900 rubles.	-	-
BESHTAU	The standard is 4,950 rubles. comfort 5,550 rubles.	The standard is 2,650 rubles. comfort 2,950 rubles. luxury 3,500 rubles.	Family 2,700 rubles.	Family 2,100 rubles.
NAUTILUS	The standard is 3,900 rubles. Junior Suite 5,100 rubles.	The standard is 2,150 rubles. Junior Suite 2,750 rubles.	Junior Suite 2,750 rubles.	-

Important information!

When staying at the Nautilus Hotel, dinners according to the program are provided in lunch boxes!

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Winter Upper Balkaria and the KMV region. Weekend Tour

Location

Tour highlights

Itinerary

Accommodation

Tour conditions

Included in price

Paid extra

It's important to know

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