The Stavropol Territory is literally created for tourism. It seems that it is for this that it exists. Only in Stavropol there are eight ancient fortifications. Under Kislovodsk there are traces of settlements that are more than three thousand years old. In the Budennovskiy district there was a center of the Golden Horde.
And what are the famous Caucasian Mineral Waters worth? Since the tsarist times, Narzan and Essentuki have been transported from here. In Pyatigorsk and Zheleznovodsk came the aristocracy from all over Russia. Pushkin wrote about the mountains, Lermontov was killed at the foot of Mashuk. There were unfolding such events here - enough for a few textbooks
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How to get
The major localities of the region are the following: Stavropol, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Nevinnomyssk, Essentuki, Mineralnye Vody, Mikhailovsk, Georgievsk, Budennovsk, Izobilny.
The main railway links Armavir with Cool - along the way there are almost all major cities of Stavropol. There is also a road from Moscow to Baku. The main points of the railway line are Stavropol, Nevinnomyssk, Mineralnye Vody and Svetlograd
The main road passes through Nevinnomyssk, Minvody and Pyatigorsk - with approach roads to Stavropol, and then goes to Elista and Astrakhan
The region has two airports - in Stavropol and in Mineralnye Vody. The airport of the capital of the Krai accepts flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large Russian cities.
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Transportation
In Stavropol city transport is buses, minibuses, trolleybuses . The journey costs 12 to 16 rubles. In Pyatigorsk, a tram is of great interest: it's such a local attraction.
In small towns you have to travel more often on minibuses or catch taxis, but the prices are low.
Cuisine and restaurants
Stavropol is preparing tasty, with a soul. Here they like dishes of different cuisine - Russian, Caucasian, in price Greek. Sometimes the recipes of one dish can vary, because each village has its own "chips."
During the study of the region, it is best to try old treats. For example, the lamb in the stomach is shepherd. During cooking, this dish should be buried in the ground. Or steppe tea is a tonic drink that helps in the heat.
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Resorts of the Stavropol Territory
Caucasian Mineral Waters is once a resort for aristocrats. Today - for all comers, the main thing is that they should be. It's no secret that Russians prefer other resorts, overseas. Although there is such beauty at your side.
The main resorts are Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Essentuki and Kislovodsk. Each of them has its own microclimate, and therefore its purpose. By the way, some diseases that are amenable to treatment in Pyatigorsk, will not master, for example, Kislovodsk.
Therefore, before you go on vacation or treatment, you need to find out which resort is best for you. Well, offers from local health resorts and boarding houses are more than enough. The level of treatment and care is high here. Usually enough 7-10 days in order to drink plenty of mineral water, take mud baths and walk in the woods - and leave with a replenished reserve of forces.
And in the province there are ski centers - this is another kind of recreation and, it is not excluded, more popular. Dombay and Elbrus are known outside the country. And the first and does enter into the top ten favorite resorts of Russians. Here come for skiing, snowboarding, gliding, aeronautics. The ski centers have good infrastructure, and accommodation prices allow spending a weekend here for people with different income.
Stores and souvenirs
You can bring a lot of interesting things from the Stavropol Territory. For example, there are fur markets near Pyatigorsk. Products are sold at such prices that you want to buy everything.
In the mountain villages you can buy good knitted things - shawls, stoles, and the same woolen socks. Do not give up sheep's skins. In Dombai, they sell tasty jam from spruce cones. This product is useful for colds, to strengthen immunity
Often in the province offer mineral water. Crafts are rare, so you can safely buy, even without looking at the manufacturer. Beverage lovers choose Praskoveisky cognacs and wines more tightly, and Strizhamment, a healing balm created from infusions, oils and fruit drinks.
Stavropol Krai hotels
Find accommodation in Stavropol Krai - no problem. In cities, there are enough hotels and hotels. The cost of living depends on where the hotel is located, what services it provides. For example, in Stavropol can accommodate from 1000 rubles. More comfortable rooms reach up to 3 thousand per day.
Also you can easily rent an apartment. One-room will come from 1200 rubles per day. In cities smaller - 15-20% cheaper.
Resorts are resorts and health resorts: three meals a day, procedures, walks, dances until 22:00. The average cost of a voyage to the Caucasus is 15-20 thousand rubles.
- Visit "Stone Sheds" is a dozen caves in the Alexandrovsky District. They formed in the thickness of calcareous sandstones. The biggest was used by guerrillas during World War II.
- Find Ostap Bender - the film "12 chairs" was filmed in Stavropol Territory, and the well on the slope of Mashuk Mountain is exactly the "Great Failure", for which the Great Combinator took money. Today, Bender's sculpture stands at the entrance to the tunnel that leads to the lake.
- Meet the dawn on Bermamyt - this plateau overlooks the huge array of Elbrus. During the dawn, the mountain is clouded with fog, which gradually thickens and closes the tops of Elbrus. But in an hour the whole peak of the Caucasian ridge appears against the blue sky. Elbrus shines
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the Stavropol Territory
There are so many sights in Stavropol Krai that you can argue for a long time about which of them are the main and which ones are so-so.
Honey waterfalls
In the valley of the Alikonovka River, of course, honey flows from the mountains, but clear water. This place is called so because of the sweet smell that plants give out.
According to legend, in this place bees, who loved chalk grasses used to live. There were a lot of hives, and honey literally drained from the mountains along with water - it turned out to be waterfalls.
Madjarı hillfort
This archeological monument is located in the south-eastern part of Budennovsk. Here are the Madzhar relics, and the museum has a mock-up of the ancient city. You can book walking tours and, together with a guide, go on routes that are connected with the history of ancient Madjar
Kurskiy park in Kislovodsk
This park is considered to be the largest European man-made park. There are thousands of hectares of greenery that go from the city center to the peaks of the Big and Small Saddle Mountains. On the way, they are divided into three parks - Lower, Middle and Upper.
What is it remarkable about? This is a favorite place for walking. It is especially good here in the summer, when you can hide from the heat under the shade. The main "feature" of the park is roses, which blossom in the Valley. Thousands of flowers that look stunning from the height of the cable car
Ring-mountain
It's not a mountain in the form of a ring, but a hole in the mountain is in the flat wall of the spur of the Borgustan ridge. So nature tried. The lining of the hole is so smooth and thin that it looks like a ring.
The ring-mountain is 6 kilometers from Kislovodsk. It is often visited by tourists to see this miracle of nature and hear the beautiful legend about the enamored daredevil who overcame here on horse obstacles for the sake of his beauty.
Drinking gallery
Five thousand people can drink at once in this gallery. She is in Essentuki on the territory of the sanatorium "Victoria". True, the pump room is open only to the guests. Water here can be drunk free of charge and as much as necessary, but not to the detriment.
Since the time of M.Yu. Lermontov this pump room was the meeting place of the so-called water society, described in "The Hero of Our Time". One of the entertainment for the last 150 years has remained the same - here you can watch with interest passers-by and guess who is new, who is a regular, who has come with his family and who is hiding from the police.
Lake Solenoe
Svetlogradskoye Lake - the most interesting of all saline lakes of the Stavropol Territory. There are tremendous reserves of medicinal mud here. Black therapeutic are located closer to the central part of the lake, and along the shores there is a gray clay. It is more convenient to extract dirt on the northeastern shore, where it is closer to the population.
The lake contains useful minerals that our skin needs - it helps in rejuvenation. These substances also relieve inflammation, increase blood circulation and give a lot more useful. Here you can lie around in the mud, and then take it with you to rejuvenate the whole family. Photo of the Stavropol Territory (72)