Kavminvody excursion tours. Last minute travel packages. Tour conditions

VAND offers holidays at the best resorts in Russia. Tours to Kavminvody are wellness treatments, excursions and active tourism. The destination is chosen for the sake of the nature and culture of the Caucasus, mountaineering, trekking and ski holiday.

Tours to Kavminvody from Moscow are trips to one or more cities in the region. In total, there are four deposits of mineral waters of the Caucasus, which are located in the areas of Essentuki, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Zheleznovodsk. Since the beginning of the 19th century, balneological resorts have been operating here, and to this day the Caucasus region remains the main health resort in Russia. There are about 130 springs, different in composition and healing effects. In addition to procedures based on mineral waters, sanatoriums use mud treatment from Lake Tambukan, climatotherapy, radon therapy, etc.

Kavminvody: excursion tours

There are many natural, cultural and historical attractions on the territory of the Caucasus. If you are heading to Essentuki, you can visit the weeping grottoes, examine the exhibition of the local history museum and city architectural monuments. In Pyatigorsk you will have a tour of Lermontov’s places, a visit to the Catholic Church, etc. In Kislovodsk there are Chaliapin’s Dacha, Narzan Gallery and others. interesting places. And Zheleznovodsk attracts with the palace of the Emir of Bukhara and the Pushkin Gallery.

WAND organizes sightseeing tours To thermal springs Kavminvod. You will be able to swim in the Ostrovsky, Pirogovsky, Narzan baths and see the beauty of the Caucasian nature.

Trekking and active tourism

Dombay, Arkhyz and the Elbrus region attract climbers, skiers and trekking enthusiasts. We offer tours to Kavminvody for hiking in Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and other places.

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Caucasian Mineral Waters– an ecological resort region with a telling name. The lands of the Northern Ciscaucasia are indeed full mineral springs– mineral waters are not found anywhere in the world in such quantity and variety as here. In the depths of laccolithic mountains, rocky ridges, terraces descending to river valleys, and in the expanses of foothill steppes, self-flowing springs of hydrogen sulfide waters, Pyatigorsk and Kislovodsk narzans, drinking waters such as “Essentuki”, “Smirnovskaya” and “Slavyanovskaya” gush out of the ground. In addition to the springs, the Caucasian Mineral Waters also has the healing mud of Lake Tambukan and vast tracts of forests.

The resorts of Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk do not need any introduction. The name of each of these cities is familiar to most from childhood from the labels of bottles with mineral water, which can be found in any pharmacy Russian city. They became a kind of symbols of the spa business, owners of magnificent healing parks with openwork drinking galleries, ancient bath buildings and health paths, modern health resort complexes and rich cultural heritage.



Geography

The ecological resort region of Caucasian Mineral Waters is located in the south of the European part of Russia, on the territory of the Stavropol Territory, the northern lands of Kabardino-Balkaria and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. The region covers four resort cities - Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk.

Caucasian Mineral Waters lies at the junction of the Stavropol Upland, dissected by river valleys and gullies, and the northern slopes Greater Caucasus. Only about 50 km separates the resort region from highest peak Russia - the majestic Elbrus volcano, bound by ice. The relief of the Caucasian Mineral Waters is heterogeneous - resort towns lie in basins, river valleys, near ridges covered with dense deciduous forests and at the foot of cone-shaped mountains. The northern border of the region is the city of Mineralnye Vody, beyond which stretch the steppes of the Northern Ciscaucasia, and the southern border - the valleys of the Khasaut and Malki rivers.

Caucasian Mineral Waters is a region distinguished by its natural wealth. The slopes of the surrounding mountains cover endless forests. On the slopes of Pyatigorye lies the Beshtaugorsky forest park, in which ash, pedunculate oak, beech and hornbeam grow. The resort parks contain plants and trees from different parts of the world: alder, pine, Atlas cedar, blue spruce, thuja, Virginia juniper and red-leaved plum. Thanks to the efforts of gardeners, the resort of Essentuki, surrounded by the steppe, has been transformed into a blooming garden city.

Climate

The climate of the Caucasian Mineral Waters resort region is diverse. Depending on the geographic latitude and altitude, several climatic zones are distinguished - low-mountain and foothill climate of the steppe zone, high-mountain climate on the slopes of the Greater Caucasus. Resort towns are located in the foothill climate zone, which is one of the main healing factors of the region, due to geographical features Each resort has its own climatic characteristics.

Winter at the resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters is moderately warm and dry. The first frosts come in November. The average temperature of the coldest month, January, is -3 °C. At this time of year, thaws and fogs are common.

Summer is moderately warm, not hot, sunny and long. The average July temperature at the resorts of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody is 19-22 °C.

The number of hours of sunshine is 1900-2200 per year.

The average annual precipitation decreases with distance from the Greater Caucasus. In Kislovodsk the amount of precipitation is about 600 mm per year, in Pyatigorsk - about 470 mm.

In general, the region is characterized by weather favorable for relaxation at any time of the year.

Time

Caucasian Mineral Waters live according to Moscow time. Time zone – MSK (UTC+3).

Population

The population of the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody resort region is 952,646 people. IN resort towns Russians, Armenians, Karachais, Ukrainians, Abazins, Georgians, Ossetians and representatives of other peoples of the Caucasus live there.

Types of tourism

Basics tourist destination resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters – Spa treatment And wellness holiday.

Caucasian Mineral Waters have powerful natural healing resources. The region is the owner various types mineral waters, therapeutic mud, climatic conditions, ideal for wellness treatments. In terms of the volume of medicinal resources concentrated in the region, Caucasian Mineral Waters has no analogues in Russia and in the world.

There are 24 mineral water deposits on the territory of the ecological resort region, including Essentukskoye, Zheleznovodskoye, Kislovodskoye and Pyatigorskoye. Here there are sources of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and radon waters, drinking mineral waters of the Essentuki type, nitrogen-methane waters and narzans. Mineral waters are used for drinking treatment and balneological procedures in the treatment of various organs and systems - from diseases of the digestive system to diseases genitourinary system.

On the territory of the resort region there is Lake Tambukan, which is a source of sulfate-chloride sodium-magnesium brine, as well as therapeutic sulfide-silt mud. The silts of Lake Tambukan in the form of applications and wraps are used in the sanatoriums of Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk and Kislovodsk, as well as in health resorts in different regions of Russia.

The climate of the foothills is distinguished not only by the special purity of the air and the absence of allergens, but also by its rarefaction. Low partial pressure of oxygen provokes rapid breathing, saturation of blood, tissues and organs with oxygen. This effect is especially beneficial for people with respiratory diseases.

The complex terrain of the Caucasian Mineral Waters resort region creates favorable conditions for a health path - therapeutic walking with elevation changes for training the cardiovascular system. In addition, the natural landscapes of the region and resort parks create a favorable psychological environment, increasing the effectiveness of spa treatment.

The natural abundance of the region contributed to the development of the resort business. KavMinVody is one of the oldest resort regions in Russia. The first baths, drinking galleries, and alleys of healing parks were opened at the beginning of the 19th century. Today, the region has a developed network of sanatorium and resort institutions, as well as general resort health resorts - clinics, baths, drinking galleries with pump rooms.

The main indications for health-improving holidays and sanatorium-resort treatment at the resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters are:

  • Diseases of the respiratory and ENT organs
  • Digestive system diseases
  • Diseases of the genitourinary system
  • Diseases of the endocrine system and metabolic disorders
  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
  • Nervous system diseases
  • Diseases of the heart and blood vessels

Leisure is also widely developed and popular in the resort region of Caucasian Mineral Waters. First of all, hiking; the surroundings of the resorts are cut through with health and tourist routes, leading to the peaks of the surrounding mountains, lakes, waterfalls. In addition, guests of the resorts are offered horseback riding and cycling, river rafting, visiting caves - caving tourism. Do not forget that Caucasian Mineral Waters is located a short car trip from Dombay, Teberda, Elbrus, Cheget, Arkhyz, where tourists can enjoy skiing, mountain tourism, mountaineering and even hang gliding.

Excursion tourism. Caucasian Mineral Waters has something to surprise even experienced travelers. Many architectural monuments have been preserved here - from buildings of baths and mud baths, small architectural forms of resort parks to noble mansions and villas, magnificent garden and park ensembles, and natural attractions. The history of the resorts is associated with the names of outstanding artists - in the cities of the resort region there are many house museums and historical places. The resorts of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody are also attractive because you can get to know many of the sights on your own on foot. Excursion bureaus of sanatoriums and boarding houses offer their guests trips to Dombay, Elbrus and Arkhyz.

Directions

The Caucasian Mineral Waters resort group includes four cities: Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk.

Zheleznovodsk- a balneological and mud resort, the most modest in size of the resorts of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. The hot springs of Zheleznovodsk have been known since ancient times, and the first serious studies of the waters were carried out at the end of the 18th century. Outstanding architects and gardeners worked on the construction and arrangement of the resort; the plans of the best European resorts were used as the basis. From the very foundation of the resort, the health resorts were headed by prominent scientists who made a significant contribution to the development of the resort business in the Caucasus.

Kislovodsk- one of the most famous balneological and climatic resorts Russia, the birthplace of Narzan mineral waters and, perhaps, the most attractive city of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. The development of resort medicine in Kislovodsk is associated with the names of outstanding domestic clinicians and balneologists; it was here that many physiotherapeutic techniques used in sanatoriums and health centers throughout Russia were developed.

Pyatigorsk- a famous balneological and mud resort, part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters resort group. Due to its wealth of natural mineral springs, Pyatigorsk is often called a “natural gallery of mineral waters,” and elegant architecture and magnificent parks attracted an aristocratic public to the resort back in the 19th century. It is believed that it was in Pyatigorsk that domestic balneology as a science was born - in 1863 the Russian Balneological Society was founded in the city, uniting the best doctors and scientists of its time.

BASE:

1. Federal Law No. 214-FZ of July 29, 2017 “On conducting an experiment on the development of resort infrastructure in the Republic of Crimea, Altai Territory, Krasnodar region and Stavropol Territory."

2. Law of the Stavropol Territory No. 130-kz dated December 8, 2017 “On some issues of conducting an experiment on the development of resort infrastructure in the Stavropol Territory.”

RESORT FEE: 50 rubles per person.

The experiment territory includes the territories of the following municipalities Stavropol Territory:

  • resort town of Essentuki;
  • resort town of Zheleznovodsk;
  • resort city of Kislovodsk;
  • resort city of Pyatigorsk.

PAYERS OF THE RESORT FEE: individuals who have reached the age of majority, staying in accommodation facilities for more than 24 hours.

EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF RESORT FEE:

1) persons awarded the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero Russian Federation or who are full holders of the Order of Glory;

2) persons awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor or Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation or awarded the Order of Labor Glory of three degrees;

3) participants of the Great Patriotic War;

4) combat veterans from among the persons specified in subparagraphs 1 - 4 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Federal Law of January 12, 1995 N 5-FZ “On Veterans”; 5) persons awarded the “Resident” badge besieged Leningrad";

6) persons who worked during the Great Patriotic War at air defense facilities, local air defense facilities, and in construction defensive structures, naval bases, airfields and other military facilities within the rear borders of active fronts, operational zones of active fleets, in front-line areas of iron and highways, as well as crew members of transport fleet ships interned at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the ports of other states;

7) war invalids;

8) family members of deceased (deceased) disabled war veterans, participants in the Great Patriotic War and combat veterans, family members of persons killed in the Great Patriotic War from among the personnel of self-defense groups of facility and emergency teams of local air defense, as well as family members of deceased hospital workers and hospitals of the city of Leningrad;

9) persons exposed to radiation as a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as due to nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site, and persons equated to them;

10) disabled people of groups I and II;

11) persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children in accordance with Federal Law of July 17, 1999 N 178-FZ “On State Social Assistance”;

12) low-income families, low-income citizens living alone and other categories of citizens provided for by Federal Law of July 17, 1999 N 178-FZ “On State Social Assistance”, who have an average per capita income below the subsistence level established at the place of their residence in the relevant subject Russian Federation; 13) persons who arrived in the experiment territory in order to receive specialized, including high-tech, medical care or medical rehabilitation after the provision of specialized, including high-tech, medical care in the conditions of sanatorium-resort organizations, as well as an accompanying person if the patient is a child under the age of 18 years;

14) patients with tuberculosis;

15) persons under the age of 24 years studying full-time in educational organizations located in the territory of the experiment;

16) persons permanently working in the experimental territory on the basis of an employment contract or service contract;

17) persons who have a place of residence in the experiment territory;

18) persons who have the right of ownership of residential buildings (shares in the ownership of them) and (or) residential premises (shares in the ownership of them) on the territory of the experiment;

19) athletes, coaches, sports judges, as well as other specialists in the field of physical education and sports who arrived to participate in official sports events in the experiment territory.

Exemption from payment resort tax is carried out upon presentation to the resort fee operator of the original document confirming the right to be exempt from paying the resort fee, or a duly certified copy thereof. Exemption from paying the resort fee for the persons specified in paragraph 11 may also be carried out on the basis of a written application from the accompanied person or his legal representative.

PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATION, PAYMENT AND TRANSFER OF THE RESORT FEE:

1. The amount of the resort fee payable is calculated as the product of the number of days the resort fee payer actually stays at the accommodation facility, excluding the day of arrival, and the corresponding amount of the resort fee. However, the amount of the resort fee payable is not included in the cost of your stay.

2. The resort fee will be charged no later than the time of check-out from the property.

3. Repeated collection of resort fees for the same period of stay in the experiment territory is not permitted.

4. The resort fee is subject to credit to the budget of the Stavropol Territory.

5. The transfer of the resort fee to the budget of the Stavropol Territory is carried out by the operator of the resort fee after the expiration of the period of actual residence of the payer in the accommodation facility no later than the 28th day of the month, based on the results of which the resort fee is calculated, but not earlier than the expiration of the period of actual residence of the payer in the accommodation facility.

6. If it is impossible to withhold from the payer the calculated amount of the resort fee, the operator of the resort fee, no later than three working days from the date of departure of the payer from the accommodation facility, is obliged to notify the authority of the impossibility of withholding the resort fee from the payer and the amount of the resort fee payable executive power Stavropol Territory, responsible for conducting the experiment (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body), according to the form established by it.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF RESORT FEE OPERATORS:

1. Operators of resort fees, in the manner established by the law of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, are obliged to calculate, collect and transfer resort fees to the budget of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

2. The resort fee operator, when collecting from the resort fee payer the amount of the resort fee due for payment, is obliged to issue the resort fee payer a document confirming the fact of payment.

3. Operators of resort fees, in the manner established by the authorized body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, are obliged to keep records of payers of resort fees and persons exempt from paying resort fees, in compliance with the requirements of Federal Law of July 27, 2006 N 152-FZ “On Personal Data”.

4. The resort fee operator is obliged to submit to the authorized body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation a report of the resort fee operator, prepared on the basis of accounting data, as well as the information necessary for maintaining the register of resort fee operators.

Majestic mountains, healing springs, fresh air and delicious food - isn’t it ideal conditions for vacation? Tours to Caucasian Mineral Waters offer everyone the opportunity to plunge into the world of healing nature: enjoy relaxation and the beauty of local landscapes, and at the same time heal sick organs and recover after a difficult working year.

Kavminvody is rightfully considered one of the oldest, but at the same time well-developed resort areas of our country. You can easily get here by train or plane, and the flight is pleasingly short (it takes only a couple of hours). There are over 60 sanatoriums in the region, each of which offers a number of health programs. Some medical and recreational institutions are multidisciplinary, others specialize in specific diseases. In addition to health resorts, the region has a lot of boarding houses, hotels, inns, and sanatorium-resort complexes. Thanks to such a developed tourism infrastructure, every traveler will be able to find an accommodation option that suits his tastes and wishes.

The online travel store “Niko Tours” specializes in organizing quality recreation and wellness. We will select for you tours to the Kavminvod resorts, which you will certainly be satisfied with!

Popular resorts

Kavminvody has many different resorts with springs, but the most visited of them are the following:

  • The beautiful city of Pyatigorsk, located near Mount Mashuk, is famous as a place with a huge variety of waters. There are more than 40 of them here for every taste. That’s why local sanatoriums are known as the most multidisciplinary: they treat diseases of the spine, blood vessels, skin, nerves, digestion, reproductive system, etc.
  • Kislovodsk is located at the highest altitude relative to other resorts. There is always a lot of sun, there is no wind, and the air is characterized by maximum freshness and purity. It is not surprising that diseases of the cardiovascular system are treated in Kislovodsk.
  • Essentuki acts as a large balneological center due to the abundance of sulfur-alkaline waters. Salt-alkaline waters, which have become famous throughout the world, are actively used for drinking here. This resort specializes in digestion.
  • Modest little Zheleznovodsk is considered the greenest resort of the CMS. Its sources contain carbonated mineral waters. In sanatoriums they are used to solve digestive and urological problems, treat the liver and kidneys.

Rest and treatment

The number of people wishing to buy a ticket with a direct flight from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody is only increasing every year. This is facilitated, first of all, by the wide recreational opportunities of local resorts. In Essentuki, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk there are not only sanatoriums and galleries where you can drink water, but also beautiful landscaped parks, diverse museums, cozy boulevards, interesting natural and historical sites, even lakes where you can swim and sunbathe.

Thanks to their unique location among the mountains, the resorts have an excellent climate and magnificent panoramas. In this area it is easy to breathe, the load on the heart is reduced, appetite appears, and depression goes away.

But the most important value of the region remains the waters: from the iron- and calcium-rich Zheleznovodsk to the salt-alkaline and sulfur-alkaline Essentukovo. At the Kavminvod resorts, you can choose the appropriate source for almost any problem or disease.

In addition to mineral resources, Stavropol sanatoriums use many other gifts of nature. In particular, it is known that local health resorts practice speleotherapy, mud therapy, radon baths, and hardware physiotherapy.

Local kitchen

One of the advantages of the dishes North Caucasus is their great similarity with traditional Russian cuisine. Almost everywhere, guests of the region can taste stewed and fried meat, as well as the pinnacle of the region’s cuisine - shish kebabs. Delicious Caucasian pilaf, hearty pies with cheese or potatoes, juicy pasties and shawarma - all these dishes are also presented in abundance on the menu of local catering establishments. For lunch you can take spicy kharcho or corn hominy cooked with smoked cheese. And be sure to try the traditional tkemali plum sauce.

Mineral water is the main drink of the KMS, which all tourists often try to try. Thus, in Zheleznovodsk they drink the medicinal “Slavyanovskaya”, “Lermontovskaya”, “Smirnovskaya” (bypassing the corresponding springs on the Iron Mountain. In Essentuki they drink the famous waters No. 4 and No. 17, the outlets of which are located within the Medical Park. Kislovodsk offers to drink medicinal narzans in gallery on Karl Marx and in the new pump room on Kurortny Boulevard. These waters are relevant for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. A huge selection of all kinds of hydrotherapy is available in Pyatigorsk (23 wells operate here).

5 places you should definitely visit:

When buying a ticket to the CMV from Moscow, you definitely need to make a list of attractions, worthy of attention. For example, like this:

  1. The Castle of Cunning and Love is an original rock landmark near Kislovodsk. AND beautiful cliff, reminiscent of an ancient fortress, and the restaurant at its foot, stylized as a castle, and the pretty bridges across Alikonovka, located nearby, deserve to come to this place.
  2. Mount Mashuk and leading to it cable car are considered one of the central attractions of Pyatigorsk. At its top there is an observation deck from where you can admire the panorama of the mountains.
  3. Zheleznovodsk Palace of the Bukhara Emir - original architectural structure, built in the best traditions of the East: with characteristic carvings, a dome, balconies and a minaret.
  4. The resort park in Essentuki is a marvelous interweaving of natural wonders with the wonders of human genius. On its territory there are many green spaces, gazebos, cascading stairs, fragrant flower beds and other objects on which the eye can rest.
  5. The Kislovodsk Narzan Gallery is both an architectural monument of the century before last and a unique medical establishment where you can try both cold and warm narzans, both sulfate and dolomite.

An integrated approach to recreation issues

If you have long dreamed of seeing legendary resorts Kavminvod, we are always ready to help you organize a vacation with a visit to any of them or all of them at once. Niko Tours managers carefully study the client’s wishes, preferences and recommendations for the hotel, after which they draw up an individual program for visiting sources with the selection of accommodation, treatment programs, excursions, entertainment, places to eat and shopping. We select prices for holidays in Caucasian Mineralnye Vody in the 2019 season in accordance with the traveler’s budget. For event lovers, we can offer a visit to the annual balloon festival “Pearl of Russia 2018” or the “Resort Seasons” event with concerts, carnivals and historical reconstructions. And if you want to try real North Caucasian kharcho, lagman or perfect lamb shish kebab, then we are ready to book a table for you in one of the best restaurants in the KMV.

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If you want to improve your health and have a good rest, then you should definitely go to the Caucasian mineral waters. The resorts located here will satisfy the needs of any, even the most demanding traveler.

Bus tours to Kavminvody from Moscow: the best resorts in the region

The most famous resorts of Kavminvod are:

  1. Pyatigorsk This cozy town boasts a developed infrastructure and an abundance of various attractions. It also has a powerful healing and health base.
  2. Kislovodsk This is the most famous resort in the region, where about a third of all health centers Kavminvod. Distinctive feature The city boasts an incredible alpine climate, which the locals are very proud of.
  3. Essentuki. A resort that is ideal for people who want to spend their holidays in peace and quiet. The compact recreational area is located between two picturesque parks, providing it with constant pleasant coolness.

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