All those who want to find themselves in a place where it's always sunny, it's just necessary to visit Kislovodsk. By the way, it is called: "the city of 365 sunny days a year." This is a very beautiful and iridescent resort town, located between the fascinating Caucasus Mountains, and from almost every point of the city you can see the famous Elbrus. Will you agree that already one mention of the proximity of mountains excites the mind?
Interesting places in Kislovodsk
In addition to just a beautiful nature in Kislovodsk, there are a lot of local attractions. Now let's talk about each of them in turn, and also about what you can see in Kislovodsk.
Narzan gallery
A huge number of tourists attracts the Narzan gallery, located in Kislovodsk. This building, built in the style of the English Middle Ages, was originally intended only for carrying out various procedures with the use of Narzan. Today the functional of this place has changed a little.
Since the Narzan Gallery was built more than 100 years, but it still enjoys great popularity, because it is in it is a narzan source. The well, covered with a glass dome, through which is perfectly visible a serene water surface, exploding with small bubbles of carbon dioxide, appears to all those who are interested.
On the territory of the gallery there is also a central resort library with a reading room, a hall for concerts and watching movies, well, and of course drinking pump rooms, from which you can drink the cleanest and freshest narzan water.
Valley of roses
The next attraction of the city of Kislovodsk is the Valley of Roses, in which, a little more than 3 hectares, a huge number of different varieties of roses have been planted. And let most of them bloom only in the second half of the summer, the overall design and grooming of the whole valley are compensated with interest. So do not be discouraged if you get there "at the wrong time", at least a pleasant walk through the picturesque surroundings is guaranteed to you.
The Fortress Museum
It is generally believed that the entire history of Kislovodsk began precisely with the museum "Fortress". Of course, it was built not as an educational institution, but as a means to strengthen the city. In our own days there is no need for such a defensive construction, so the "Fortress" began to function as a museum. There is a round tower open in which very often there are all kinds of exhibitions, conferences, school olympiads and meetings of the Round Table, which reveal many archaeological issues. In the rest of the museum you can also see many interesting things: antiquities, archaeological exhibits, ethnographic collections that reveal the history of a multinational city.
Waterfalls
Immediately intrigued by you, in Kislovodsk you will be able to visit several waterfalls. Tell you about the most famous.
1. Lermontov waterfall. Local residents say that it was this waterfall that Lermontov described in the story "Princess Mary". To reach this local landmark is not difficult, even some city buses go there. And after passing a little higher up the gorge, dome-shaped caves will open to view.
2. Honey waterfalls . This is a whole group of waterfalls, the highest of which reaches 18 meters in height. Most likely, you are wondering where this name comes from? There are several answers:
- before in the numerous caves of these waterfalls lovers spent their "honey months" (version-legend);
- In the crevices and deepenings of waterfalls once lived wild bees. During the rains, their hives blurred, spreading around the area a honey smell (old-timer version);
- All summer on the banks of these waterfalls blossom honey grass that carries this sweet honey smell.
3. Waterfalls "Royal Crown" , we think that the name will speak for itself, and you can imagine all the splendor of this natural creation.
All of the above is just a small part of what you can admire while visiting Kislovodsk. But, we think that this small list of sights will be enough to interest you.