Among other southern cities of the country, it stands out especially, because for a long time Pyatigorsk has the status of the main mud and balneological resort in Russia and the tourist center of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. Fans of clean mountain air and magnificent landscapes preferred to buy tours to Pyatigorsk a hundred years ago, but even today the resort has loyal and numerous fans throughout the post-Soviet space.
On the slopes of Beshtau
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Today the sanatoriums of Pyatigorsk have a wide range of medical resources. There are more than forty types of mineral water alone. The springs differ in both the composition of the water and the temperature, and the Tambukan Lake generously shares healing mud with people.
More about rest in Pyatigorsk
Briefly about the important
- Going on tours to Pyatigorsk, travelers choose sanatoriums and hotels, of which there are about fifty in the city.
- You can get to the city by air or by rail. Mineralnye Vody Airport is connected to the resort by fixed-route taxis, and trains and electric trains from different cities of Russia arrive at the Pyatigorsk passenger station every day.
- The climate in the resort is characterized by hot summer weather. Thermometer columns in July-August often rise to +35, but most often stop at around +27 degrees. In winter, it is frosty in Pyatigorsk and the temperature can drop to -10. Another climatic feature of winter is frequent fogs and a fairly high air humidity.
- For those who are going to book tours to Pyatigorsk, the nature of the North Caucasus is of undoubted interest. The resort has excellent conditions for various types of tourism. In Pyatigorsk, you can spend time hiking in the surrounding mountains, enjoying a bike ride, conquering the top of Mashuk or Beshtau and succumbing to the charm of communicating with magnificent horses on a horse excursion around the surroundings.
