Not far from the highest point in Europe - Mount Elbrus - is a village of the same name.
Where is the village of Elbrus located?
Elbrus is one of the peaks of the Caucasian ridge. Elbrus is located around Mount Elbrus , which includes the small villages of Adyl-Su, Tegenekli, Terskol, Baidaevo and Elbrus, which receive tourists. All this is the most beautiful territory of Kabardino-Balkaria.
The village of Elbrus is located on the Baksan River in the Baksan Gorge. Its GPS coordinates: N 43.15, E 42.38. The village lives in Moscow time.
Tourists are most interested in the possibility of skiing, so you need to know that the village of Elbrus (KBR) is located 15 km from the famous peak, named among the 7 wonders of Russia. The rural settlement is located directly on the highway, which leads to the famous mountain.
How to get there
If there is a road from far away, it makes sense to use air traffic. There are airports in the cities of Minvody and Nalchik, from which it will not be difficult to get to the village of Elbrus, as well as to other settlements of Elbrus.
The distance from Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, to the village is 130 km. Theoretically, buses run from Nalchik to Elbrus, but there is a nuance: national flavor. With drivers of tiny minibuses, you must first personally arrange so that they take travel companions with them. Therefore, it is easier to find a car traveling in the same direction on Internet resources by offering to pay for gas, or take a taxi.
It takes at least 2.5 hours to travel by car or taxi, while keeping in mind that there are many traffic police posts and video surveillance cameras on the highway. However, the track is not overloaded with traffic, only cows create interference that calmly walk along the road and do not pay attention to passing vehicles.
From the airport in Mineralnye Vody, you will have to do an even longer trip - 3.5-5 hours.
The path to the village goes through the mountains and passes, however, due to the optical effect, it seems as if the road runs down. The quality of the asphalt pavement on the road to Elbrus is good.
Mountain tour of the village
The village of Elbrus is small, only 3 thousand inhabitants live in it. You can get around the village in half an hour. First go along Elbrus street, then from the street. Musukaeva turn onto Lesnaya, leaving Buka lane aside, and through Shkolnaya street again go to Elbrusskaya. That's the whole village.
But the infrastructure of the rural settlement is quite modern:
- there is a kindergarten and a school;
- there is a hospital and a stationary point;
- house of culture;
- mosque.
Of course, there are cafes and shops in the village where tourists can easily find everything that is needed for relaxation and climbing.
Village Management: Administration
The head of the administration of the village of Elbrus manages the life of the ski resort, solving everyday problems. 38 people work in the local administration, 3 of them are deputy heads of the rural settlement. In the structure of the administration of the village there are 5 departments (education, culture, land use, finance, economics) and 1 committee (on physical education and sports).
The administration is located in Tyrnyauz and works according to the standard schedule from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tourist Note: Housing
Those who do not come to Elbrus for the first time know that it is much more profitable to rent a house near the famous peak, for example, in the village of Elbrus. You can choose a simple and inexpensive accommodation in camp sites or climbing camps, which are located both in the village itself and nearby in the Adyl-Su gorge.
Teachers and students of Kabardino-Balkarian and Moscow State Universities come to rest in the village of Elbrus, because universities have their own recreation centers. There are also camp sites "Elbrus" and "Green Hotel".
5 mountain camps near the village allow you to relax inexpensively in a tent.
In the village of Elbrus there are hotels of various categories, boarding houses and even a children's sanatorium.
Hotel "Maral" offers 2- and 4-bed rooms with bathrooms. Meals are not included in the room rate, but you can cook yourself in the shared kitchen. The hotel is located in a pine grove in the Adyl-Su gorge.
The rooms of the categories: apartments, suites, deluxe suites and standard are offered to guests of the ski resort at the Sky Hotel Elbrus. Each room is equipped not only with a bathroom, but also with a minibar and a flat-screen TV. Buffet breakfast is included in the price. In the evening you can relax in the restaurant or order meals in your room.
In addition, the hotel has a playground, spa, billiards and ski school.
From the village you can easily get to the lifts in the Azau or Cheget glade without overpaying for accommodation.
Unique natural beauty
Where the village of Elbrus is located, the beauty of the mountains is simply breathtaking! The village is located in a valley, a narrow ribbon stretching along the Baksan Gorge. The altitude in the village is 1775 m, this helps to easily adapt to the height.
The village is surrounded by a ridge of peaks covered with snow even in summer: Gubasanti, Irikchat, Donguz-Orun and others. Many rivers fill the air with freshness, and pine forests with coniferous aromas. Noisy waterfalls, deep, even during the day, dark ravines, forest trails overlooking the alpine meadows - all this can be seen by going for a walk around the village.
All this extraordinary beauty makes up the Elbrusier National Park, in the center of which is the village of the same name Elbrus, a photo of which can be found on the Internet. After admiring the expanses and snows, you will certainly want to visit here and see everything with your own eyes.
Attractions nearby
There are a lot of interesting things in the village of Elbrus. Here are the laboratories that belong to the Elbrusier National Park.
You can admire the beauty of harsh mountains if you go hiking along the Adyl-Su gorge along the Adyl river. On the other side of the village is a picturesque gorge Irik-Chat, which ends with a powerful waterfall. On the same gorge, tourists climb the glacial plateau, reach the source of Dzhily-Su, or climb from the east to the top of Elbrus.
Narzan springs come to the surface near the village. However, there are especially many of them in the Glade of Narzans near Chegem, where even the stones have a strong reddish tint due to the abundance of iron compounds in the water. There is a silver narzan spring in the village of Neutrino, the taste of the water is soft and delicate.
In the neighboring village of Tegenekli there is a museum dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky, because it was in these places that the famous film "Vertical" was shot.
In the village of Tyrnyauz, the museum of local lore opens its doors to visitors. More than 2700 exhibits tell about the nature of the region, its defenders during the Great Patriotic War, about the conquest of Elbrus.
Well, and, of course, the main attraction of the region is the handsome Elbrus, proudly towering over the Caucasus. Its western peak rises 5642 m above sea level. The cable car raises tourists to the level of 3800 m, from where a stunning panorama opens.