Rest in the Caucasus is a great time that gives a good mood for the whole year. In addition, local resorts can restore health. The areas along the Black Sea coast are characterized by a developed recreational network. On their territory there are a large number of resort towns and cities. The Black Sea coast of the Caucasus can be conditionally divided into four recreation areas. They formed around Gelendzhik, Anapa, Sochi and Tuapse. All these cities of the Caucasus are major tourist centers.
Anapa resort area
Eighty kilometers along the Black Sea coast stretch flat plateaus and rocky shores, pebble beaches and sand dunes, mud hills and juniper relict forests. All this is Anapa resort.
Caucasian health resorts in this zone are located not only in the city itself, but also in the surrounding settlements - Vityazevo, Blagoveshchenskoye, Sukko, Bimlyuk, Bolshoi Utrish and Dzhemete.
Holidays in the Caucasus in Anapa are preferred by couples with children. This is the sunniest place on the Black Sea coast (280 days throughout the year). The average annual water temperature in the coastal marine zone is 15.5 degrees, and air - 11.9 above zero. You can swim in Anapa starting in May and ending in October.
This resort has mineral water sources that are used not only for canteen, but also for medicinal drinking, as well as for balneological procedures. Practicing in Anapa is also a very unusual form of getting rid of many ailments. This is ampelotherapy, or grape therapy. On the city's plantations, oysters, mussels and rapans are grown, which are used for the diet of vacationers.
Numerous health resorts in the Caucasus, holiday homes, boarding houses, camp sites, youth and children's health centers are located in this resort area. In total, in the indicated Black Sea territory there are two hundred and thirty health centers, designed for the simultaneous residence of forty-five thousand people.
Entertainment
Guests of Anapa can visit the water park built here, called the "Golden Beach". In the nearby village of Sukko there is an extreme amusement park. The picturesque castle “Lion's Head” was erected on its territory, which in its architecture is similar to a medieval defensive structure. It can simultaneously receive 1200 visitors, who will have the opportunity to see the colorful show program of the jousting tournament, shoot at the shooting range from a crossbow and become participants in some other rituals in the spirit of the time.
In the resort city of Anapa, there are numerous excursion bureaus, entertainment and cultural institutions, travel agencies. There is a railway and bus station, seaport and airport.
Treatment
Holidays in the Caucasus in the resort area of Anapa is a great opportunity to improve your health. Among the one hundred seventy-six sanatorium institutions in this region, the fourth part is year-round. An important therapeutic factor of the resort are sand, air and sun baths, as well as swimming in the sea.
The use of iodine-bromine water and mud therapy helps to get rid of various pathologies. The main profile of the resort area of Anapa are diseases of blood vessels and the heart, nervous system, digestive system and respiratory system. In the health resorts of the resort, Semigorsk mineral water is used for therapeutic nutrition. And the mud from Anapa deposits can well compete with even the most famous cosmetic and therapeutic muds that exist on our planet.
Gelendzhik resort area
It stretched along the Black Sea for a hundred kilometers. Health resorts of the Caucasus, located on its territory, are very popular among vacationers.
The city of Gelendzhik is located on the shore of a beautiful bay of the same name. From storms and storms he is protected by the fringing of the picturesque Caucasus Mountains.
Gelendzhik Bay is not only an ideal harbor. Calm, warmed by the sun and clear water is great for swimming.
The resort town is located on the seashore in the form of an amphitheater. At the same time, it is surrounded by its green picturesque slopes of the Markotkh Range, from which the main Caucasian Range originates . Sand and pebble beaches stretch for tens of kilometers at the very foot of the mountains.
Climatic conditions
Holidays in the Caucasus in the Gelendzhik zone will be unforgettable for any person. The unique nature of the region contributes to this. Climatic conditions in Gelendzhik correspond to the Mediterranean type. This is early spring, and dry non-hot summer (average temperature is plus twenty-four degrees), and the gentle sea. At the same time, the evergreen vegetation of the region and the freshness of rivers descending from the mountains, the absence of large flows of transport and industrial enterprises are attractive for vacationers.
Priority areas of treatment
Holidays in the Caucasus at sea in the resort area of Gelendzhik are preferred by people suffering from pulmonary pathologies. The elimination of these diseases contributes to air saturated with ions. These elements beneficial to the human body have a beneficial effect on all organs.
Tours and activities
Gelendzhik is famous not only for its unique nature, which has healing powers. This city has a fascinating history. In the vicinity of Gelendzhik are monuments of ancient civilization. Guests of this amazing region can get acquainted with the peers of the pyramids of Egypt - dolmens. These are structures made of stone slabs. It is believed that they were erected in the period from the third to the second century BC. In the vicinity of the resort town are the ruins of ancient fortresses and medieval mounds. In Gelendzhik itself there is a water park and an adventure park.
Resort Area Tuapse
Where to go in the summer? In the event that the place where you are going on vacation is the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, it is worth paying attention to the territory of the Tuapse region. It includes such resort villages as Lermontovo and Dzhubga, Olginka and Novomikhailovsky, Agoy and others.
The Tuapse region stretched along the main Caucasian ridge. Its territory is eighty kilometers long and forty-three wide. In the center of this resort area are sandy beaches, and on the outskirts - pebble and stone. Along the entire coast of the area there are wide valleys on which citrus plantations, orchards and vineyards grow.
Climatologists believe the Tuapse district is very favorable for treatment, rehabilitation and recreation. This is facilitated by forests that approach the water itself.
If you come to the Caucasus, a recreation center or a motor camp, a "star" hotel or health resort will welcome you at a high level and give you unforgettable days. Tuapse resort area is a great place for children and families. Here is the health resort "Eaglet". This is a large children's center, which annually hosts up to fifteen thousand teenagers from all over Russia. On the territory of the district there are two hundred and sixty health-improving institutions in which more than 32,000 people can relax at the same time.
All health resorts in the Tuapse resort area are built along the Black Sea coast. Vacationers are given the opportunity to have a great time on the beaches. Not far from Tuapse (15 km from the city) was built the largest water park in Russia - "Dolphin". Fans of antiquity can visit excursions and get acquainted with ancient monuments - dolmens. Psynak-1 mound is also located here. This mysterious megalithic complex is dedicated to the pagan god of the Sun and is the Caucasian analogue of the English Stonehenge.
The resort area of Sochi
A large area stretches along the Black Sea coast, which is very popular among holidaymakers. This is a famous resort, the uniqueness of which lies in a huge variety of healing natural factors. Its center is the city of Sochi. It is located in the North Caucasus and is characterized by unique climatic conditions. Here the subtropics are adjacent to the eternal ice. The air at the resort is freshened by breezes that blow from the sea during the day, and from the mountains at night. Thanks to this, there is no heat in Sochi.
For the treatment of vacationers, the resort offers a variety of mineral waters, and for living - two hundred and fifty objects. Among them, sixty-seven sanatoriums, twenty-seven boarding houses, seven recreation complexes, etc. Health resorts in Sochi can simultaneously accept six hundred thousand people.
The North Caucasus gives an unforgettable vacation. Here you can also improve your health, and explore the numerous attractions of the region, and become a spectator of various cultural events, and go skiing at the ski resort.
No less popular with vacationers Matsesta. This is a resort area located in the suburbs of Sochi. On its territory there are sources of mineral waters, which from time immemorial have been used to get rid of various ailments.