Not far from the highest point in Europe - Mount Elbrus - there is a village of the same name.
Where is the village of Elbrus?
Elbrus is one of the peaks of the Caucasian ridge. Around Mount Elbrus stretches the Elbrus region, which includes a few villages 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 are N 43.15, E 42.38. The village lives according to Moscow time.
Tourists are most interested in the possibility of skiing, so you need to know that the village of Elbrus (KBR) is located at a distance of 15 km from the famous peak, named among the 7 wonders of Russia. The rural settlement is located directly on the highway that leads to the famous mountain.
How to get there?
If you have a long way to go, it makes sense to use air travel. 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 others.settlements of the Elbrus region.
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 color. It is necessary to personally agree with the drivers of tiny minibuses in advance so that they take fellow travelers with them. Therefore, it is easier to find a car traveling in the same direction on Internet resources by offering to pay for gasoline, or take a taxi.
The road by car or taxi takes at least 2.5 hours, and it should be borne 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 that calmly walk along the road and do not pay attention to passing vehicles create interference.
From the airport in Mineralnye Vody you will have to make an even longer journey - 3.5-5 hours.
The path to the village goes through mountains and passes, but due to the optical effect it seems as if the road runs down. The quality of the asph alt pavement on the road to Elbrus is good.
Tour around the village with a mountain name
The village of Elbrus is small, only 3 thousand inhabitants live in it. You can walk around the village in half an hour. First, go along Elbrusskaya street, then from the street. Musukaev, turn onto Lesnaya, leaving Buka lane aside, and through Shkolnaya Street again exit 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 they need 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. The local administration employs 38 people, 3 of them are deputy heads of a rural settlement. In the structure of the village administration there are 5 departments (education, culture, land use, finance, economics) and 1 committee (for physical culture and sports).
The administration is located in Tyrnyauz and works according to the standard schedule from 9 am to 6 pm.
Tourist note: accommodation
Those who come to Elbrus not for the first time know that it is much more profitable to rent accommodation near the famous peak, for example, in the village of Elbrus. You can choose simple and inexpensive accommodation on the territory of tourist centers or climbing camps, which are located both in the village itself and nearby in the Adyl-Su gorge.
Teachers and students of the Kabardino-Balkarian and Moscow State Universities come to Elbrus for vacations, as the universities have their own recreation centers. There are also camp sites "Elbrus" and "Green Hotel".
5 alpine camps near the village allow you to relax inexpensively in a tent.
There are hotels of various categories in the village of Elbrus, boarding houses and even a children's sanatorium.
Hotel "Maral" offers 2- and 4-bed rooms withbathrooms. Meals are not included in the room rates, but you can prepare your own meals in the shared kitchen. The hotel is located in a pine grove in the Adyl-Su gorge.
Rooms of categories: apartments, deluxe, deluxe and standard are offered to guests of the ski resort at the Sky Elbrus hotel. Each room is equipped not only with a bathroom, but also with a mini-bar and a flat-screen TV. Buffet breakfast is included in the rate, and in the evening you can relax in the restaurant or order meals in your room.
In addition, the hotel has a playground, a spa complex, billiards and a ski school.
From the village you can easily get to the ski lifts on the glade Azau or Cheget 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 height above sea level in the village is 1775 m, which helps to painlessly adapt to the height.
The village is surrounded by a range of peaks covered with snow even in summer: Gubasanty, 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 gorges, forest paths leading to alpine meadows - all this can be seen by going for a walk around the settlement.
All this extraordinary beauty makes up the Prielbrusye National Park, in the center of which is the eponymousthe village of Elbrus, a photo of which can be found on the Internet. After admiring the vastness and snow, 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. There are laboratories that belong to the Elbrus National Park.
You can admire the beauty of the harsh mountains if you go hiking through the Adyl-Su gorge along the Adyl River. On the other side of the village there is a picturesque gorge Irik-Chat, which ends with a powerful waterfall. Tourists climb the glacial plateau along the same gorge, reach the Dzhily-Su spring or climb from the eastern side to the top of Elbrus.
Narzan springs come to the surface near the village. However, there are especially many of them in the Narzan Glade 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 gentle.
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 filmed.
In the village of Tyrnyauz, the local history museum 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 to 5642 m above sea level. The cable car lifts tourists up to 3800 m, from where a stunning panorama opens up.
