Where is the village of Elbrus? A photo

Not far from the highest point of Europe - Mount Elbrus - is a village of the same name.

Where is the village of Elbrus?

Elbrus is one of the peaks of the Caucasus ridge. Around the Mount Elbrus stretches the Elbrus region, which includes a few villages Adyl-Su, Tegenekli, Terskol, Baidayevo and Elbrus, hosting 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 coordinates are GPS: N 43.15, E 42.38. The village lives in Moscow time.

Tourists are most interested in the possibilityskiing, 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 village is located directly on the highway, which leads to the famous mountain.

How to get there?

If there is a road from afar, there is sensetake advantage of air travel. In the cities of Minvody and Nalchik there are airports, from which it is easy to get to the village of Elbrus, as well as to other settlements of the Elbrus region.

Distance from Nalchik, the capitalKabardino-Balkaria, to the village - 130 km. Theoretically, there are buses from Nalchik to Elbrus, but there is a nuance: national color. With drivers of tiny minibuses it is necessary to negotiate in advance that they take along fellow travelers. Therefore, it is easier to find a car traveling in the same direction on the Internet, offering a payment for gasoline, or take a taxi.

The road by car or taxi takes at least2.5 hours, in this case it should be taken into account that there are many DPS posts and video control cameras on the track. However, the track is not overloaded with traffic, only cows create obstacles that calmly walk along the road and do not pay attention to passing vehicles.

From the airport in the Mineral Waters will have to do an even longer moving - 3,5-5 hours.

The path to the village goes through the mountains and passes, but because of the optical effect it seems as if the road runs down. The quality of the asphalt coating on the road to Elbrus is good.

Tour of the village with a mountain name

The village of Elbrus is small, it lives only 3thousands of inhabitants. You can get around the village in half an hour. First walk along Elbrus Street, then from ul. Musukayeva turn to Lesnaya, leaving aside Buk's lane, and through the school street again to get to Elbruskaya. 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 fixed point;
• house of culture;
• mosque.

Of course, in the village there are cafes and shops where tourists can easily find everything that is required for rest and climbing.

The village administration: administration

The head of the administration of the village of Elbrus manageslife of the ski resort, solving everyday tasks. The local administration employs 38 people, of whom 3 are deputy heads of the rural settlement. In the structure of the administration of the village there are 5 directorates (education, culture, land use, finance, economy) and 1 committee (for physical culture and sports).

The administration is in Tyrnyauz and works according to the standard schedule from 9 to 18 hours.

Tourist to note: housing

Those who do not first come to Elbrus, know,that it is much more profitable to rent accommodation near the famous peak, for example, in the village of Elbrus. You can choose a simple and inexpensive accommodation in the campsites or mountaineering camps, which are located both in the village and nearby in the gorge Adyl-Su.

In the village of Elbrus come to restteachers and students of Kabardino-Balkaria and Moscow State Universities, as universities have their own recreation centers. Also the hostels "Elbrus" and "Green Hotel" operate.

5 alpaceres near the village allow you to relax inexpensively in a tent.

There are hotels of different categories in the village of Elbrus, boarding houses and even a children's sanatorium.

Hotel "Maral" offers 2- and 4-bed roomsrooms with private bathrooms. Meals are not included in the price of the rooms, but you can cook on your own in the shared kitchen. The hotel is located in a pine grove in the gorge Adyl-Su.

Room categories: apartments, suites, deluxe and standard are offered to guests of the ski resort at Sky Elbrus. Each room is equipped not only with a bathroom, but also a mini-bar, as well as a flat-screen TV. Buffet breakfast is included in the room rate, and in the evening you can relax in the restaurant or order meals in the room.

In addition, the hotel has a children's playground, a spa, billiards and a ski school.

From the village it is easy to reach the ski lifts on the clearing Azau or Cheget, without overpaying for accommodation.

Unique natural beauty

Where the village of Elbrus is located, the beauty of the mountainsjust breathtaking! The village is located in the valley, a narrow belt stretching along the Baksan gorge. The height above sea level in the village is 1775 m, it helps to adapt painlessly to the altitude.

The village is surrounded by a range of peaks covered with snoweven in the summer: Gubasanty, Irikchat, Donguz-Orun and others. A lot of rivers fill the air with freshness, and pine forests - coniferous scents. Noisy waterfalls, deep, even in the daytime, dark gorges, forest trails overlooking the alpine meadows - all this can be seen by going for a walk around the settlement.

All this extraordinary beauty isNational Park "Elbrus", in the center of which is the same name village Elbrus, a photo of which can be found on the Internet. Admiring the expanses and snows, you will certainly want to visit here and see everything with your own eyes.

Sightseeings nearby

In the village of Elbrus there are many interesting things. Here there are laboratories that belong to the National Park "Elbrus".

Admire the beauty of harsh mountains can be ifgo camping along the Adyl-Su gorge along the Adyl river. On the other side of the village is the picturesque Irik-Chat gorge, which ends with a powerful waterfall. By the same gorge, tourists climb the glacial plateau, reach the source of Jili-Su, or make an ascent from the eastern side to the summit of Elbrus.

Near the village come to the surface narzannyesources. However, there are a lot of them on the Polyana of Narzans near Chegem, where even the stones have a strong reddish tinge due to the abundance of iron compounds in the water. Silver narzan spring is in the village of Neutrinos, the taste of water is soft and gentle.

In the neighboring village of Tegenekli there is a museum dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky, for it was in these places that the famous film "Vertical" was shot.

In the village of Tyrnyauz, the museum of local lore opens the doors to visitors. More than 2700 exhibits tell about the nature of the region, its defenders during the Great Patriotic War, the conquest of Elbrus.

Well, and, of course, the main attractiondistrict - the handsome Elbrus, proudly towering over the Caucasus. Its western peak rises at 5642 m above sea level. The cable car raises the tourists to a mark of 3800 m, from where a stunning panorama opens.