Caucasus Mountains – a future tourist mecca?

The mountainous region in Russia’s North Caucasus is home to the highest peak in Europe -Mount Elbrus. The unexplored and natural setting brings in plenty of tourist adventure-seekers, skiers and snowboarders.

Just a two-hour flight from the Russian capital, it is a place where you can not only ski on Europe’s highest mountain, but also get pampered in style in their spas.

It may be only 13,000 square kilometers in size, but Russia’s Southern republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is packed with some of the country's hottest tourist attractions, including waterfalls and the Narzan mineral springs which, legend has it, can help people live longer.

“I’m really surprised why so little is said about this part of the world. It’s great here, especially when the weather is good. Yesterday we did sightseeing from a ropeway – the scenery was fantastic, and I think there should be another route built so that people from health resorts could get straight to the mountains,” shared Ilya Kirienko, cyclist.

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