Popular resorts (Altay region): photos and reviews of tourists

The Altai Territory is known for its unique and untouched nature. Here for a long time tourists are already rushing to see the pristine flora and fauna. No less known are resort towns of the Altai Territory, such as Yarovoye, Belokurikha, where you can combine a wonderful holiday with treatment. However, the region has a very high healing and health potential, of which few people know except local residents. Let's talk about the possibilities of sanatorium and resort rest in the Altai Territory more.

Geography and climate

In the south-east of Western Siberia, the Altai Territory is located. What is unusual about this place? Here you can see great natural diversity: mountains, steppes, forests, lakes, rivers. Almost all natural zones of Russia are present in the region, except subtropics and the Arctic. The relief of the region is formed by the Altai mountains in the east and south, the West Siberian Plain is located in the center and in the west. The region is very rich in water resources, the main reservoir is the Ob river with a large number of tributaries. The total number of rivers in the region is 17,000, as well as many lakes (13,000). The main riches of the region are belt burs growing on the flat part.

The climate of the Altai Territory is moderate, with a transition to the continental, that is, with a cold winter and a hot summer. The average annual temperature is about plus 2 degrees. The region is characterized by a rather large number of winds, in winter - snowstorms. Winter in the province comes in November, when a permanent snow cover is established, the summer begins at the end of May and lasts until early September. The number of hours of sunshine per year is 2180 (in Sochi, for comparison, 2230), the region occupies the 12th place in the country by this indicator. The resorts of the Altai Territory are a place for a pleasant and comfortable rest, there is something to do both in winter and in summer.

Recreational and Wellness Potential

The great length of the territory of the region, varied terrain, rather mild climate and a large number of mineral and mud sources make the region an extremely rich recreational resource. In the Altai Territory, experts note high indicators of such important resort resources as transparency and ionization of the air, solar radiation, sources of mineral water, accumulation of mud mud.

The researchers argue that the region has the best conditions for the development of the resort in Siberia. In many respects, the local resorts (the Altai Territory) can quite compare with the Crimea. Also in the region there are sources of radon waters and lakes, which, according to the characteristics of water and bottom mud, stand on a par with many famous healing waters of the world. The clean air and saturation of its useful phytoncides makes the Altai Territory extremely useful for healing. The medical resources of the region have been used for more than a hundred years in the resort business, about 40 sanatoriums and dispensaries of different scale have been opened here.

Most popular resorts

The most famous resort of the region is the city of Belokurikha - a health resort of the Russian scale, which is widely known throughout the country. Less well-known resort of regional importance is the town of Yarovoye with a therapeutic lake. Other resorts of the Altai Territory, photos of which can be seen in guidebooks, are less famous, but no less interesting and useful.

First of all it is necessary to name the lakes of the Romanovsky district: Gorkoe, Molokovo, Guseletovo. Also very popular are the mud lakes of the Zavyalovsky District: Baklane, Zavyalovskoe, Mostovoe. The reservoirs of the steppe zone, the Kulundinskoye, Buazhansor, and Burlinskoye are of great potential. All these places have great medical and recreational potential, but so far their tourist infrastructure is less developed.

Resort city Belokurikha

This city-sanatorium, resort Belokurikha (Altai Territory) has its history from the beginning of the 19th century. But as a resort the place begins to develop in the 60s of the 19 th century, when here for the first time they began to build bathhouses. The healing properties of local sources were discovered by the inhabitants, who drew attention to the fact that cows that drink water from them are more healthy and give more milk. Aborigines themselves began to practice bathing in springs, and this helped them get rid of many diseases.

In 1866 the first bathing-place was built there for 16 places. By the end of the 19th century, there was already a health resort, which received about 500 people a year. Further development of the resort was hampered by a pronounced seasonality. At the beginning of the 20th century, the development of territories began. In the 1920s and 1930s a health resort for the leaders of the state is being built here. At this time there is a study of the medicinal properties of local sources. It turns out that the water contains a small amount of radon, as well as a lot of nitrogen, silicon and fluorine. In the 60s, rapid construction begins in Belokurikha, a number of large sanatoriums appear here, the resort acquires all-Union significance.

Belokurikha becomes a year-round resort. At the end of the 20th century, scientists proved that the air here contains a number of useful air ions twice as much as in the Swiss Davos. In the post-perestroika times the resort lost its appeal due to the fact that many tourists rushed abroad. But today the former glory is back to the health resort. New sanatoriums are being built here, infrastructure is developing.

Today, good roads lead here, modern equipment is installed in the sanatoriums. The city employs about 20 medical institutions with a total capacity of about 5 thousand seats. The number of tourists is increasing every year, and this is the reason for the launch of a large-scale project "Belokurikha-2", within which new sanatoria and ski resorts will be built. Today, a magnificent road has already been laid to this place.

Best sanatoriums of Belokurikha

Belokurikha is a resort (Russia, Altai Territory), whose fame is created by several large sanatoriums. The most famous places are Russia, Eden, Belokurikha, Siberia, Centrosoyuz, Altai Vest, Altai Castle. All sanatoriums actively use local medical potential.

Radon waters are effectively used in the treatment of diseases of the nervous and endocrine systems, the doctors of Belokurikha have accumulated considerable experience in the treatment of infertility. To treat diseases of the digestive, endocrine, urogenital systems, local mineral water is used. Treatment of many ailments occurs with the application of mud from several reservoirs of the Altai Territory. Unique opportunities are provided by methods of therapy and prevention with the help of maral products. Patients are offered pant baths, teas, wraps, etc. Of course, walks are an important factor of recovery. Local air has a therapeutic effect on the respiratory system and immunity.

Yarovoye Resort

Not far from the Russian border with Kazakhstan is the resort Yarovoye (Altai Territory). The main recreational and health-improving resource of the city is Lake Bolshoy Jarovoye, which by its characteristics is close to the Dead Sea. The settlement began to be built in the 40s of the 20th century: a bromine plant began to be erected here. The use of the lake for health purposes began in the 60s. At first, locals and holidaymakers from nearby settlements came here spontaneously. Gradually formed the initial sanatorium infrastructure.

The status of the town of Yarovoye is received only in 1993, from this time the tourist development of the territory begins. Here are built large recreation areas: "Prichal-22" and "Prichal-42". Today the city has places for organized recreation for 5000 people, in addition, tourists come here who settle in camping and tent camps.

Sanatorium Yarovoy

The main object of the city is the Bolshoy Jarovoye Lake, around which health institutions are grouped. This drainage reservoir with a high concentration of salt according to the characteristics of its muddy mud can quite compare with the Sakskoe lakes in the Crimea, Tambukan in the Caucasus and the Dead Sea. Regional resorts (Altai Territory) began to be built in the middle of the 20th century.

In Yarovoy the first sanatorium appeared in 1970. It was a health-improving departmental complex for employees of the chemical industry, today it bears the name "Chemist" and offers treatment for gynecological diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Also, mud is good for skin diseases. The newer sanatorium "Yarovoye - mud baths" also offers a full range of therapeutic procedures based on the mud of the lake.

Lake District

New resorts and sanatoriums of the Altai Territory are increasingly being built in the heart of the region. This is facilitated by a large number of natural objects with great healing potential. In the province there are about 13 thousand lakes, and many of them have useful properties. The territory of several districts of the region, namely, Romanovsky, Zavyalovsky, Smolensk, Solonshensky, Mountain Kolyvan, has huge medical and recreational opportunities. In these places there are various lakes that help fight many diseases.

Zavyalovo Resort

Amazing lakes in Zavyalovo attract tourists from all over the region. Salty, Curve (fresh) and Alkaline lake have various healing possibilities. The most valuable and popular Salt Lake. Its water contains 115 grams. Salt per liter, and valuable blue clay at the bottom helps to treat skin and musculoskeletal system diseases. Fresh lake is used more as an object for rest and fishing.

The area also has mineral springs, the water of which has a very high content of magnesium, sulfates and other useful minerals and has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, helps to get rid of toxins, cleanses the liver.

In Zavyalovo there are several medical institutions: balneological boarding house "Zavyalovo", complex "Power of Lakes", state polyclinic with balneological department. These resorts of the Altai Territory, of course, do not offer a developed tourist infrastructure, but the prices for treatment and accommodation are very affordable.

Kulunda Lake

Describing the regional resorts (Altai Territory), it is worthwhile to stay at Kulunda Salt Lake, which also has a great health resource. Salt water contains a lot of useful minerals, and silt has a positive effect on the skin. In this place there are no sanatoriums in the usual sense of the word, here there are several recreation centers: "Compass Vita", "House of Altai", "Altai Sun", and there are many parking lots for independent travelers.

Reviews of tourists about rest in the Altai Territory

According to statistics, regional resorts (Altai Territory) are becoming more popular with Russians every year. Tourists in their reviews enthusiastically talk about the beautiful nature of the region, about the opportunity to relax from the bustle. This mainly applies to small resort places, such as Romanovo, Guseletovo, Zavyalovo.

Large local health resorts: Belokurikha, Yarovoye - today offer a wide range of services, except for treatment. There are entertainment centers, water parks, excursion bureaus. Resort Yarovoye (Altai Territory), photo of which is comparable with the views of many Turkish places, constantly expands the range of entertainment services, and tourists call it Siberian Ibiza. Therefore, the visit of these objects, according to tourists, is quite comparable in terms of service with many foreign and popular Russian places of rest.