The hostel "Heart of Altai": recreation, description, services

On the shore of the rapid mountain beauty river Katun, in a secluded place, but not far from the actively visited lake Aya, all year round tourists and tourists are waiting for the tourist complex "Heart of Altai".

About the area

Here, the perfect combination of the most important and necessary for a quality family vacation and educational excursion tourism: exceptional beauty of nature, clear water, clear mountain air, sufficient amenities. Near two bridges across Katun, roads lead in any direction, and everywhere - a maximum of pleasant impressions. In addition, housing does not require a lot of financial spending. "Heart of Altai" is preferred both by couples with children and by numerous young companies - for each age there is an unforgettable route that remains forever in memory of the magnificent decoration of life.

From the regional center - Barnaul - the hostel is 277 km away, and from Novosibirsk - 443. A marvelously beautiful road runs first through the "Siberian savannah" - the forest-steppe zone, then along the picturesque foothills. Chuysky tract is one of the most beautiful roads in the world. Everywhere you can immediately share your impressions with loved ones by contacting any region, since all the major cellular operators operate - both Megaphone, Beeline, and MTS. "The heart of Altai" certainly will not leave any of its guests without such impressions.

The hostel

The whole complex of provided housing is quite diverse, that is, there is a choice for both the number of arrivals and for any amount of purse. There are posh well-equipped houses, there are half-equipped, and you can stay in a partially landscaped summer house. In total the hostel "Heart of Altai" has 79 rooms with a maximum capacity of 204 people, out of which 158 are basic residents and 46 additional places for children, for example.

Meals for the rest are also well established. There is a cafe-bar with a TV, where seventy people are accommodated in a closed hall, and another forty on the veranda. You can choose a comprehensive meal, that is, breakfast and dinner (during the day tourists are most often on excursions or walks), this will cost about five hundred rubles each. If you consider that the range of dishes is wide, the quality of their almost restaurant, it is not expensive.

Infrastructure

An excellent sandy beach and a cafe for a hundred people with a veranda and a fireplace hall, a guarded parking lot, sports grounds, a Russian bath, showers and toilets are well-equipped, there is a sports equipment in the box office, and in the summer there is a swimming pool. What else can you wish for in conditions of absolute dissolution in the most beautiful mountain landscapes? "Heart of Altai" is a tourist center, justifying its name. Children here are just happy, playing on a special site and swimming in the pool.

While their parents are learning and then flying on a paraglider, they go for a walk on horseback (horses are rolling, they have their own stables) or on bicycles they rent, play tennis and billiards, in a word, have fun, there is someone to look after the children, "The heart of Altai "- a tourist center with a prudent staff. In the evening, by the way, you can constantly and free of charge sing karaoke in a cafe, attend entertainment programs and discos. You can participate in rafting, visit a lot of excursions, children are not a hindrance in this and not a burden. Up to seven years, all of them live with their parents free of charge, and up to twelve - free of charge on additional places, while the basic ones receive a substantial discount.

Accommodations

Like many other recreation centers in the Altai, this complex provides a variety of amenities in terms of the number of amenities. In a well-furnished wooden cottage there is a one-room apartment with two main and one additional place. There is a table, a toilet room with hot water (shower) and beds: one plus one and a half, two or two single beds.

In the semi-arranged wooden cottage there are also two main and one additional place. The toilet room is there, but without hot water, and the shower is used by the holidaymakers in the territory. In an uncomfortable summer wooden house there are no toilets - they are also on the territory, but there are beds, a table, bedside tables. There are rooms with TV plus full amenities. Naturally, such accommodation is a bit expensive. The recreation center in Altai provides a wide choice.

Nature

"Heart of Altai" - the hostel is quite popular, because it is geographically very advantageous: the relic pine forest around, near the amazing beauty of the lake with the cleanest twenty-degree water, next to the turquoise Katun. The natural wall carefully encloses the territory of the recreation center from the rest of the village.

The reserve of Lake Aya, its purity is protected by the state. The symbol of Altai - Katun is born on mountain glaciers. The water is cold for bathing, but it is great for fans of adrenaline: alloys on the Katun enjoy great success. Here the beginner's forces try on easy routes, and professionals master the skill, as there are sections of the highest level of difficulty of passage - rapids, tortuosity, swiftness of the current.

Pastime

Ways to rest at the bulk of tourists are traditional. Hire horses with their own stables, horse riding training attracts a huge number of holidaymakers to horse rides. Almost everyone uses the services of a Russian bath in the territory, and the fish caught in the river can be immediately roasted (barbecues and firewood are provided).

You can also explore the surroundings with a bicycle rental. On sports grounds, holiday campers "Heart of Altai" willingly play volleyball, football, tennis. Alloys on the Katun, paragliding, fishing - all the fun for relaxing in the fresh air. There are billiard rooms for those who do not want to go far or tired. And, of course, there is a huge demand for interesting excursions.

"Fucking finger"

To view the panorama of the Katun River valley, you need to make a small ascent to the site for such a survey. Rock "Devil's Finger" is one of such popular places. The rock protrusion is similar to a solitary finger sticking out of the ground with a sharp and long, clipped nail. From here the view opens just magnificent, besides there is a mountain silence everywhere, disturbed only by the magic singing of birds. Romantic people are very often here to see off sunsets or meet dawns.

Mount Camel and others

Also, the panorama of the Katun valley against the backdrop of the northern foothills can be viewed by climbing one of the two humps of the "Camel" among the bizarre rock formations.

And from the mountain "Green Dragon" opens, in addition to Katun, and the valley of its inflow - Uba with magnificent landscapes of the foothills. And there is the "Stone Gate", "Bogatyr Bobyrgan" and many other pedestrian and automobile routes. A special appetite is caused by lunches cooked at the stake.

Is there enough time for all this?

Recreation bases in the Altai provide a variety of excursions, including cognitive. It is a visit to numerous beautiful museums and a survey of monuments - local history, archaeological, historical. Excursions to Chemal and the temple on the island of Patmos are especially impressive for tourists from all parts of our vast homeland and foreign countries.

The eight-meter Kamyshlinsky waterfall, healing springs, the famous Tavdin caves, as well as wildlife - marals, bison, Altaic camels, spotted deer and black foxes - all this is almost impossible to survey during one vacation. That is why so many regulars in the "Heart of Altai". Mountain Altai everywhere collects a huge number of admiring reviews.

Homeland of Shukshin

Directly on the Chuysk tract along the banks of the Katun stretch the famous village of Srostki. Here, the "Heart of Altai" tour strongly recommends planning an excursion, especially if rest is in the second half of July. At this time, the color of the writer's and artistic life of the country gathers here. Shukshin's annual readings honor the memory of the most famous actor, director and writer, his most famous admirers gather.

Here during the readings the results of the Shukshinsky Film Festival and the Shukshin Literary Award are announced. But even if the vacation is obtained at another time, it's still necessary to visit the Srostki: go up to the favorite place of Vasily Makarovich - Mount Piket, walk along those streets of the village where you stepped and his feet, visit the historical memorial museum, sit at the monument to Shukshin. "Heart of Altai" provides tours at any time of the year, as there is own transport.

Pearl and legends of the Altai Mountains

The Golden Lake, or Teletskoye, as many call it, to which almost all recreation centers in the Altai offer car tours, is known no less than Baikal and equally transparent. Here you will find a trip on foot along the shore to the waterfalls, as well as to the Third River. It is also planned to walk along the lake by boat. This lake is cold, clean and very deep. The banks are incredibly picturesque, you can not tear off your eyes. Teletskoe lake is rightly called the pearl of Altai and Altai Switzerland.

Legends include the Seminsky, Chike-Taman, the confluence of Katun with Chuya, the Kalbak-Tash tract with its ancient rock carvings, as well as the very history of the creation of the Chui tract. You can join the revelations of shamanism and the origins of Orthodoxy in the Altai land, as well as the history of ancient cities and villages - Gorno-Altaisk, Biysk, visit the native places and museum of the remarkable artist Choros-Gurkin, the writer Bianchi, the corners marked by the presence (and paintings in the museum ) Roerich in the Altai. You can study in a natural park, where almost no one has stepped on a human foot, many kilometers completely untouched by the civilization of the earth. And also to survey Turkic mounds, petroglyphs and parking of ancient people.