Unforgettable emotions and complete restart: why should you spend a vacation in Arkhyz

From now on, Arkhyz closest airports are in Stavropol and mineral waters. The construction of the airport near Arkhyz Resort will start in 2026, and already in early 2029, it should receive planes.

One of the main criteria is the proximity of the hotel with the elevators so that ski lovers do not waste time on the road. The important components are the cost of living, the level of service, the capacity to rent equipment, the presence of a restaurant, as well as a spa, which will allow tourists to relax and restart completely.

These parameters correspond to the Five-Star Grand Show Resort hotel, which opened in 2024. A few minutes from it, three lines of cable roads are located both: “satellite”, “Milky Way” and “Northern Lights”. The Northern Lights itinerary is the closest because it is just 50 meters from the station. You can reach a height of more than 2,300 meters. Customers can rent skiing, snowboards and accessories with individual calibration. In addition, tourists are offered personal lessons with trainers for any level of training and age. And the hotel’s professional concierge service will offer excursion programs with an inspection of places and natural attractions of any season.

The choice of customers of the large show resort offers 57 numbers of five categories located in two hotel buildings: both a comfortable classic in silver with spacious balconies and a lux of diamonds with two rooms with panoramic windows, a terrace with long chairs and a fireplace. The predominance of natural materials in the decoration of numbers, in particular stone, cedar, oak, tree and the presence of an elegant interior, most of which are created by hand, will give a special charm during the hotel. And a comfortable rest will complete the humidifier and a column with vocal control, which meets the guests on arrival with pleasant music.

The hotel has a spa area with a Turkish hammam, saunas of a damp and hot steam, a swimming pool, as well as a jacuzzi with a view of the mountains. Customers can use the relaxing massage service to restore muscles after activities. And in order to rest on vacation, hotel customers can visit the Technogym gym with professional equipment. Small guests will entertain the animators in a special game area.

The key ingredient in Karachay-Binkarian cuisine is a lamb, with which you can try dishes such as hashlama, cubabab, barbecue, hut (thin paste cakes with meat, green vegetables, potatoes and cheese), as well as thick and rich shorp soup. In the Snow Hearts restaurant, which is located with the hotel above, there is the opportunity to try the local dishes and the Japanese rolls, the Sashim and the fresh oysters. At the end of the day, after a rich program and a delicious dinner, you can relax around the fire or spend time in the hall by the fireplace. On the evening of the Karaoke bar of the big show resort Hotel, customers will even be able to make their favorite successes.

Arkhyz is open to tourists all year round. The complex has nine cable roads located on the southern and north slopes. The intensity of their operation depends on the season. Usually, the ski season lasts from the middle of November in mid-April. However, in early May, you can find enthusiasts of outdoor activities, skiing and snowboarding. It is important to understand that at that time, snow is already detached and creates drawbacks for tourists, so you have to draw your attention to bicycle walks and follow along picturesque routes. In July and August, all paths become passable.

The daredevils are required to visit an exciting attraction that you can access by going up on a funicular. At an altitude of more than 2,500 meters, there are oscillations at Haute Mountaine, which will give a feeling of free flight for the Caucasian mountains. This activity is far from for everyone, however, at the time of their own fear interruptions, you can get emotions that will remain in the life.

In these parts, you can find much more than it seems at first glance. There are many mountain rivers that draw the attention of rafting enthusiasts. It is curious that popular water with the same name “Arkhyz” is extracted here in one of the sources of the territory of the Biosphere of Telerdine in the State at an altitude of 1505 meters. The inhabitants believe that this water is an elixir of young people.

Continue a trip? The white waterfall is one of the most famous of the complex. It is located at an altitude of 1670 meters. It is important to understand that in winter, it is difficult to access it, so it is optimal to visit it from the Middle Avril at the end of November. You can go to the white waterfall on a rented SUV, mountain bikes and even horses. During the trip, overcoming off -road and several rivers, you will need to be patient. Having approached the place, you must get up between coniferous trees along a Moussuel path, the length of which is only 300 meters. The efforts will not be spent in vain! You will open a view of a graceful rupture of the rocks of a waterfall, whose unleashed stream with a lightning speed falls, washing the huge stones found in its own way. In the mountains, for the landscape, you can also organize an Alan tea drink with local spices.

Arkhyz is an ideal place for lovers of astronomy. 17 kilometers from Lower Arkhyz is a special astrophysical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which can be visited during a visit. This is where the largest optical telescope is located in Eurasia, the diameter of its main mirror is six meters. The telescope itself reaches 42 meters.

In Arkhyz, it is worth getting to know the Alan closer architecture, visiting the colony of Nizhne-Alan, where the north, middle and south temple is located. The latter, unlike the first two, acts. Alania is the first state of the territory of our country, which adopted Christianity. In the century XIII, it fell under the invasion of the Tatar-Mongols.