Hot Key: Attractions and most interesting places of the resort

In 60 kilometers southeast of Krasnodar, invalley of the river Psekups, is a beautiful city with the name Hot Key. Its attractions are the amazingly beautiful places that nature itself created. This is the only place in the southern part of Russia, where drinking Essentuk mineral waters is combined with the hydrogen sulfide baths of Sochi and Matsesta.

The city has more than 10 mineral springs, waterwhich are used both for drinking and for healing baths. There are thermal chloride-hydrocarbonate, hydrogen sulfide, alkaline and sodium water, the water in which heats up to 60 degrees of heat.

What unique places is the Hot Key famous for? Attractions of a natural character can be combined into one large list, headed by the Abadzekh mountain, the peak of which is located within the city, on the right coast of Psekups. It appeared 10-15 million years ago. At its foot there are many healing keys. At an altitude of 100 meters, inside the mountain, there is an underground lake, the waters of which flow out a powerful stream on one of the slopes. They are called the Blue Spring.

Continuing to inspect what is famous for HotThe key, the sights of this place, you can not miss the 28-meter cliff, located above the river Psekups. In local people, it is known as the Rock of Salvation. The mountain top from the resort separates Dantovo gorge, to which leads a stone path of 49 steps. It was cut down in the 19th century.

In the immediate vicinity of the stairs flowsThe key stream that merges with the waters of the waterfall of the Iron source. There are many legends about this stream. Near the Dante's stairs there are moss-covered sandstone cliffs, on which visitors leave their inscriptions. A similar place is still on the opposite slope, located a hundred meters away, it is called the "ladder of life".

It is impossible not to recall the Ada waterfall, locatedon the right tributary of the creek with the same name. Its height is 12 meters. This miracle of nature is eager to see all the tourists who visited the resort of Goryachy Klyuch. Sights of this nature can be observed almost at every step, as there are 22 waterfalls in the vicinity of the Psekups River, the beauty of which can not be expressed in words. On the Burlachenkov Brook creek you can see a two-step nine-meter waterfall. It is 10 kilometers from Fanagoria village. The main unique feature of the waterfall is a ten-meter bath formed at its base.

Attractions of the Hot Key with a photo is notcan fully convey the beauty of these places. So, not a single photograph can show the beauty of the alley of a thousand pines. It consists of their Pitsunda pine and Koch pine, and its length is two kilometers. It is located in the central part of Lenin Street. This avenue is a kind of entrance to the Healing Park.

Viewing the resort Hot Key (KrasnodarKrai), the sights of this city, it is worth paying attention to architectural structures, many of which have historical value. So, at the foot of Abadzekh mountain there is the Iberian chapel, attached to the grotto in the late 19th century. Another unique structure is on the left bank of the Chepsy River. This is a fortress, located 300 meters west of Podnavisla Farm. It was built somewhere at the end of the first millennium, the exact date is not yet established. In addition to the interesting places described, there are many monuments in the city, among which the White Obelisk is a memorial sign installed in the alley leading to the Healing Park in 1964.