Russian Travel Guide

Active Recreation in the Hills of the Caucasus

The village of Guamka is considered one of the key places to visit by those looking for an active holiday in the foothills of the Caucasus. It is one of the best places for people that love extreme sports and recreational activities such as driving ATVs through canyons and gorges whose rocky terrain around Guamka is marked by a large number of mountain streams. RTG TV host Denis Golovko walked by the Sukhaya Balka water bed, went down a waterfall of boiling water and travelled up stone cliffs using an “iron road” or via ferrata. He flew from one rock to another with the help of a rope connecting them and is eager to share the impressions the adventure has made on him.

Alexandrovsky Palace

Alexander Palace were the final home of Russia’s tsars and the favourite residence of the Russian royal family. Nicholas II was born here and also taken from here into exile, where he was ultimately shot and killed. The park started out as a so-called “menagerie,” which served as the hunting grounds for the spouses of Peter the Great and Catherine I. Following the empresses wishes, the grounds were home to a wide variety of birds and animals. The forest gradually transformed into a park and the royal residence where great princes and princesses were raised. A gothic tower, artificial medieval ruins and a small house on a “children’s island” were all built for the sake of the young royals’ education. Nowadays museum exhibits and recreated interiors help to portray the history of the Romanov dynasty - from the Golden Age of Catherine II until the beginning of the 20th century.

Коллекция Russian Travel Guide. Города. Ростов Великий