Top choice in Russian Caucasus
This wooden complex, set on the Cherek Balkarsky River, faces the ruins of largest of the 18 village cleared of Balkars in 1944. They serve delicious shashlyk, salads and the buttery flat bread khichiny.
In the attractive grounds is a re-creation of what the old stone village homes looked like, as well as a small hotel (r R2000) with excellent rooms, should you decide to stay overnight and explore more of the area.
26.53 MILES
The large Central Park of Culture and Recreation (to give it its full name) offers forest lushness, small green lakes with paddle boats, an amusement park…
10.21 MILES
Worth a stop en route to the Cherek Valley are these small karst lakes with water in various shades of blue. The largest of the three lakes, which is deep…
24.63 MILES
This tiny 12th-century church with its own watchtower stands proudly on a hilltop looking back over the town and marks the end of Ushguli. Inside there…
Kabardino-Balkaria National Museum
27.7 MILES
Local natural and man-made history is covered at this reasonably interesting museum. Labels are in Russian, but it's mainly a place for visual…
25.22 MILES
Ushguli's main museum has a superb collection of gold, silver and wooden icons and crosses dating back to the 12th century from Ushguli’s seven churches.
24.8 MILES
Ushguli's Ethnographic Museum is located in a 12th-century building that once housed both people and livestock in the winter months, all huddled together…
25.19 MILES
These atmospheric ruins on top of a hill in Chazhashi were once made up of four defensive towers and a church, though just one tower and the ruins of the…
10.21 MILES
Worth a stop en route to the Cherek Valley are these small karst lakes with water in various shades of blue. The largest of the three lakes, which is deep…
24.63 MILES
This tiny 12th-century church with its own watchtower stands proudly on a hilltop looking back over the town and marks the end of Ushguli. Inside there…
24.8 MILES
Ushguli's Ethnographic Museum is located in a 12th-century building that once housed both people and livestock in the winter months, all huddled together…
25.19 MILES
These atmospheric ruins on top of a hill in Chazhashi were once made up of four defensive towers and a church, though just one tower and the ruins of the…
25.22 MILES
Ushguli's main museum has a superb collection of gold, silver and wooden icons and crosses dating back to the 12th century from Ushguli’s seven churches.
26.53 MILES
The large Central Park of Culture and Recreation (to give it its full name) offers forest lushness, small green lakes with paddle boats, an amusement park…
7. Kabardino-Balkaria National Museum
27.7 MILES
Local natural and man-made history is covered at this reasonably interesting museum. Labels are in Russian, but it's mainly a place for visual…