5,4

Good enough

  • . Rest
  • . Family with small children
  • . Presidential Suite

The restorers and decorators of this beautiful architectural monument should be tried for sabotage. I understand that in the USSR everyone had a hungry childhood, but this idea of ​​oriental luxury - peacocks and half-naked girls on cheap reproductions - is creepy kitsch, but even worse are the rave reviews - Brzezinski is right - “How happy Russians are that they don’t know what they are like.” unfortunate." We live in Vilamoura, Portugal, my wife is from Rio, we used to live in Dubai, our son was born there - during our son’s holidays, we first flew to Brazil to visit relatives, then to Dubai for a week and to Kislovodsk to see his Russian grandparents. In Dubai we lived in the Hilton at Dubai Marina by the sea for 100 euros (now it’s not the season there), in Kislovodsk in GNV for 685 euros) Only a mother and son (or a couple of dwarfs) can fit on the “large luxurious” bed (or a couple of dwarfs), the sofa is not suitable for even the 7th child's sleep. So dad sleeps on the floor) in a 5 star hotel in the presidential suite! The food is poor, for breakfast the same as for lunch and dinner, only hot dishes change. They don't know what breakfast is - scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, toast, juice. We could not feed the child properly - the Ogonyok cafe near the fountain and the hotel chef helped us out, who cooked for us from the products that we bought in the store. For 5 stars you don’t have a toaster in the hall, a cook making you scrambled eggs or an omelet with your choice of toppings, a standard set of hot dishes, fruits and juices.... Services. After a walk in the park, anyone would want a massage. But the massage therapist is resting on Saturday/Sunday))) And the second massage therapist quit due to late payment and the hotel’s reputation is such that they cannot find a new one. I was born in the USSR, I can eat anything and sleep anywhere, but my wife is shocked. The contrast, of course, was added by the fact that we went straight from the Hilton in Dubai to the GNV on the CMS. They even offered us to pay 200,000 rubles for 4 days in cash, since “the terminal does not work.” It's a shame. I want progress and prosperity for my small homeland. THANK YOU to the staff - well done ALL. We tried.

Location. Architecture of the building.

Length of stay: August 2019

Russia

1 mark “helpful review”

“I would like to express my gratitude to the team for their attentive and sensitive attitude.”

  • . Rest
  • . Family with small children
  • . 10 night stay
  • . Sent from phone

A beautiful old building in the heart of the city, great location and polite staff!

Length of stay: July 2019

Russia

“A good place to stay if you want to spend an active holiday.”

  • . Rest
  • . Single room - Treatment included
  • . 12 night stay
  • . Sent from phone

Quiet, cozy hotel. Friendly staff.

Length of stay: July 2019

Russia

5 marks “helpful review”

Fabulous

  • . Rest
  • . Pair
  • . Single Room
  • . 5 nights stay
  • . Sent from phone

Everything is great

Length of stay: July 2019

Kazakhstan

2 marks “helpful review”

Fabulous

  • . Rest
  • . Solo traveler
  • . Single Room
  • . Sent from phone

There's no such thing

Everything was amazing! Especially special thanks to the Spa Center: Igor Fedorovich, Yulia and Christina! Highly recommend!

Length of stay: July 2019

Russia

3 marks “helpful review”

9,6

Fabulous

  • . Rest
  • . Pair
  • . Double Room Deluxe with 1 bed
  • . 3 nights stay
  • . Sent from phone

The hotel is great, but the breakfast is not even 4 stars.

Length of stay: July 2019

Russia

1 mark “helpful review”

9,6

Fabulous

  • . Rest
  • . Group of friends
  • . Single Room
  • . 4 nights stay
  • . Sent from phone

It’s the beginning of the season and we’re not quite prepared yet)

Convenient location, helpful staff, everything is convenient and comfortable! Many compliments from the hotel)

Length of stay: May 2019

Russia

4 marks “helpful review”

Fabulous

  • . Rest
  • . Pair
  • . Deluxe Double Room
  • . 2 night stay
  • . Sent from phone

Wonderful location, very central. Very attentive and responsive staff. I would like to express special gratitude to Lyudmila Edwardovna and Roman. All issues with them were resolved quickly and professionally. Good breakfasts. You can book full board. Everything is very delicious. I recommend staying at this place.

Length of stay: May 2019

Russia

17 marks “helpful review”

9,2

"Good hotel"

  • . Rest
  • . Pair
  • . Deluxe Double Room
  • . 3 nights stay
  • . Sent from phone

The main problem is food. It does not correspond to the level and prices of the hotel. Everything from the quality of the food to its placement on the buffet raises questions. No coffee machine. 3 in 1 bags are absolutely a song. No milk, kefir, cottage cheese. For a hotel that charges 16,000 per night, this is not normal. It is advisable to sign the food. It’s not always clear what’s in the bowl) True, champagne at breakfast excuses a lot)

The staff tried very hard to make everyone feel good. A historical building with a new, somewhat pompous renovation. Transfer. Tea ceremony. The location is great. Purely

Length of stay: May 2019

Russia

6 marks “helpful review”

“A wonderful holiday in a luxurious complex with a century-old history! »

  • . Rest
  • . Family with small children
  • . 2 numbers
  • . Sent from phone

We rested with my husband at the “Main Narzan Baths” on May 2, 2019. To say that I really liked it is to say nothing! Just in absolutely delighted!!! Starting from the meeting, accommodation and the whole stay in general, the smile from a pleasant pastime did not leave my face. Pomp eastern palace, located in the very heart of Kurortny Boulevard, from the first minute it turned my head both with the external originality of the outlines of the facade and with the rich interior decoration. The interior is so mesmerizing that you instantly mentally transport yourself to an Arabian fairy tale, imagining yourself as a Shamakhan queen))). Everything is so realistic and consistent in the oriental style, Persian carpets, paintings depicting beautiful maidens, that I even called my husband my sultan a couple of times))) and he really liked it))). While staying in this magnificent architectural monument, you never leave the feeling that you are in touch with history, plunging into the past, when noble gentlemen and ladies took mineral baths here and were cured of various ailments. The staff of the sanatorium is very responsive and friendly, they try to fulfill your request at the first call. The buffet line at the Valentina restaurant is represented by varied and delicious dishes. In the evening, a talented musical performer gives a concert in the same restaurant. Guests can also participate in this event if they wish))), which is what I undoubtedly did, performing several popular songs. The sanatorium has a hammam and two crystal pools, one with cold water, in which you can cool off after steaming in the hammam, the other with warm, comfortable water and hydromassages, the cleanliness of which is constantly monitored by specially designated employees.

Length of stay: May 2019

Russia

4 marks “helpful review”

“Thank you to everyone who put their soul and effort into the interior decoration! This is extraordinary!”

  • . Rest
  • . Solo traveler
  • . Single Room
  • . 6 nights stay

I liked everything. Chic and delightful interiors! The friendly, very friendly staff carefully and discreetly makes your stay at the sanatorium a holiday. Thank you for giving me another place I want to return to!

Length of stay: April 2019

Daria Tarakanova

Russia

Age: 18–24

13 marks “helpful review”

7,1

“The hotel does not correspond to 4 stars”

  • . Rest
  • . Family with small children
  • . Deluxe Double Room
  • . 1 night stay
  • . Sent from phone

There is no telephone connection with the reception in the rooms, the rooms are small, most of the staff do not know what to do (the restaurant for a long time could not understand what menu to feed us, the restaurant administrator generally shunned us, the hotel still does not have a view of the mountains) we asked for an additional bottle of water - they asked us for 100 rubles (by the way, you can only pay in cash), provided that the room per night costs 20,000 and is listed in the Luxury category! Unfortunately, the staff still cannot and does not provide service of this level. The Hotel itself justifies itself by the fact that they have just opened - but the prices are already prohibitive. In general, in terms of price/quality ratio, it is a complete mismatch. The minibar is sooooo meager (tarragon, narzan and tuborg, crackers, Snickers and nuts). During breakfast and dinner, they asked several times which room we were from, which was already starting to irritate. The food in the restaurant was cold. Some dishes were not available at all.. Stay 1 night

  • . Solo traveler
  • . Deluxe Double Room
  • . 1 night stay

    • I don’t like writing reviews, but this is a special case... I can’t help but note this hotel most highly appreciated! The fact is that when choosing a hotel for a business trip, my colleagues advised me of the Main Narzan Baths as a hotel ideal for organizing business meetings. In addition, when I arrived, they provided me with a transfer and met me in a Mercedes.... Cool, which was very helpful. Special thanks to the administrator of the Complex for the warm welcome, sensitive and attentive attitude. I was greeted very warmly, they found out about all my wishes, showed me local attractions, and sent me on the second day to an oriental hammam and a tea ceremony. For the first time I attended a tea ceremony, which lasted more than an hour. I never thought it could be so sweet and peaceful. And your choice of breakfast, Russian or American, is beyond all praise! I chose Russian breakfast. They served porridge with wild berries and pancakes with red caviar - what a level! A business meeting with my partners was organized especially for me for lunch, which went very well in the atmosphere of an elite restaurant with excellent cuisine in a relaxed business atmosphere. Overall, the Hotel Glav. Narzan. - This unique place, which combines the beauty of classical royal architecture, luxurious rooms and all the most modern services SPA and medical center at the highest world level. The convenient location of the hotel in the very center of Kislovodsk allowed me to save time on business meetings with partners, as well as have time to visit all the attractions that every visitor to this historical place should see. I express my gratitude to the administration of the Main Narzan Baths Complex for the highest service and quality of services provided! I recommend this place to everyone for civilized business tourism and adult-style recreation!

    Length of stay: November 2018

    Few sanatoriums can pamper their guests with delicious narzan baths. Today this procedure is very popular; it heals the entire body and allows you to get rid of most health problems. It is impossible not to love Narzan baths, and from the very first procedure. If you at least once experience the life-giving effect of mineral water, which is very reminiscent of the effect of soda, you will strive to experience it again and again.

    According to patients, after a bath the skin looks as if a good moisturizer was used and becomes velvety.

    The rich composition of narzan includes radioactive amanations, carbon dioxide and mineral salts. The skin actively absorbs all this and delivers it through the blood to the most remote corners of the body, while nourishing every cell.

    The benefits of narzan baths manifest themselves in a beneficial effect on the heart, improving respiratory functions, and blood enriched with carbon dioxide helps cleanse blood vessels from various congestions. The reactions that are triggered during the process of taking healing baths are mainly realized through nerve formations. Therefore, most patients experience drowsiness after the procedure, followed by deep and restful sleep. Under the influence of narzan water, the skin on the body turns slightly red, this is explained by the expansion of capillaries, and is also associated with the rapid production of histamine-like substances. An increasing diuresis is noted, against the background of which urea and chlorides are removed from the body, which indicates the fact of healthy cardiac activity and dilated renal vessels.

    In addition to the above, narzan baths are excellent for reducing blood sugar and residual nitrogenous components.

    Features of application

    While taking a mineral bath, warmth spreads throughout the body and an unobtrusive, pleasant tingling sensation is felt. Droplets appear on the skin, looking like small beads. The duration of the procedure itself can vary from ten minutes to half an hour. During this period of time, carbon dioxide manages to nourish the skin and have a healing effect on all organs. The period of stay in the bath depends on the concentration of mineral water, its volume and pressure in the system.

    The optimal option is a course of treatment that includes fourteen sessions, on average it lasts twenty-one days. Depending on medical indications, the number of procedures, as well as the interval at which they will be carried out, is determined by the doctor. It is recommended to take baths in the morning after a light breakfast.

    Narzan baths retain a lasting healing effect for up to six months, so the course of treatment must be completed twice a year. Already two weeks after the procedures, the first positive results will be noticeable.

    Indications for narzan baths

    The benefits of mineral water are best demonstrated for the following health problems:

    • Disturbances in the functioning of the nervous system. The effective effects of Narzan have also found their application in neurological practice; procedures with carbon dioxide are often prescribed for neuroses of various types.
    • Pathological conditions of the cardiovascular system. A course of narzan baths will be useful for most vascular and heart diseases. The main indications are ischemia, hypo- and hypertension, arrhythmia.
    • Problematic skin conditions.
    • Disruption of metabolic processes in the body.
    • General weakness, lethargy, low tone, which are inherent in the recovery period after suffering serious illnesses.
    • Pathologies of the reproductive and thyroid glands.

    Remember that the fullest effect of mineral procedures is achieved by impeccably following medical instructions. And, despite all the positive properties of taking narzan baths, you cannot prescribe a course of treatment for yourself, since they have a number of contraindications and can be very dangerous for some.

    Contraindications for narzan baths

    Among the main contraindications for these healing baths are the following, but this is not a complete list:

    1. Impaired blood flow functions (grades I and II).
    2. Severe heart failure, some vascular diseases, recent embolism and thrombosis.
    3. Obstructed coronary blood flow (acute phase and chronic course).
    4. Complicated angina.
    5. Attacks of atrial fibrillation.
    6. Hypertension (II and III degrees), stroke, recent heart attack.
    7. Pronounced neurotic states.
    8. Active phase of rheumatism.
    9. Inflammatory processes in the kidneys.
    10. Presence of neoplasms.
    11. Acute course of tuberculosis.
    12. Existing unhealed postoperative injuries on the body.
    13. Acute stage of development of infections and inflammations in the body.
    14. Serious liver damage.
    15. Significant purulent and ulcerative skin lesions.

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    • The building of the Main Narzan Baths is one of the most beautiful in Kislovodsk. It was built in 1903 for the 100th anniversary popular resort, when the Skalkovo baths were no longer enough for patients. This amazing architectural structure in the Moorish style, decorated with graceful turrets characteristic of northern India, harmoniously fits into the mountain landscape surrounding the city of Kislovodsk.

    The construction of the building was carried out by the architect A. N. Klepinin, who prepared the project and subsequently supervised the construction. In memory of this, there is a plaque on the building mentioning his name. Due to the uneven terrain, the architect had to raise northern part structures on a high foundation. But even this was effectively used by the master. A carved fairy-tale staircase with elegant railings was attached to the base on the northern wing, which itself became a work of art. The building is decorated with a unique majolica mosaic, which Vrubel himself worked on.

    At the very beginning, there were 2 narzan pools filled with heated water in the room. The baths occupied two semicircular galleries in the left and right wings. One section was for women and the other for men. During the Great Patriotic War, the wounded were brought here. In 1975, the building was overhauled and restored. Today, in 89 baths, it is possible to carry out up to 2.5 thousand health procedures every day.

    The use of Narzan baths in sanatorium-resort treatment

    The use of Narzan baths at the resort initially became one of the main methods of using mineral water. As time passed, balneology developed, scientific knowledge about the nature and effects of waters accumulated, and the methods of their use expanded. If at the time the resort was founded, doctors did not recommend treatment for heart and vascular diseases in Kislovodsk, but by the beginning of the twentieth century it became clear that narzan baths also had a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. Numerous studies have confirmed the positive effects of carbon dioxide baths on blood vessels and the heart.

    After using carbon dioxide baths in patients, along with an improvement in general physical condition, an antianginal therapeutic effect is observed with a decrease in ischemic syndrome, myocardial contractile function is normalized, blood pressure is reduced, and central, peripheral and regional hemodynamics are improved.

    The healing and health-improving effects of Narzan baths on the body are determined by the combination of substances that make up mineral water and give it special properties, and in addition, by a certain procedure technology.

    In order for the effect of Narzan baths on the patient’s body to be optimal, doctors individually select combinations of various factors, taking into account the nature of the person’s disease and the characteristics of his health. The main factors for using Narzan baths include the chemical composition of the water used and its temperature, the duration of the procedure, as well as the amount of hydrostatic pressure maintained in the bath during the procedure.

    Narzan baths, together with the therapeutic measures used in Kislovodsk sanatoriums, significantly heal the human body, normalize metabolic processes in it, and have a positive effect on the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

    The building of the Main Narzan Baths in Kislovodsk, which is a monument of federal significance, is a real decoration of the city. Not only nearby, but in Russia in general, it is difficult to find a building with such architecture, completely unique and combining so many different styles.

    The building of the Main Narzan Baths has more than centuries-old history. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, seeing the heyday of the resort era, surviving wars and retaining its original purpose during the Soviet period, the building was abandoned and fell into disrepair in the early 1990s. From 2015 to 2018 The reconstruction of the building continued and today a modern sanatorium has been opened within its walls, without losing its historical flavor and atmosphere.

    Story

    The complex of the Main Narzan Baths was erected in Kislovodsk for the 100th anniversary of the city, founded in 1803 by a special rescript from Emperor Alexander I on the construction of a fortress at the source of “sour waters”.

    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Kislovodsk, as a medical resort city, gained incredible popularity among the Russian aristocracy. Unique natural conditions - clean air, mountains, mild climate and a large number of sunny days - combined with the possibility of healing with mineral waters with high medicinal properties provided the resort with a huge influx of vacationers.

    A significant improvement in transport links also played a role: at the end of the 19th century, a highway and a railway line from Mineralnye Vody were built, connecting Kislovodsk with central cities Russia.

    Thus, due to the increase in the flow of tourists, as well as the growing interest of vacationers in new methods of hydrotherapy, at the beginning of the twentieth century in Kislovodsk there was a need to build a new medical complex equipped with modern equipment.

    The construction of the Narzan bath complex began in the very center of the city, on the right bank of the Olkhovka River, on Poplar Alley (now Kurortny Boulevard), next to the Business Dvor, whose workshops were involved in the construction. The place was not chosen by chance: it was there that a small Narzan lake was located.

    Andrei Nikolaevich Klepinin was appointed chief architect and construction manager. According to his idea, the building was to be two-story: on the ground floor there would be a lobby, a doctor’s office, locker rooms, two halls (men’s and women’s), baths and swimming pools, and on the second floor there would be massage rooms, saunas, showers of various types and a special Wellenbad massage bath, in which a stream flowed from a special hole in the wall hot water. Thanks to the architect's engineering solutions, the special location of the baths and the fact that the building was built just below the level mineral spring, Narzan flowed into a special tank on its own.

    Construction of the complex began in 1901 and ended only in January 1905. Initially, the complex was called “Carbon dioxide baths of Narzan” and was renamed “Main Narzan baths” only during Soviet times. During the Great Patriotic War and the occupation of Kislovodsk, the building of the Narzan baths served as a hospital; the wounded were brought here.

    Immediately after the end of the war, on June 29, 1945, a resolution was adopted to resume the reception of resort patients in the Caucasus Mineralnye Vody. The building was reconstructed in 1949-1950, it was decided to make hydrotherapy a more widespread and accessible form of healing, for this the number of baths themselves was increased to 88. Kurortny Boulevard was renamed Stalin Avenue, and a monument to him was erected opposite the main entrance to the building.

    The sanatorium "Main Narzan Baths" was considered an elite hydropathic clinic in the Soviet Union - only scientists, academicians or writers could receive a referral for health improvement here.

    The last renovation of the building during the Soviet period was carried out in 1975. In the early 1990s, the bathroom building ceased to be used for its intended purpose and gradually deteriorated and collapsed.

    Modernity

    A new page in the history of the building began in 2015, when the authorities finally paid attention to the incredibly beautiful structure in the city center, the condition of which, judging by photographs of that time, was close to emergency.

    The restoration of the Main Narzan Baths took about three years. On December 19, 2018, a modern spa hotel was opened within the walls of the Narzan baths of Kislovodsk. Today, the sanatorium “Main Narzan Waters” offers a large number of different options for hydrotherapy, balneotherapy, physiotherapy and many other types of wellness.

    The area next to the complex has also changed: in 2016, opposite the baths building, on Kurortny Boulevard, a monument to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was erected.

    Architecture

    The building of the Main Narzan Baths complex amazed with its otherworldly architectural flavor. Eastern, North Indian and Moorish decorative motifs gave the ensemble a resemblance to a castle from oriental tales. The outside of the building was faced with yellow brick and designed in the Hindu-Buddhist style, decorated with stucco molding, cornices, platbands, and various relief elements. On the pediments of the building there are multi-tiered Indian turrets with finials in the shape of lotus flowers.

    The sculptural work on the design of the facades of the building was carried out by the sculptor Ludwig Karlovich Shodkiy; it was his ideas that made the appearance of the building so unusual. The unique majolica mosaic from the Abramtsevo ceramic workshop was made by the famous artist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel.

    The northern wing of the building, in which the entrance to the women's section of the baths was located, is richly decorated with a staircase with openwork railings. The southern wing, where the entrance to the men's department was located, received a more restrained design with the absence of a staircase. This solution was applied by the architect due to the need to harmonize the building due to the lowering of the landscape on the north side.

    Some art historians have noted the external resemblance of the building of the Main Narzan Baths to the Hindu temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. However, it is worth noting that after the reconstruction this similarity practically disappeared.

    Main Narzan Baths on Google panorama maps (before restoration):

    How to get there

    The complex of the Main Narzan Baths is located in the very center of Kislovodsk. Therefore, it would be best to include the attraction on a walking tour around the city, which is especially useful in the healing climate.

    From the Kislovodsk railway station the attraction can be easily reached on foot, it will take less than 10 minutes.

    Route from the Main Narzan Baths to the Kislovodsk railway station on the map Google maps:

    The city bus station is located in the north of the city, at a distance of 6 km from the complex. From the bus station to the Main Narzan Baths you can take minibuses No. 1, 2, 19, 23, 24 or by car.

    Coordinates of the Main Narzan Baths for the navigator: 43.902880; 42.716360

    Route from the Main Narzan Baths to the Kislovodsk bus station on Google map maps:

    The city's public transport is mainly represented by minibuses. The stop at the attraction is called “Narzan Baths”, you can get here by minibuses No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 103zh.

    How to get to Kislovodsk

    By plane

    The distance from Moscow to Kislovodsk is 1630 km, so tourists most often use air travel. Kislovodsk — small town and it does not have its own airport. The nearest airport is located in Mineralnye Vody, the distance to it is about 60 km. You can get from the airport to the city center by bus, train or taxi.

    By train

    Direct railway connection connects Kislovodsk with Moscow, St. Petersburg and many major cities Russia. Travel time from Moscow is approximately 25-30 hours, from St. Petersburg - up to 40 hours. On the route Moscow - Kislovodsk from Kazansky station you should double decker train № 004.

    By bus

    A bus to Kislovodsk station runs daily from Moscow, departing from Orekhovo metro station. You can also take a bus to nearby cities: Nalchik, Stavropol, Vladikavkaz, Makhachkala.

    Video about the restoration of the Narzan Baths building in Kislovodsk: