The fact that hot springs are beating in the taiga on the banks of the Amur River, which help in the treatment of many diseases, local Gilyak residents have known for a long time, having laid down a legend about the healing of a girl named Anna. Already in 1866, a hydrotherapy clinic was opened in the small village of Annenskiye Vody, where soldiers and officers of the Amur Military District improved their health.
The Annensky spring became the first explored and studied mineral water deposit in the Far East. Now the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium accepts up to 3,000 residents of the region for rehabilitation during the year.
Location, how to get there
The sanatorium is located near the village of Susanino, the nearest city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur is 120 km away. The health resort is 800 km away from the capital of the Khabarovsk region.
Annenskiye Vody Sanatorium, Khabarovsk Territory
Vacationers note that a trip to the sanatorium takes a long time.
You can order a minibus ride from private entrepreneurs who cooperate with a sanatorium institution:
Name of the carrier company | Telephone |
Vostok Express | 8 (962) 229-99-55, 8 (924) 115-55-22 |
The ideal | 8 (924) 229-58-60, 8 (962) 222-32-00 |
Professional | 8 (924) 214-58-10, 8 (909) 800-12-12 |
Luxury taxi | 8 (924) 307-12-78, 8 (962) 228-12-78 |
5 stars | 8 (924) 104-75-50 |
To get to the sanatorium from Khabarovsk, you can use the air service. The H-469 aircraft fly from Khabarovsk to Bogorodskoye airport 2 times a week all year round. The flight lasts 2 hours. In Bogorodskoye village, vacationers transfer to a bus belonging to the sanatorium.
This service is provided only on the days of arrival, and it is necessary to inform the administration in advance about the arrival.
From Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the villages of Troitskoye and De-Kastri, you can drive to the sanatorium by car along the A-376 highway, but in places the paved road turns into a dirt one. In winter, the roadway sometimes sweeps away.
Regular buses depart from Khabarovsk to the sanatorium according to the schedule, it is necessary to spend more than 15 hours on the way. Tickets can be purchased at the Khabarovsk bus station.
In summer, river communication has been established between Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and the village of Susanino: motor ships with a capacity of 110 people deliver passengers. River navigation begins in May and ends in September. From the pier in the village of Susanino, a special bus takes vacationers to a sanatorium.
Regular buses depart daily from Nikolaevsk-on-Amur to the sanatorium. Travel from Nikolaevsk to the place of rest by taxi will cost 1000 rubles.
Medical services
The sanatorium provides treatment for the following types of diseases:
- musculoskeletal system;
- metabolism;
- digestive tract;
- skin;
- gynecology.
Indications for sanatorium treatment are polyarthritis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic etiology, varicose veins and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The Annenskiye Vody sanatorium also accepts patients with diseases of the nervous system, chronic diseases of the upper respiratory tract and the female genital area.
The medical resources of the sanatorium allow the treatment of skin diseases (neurodermatitis, eczema, psoriasis).
Treatment is provided for adults and children from the age of 5. The reception is conducted by a therapist, a neurologist, a physiotherapist, and there is a private laboratory.
Free vouchers for health improvement in the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium are issued in polyclinics of the Khabarovsk Territory. The price of the voucher includes accommodation, meals and a set of medical procedures. For adults, vouchers to the health resort are issued throughout the year, according to the “Mother and Child” program — in summer, from June to the end of August.
During rehabilitation and rehabilitation in a sanatorium, methods based on the effective impact of natural resources are used:
- balneo and climatotherapy;
- mud treatment;
- mineral water;
- physical therapy;
- Physical therapy;
- herbal medicine;
- massages.
The therapeutic and wellness effect is provided by climatotherapy: the sanatorium is surrounded by dense taiga, and the air is saturated with coniferous fumes. Bottom fine-grained sediments and brine of Lake Gavan, which is located 4 km from the sanatorium, are actively used in medical procedures.
The Annenskiye Vody sanatorium is located next to the Annenskoye thermal spring, from which sulfate-bicarbonate water with impurities of fluorine and silicon is extracted. The salinity of the water is 0.3 g/l. All year round, the water temperature in the spring is +36-54 °C. Thermal sodium waters are used for showers, irrigation and baths.
The 2-storey building houses physiotherapy rooms. The health resort provides sessions of electrotherapy, laser, ultrasound and magnetic therapy. For a number of diseases, massage treatments are prescribed, including vibration massage and dosed stretching. Natural essential oils are used in aromatherapy programs.
The standard course of treatment is designed for 16 days.
Depending on the type of disease, the treatment package includes the following procedures:
- Taking mineral water 3 times a day;
- mineral baths;
- bath with electrophoresis;
- healing souls;
- Charcot shower;
- hydro massage;
- manual massage;
- physical therapy;
- physical therapy;
- irrigation for gynecological diseases.
The course of treatment can be supplemented with paid procedures. Those who wish can pay for hydrocolonotherapy, intestinal irrigation, additional sessions of hydro massage and vibration massage. Procedures using Bioptron and Alma devices diversify the wellness course.
The cost of mud applications is 150-450 rubles, hardware physiotherapy 60-230 rubles, massage activities 140-455 rubles. Procedures are carried out on weekdays from 8 to 17 h., in the bathroom building, vacationers are served from 8 to 15 h. all days except Sundays.
As additional medical services, you can use the indoor swimming pool, which is located in the building of the hydrotherapy center. A 15-minute session costs 150 rubles. The pool is open all days from 17 to 20 hours, on Sundays from 10 to 14 hours.
Rooms
The Annenskiye Vody sanatorium consists of 2 and 3-storey dormitory buildings without elevators, which contain 80 rooms:
- 9 rooms are provided for vacationers with limited physical abilities;
- 4 rooms can accommodate 3 guests;
- 19 rooms for 4 people;
- 48 rooms offer 2-bed accommodation.
The rooms have the necessary furniture for relaxation: a bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs, some rooms have a refrigerator and a TV. Curtains cover the windows from the light, there is only a ceiling lamp from the lighting. There are no balconies. Bed linen and towels are changed once a week.
In all sleeping buildings, 4 rooms make up a section with 1 sanitary room. It has 2 toilets, 2 washbasins, hot water is supplied constantly. Vacationers can wash themselves in a specially equipped household room or in the bathroom. There are TVs and lounge chairs in the common halls on the floors.
In the sanatorium, you can pay for accommodation in superior rooms with a refrigerator and a TV.
The price for a daily stay is shown in the table:
Room category | Placement | ||
2 building | 4 building | Ground floor of 4 buildings | |
Hotel room | 650 rubles. | 3575 rubles . | |
Superior Room | 1100 rubles. | 1000 rubles. |
Some buildings are located on a hill, so multi-stage stairs are laid to them, on which there are canopies and benches for recreation.
Rules and procedures of accommodation
The administration of the sanatorium-resort institution sets an annual schedule of arrivals. Each shift lasts 16 days. The first race starts on January 9th and ends on January 25th. The last shift starts on December 14th and lasts until December 30th. Vacationers are accepted only on the days of arrival.
The sanatorium is designed for parents with children from 5 to 18 years old, while parents can arrange their stay as accompanying persons and not attend medical procedures.
It is forbidden to stay in the sanatorium with animals.
The concept of nutrition
The sanatorium “Annenskiye Vody” provides vacationers with 3 meals a day. Breakfast is served from 8.30 am to 9 am, lunch from 12.30 pm to 13 pm. Dinner time comes from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There are 2 additional meals for children – a second breakfast at 10.30 am and an afternoon snack at 15.30 pm, at which they are offered juices, cottage cheese, milk, yoghurts.
The dining room occupies a separate 1-storey building. Vacationers note that all the dishes are fresh, nutritious, although simple. The menu is designed for a week.
Other infrastructure
In the residential buildings of the health resort, laundry rooms are provided, in which a washing machine and a centrifuge are installed, there is a dryer and ironing facilities. Free Wi-Fi is available on the territory of the sanatorium.
The infrastructure of the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium includes:
- parking;
- the library;
- post office;
- payment terminal;
- The barbershop;
- the pharmacy.
There are 2 shops on the territory, which offer products, basic necessities, household chemicals. There is a small cafe in the sanatorium, its menu consists of drinks, desserts, snacks.
Entertainment and recreation
The Annenskiye Vody Sanatorium is surrounded by low mountains on the banks of the Amur River and 4.5 km from the Amur River. The slopes of the surrounding hills are covered with taiga, which turns into park landings around the health resort. Larch, fir, and spruce trees growing in the park fill the air with phytoncides. Birches, willows, poplars are also planted in the park, flower beds are made.
There are terraced trails in the surrounding area, but vacationers are asked to be careful: in the summer, snakes are not uncommon, sometimes bears wander into the forest. Vacationers are advised to stock up on repellents that repel ticks and blood-sucking midges.
For adults
The park surrounding the sanatorium has a sports ground where you can play volleyball, badminton, and basketball. There is also an outdoor exercise area in the park.
During the cold season, sports activities are held in the indoor gym. Those who wish go to play billiards, the cost of the game is 120 rubles / 1 hour. You can play table tennis (50 rubles / 1 hour). On weekends, guests of the sanatorium go fishing.
The sanatorium has a sauna. Everyone is allowed to swim in the outdoor pool filled with mineral water after lunch, the cost of the service is 150 rubles. The pool serves visitors from 17 to 20 hours, on Sunday from 10 to 14 hours.
The sanatorium has a club, which is located in a separate 1-storey building. The club hosts film screenings and discos on weekends. The cost of entertainment services is 50-150 rubles. Amateur performances are performed at festive events, in which vacationers can take part. The club is open from 18 to 22.30 h. all days except Mondays.
For children
There is a playground with houses, slides, and a sandbox on the territory. Active children can take part in amateur concert performances.
Starting in June and until the end of summer, children’s races are organized in the Khabarovsk Territory health resort. There is also a social program for women with children aged 5-18.
Attractions and excursions
Excursions are not organized at the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium. Those who wish can independently go to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, founded in 1850 by Captain G. Nevelsky during the Amur expedition.
The buildings of 1904-1914 have been preserved in the historical quarter of Nikolaevsk: the city hospital occupies the building of a former vocational school, and the boarding school is a real school. The city’s Art Nouveau cinema was built in 1915, and now the Museum of local lore is located in the building that survived the 1920 fire.
Over 20 monuments and obelisks have been installed in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Back in 1915, a monument to G. Nevelsky, the founder of the city, appeared.
Monuments to the crew of V. Chkalov remind of the past, in honor of the Heroes of the Soviet Union A. Alexandrov, N. Golubkov, G. Popov, commemorative signs dedicated to the participants of the Amur expedition of 1850-1855 adorn the streets of the city. 5 km from Nikolaevsk, the remains of the Chnyrrakh fortress, built on the hills at the end of the XIX century, have been preserved.
The cost and booking of vouchers
Residents of the Khabarovsk Territory are provided with free vouchers for a period of 16 days to a sanatorium-resort institution located in the village of Annenskiye Vody.
The social package includes accommodation in a 2-4-bed room, 3 meals a day and a set of medical measures:
- Taking mineral water 3 times a day;
- physical therapy classes every day;
- every other day, mineral water baths, hand massage and physiotherapy treatments;
- after a day of baths with electrophoresis;
- after 2 days, therapeutic showers and underwater massage.
1-2 laboratory tests are carried out during the check-in. At the request of vacationers, you can pay extra and receive additional medical procedures. The way to the sanatorium is paid by the vacationers themselves.
Applications for free vouchers are submitted to district hospitals or MFC. The attending physician, therapist or head of the department determines during which period it is necessary to send the patient to a sanatorium. Referral is made only in accordance with the diagnosis, which must correspond to the medical profile of the health resort.
To receive a permit, it is required to do clinical and laboratory examinations within 1 month:
- general urine analysis;
- general blood test;
- blood test for RW;
- fluorography;
- ECG;
- gynecologist’s examination.
Additionally, you need to be examined by a neurologist, dermatologist and otolaryngologist if there are a number of diseases in the diagnosis. Such a set of documents is necessary for both adults and children.
Vouchers to the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium and resort are not available for sale. You can pay for an improved room on site, for this you need to call the administration in advance and book a superior room. Payment is made on site.
The sanatorium accepts cards for payment. For payments in stores, cash may be required, which is recommended to be withdrawn at the terminal.
Contacts
The sanatorium is located in the village of Anninsky Mineralnye Vody, Ulchsky district, Khabarovsk Territory. The health resort is located on Tsentralnaya str., 2. Coordinates 52°46’59” s. w., 140°09’57” v. d.
The administration’s phone number is 8 (42151) 58-325, calls are accepted on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sanatorium has an official website and an e-mail address.
One of the oldest resorts in the Far East is the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium. Thanks to free vouchers, adults and children of the Khabarovsk Territory undergo rehabilitation and rehabilitation in a state-funded sanatorium and resort institution.
Vacationers note the beneficial effects of the climate and mineral waters, which are used in the health resort in medical procedures.
Video about the sanatorium
A review of a vacation at the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium in the Khabarovsk Territory: