In the center of Pyatigorsk, on the slope of the Hot Mountain, there is one of the oldest health resorts — “Goryachy Klyuch”. The architectural ensemble of the sanatorium, consisting of 5 buildings, includes a mansion built in the XIX century by the famous architect S. Upton. The health resort has been operating since 1947.
Location, how to get there
The sanatorium is located in Pyatigorsk on the street of the Bernardazzi Brothers. The city has a railway station and a bus station.
Trains from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Tynda, Simferopol and Krasnodar stop at the Pyatigorsk railway Station. You can get to the health resort from the railway station by public transport.
Near the sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” there is a stop “Flower Garden”, where passengers are taken by bus No. 1, and 400 m away there is a stop “Radon baths” of trams No. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8. Taxi fare will cost 200 rubles, the road on foot (2.5 km) will take 30 minutes.
Buses from more than 100 cities of the Russian Federation, including Moscow, Tula, Voronezh and Volgograd, arrive at the Pyatigorsk bus station on schedule. Bus service has been established to the settlements of Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, Crimea and nearby Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria.
From the bus station to the health resort, you can take bus No. 1 to the Tsvetnik stop.
20 km from Pyatigorsk in Mineralnye Vody there is an airport that accepts flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and other Russian cities. From the airport, a regular bus takes passengers to the Mineralnye Vody railway station, where it is necessary to transfer to buses No. 118-g or 223-B.
Buses No. 4489, 074, 516 are heading to Kislovodsk, stopping at the Pyatigorsk bus station on the way. You can use the trains going to Pyatigorsk according to the schedule. A taxi will take you from the airport to the sanatorium in half an hour, the fare is about 650 rubles.
Medical services
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” in Pyatigorsk specializes in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, such as:
- arthritis;
- arthrosis;
- scoliosis;
- Ostemeolite;
- kifos;
- gout;
- bursitis;
- congenital deformity.
As an additional profile, he treats the following diseases:
- endocrine and gynecological;
- skin diseases;
- ENT organs;
- respiratory and nervous systems;
- Digestive tract.
In addition to the therapist, consultations are conducted by specialized specialists – orthopedist, rheumatologist, gynecologist, neurologist. A dentist and a psychologist conduct the reception. The diagnostic and laboratory base of the health resort allows you to conduct research promptly, on the 1st day of arrival, after which medical and wellness programs are selected for vacationers.
Treatment in the “Hot key” is a complex use of natural and medical methods. All vacationers are prescribed carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide mineral water, which is extracted from the springs of Pyatigorsk or Yessentuki. Mud treatment procedures use mud from Lake Tambukan, located 10 km from Pyatigorsk.
The following types of therapy are used in the sanatorium:
- hydrotherapy (different types of baths, showers, irrigation, rinsing);
- inhalations;
- electro- and phototherapy;
- magnetic and laser therapy;
- ultrasound and pressure therapy;
- vibration and mechanotherapy;
- aroma and herbal medicine;
- Physical therapy;
- massage.
The sanatorium offers 4 types of vouchers:
- therapeutic base;
- extended therapeutic with the use of radon baths;
- wellness;
- recovery after covid.
The treatment programs are designed for 14-18 days and include 7-9 types of procedures daily. The wellness package includes accommodation for 9-13 days, during which 4-6 types of procedures will be provided every day. The recovery program takes 14 days, which include 8-10 daily procedures.
Therapeutic activities are held from Monday to Saturday. After consulting with a therapist or a specialist, it is possible to expand the scope of procedures and diagnostics for a fee. The cost of medical research starts from 350 rubles, procedures – from 65 rubles.
Rooms
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” is located in 2 3-storey buildings, which are connected by an insulated corridor. There are no elevators. In 2015, the renovation of the premises and buildings was carried out. The complex in Pyatigorsk is designed to accommodate 90 people at the same time.
Rooms of different categories are available to vacationers:
Number | Number of seats | Area, sq. m | Description |
Luxury of the 1st category | 2 | 70 | The 2-room room has a bedroom (with a double bed) and a living room equipped with a set of leather upholstered furniture. There is a dining area with a dining table for 4 people. The room has a split system, TV, refrigerator, mini-bar. There is a microwave oven in the dining room. There is a dryer, ironing facilities. The bathroom is equipped with a Jacuzzi, a bidet, slippers and bathrobes. |
Luxury 2 categories | 2 | 55 | The room consists of 2 rooms: in the bedroom there is a double bed, in the living room there is upholstered furniture, a folding chair, a dining area with a dining table. The room has a microwave oven and a mini-bar. The room is equipped with a split system. The bathroom is equipped with a bidet, a Jacuzzi, and guests are provided with bathrobes and slippers. |
Atelier/Junior Suite | 2 | 18 | The room is equipped with a 2-bedroom bed, a folding chair, and air conditioning. There is a bathtub in the bathroom. |
Comfort | 2 | 16 | The room has 1 double bed or 2 single beds. The room is equipped with a TV, refrigerator and air conditioning. There is a shower cabin in the bathroom. |
2-room Standard | 4 | 14 | There are 4 single beds and a folding armchair in 2 rooms combined into a block of an entrance hall and a bathroom. The room is equipped with a TV, refrigerator. |
1-room Standard | 3 | 22 | There are 3 single beds in the room, there is an armchair bed. There is air conditioning, a TV, a refrigerator and a set of tea utensils. |
2 | 14 | The room is equipped with 2 single beds. There is air conditioning, TV, refrigerator. | |
1 | 10 | The room has a 1.5-double bed and a folding armchair. There is a refrigerator and a TV. |
The rooms are decorated in bright colors, laminate flooring, mats are placed near the beds for comfort. Lighting is provided by chandeliers and sconces.
Spacious wardrobes, bedside tables, work desks and mirrors are provided for storing clothes in the rooms. The Deluxe rooms have cupboards and slides. In all rooms, guests are provided with a kettle, tea utensils, and a hairdryer in the bathroom.
Rules and procedures of accommodation
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” in Pyatigorsk welcomes guests all year round. Check-in starts at 8 a.m., departure of vacationers is carried out before 8 a.m. To check in, you must present your passport and a sanatorium card, which can be issued on site.
The sanatorium accepts parents with children from 4 years old for treatment. Recreation with animals is prohibited.
The concept of nutrition
The sanatorium’s restaurant is located in Building No. 1 on the ground floor and occupies 2 spacious halls. Vacationers are accommodated at 4-seater tables.
The sanatorium-resort institution provides 4 meals a day in the “customized menu” format, children are provided with 5 meals a day. Dietary or vegetarian meals can be provided on the recommendation of a dietitian.
The balanced menu has summer and winter options, and local vegetables, fruits, and herbs are present on the tables every day. Special dishes are served on public holidays. The restaurant regularly hosts culinary exhibitions and workshops.
Other infrastructure
Vacationers can use free Wi-fi in public areas of the health resort. The Suites have an iron and ironing board, and for guests who stay in rooms of other categories, ironing facilities are provided on request by the attendant.
The rooms are cleaned every day. Towels are replaced 2 times a week, bed linen – 1 time every 5 days.
There is a small parking lot on the territory of the resort, where guests leave their cars free of charge under the supervision of a security service. The sanatorium has a rental service where you can rent sports equipment.
Entertainment and recreation
The sleeping buildings of the sanatorium are located in the park area of Pyatigorsk. The buildings are surrounded by picturesque thickets of trees, shrubs and flower beds. Alleys are laid along the territory, recreation areas are arranged – benches and gazebos.
For adults
A gym has been opened in the Goryachy Klyuch sanatorium, where aerobics, yoga, gymnastics and physical therapy classes are held. The gym has sports equipment for the development of all muscle groups, including cardio equipment. There is a volleyball court and a football field, and ping-pong tables are available indoors.
Vacationers spend their free time in the library. The book collection consists of over 2,500 publications, and there is a fresh press in the reading room. The sanatorium club has clubs where guests will be taught how to play chess and checkers, create soft toys, weave macrame or make beaded jewelry.
Every evening, the club hosts various events:
- film screenings;
- concerts with the participation of invited groups of Pyatigorsk;
- holiday resort evenings with quizzes, contests, games;
- karaoke.
There are discos in the dance hall.
For children
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” in Pyatigorsk is focused on improving the health of parents with children, so much attention is paid to children’s leisure. Parents can invite a babysitter to the baby or take him to the children’s room, where there are toys, games, and cartoons on TV.
Outdoors, in the shade of trees, there is a play area with swings, carousels, slides, houses, and a sandbox.
Older guys will be interested in a computer club. Children are always welcome in club circles, where they will be taught various creative skills.
Attractions and excursions
The sanatorium is located in the center of Pyatigorsk between the Nagorny and Tsvetnik parks. A variety of attractions of Pyatigorsk, the oldest resort in the Caucasus, are within walking distance.
The Flower Garden Park
The park area on the site of the drained marshes was created in 1829. The territory was constantly landscaped, light pavilions appeared in it, where flowers, fruits, and newspapers were sold.
The park contains:
- Diana’s grotto, mentioned in the novel by M. Lermontov;
- buildings with baths built in 1819-1831 (Ermolov and Lermontov);
- the sculpture of an eagle, erected in 1901, and the fountain in 1905.;
- monument to the character of the novel “12 chairs” Kisa Vorobyaninov;
- A Chinese gazebo with a panoramic view of the city.
Until the middle of the XX century. entrance to the park was paid, now you can walk and listen to music for free.
Local History Museum
Across the street from the Flower Garden Park on Bernardazzi Brothers Street, 2, in the building of a former hotel built in the middle of the XIX century, there is a museum of local lore. The collection consists of over 130 thousand objects, among which there are archaeological rarities found during excavations in the Caucasus.
The exhibits included weapons and household items of the inhabitants of Pyatigorsk of the XIX century, books, photographs, coins, paintings and sculpture.
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed on Monday. The ticket price is 50-100 rubles.
The Lermontov House Museum
There is a museum of M. Lermontov on Lermontov St., 4. The museum complex includes a house where the poet lived during the service until the day of his death, as well as a house rented by the family of General P. Verzilin and where the poet was a frequent guest. The complex includes the house of the composer A. Alyabyev and the estate of I. Umanov – art and music expositions are open in these mansions.
The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A complex entrance ticket costs 150-250 rubles. for different categories of visitors.
The place of Lermontov’s death
You can explore the place where the poet M. Lermontov died in a duel for free. At the site, which was built on the northern slope of Mount Mashuk near ave. Kalinin, a commemorative 8-meter obelisk has been installed. In the evenings, the backlight turns on.
Failure
On the southern slope of Mashuk there is a karst lake, which has become known as the Sinkhole. The lake was discovered in 1793. The water temperature in a reservoir with a depth of 10 m varies from +25 to +40 ° C. Turquoise-colored water smells strongly due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide.
At first, those wishing to look at the reservoir were lowered into the dungeon in a basket suspended from a rope. Only in 1858, a tunnel with a length of almost 60 m was cut through the rock. You can explore the natural attraction for free. Since 2008, a bronze figure of the “great combinator” Ostap Bender has been located near the entrance to the tunnel leading to the Sinkhole.
The lake is located on the bul. Gagarina, 23. Across the street from the Sinkhole, you can see the so—called “Shameless baths” – a small depression in the karst rocks, where water comes from the lake. Those who wish to swim in hydrogen sulfide water, but there are no changing rooms on the shore.
Cable car
In 1971, a cable car was built leading from the bul. Gagarina, 2, to the top of Mount Mashuk. The distance of almost 1 km is covered by the cabin of the pendulum funicular in 3 minutes. The cable car is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a round-trip ticket costs 400 rubles.
There is an observation deck on the top of Mount Mashuk at an altitude of 993 m, offering a panorama of Pyatigorsk, a view of Mount Beshtau and Lake Tambukan, and in good weather you can see Elbrus.
Mileposts indicating distances to different cities of Russia and the world are installed near the observation deck. You can descend from Mashuk through the forest park along a 5-kilometer terrancourt, at the same time looking at the art object Gates of Love and graffiti on the rocks with the image of V. Lenin.
Operetta Theatre
The building for theatrical performances and recreation was built in 1917, it also had a restaurant, a billiard room and a library. The facade is decorated with bright mosaic ceramics.
Now the operetta theater is operating in the theater on Kirov Ave., 17. Those who wish can listen to famous musical performances.
Sources
There are 23 wells in operation on the territory of the city, in which carbon dioxide, radon and hydrogen sulfide types of mineral water are extracted. Water is released in the Academic and Central Galleries, as well as in 8 pump rooms located in the city center. You can try any water for free.
Excursions
In the sanatorium or in the tourist office of Pyatigorsk, those who wish will be offered excursions to the cluster of Caucasian Mineral Waters, to Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria. Trips to the Arkhyz and Dombai ski resorts are popular, where in winter they ski and snowboard, and the rest of the time they go hiking to waterfalls, gorges and mountain lakes.
Other cities of the resort region – Essentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Lermontovo – are also sent from Pyatigorsk. Trips to Kislovodsk are planned for 1 day, in the vicinity of which there are Honey waterfalls and Mount Koltso, as well as the valley of Narzanov Jil-Su.
The cost and booking of vouchers
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” in Pyatigorsk operates according to a dynamic pricing system, so the cost of vouchers varies from January to early April and from April to the end of the year.
In the health resort, you can purchase preventive and curative vouchers, as well as therapeutic ones using radon baths. The price depends on the room category.
When placed in the main place, the daily cost of a preventive voucher for 1 person is:
- in a 4-bed room, 3050 rubles.;
- in a 1-room room (with 1-3 beds) 3350-3650 rubles.;
- in the Studio (Junior Suite) 3650 rubles.;
- Suites of 1 and 2 categories 4350-4500 rubles.
The price of a medical voucher varies from 3,450 rubles to 4,050 rubles, depending on the number of places (1-4 people in a room). When choosing a Junior Suite room, a day of treatment and rest will cost 40-50 rubles. Accommodation in Suites costs 4750-4900 rubles.
If radon baths are used in the treatment, the price of vouchers increases. Accommodation in a 1-room room will cost 3860-4460 rubles, in a Junior Suite – 4460 rubles. Luxury rooms cost 5160-5310 rubles.
For single occupancy in any room, the price increases by 1000 rubles. The cost of placing children in the main place depends on the age: children 4-6 years old are accepted at a price of 2000-3660 rubles. per day, children 7-10 years old – 2220-4080 rubles, children under 17 years old – 2450-4410 rubles. The price of a children’s holiday is also influenced by the room category and the choice of a certain type of voucher.
Rest and treatment when placing a guest in an additional place costs from 2590 to 3690 rubles, if a wellness package is selected. If a treatment program is required, then the price of the voucher is 2950-4030 rubles. If there is a radon bath procedure in the treatment, then the cost increases to 3280-4380 rubles. The final price depends on the category of the selected room.
Contacts
The sanatorium is located in Pyatigorsk on Bernardazzi Brothers Street, 1. The phone number of the voucher booking service is 8 (962) 026-97-35, a free call can be made to 8 (800) 201-30-54. The marketing service responds by calling 8 (8793) 97-37-95. The health resort is represented on the Internet by the official website.
The sanatorium “Goryachy Klyuch” is a place in Pyatigorsk, where, according to tourists, it is good to spend time with children. Both kids and parents undergo treatment, as well as relax and get acquainted with the sights of the oldest Caucasian resort.