In the Altai Territorythe summer tourist season has started... Finally, you can travel and explore Altai again! Enjoy beautiful views of high mountains, rushing rivers, mysterious caves and deserted spaces. Plunge into the tranquility and beauty of these places. Breathe freely!

We suggest you start your post-quarantine vacation with short routes that will allow you to arrange a mini-vacation on the weekend. Altayturcenter presentsfive ideas for exploring the region... Choose an interesting route and go on a journey! Welcome to Altai Territory!

"Barnaul is waiting for you!"

The excursion program is designed for two days. You will see the main attractionsregional capital, monuments of history, culture and architecture of different eras. You will visit one of the oldest museums in Siberia - the Altai State Museum of Local Lore, the World of Stone Museum, the Gornaya Apteka tourist center, which is located in a unique building-monument of history and architecture of the 18th century. Visit the most hidden corners of one of the first industrial enterprises in Altai - the Silver Smelter.

Organizer: Altaitourist, tel .: (3852) 63-35-75, 8-804-333-00-97,altaytourist.ru.

"On a visit to an ancient man"

This is an exciting three-day trip toSoloneshensky district, where there are many natural and cultural monuments and places of striking beauty. Soloneshensky district is one of the most interesting areas of Altai for studying the traditional culture of Russian old-timers. It is here thatДенисова пещера, listed by UNESCO in the list of archaeological monuments of world importance and of great scientific interest for all mankind. There is also a uniquely beautiful natural monument protected by the state - the Shinok River with its waterfalls.

Organizer: Atlas of Altai, tel .: (3852) 58-40-84, 8-913-367-24-87, 8-903-073-21-93,atlas-altai.rf.

"Gastronomic tour"

This is a one-day route for connoisseurs of real food. INestate "Three A"try steamed goat milk, country cottage cheese and sour cream, homemade Camembert, Dorblu, Mozzarella cheeses. You will stop at the new resort "Belokurikha Gornaya" with unusual art objects (a five-meter chair with a thinker, a cart with pencils, a stupa of Medicine), the estate-museum Andreevskaya Sloboda, a tavern "Gogol".

Organizer: AltaiTourMarket, tel .: (3852) 69-51-51, 60-61-94, 8-902-998-51-51,altayturmarket.ru.

"Museum of Cosmonautics and the first museum of clocks in Siberia"

The one-day route will introduce you to the biography of the second cosmonaut of the planet -German Titov... INmuseum of cosmonauticsin the village of Polkovnikovo you will see a piece of real lunar soil and an exact copy of the first satellite, examine all the details of the Sokol spacesuit in full size and leaf through the logbook of the youngest cosmonaut on the planet.

In the Biysk Clock Museum, you will surely be surprised by a balalaika clock and a frying pan clock, a miniature receiver clock and a plate clock.

Organizer: AltaiTourMarket, tel .: (3852) 69-51-51, 60-61-94, 8-902-998-51-51,altayturmarket.ru.

Mountain Kolyvan

Two-day tour forLake Whitein the Kurinsky district. The lake looks like a huge round bowl and is great for swimming and fishing. The southern shores of the lake are framed by mountains, and above its clear waters risesCyanosis.

Organizer: "Okhota", tel .: (3852) 36-84-01 (Barnaul), (3832) 63-42-00 (Novosibirsk),ohotka.ru.

Photo: Valery Stepanyuk, Ruslan Olinchuk