After gathering the group, we will go to the mountain range of the Digor gorge. Our destination is the small village of Fasnal. Once we are at the base, we will take a short tour of the area. We will walk, inhaling the exciting aromas of the forest growing on the mountain slopes. We have a very small hike ahead of us today. After a fairly gentle climb, we will go deeper into the forest and soon come to the ruins of a Belgian factory. Here, among the mountains, above the murmuring stone bed of a mountain river, we will make a short stop. After returning to the base and having their first dinner together, the group will gather to get to know each other better. The instructor will tell the group about hiking and safety on the route, and how to move along the route correctly. And then the instructor will tell incredible but true stories related to Places of Power in Ossetia. We will fall asleep tonight, anticipating the upcoming mystical meetings.

After a delicious and hearty breakfast, we will begin the ascent to the mountainous villages of Galiat and Kamunta. We have to walk for two to three hours, with rest stops, through centuries-old mountain canyons, harsh gorges, along picturesque shady trails and remnants of ancient roads. Each of us here will feel a certain unreality of what is happening, the feeling of being in some kind of parallel world caused by the special, unlike anything else, energy of the Digoria mountains. After climbing to the top, we will set up camp and have lunch. Then we'll have plenty more time to explore this place and try to get a feel for it. We will visit the Abisalov Tower in Makhchessk and the Church built in the 6th century, places that in ancient times were used for religious purposes, real Places of Power. We will see a huge ritual stone for sacrifices and feel the energy of these places. After that, we will go out to the edge of the plateau, from where the incredibly beautiful panorama opens. After dinner, the instructor will tell you a lot of local legends, life stories and amazing facts related to the ancient and very recent history of these places.

Today we have a rather long journey ahead of us, the route of which is laid out through the most picturesque places – from the peaks where we lived, through the Alagirsky district, and further to the Tseysky gorge. On the way, we will visit another place of Power, Mount Monk. Monk Mountain is the motionless and stern guardian of Cei. It is similar in shape to a skufya (a round cap made of velvet, the headdress of Orthodox monks). Monk Mountain rises 500 meters above the surrounding landscape. Its cliff below is covered with scree and overgrown with forest. From afar, the reddish rocks resemble a human face. The face image is not the work of a human, but the result of the action of water and wind in the tiled sandstones. Next, the group will descend to the Tsei Alpine Camp, and then, leaving their belongings, they will make a radial hike to the Sanctuary of Rekom and Mady Mairam. The widely known Ossetian sanctuary of Rekom was a deity who was invoked for healing from diseases, infertility and protection from evil forces. The cult of reverence for the River was widespread in the Alagir gorge and the holiday dedicated to the River was celebrated in July. The sanctuary of Rekom was the center of the Uastyrdzhi cult, which was the patron saint of men. Since Uastyrji patronizes only men, women have no right to approach the sanctuary. Therefore, the women go in the other direction, to the women's sanctuaries located to the side. "Mady Mayram" is the holy place of the Mother of God. A small cubic log house, covered with thick boards and stones, on a pile of stones. Worshippers place their offerings through a square hole. Turian horns are piled at the foot. The log house is surrounded by a small courtyard. There are two Mayram shrines here: a small one and a bigger one a little further away. Women who want to have children go to pray to both Mayras. The little one prays for the gift of girls, and the bigger one prays for the gift of both boys and girls. Boris Basiev, the guardian of the sanctuary, said: "There are often cases when there have been no children in the family for decades. Then they came here, prayed, and sons and daughters were born in the family."

In the morning, after breakfast, we will leave hospitable Cei and make the last easy and short crossing on this trip. In an hour and a half we will leave the Tsey Gorge and drive to the picturesque village of Fiagdon to visit one of the most mystical places in the Caucasus – the City of the Dead. At the same place, the route begins, along which all excursion groups must pass. Steps have been hollowed out of the rock above the canyon, narrow paths have been laid, bridges and crossings have been built so that viewers can see the wild beauty of the gorge with their own eyes from all sides. The first attraction that every tourist aspires to photograph is a stone that fell from somewhere above, but turned out to be larger than the gap between the rocks. It is not known how long it has been hanging over the abyss, as proof of the discrepancy between the two sizes, but 10 people can climb it at the same time. A kilometer from the village of Dargavs, on a steep rocky mountainside, there is the Dargava Necropolis, the "City of the Dead." The mountain burial site is very popular with tourists from different parts of Russia. Here you can safely stroll and even look inside the crypts. Officially, the necropolis is called the Architectural and Ethnographic complex "City of the Dead" and is under UNESCO protection. From here we will return to Vladikavkaz, the capital of hospitable and sunny Ossetia and head to the airport.