- Arrival at Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (airport or railway station of Mineralnye Vody, or railway station of Pyatigorsk). The recommended arrival time is no later than 11:00 Moscow time. - Transfer to the hotel of the selected category on your own or upon request for an additional fee. - Accommodation in the selected hotel. - Lunch is paid for independently. - Meeting with the guide at 14:00 Moscow time. - Sightseeing tour of Pyatigorsk. You will plunge into the era of the XIX century. Admire the historical park "Tsvetnik"; you will see the first hydrotherapy clinic where M. Lermontov was treated. Visit the place of M. Lermontov's last ball — Diana's grotto, the Lermontov Metal Gallery — a hymn to eclecticism and modernity. From the Tsvetnik Park, stone steps lead to the Nagorny Park, to the place of the Primary Source of hot sulfur water. A sculpture of an Eagle tormenting a snake was installed on a pile of stones in 1901. Since 1995, the eagle has been the official symbol and emblem of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. Admire the view of Pyatigorsk from the Chinese gazebo. Visit the Sinkhole, an underground lake of warm turquoise hydrogen sulfide water. To see it, you need to go through a tunnel deep into Mount Mashuk. From the platform at the Aeolian Harp gazebo, you will admire the Goryachevodsk valley from above, where the resort originated, listen to the melodies of the wind and learn the history of the romantic gazebo. The stone crown of Pyatigorsk is called the Elizabethan Gallery, which has become an ornament of the city since 1848. And to feel like one of the representatives of the Lermontov "water society", you need to take a walk along the former Kurortny Boulevard, where buildings of the XIX century have been preserved, including the so-called Princess Mary's house and the historical state-owned hotel "Restaurant". You will visit the place where the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov died, and you will see a monument erected in 1915 by the Moscow sculptor B.M. Mikeshin and surrounded by an allegorical fence: bullets, vultures, and chains. - Return to the accommodation hotel at 18:00.

- Early breakfast (dry ration) at the hotel. - Meeting with the guide at 06:30 Moscow time. - Excursion "Dombay – the edge of the Blue mountains". The most beautiful landscapes are located in the Caucasus. You will visit a magnificent place – Dombay. The rich and interesting history of the North Caucasus will take you to the trails of the Great Silk Road, to the Byzantine trading posts, cultural traditions, customs and attractions. Dombay and its surroundings include mountains, coniferous forests, alpine meadows, blooming high-altitude rhododendron, the purest mountain rivers, the largest glaciers, and numerous waterfalls. They say that the air of Dombay can be "eaten with a spoon", it is so clean. And all this splendor gives a sense of harmony between man and nature. Nature has royally endowed this picturesque place on our planet. A walk through the Teberdinsky Nature Reserve will be a great pleasure, where you can see unique animals and more than 20 species of plants listed in the Red Book. Dombay is often called the Pearl of the Caucasus, a land of snow―capped peaks that inspired many poets, composers, and artists. Dombay is beautiful at any time of the year. And upon arrival at the famous Dombayskaya Glade, the heart of the mountains, you will admire the local panoramas, stroll through the market, where you will find many souvenirs, knitted and fur products by craftsmen, or take a cable car up the slope of the legendary Moussa Achitara Mountain, find yourself at an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level, offering a magnificent panorama of the highest mountains. The Western Caucasus. You will see the main attraction of Dombay — the highland hotel "Plate". - Return to the accommodation hotel at 20:00.

- Breakfast at the accommodation hotel. - Free time. - Lunch (on your own or for an additional fee). - Meeting with the guide at 13:50 Moscow time. - Excursion "Cossack farmstead" of Borgustanskaya village. You will see the courtyard of the wealthy Cossack Pavlenko, which houses a residential hut, outbuildings, a well, a summer kitchen with a Russian oven, a watchtower, a pottery workshop. All the decorations of the courtyard are made up of real things and objects that were donated by local residents. You will have the opportunity to travel back to the distant past, plunge into the atmosphere of Cossack life, see the tools of that time, household items and even try on traditional Cossack costumes. When you come to visit, you will be able to participate in ancient Cossack rituals, which are accompanied by swashbuckling songs and dashing dances. The employees of the farmstead are ethnic Terek Cossacks and indigenous residents of the village. You can taste traditional dishes of the Terek Cossacks: dumplings with potatoes, pies, lard, pickles from an oak barrel, dishes baked in a cast iron in a Russian oven, uzvar + liqueur and moonshine. - Return to the accommodation hotel at 18:00.

- Early breakfast (dry ration) at the hotel. - Meeting with the guide at 09:00 Moscow time. A tour of the three resort cities will allow you to get acquainted with the main sights and the history of Zheleznovodsk, Yessentuki, and Kislovodsk. Zheleznovodsk is located among dense forests at the foot of the largest KavMinVod mountain – Beshtau, Yessentuki – in the valley of the Podkumok River, and Kislovodsk is surrounded by the ridges of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The waters of these resorts were opened gradually, but the waters of the Yessentuki resort were discovered and evaluated later than all of them, so this is the youngest resort in the CMS. In the 19th century, all three resorts turned into European-type towns with hotels, hydrotherapy facilities and parks. You will walk through the resort parks and Resort Boulevard of Kislovodsk, see the Emir of Bukhara's Palace, the Pushkin Gallery in Zheleznovodsk, the Imperial Baths, the 17 Spring Gallery, the Alekseevskaya Mud clinic in Yessentuki, the fortress, the Narzan Gallery, and the main Narzan baths in Kislovodsk. Art Nouveau, Gothic, eclecticism, Neoclassicism, Russian Empire, Indo-Saracenic style, Moorish motifs and many other architectural styles are embodied in the most beautiful buildings of resort towns. During the tour, you will taste the water of the resorts, which is served in historical pump rooms and drinking centers, which are monuments of architecture and culture of federal significance. - Return to the accommodation hotel at 18:00.

- Early breakfast (dry ration) at the hotel. - Room release. - Meeting with the guide at 08:00 Moscow time. Honey waterfalls are a group of waterfalls, five of them, different in height, shape and saturation, with different names, they are noisy in the gorge of the Alikonovka river near Kislovodsk. The largest of them reaches a height of 18 m. The name of the waterfalls explains the legend that you will hear. You will walk along the 150 m long canyon of the river, admire the waterfalls, breathe in the purest mountain air and visit the ethnographic museum "Karachayevskoye podvorye", which presents not only the dwelling of a mountaineer, but also the animals that the Karachay people raise. Overlooking the waterfalls, you can taste freshly baked fragrant Karachai khichins and ayran, a drink of longevity. The guide will tell you what unites mountain ayran and kefir and why ayran is so useful. During the tour, you will visit the "Tea House", where you will taste herbal teas and be able to buy your favorite ones as a souvenir, get a real herbal remedy, inhaling the aromas of mountain herbs mixed with the aroma of spices and honey. In addition to teas, the owners of the farmstead offer natural Karachai sausages of their own production, cheeses, honey, sweets. You will also visit another natural monument, Mount Koltso. This mountain is mentioned in the novel "The Hero of Our Time" by M.Y. Lermontov. The legend of the sled says that Mount Koltso grants wishes. Near the Ring Mountain, you can stroll through the souvenir market with a large assortment. - Return to the accommodation hotel at 12:40. - Lunch on your own or upon prior request for an additional fee. - Departure. The recommended departure time is not earlier than 16:00-17:00 Moscow time. - Transfer to the airport.