Gazebo of the Seven winds in Kislovodsk

🕐 Working hours: around the clock, it is better to visit during the day or before sunset. To see Elbrus, you need to try to get here before noon, because in the afternoon the peaks are hidden by clouds.

💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free of charge.

🚶 How to get there: The Gazebo of the seven Winds is located in Kislovodsk National Park about five kilometers from the tourist center of Kislovodsk (Gazebo of the Seven Winds on the map). Since this is a national park, you can only get directly to the gazebo on foot, but you can significantly facilitate the route. Let's look at all the ways in more detail:

• On foot. Walking distance to the gazebo from the tourist center of Kislovodsk, i.e. from the area of the Colonnade and pedestrian boulevard, about five and a half kilometers in one direction, and a climb of about 300 meters. This is quite a gentle walking road, which is easily overcome even by the elderly and children, but it will take a lot of effort, so it's better to plan at least half a day for the entire route there and back. A little less to go from the Cascade staircase of Kislovodsk. Of course, on the way here it is worth visiting other interesting places of Kislovodsk National Park, and which ones, see Here. For a walk, put on comfortable sports or hiking shoes, take drinking water and something to eat, trekking poles and raincoats will not hurt. For navigation, you can use smartphone apps with offline maps like Organic Maps, OSM, Maps.me etc., and also there are signs on the route.
• By taxi to the Valley of Roses, and then on foot. You can shorten almost half of the walking distance if you first get to Valley of Roses by electric taxi for 200 rubles/person (depart from the Colonnade as it fills up). Then follow the navigator or the signs on foot for 2.5 kilometers, which will take about 1 hour at a leisurely pace.
• On the cable car. This is the easiest way to get to the Gazebo of the Seven Winds, but also the most expensive. First, you need to take an electric taxi from Colonnades to the Rose Valley for 200 rubles/person. Next to the Valley of Roses is the lower station Kislovodsk cable car, where for 300 rubles you can climb to the upper observation deck at the top of the Blue Mountain. From there to the gazebo on foot only 5 minutes down the footpath. You can walk back to the city on foot through the National Park, along the way looking at other interesting places.