Category: Places of interest

Sulak Canyon, one of the most picturesque natural sights of the Republic of Dagestan, is the deepest canyon in Europe and one of the deepest in the world. The length of the canyon is 53 kilometers, the depth reaches 1,920 meters, Читать дальше …

Gunib is a very picturesque place that gets 300 sunny days per year. You can see this village in a famous Aivazovsky painting. Here you can visit the ruins of the Gunib fortress, the Tsar meadow where Alexander the 2nd Читать дальше …

The nature of Dagestan is rich and diverse. Thanks to the mountainous terrain, it has a diversity of waterfalls. One of the most magnificent creations of nature,  Khuchninsky (Khanagsky) waterfall is not far from the administrative center of Tabasaran district, Читать дальше …

The student translation laboratory “Interlingua” carried out the order of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Dagestan for the translation (from Russian into English) of the booklet of the tourist route “Dagestan at the crossroads of the Great Silk Читать дальше …

KARADAKH GORGE There is a place called the Gate of Wonders in Dagestan. It is a unique natural monument, the Karadakh Gorge, located between Khunzakhsky and Gunibsky Districts. Here people feel as if they are in a tunnel or a Читать дальше …

Kubachi Aul Kubachi Aul is one of the largest traditional centers in the Caucasus for artistic metalworking, as well as stone and wood carving. In the 6th-15th centuries, the aul was the center of the independent region of Zirikhgeran, whose Читать дальше …

Derbent Derbent is one of the oldest living towns in the world. Few towns and cities in the world have such a rare and holistic cluster of historical and architectural monuments of antiquity which have survived to the present day Читать дальше …