To visit all the interesting and memorable places of the Urals, you will need more than one week. Firstly, there are a lot of them there, and secondly, they are all completely different and everyone can be admired all day. Conditionally all the sights of the Urals can be divided into memorable historical and natural. There are also mysterious, if not mysterious, places in these places.
Natural sights of the Urals
In the Sverdlovsk region, in the Urals, there are incredibly beautiful and mysterious places. Among them, many tourists celebrate the Azov Mountain. The history of the mountain itself is associated with stories and tales of treasures and robbers. Many argue that at night on the mountain you can see mysterious lights. You can get there either on foot or on a good off-road car, which is why many people prefer to spend a full day visiting these places. It is important to note that it is the Urals considered one of the main ski resorts in Russia .
Among the sights of the Urals there are unique natural monuments. The so-called Alikayev stone is a natural monument 50 meters high. The rock is also shrouded in many different legends, the most popular of which is the story of the robber Alikai. The places are very beautiful and they are visited not only by locals, but also by tourists from different regions. You can get to the cliff by car, but connoisseurs advise choosing only dry days and preferring bypasses.
To the most beautiful places of the Urals, one can undoubtedly include a national park called "Deer Streams". These places are famous for the large accumulation of various sights: failures, fossils and even drawings of ancient people. It is worth to admire the beauty of the lakes, there are mysterious stones there, sometimes there are abnormal phenomena.
Historical places of the Urals
In historical monuments and sacred places the history of the region and its most important periods were preserved. Nevyanskaya tower is considered a symbol of the times of the famous family Demidov. According to the story, this is one of the surviving buildings of the times of searches for iron ore, there is also information that at one time they were engaged in illegal coinage. Local residents believe in the traditions that prisoners were held there, and some even were walled up in the walls of the building.
One of the most beautiful and most important places in the Urals is Ganina Yama. Currently, there is a male monastery, but this place is famous for the fact that the remains of members of the royal dynasty of the Romanovs were thrown into the mine after their exile.
Special among the holy places of the Urals, you can say the center of spirituality, is considered Verkhoturye. Initially, the city was an important administrative center, but in the course of history it lost its original meaning and became a place of pilgrimage for many tourists. There are women's and man's monasteries, there are many temples.
On the territory of the South Urals there are two famous sights.
- Ancient city Arkaim, belonging to the Bronze Age. To this day, this place remains a mystery for historians and local historians, and many speak about its magical and mysterious properties.
- The second of the sights of the South Urals is even more exciting - this is one of the most beautiful cemeteries , the famous "Birch Grove". Closed this cemetery in 1937, since then there have been many hills and scattered tombstones, pedestals and vaulted crypts. Tourists with strong nerves and thrust for thrills, such an excursion just like it.
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Well, perhaps, the most famous among the interesting places of the Urals can be called the border between Europe and Asia. Its very fond of tourists, because among all the sights of the Urals in this place, you can stand with one foot in Asia, and the second in Europe.