The sunny city of Akhtubinsk attracts its kindly hot summer weather, giving juicy watermelons and melons. And also the largest in all Russia salty and therapeutic lake called Baskunchak. The deposits of clay that form on the coast can quickly and, most importantly, it is pleasant to cure all sorts of ailments.
The city is literally created for lovers of fishing, coming here almost all year round. For tourists - all conditions for accommodation at the camp site or in the tent camp
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How to get there
You can get to Akhtubinsk in different ways. For example, between Astrakhan and this city, a distance of 293 km can be overcome by car, the journey time - no more than 4 hours. On the bus - a little longer, but they go daily, at the same time. Also you can get from Astrakhan by train without a change, the journey time is 6 hours, and the ticket price is small - from 250 rubles.
From Volgograd to Akhtubinsk you can get there by car in about three hours, and by train - rubles for 250. The nearby small towns like Volzhsky and Dubovki are connected with the Akhtuba railway and the motorway.
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Transport
The best way to travel around Akhtubinsk is by minibus. You can be delivered to any end of the city for 15 rubles. Private taxi will take more - 15 rubles per kilometer. Outside the city, charging changes - you will be taken to the nearest settlement within 1500-2000 rubles
Average strip of Russia from 800 rubles. • Krasnaya Polyana from 650 rubles
Belarus from 650 rubles. • CMS from 1,500 rubles
Children's rest from 25 300 rubles / shift.
Crimea from 500 rubles.
Cuisine and restaurants
In the new city you always want to visit in cafes and restaurants, taste the local cuisine or just have a nice time and a delicious meal. The best place to relax, as well as lunch and dinner is the night club "Storm". Here you can sit well for 500 rubles. In ordinary cafe-bars, which are liked by students and ordinary working people, lunch costs 150 rubles
Local residents recommend the restaurant "Labyrinth" - it is located in the heart of the city on the way to the descent of the river at the bridge. Fed there is very tasty and surprisingly inexpensive, the relative price of meat dishes from 125 rubles for 150-200 grams of dish. A wide variety of European dishes, pleasant atmosphere and excellent service will help you to have a great time.
The shops
Small souvenir shops in Akhtuba offer to buy interesting and cute souvenirs with symbols and images of the city or buy T-shirts with images of local attractions, miniature figures of churches and monuments. All these little things, as they can, convey the spirit of the city.
There are a lot of literature in the book stores both about the city of Akhtubinsk and about the Astrakhan region in general. But this is for true connoisseurs.
Akhtubinsk Hotels
In Akhtubinsk about ten hotels, they are located almost throughout the city, but most - next to the area of Lenin. It is more convenient for tourists: not far from the railway stations and bus stations, near the road.
Rooms in hotels - varying degrees of comfort, both single and double. You can also choose hotels of economy class, 3-4-star. The best hotels have their own guarded parking.
The cost of rooms in hotels from year to year does not change and depending on what level of comfort you prefer, it can vary from 400 to 1500 rubles.
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| Grand Hotel Astrakhan from 5 500 rub. Astrakhan Kuybysheva Street 69, liter B | Al Pash Novomoskovskaya from 4 500 rub. Astrakhan Sovetskaya / Kirova 4/18 | |
| "Golden Zaton" from 2 240 rub. Astrakhan, Astrakhan, ul. Admiral Nakhimova 60 V | ART Hotel from 3 000 rubles Astrakhan Kirova Ulitsa 87А | Park Inn Astrakhan from 3 100 rub. Astrakhan Anri Barbusa Street 29 B liter "A" |
| AZIMUT Hotel Astrakhan from 1 700 rub. Astrakhan Kremlevskaya Street 4 | Bonhotel from 2 200 rub. Astrakhan Lenina Street 2 / Babushkina Street 1 | Omega Hotel from 2 250 rub. Astrakhan Kirova Street 1 |
| Hotel Petr I from 2 000 rubles Astrakhan Prospekt Gubernatora A. Guzhvina 6 | Verona from 1 800 rub. Astrakhan Botvina Street 47 | Avenue Hotel from 1 400 rub. Astrakhan Botvina Street 91 |
- Catching crayfish is a favorite pastime for locals. The season opens in August. Near the river Akhtuba roam the natives with nets, banks and buckets. Here you can arrange a world championship in catching crayfish. Caught specimens are sent to the market, and then to boiling salted water with dill.
- Catch bream - in Akhtubinsk to come for fishing - nice thing! The local river is famous for bream, zander, vobla, asp. The lucky can catch a sturgeon. But by law this fish should be let go.
Before catching it is worth getting acquainted with the rules, so as not to waste time on finding out the relationship with the fish protection.
Entertainment, excursions and sightseeings of Akhtubinsk
In the town itself it is difficult to find outstanding objects that could be of interest to the tourist. Therefore, for the sake of adventure is to go to nature - to the reserve and the salt lake.
Bogdino-Baskunchak nature reserve
This is a large reserve in the vicinity of Lake Baskunchak and the mountains of Bolshoi Bogdo. It is located near the border with Kazakhstan and is interesting with dried up fields, funnels, caves and rare plants. For example, here you can find tulips Bibirsteina and cornflower Talieva.
To get an excursion, we need to send an application to the main office of the reserve about a week. Otherwise, the sights will not be allowed.
Baskunchak
Alexander Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers, came to this salty lake. The writer wanted to see the miracle of nature, and at the same time surely to improve his health. The fact is that on the shore of the lake lie curative clay and mud mud, which in composition resembles the mud of the Dead Sea. And in the air and feel the high content of phytoncides and bromine!
Tourists bathe in brine and take a bath. Nearby is the sanatorium where you can spend time with your body and soul. Photo of Akhtubinsk (12)