Gelendzhik, one of the most popular Black Sea resorts of Russia, lies on the banks of a rare beauty of Gelendzhik bay, bordered by picturesque Caucasus Mountains. "Gelendzhik" in translation from Turkic means "White Bride". From the top of the ridge Markhotskogo pleasant to enjoy this Black Sea city - a resort with a corpus of modern health resorts, beautiful streets, lined Pitsundskaya pine. At any time, it seems a white flower, flowering on the shore of the bay among fresh zeleni.Gelendzhikskaya resort area stretches from north-west to south-east of Cape foam Tsemess Bay to Bay bowls at 78 miles. kilometers, including a climatic seaside resorts and resort areas: Kabardinka, Gelendzhik, Divnomorskoe, Dzhanhot, Praskoveevka, Bette, Arkhipo-Osipovka. The north-east coastal strip is bounded spurs Marhotskogo low ridge, the highest point of which - Thab (905 m) is a popular peak for novice climbers. The width of the coastal strip ranging from two to five kilometers. It is all divided into separate blocks by deep gorges, clefts: Vinogradova, Church, Red, White, - at the bottom of which occur are short, but turbulent rapids and rivers.
