The city of Gelendzhik is situated at the Black Sea coast of Russia in Krasnodar Territory, 40 km southward from Novorossiysk city, at the shore of pictorial harbour, which shape resembles a pearl shell. Sprawled as an amphitheatre along the shore of a harbour, the city is surrounded with green mountainsides of Markhotsky ridge, where the Major Caucasian Ridge is originating from.

The nature of the resort is unique: the favourable climate of Mediterranean type, the magnificence of the mountains, a fragrance of the flowers and trees (oak, hornbeam and pine forests occupy about 90% of the territory), a freshness of mountainous rivers, and favourable ecological atmosphere — all of it together make the resort so attractive to holiday-makers.

Climatic and health-improving resources of Gelendzhik create good conditions for patients’ treatment in pulmonary diseases. Apart from the climate, the valuable natural therapeutic resources are pebble beaches and deposits of mineral waters.

At the resort the submarine seamen, military pilots, miners and other professionals, having the complex working conditions and suffering from occupational diseases are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.

At the resort guests’ disposal there are more than 140 health-centres, private mini-hotels, auto-camping sites, tourist centres, which are offering to holiday-makers a wide range of resort services. Annually Gelendzhik receives above 1 million of holiday-makers. Gelendzhik is ready to present before its guests the interesting programmes of guided tours: to the landmarks of nature, archaeology, history and literature, as well as horse-riding, scuba-diving, yachting, jeeping, fishing at the trout farms.

The official site of the resort-city of Gelendzhik Administration is www.gelendzhik.org