Nalchik , capital of Kabardino - Balkaria, is center of international tourism, mountaineering and skiing . Thanks to the mild climatic conditions , availability of a variety of mineral waters and curative mud spa resort Nalchik received nationwide and international recognition along with the resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters - Kislovodsk , Yessentuki , Pyatigorsk , Zheleznovodsk .
A relatively small area of Nalchik has 18 mineral springs of various physical and chemical composition. The city is widely known as one of the important centers of tourism and mountaineering in the North Caucasus.
