It happens that there are several days off and I want to go somewhere, unwind, take a break from the bustle of gray everyday life. Last-minute trips abroad cannot always be obtained, and money is not always spent on this. In such cases, recreation centers come to the rescue - some of them are no worse than foreign service. One of such recreation facilities is the Hotel Silent Lake in Olginskaya.
Olginskaya: where is it
Olginskaya is located in the Rostov region - this is a village near the town of Aksai. It is located near Lake Generalsky - perhaps this is what determines the name of the park hotel. It is fifteen kilometers to Aksay from Olginskaya, and eleven more to Rostov-on-Don.
The story of the emergence of the village is unusual and even funny (by the way, this is the name of the settlement in the Cossack region). Olginskaya would not have appeared if not for the postal tract. It was impossible to drive on it, people and horses often died, nearby houses were too far away - that is why at the beginning of the 19th century an order came to populate the tract. The name of the village was in honor of the daughter of Nicholas I, Princess Olga.
The history of the village is also interesting in that it, like throughout the Aksai region, was visited by the Germans in the Great Patriotic War. For almost half a year the Nazis felt at home in this territory, and only in February of the forty-third year did Olginskaya be released. A lot of it had to be restored from scratch.
Silent Lake Hotel, Olginskaya: features
The first thing that distinguishes this recreation center: registration is carried out around the clock. Unfortunately, this service is not available in all hotels. Regardless of which room you choose to stay in (the room categories are described in more detail below), breakfast is included in the price for all guests of Silent Lake in Olginskaya.
Luggage storage is provided specifically for travelers in Quiet Lake. The hotel also has a laundry room where you can wash clothes. Nearby (about twenty kilometers) is the airport, which is easily accessible without problems. If guests come with children under five years of age, then the kids stay at the hotel for free (although with the reservation: without a separate bed).
And also, of course, the main feature of the Silent Lake Hotel in Olginskaya is the incredibly beautiful scenery and clean, healing air, which is so sweet and easy to breathe. And the water in the lake here is completely different - not muddy, not polluted, it is a pleasure to plunge into it and just watch.
Services
The "Silent Lake" in Olginskaya provides its visitors with a convenient parking zone, where a security guard is always on duty. All guests staying at the hotel have free Wi-Fi. In addition, guests can have fun and relax in the spacious pool (it even has a hydromassage), lie on the beach, sit in the gazebos, play golf or billiards.
On the lake, located near the hotel, boat trips, a catamaran or a boat are organized - you can steer yourself. And also fishing lovers will not remain deprived - the necessary equipment for them is available. The hotel did not forget about the quiet lake about the children: a special playground was organized for them in a landscaped area.
And in the "Quiet Lake" in Olginskaya there is a real Russian bathhouse. And here is a definite plus: this service can be used not only by hotel guests, but also by strangers, those who do not currently live there. For them, by the way, there is one more possibility: a visit to a restaurant of home cooking (of course, those who live in a hotel can come here). In the Park Hotel "Quiet Lake", in addition, corporate events are allowed - there is a banquet hall on the territory.
Rooms
The choice of rooms in the "Quiet Lake" in Olginskaya for every taste, or rather a wallet. Of the more budget options, there are eleven rooms of a standard type. All of them are double, differ only in beds - either one large or two small. Also in the "Quiet Lake" there are studios, deluxe rooms (some with a loggia, others without) and a deluxe suite. The last is a two-room apartment, intended, of course, for more affluent visitors.
Nevertheless, regardless of the category of rooms they are all very neat, comfortable and clean. Each has a TV, fridge, air conditioning and hairdryer. Each room also has a private bathroom or shower. The studio still has a balcony and upholstered furniture, in the suite - all the same plus a bidet. Apartments from the suite are distinguished by the presence of two rooms, one of which is a bedroom, the second living room.
Cost of living
Probably, Quiet Lake cannot be called the most budget hotel, but those who have been here are sure that it is worth it. Prices in the "Quiet Lake" in Olginskaya start from three and a half thousand - this is the cost of living in a standard room. If you want to move into the most expensive room - apartments - you have to pay seven and a half thousand rubles per day.
How to get there
The location of the Quiet Lake Hotel is very good: the recreation center is definitely suitable for all those who want to stay in silence, solitude and harmony with nature. To get to the park-hotel, you need to drive off the M-4 highway from Rostov-on-Don in the south for approximately five kilometers. Behind the Aksai bridge you need to turn - and the hotel will appear right before your eyes. In order not to get lost in the village, of course, you should also know the full address of the hotel: Levoberezhnaya street, house number 21.
Attractions nearby
Those who purposefully travel to Olginskaya, and do not happen to be in the "Quiet Lake" by chance, may well get bored with the entertainment offered by the recreation center in a few days. Well now, leave early? Not at all: you just need to look around and find out what is nearby that you can and even need to see.
For example, in Aksay there is a house of the famous commander Alexander Suvorov. In the winter of 83-84 years of the XVIII century, Alexander Vasilievich lived in this two-story building. Now there is a museum where everyone can easily come.
And the town also has its own military-historical complex, which receives visitors daily. It demonstrates the military equipment of the last century, used in various wars. In addition, there is a postal station in Aksay that has been preserved from the nineteenth century. It is part of the military-historical museum of the region. This is a whole complex with different buildings: a hotel, a caretaker’s house, and a carriage shed. Many famous personalities of those years stayed at this station in the 19th century: writers Alexander Griboedov, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky and many others. As part of the museum, a fortress with a customs outpost, remaining from the XVIII century. Everybody there is shown the everyday objects of customs officers - weapons, manuscripts and various documents - and they tell various legends from ancient times.
As mentioned above, during the war there were Germans in the Aksai region - that is why in the town there is a monument called "Crossing" in the form of a truck with an anti-aircraft gun in the back. Another interesting monument in Aksay is a memorial cross to the Cossacks.
In addition, you need to remember the miraculous monument of Aksai - a wonderful place called Mukhina Balka. This is a large ravine of forty-three hectares, on the slopes of which a wonderful forest grows. Deforestation, plowing of land, grazing of cattle are prohibited in this area - everything here is aimed at preserving the natural wealth of the territory.
