Klyuchi: Resort and St. Nicholas Chapel

• The resort’s development history dates back to the early 18th century.
• The resort includes the Irgina treatment and recreation complex with a swimming pool, as well as a thermal center with a bathing complex and swimming pool.
• One of the resort’s swimming pools measures 25 × 10 meters.
• The Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in 2010 at the holy spring below the church in Klyuchi.

The Irgina treatment and recreation complex and the thermal center are two distinct parts of the resort: the first has a swimming pool, while the second has a bathing complex and a swimming pool as well. One swimming pool at the resort is listed as measuring 25 × 10 meters. This gives you a concrete way to assess the bathing facilities when planning, without confusing them with the amenities at an accommodation.

If you want to plan bathing facilities into your stay, check in advance what kind of access is available for your trip. The information about the resort alone does not specify the conditions under which the facilities can be used.

The Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in 2010 at the holy spring below the church in Klyuchi. Its dedication, location by the spring, and position below the church make it a distinct cultural landmark in the area.

Prayer services are held in the chapel every Tuesday at 5 p.m. If you want to include the service in your travel plans, check in advance whether it will take place at the time of your visit.

Visitors exploring the wider destination of Perm Krai will find two excursion routes in the Basegi Nature Reserve: “K vershine Severnogo Basega” and “K Yuzhnomu Basegu.” The route “K vershine Severnogo Basega” covers 11 kilometers, including the return journey. The outing takes five to eight hours, including the guided tour and time to rest. This duration provides a concrete guide for planning this excursion, which lasts several hours.

The route “K vershine Severnogo Basega” starts at the checkpoint by the “Schastlivyy” ranger station. On foot, it runs 3,700 meters through taiga forest and the mountain forest zone, as well as about 300 meters across mountain meadows. The excursion season runs from June to October. Confirm current arrangements with the nature reserve before your trip.

In the wider destination of Perm Krai, the visitor center at the Basegi Nature Reserve features a small museum exhibition on the region’s flora and fauna. Environmental education discussions, lectures, quizzes, and games are held there regularly, including events with films and multimedia presentations. Topics range from animals and plants to protected areas and the Basegi Nature Reserve itself.

In the wider destination of Perm Krai, Khokhlovka is a distinct attraction for culture enthusiasts. Khokhlovka is considered the Urals’ first open-air architectural and ethnographic museum of wooden architecture; it opened to visitors in September 1980. The museum includes farmsteads belonging to the Komi-Permyaks and Russians from the late 19th to early 20th century, as well as a tent-shaped windmill. It also features wooden churches and a bell tower that are more than 300 years old, along with a unique architectural complex of a saltworks.

Another attraction in the wider destination of Perm Krai is the year-round Gubakha resort. It is located in the city of Gubakha on Mount Krestovaya. There are seven groomed ski runs and eleven slopes for freeriders; the number of freeride slopes may change. These features set it apart from the routes and visitor center at Basegi: the focus here is on winter sports.

For a stay in Klyuchi, the resort and chapel provide concrete local points of reference. The excursions and cultural attractions in Basegi, Gubakha, and Khokhlovka are part of the wider destination of Perm Krai. If you want to include these places, compare the stated durations and seasons for each, and confirm current arrangements before finalizing your itinerary.

Discover more destinations: Berezniki, Sokol, Alexandrovsk, Chernushka, Chusovoy, Kuyeda, Kondratovo and Koyanovo.

When are prayer services held in the chapel?

Weekly prayer services are scheduled for Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Check before your visit whether the service is currently taking place.

How long does the route “K vershine Severnogo Basega” take?

The outing takes five to eight hours, including the guided tour and time to rest. The route is 11 kilometers long, including the return journey; the excursion season runs from June to October.

What can you see in Khokhlovka?

The open-air museum includes, among other things, farmsteads belonging to the Komi-Permyaks and Russians from the late 19th to early 20th century, a tent-shaped windmill, wooden churches and a bell tower more than 300 years old, and an architectural complex of a saltworks.

Go to the overview of the wider destination: Perm Krai.