"Devil's Town"

In the Middle Urals, on the southern top of the 19-km range Rudansky Sing, gremyachinskoe city district, not far from the settlements Shumihinskii and Usva, there is a Stone City.

The name "Devil's town" is very widespread not only in the Urals. In Russia the so-called tumble of rocks and stones that create could only features. But tourists have called this place the "Stone city", although the purpose of this place could be anything. They divided it into the Big city, where there are stone turtles, and Small, provided there avenues and streets, find the Central square. Turtles also dubbed Big and Small, the latter looks more like a bird, the tourists she received a second name - feathered Guardian.

How came the Stone city? There is a legend that once upon a time this place was very beautiful. He blossomed and evolved. And lived here a beautiful and kind people. But the king of this city was blind daughter, only she could not see the beauty of where he lives. An evil sorcerer has proposed to the king the healing of his daughter, and the king agreed. But as soon as the Princess was able to see, at the same moment the witch turned all the houses, streets and residents in stone. And left the young Princess only beautiful, but stone town...

The end of August and beginning of autumn - the time of the influx of a large number of tourists. Stone town is especially beautiful in autumn, during the riot of bright colors. Not less beautiful city and in winter, when snow caps hang from the rocks and trees growing right on the tops of stones, covered with snow. In the summer of Stone town is an excellent place for training climbing. Every year there are competitions in climbing.