Sestroretsk Resort

The Sestroretsk Resort in the town of Sestroretsk was founded on the initiative of P. A. Avenarius to increase the income of the Primorskaya St. Petersburg-Sestroretsk Railway Company. In 1907, it received the Grand Prix at the World Balneological Exhibition in Spa, and its main natural therapeutic factors are sapropelic gyttja and radon-containing chloride-sodium mineral water. The air on the territory, saturated with biologically active negative ions due to the pine forest, dune sand, and proximity to the sea, improves metabolism and normalizes nervous processes. Currently, several sanatoriums operate here, including the largest one near the Kurort railway station, and in early 2011, an investment project for the development of part of the territory with low-rise buildings was discussed.