The children's sanatorium “Gunib” is located on the Upper Gunib, 7 km from the village “Gunib” at an altitude of 1700 m above sea level, in the most picturesque place at the foot of a pine forest, in the zone of relict birch groves.  The Gunib plateau, where the sanatoriums are located, cut off from the outside world by sheer cliffs.  It is covered with forests, the slopes of the mountains are dressed in a bright carpet of subalpine meadows.

 It is the sunniest place in Europe (310 sunny days a year.)

 “Gunib” has a peculiar climate, which has a beneficial effect on human health. This is a real natural hospital.

 The healing effect of the Upper Gunib surpasses many famous resorts of the world and Russia.  Health of the people The wealth of the country.  Today, diseases such as bronchial asthma in children and adolescents, chronic pneumonia, bronchitis, obstructive bronchitis, acute respiratory infections, colds and other pulmonary diseases and respiratory diseases are of particular importance.  The upper "Gunib" has all the opportunities to improve pulmonological services to the population.  All the problems of improving the children's population at the proper level are solved by the children's health resort “Gunib” Sanatorium.

 Here, about 2500 children receive spa treatment annually.  The medical team of the children’s sanatorium “Gunib” always with a sense of high responsibility related to the organization of medical and preventive work among sick children of the sanatorium who are receiving treatment from all regions and cities of Dagestan and Russia.