On the northern edge of the Varota Sartikpayev Gorge, a wobbly footbridge leads across a stunning canyon to a craggy island in the Katun River on which is perched the tiny wooden Ioanno Bogoslavski Chapel, rebuilt in 2001 to the original 1849 design. Beside it, the rock miraculously shaped like a Madonna and child sculpture is supposedly natural. To get here follow ul Beshpekskaya a few hundred metres beyond the Altaysky Tsentr museum.
