In the Faraway Kingdom. Kaliningrad Region tour from November to March

Amber Coast tour.

Route: village Yantarny — Svetlogorsk

09:00 Departure from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

09:20 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

09:30 boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

The village of Yantarny got its name for a reason: according to geologists, the largest amber deposit in the world is located here.

And this is the only place in Russia where industrial extraction of solar stone is carried out. Amber is a business card of the Kaliningrad region.

The program includes a visit to the enterprise, where you will be told about the extraction, processing of amber and the manufacture of jewelry with amber. You will also learn about the beneficial, healing properties of this stone. Amber is used in pharmaceuticals and in the production of medicinal amber cosmetics.

In your free time, you can visit the quarry of the Kaliningrad Amber Combine, where amber is mined in an open-pit manner, and where the stone's path from the earth to man begins.

A visit to the quarry is offered on request, payment for tickets at the company's ticket office starts from 1300 rubles.

As part of the tour, there is time for shopping for amber products and souvenirs, because here in Yantarny is the main specialization of activity: stone mining and making everything from amber!

We will also take a walk around Yantarny and get acquainted with its history. Amber used to be called Palmniken.

The place is decorated with an ancient Lutheran church from 1892 and the Schloss Hotel building from 1881, built as the home of mining owner Moritz Becker, as well as an arboretum with century-old trees, a place where you can hide from the summer heat.

Transfer to Svetlogorsk.

Next, we will explore the sights of Svetlogorsk-Rauschen. You will be enchanted by the resort's ancient architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: private villas, boarding houses, and hotels.

Organ hall, larch Park, water tower, Kurhaus, variety theater "Amber Hall". The symbols of Svetlogorsk are the beautiful works of the German sculptor G. Brachert — "Water Carrier" and "Nymph". The terrencourt slopes will lead you to the sea, where a promenade has been built near the water for the convenience of vacationers.

Shopping, amber shops.

The duration of the tour is 7-8 hours.

Kaliningrad Fortress City tour.

12:00 Departure from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

12:20 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

12:30 Departure from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky Prospekt).

Fort No. 1 "Stein", "Historical and Art Museum".

Throughout its centuries-old history, Konigsberg was a fortress city and remained impregnable until April 1945.

The city gates, towers, bastions and forts preserved in Kaliningrad are examples of the brilliant embodiment of the most modern military engineering thought in Europe of the past years.

You will have a fascinating tour along the defensive fortifications of the inner defensive ring of the city: the defensive rampart, the moat, the Don Tower, the bastions, the Kronprinz defensive barracks and, of course, the gates of the city.

Visit to Fort No. 1 "Stein". This well-preserved fort will amaze you with the power of its walls and the ingenuity of such fortresses.

Visit to the "Historical and Art Museum". The museum is located in the historic Stadthalle building built in 1912. The exhibition "Konigsberg 45 The Last Assault".

The duration of the tour is 5-6 hours.

Free day.

Optional, for an additional fee, excursion "Schaaken Castle and Schaackendorf Cheese Factory", 2900/2700 rubles/person.

Route: ruins of Schaaken Castle, Schaackendorf cheese factory, Nesselbeck Castle.

10:10 Boarding from the Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky Prospekt).

10:20 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

It is impossible to visit the Kaliningrad region without photographing the mysterious castles.

According to the program, we will visit the ruins of Shaaken Castle in the village of Nekrasovo. Its distinctive feature is its unusual oval shape, and the Teutonic Order never built such castles again.

A tour of the castle grounds will take you back to the Middle Ages.

The Inquisition Museum in the castle's basements will complement the experience.

A delicious and interesting addition will be a visit to the Schaackendorf cheese factory with a story about cheese and chocolate production and a tasting with a glass of wine.

You can also buy cheeses and chocolates at the manufacturer's store.

Photo break at the modern Nesselbeck castle in the village. Orlovka, where the famous brewery restaurant is located.

The tour duration is 4 hours.

Excursion to the Curonian Spit National Park and Zelenogradsk.

Route: NP "Curonian spit" — Zelenogradsk.

09:50 Departure from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

10:00 Boarding from the Fish Village bus stop, landmark Skipper Hotel (Oktyabrskaya str., 4).

10:20 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

The Curonian Spit is an amazing place where the sandy desert, the greenery of the forest and the expanses of water — the sea and the bay hugging this very narrow strip of land! The Curonian Spit is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

A trip to the national park will give nature lovers the pleasure of walking through the pine Dancing forest with amazing trees and the seashore, contemplating the dune landscape and the Curonian Lagoon from the observation deck of Efa Height, the highest dune on the peninsula, as well as pleasant fatigue in the legs, oxygen saturation in the lungs and peaceful peace in the soul.

Free time for lunch and the sea. You will have the opportunity to purchase smoked fish, which is caught here in the bay or the sea.

Zelenogradsk. You will get acquainted with the oldest and most famous resort in East Prussia — Krantz (now the city of Zelenogradsk).

During a walking tour of Zelenograd, you will see the unique ancient architecture of Krantz: boarding houses, hotels and private villas from the turn of the late 19th-20th centuries; St. Adalbert Lutheran Church, Queen Louise Square and the house where she stayed in 1807, and much more.

A walk along the boardwalk will allow you to enjoy a wonderful view of the sea.

The duration of the tour is 7-8 hours.

The program includes a guided tour of Insterburg — Chernyakhovsk.

Route: Chernyakhovsk.

09:00 Departure from the Tourist Hotel (53 A.Nevsky St.).

09:20 Boarding from the Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

09:30 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

You will travel to a city of historical significance, rich in sights from different eras: the ruins of the medieval fortress castle of Insterburg of the XIV century; the magnificent building of the Reformed church of 1883 (now the Orthodox St. Michael's Cathedral of the Chernyakhovsk-Slavsky diocese); the Catholic church of St. Bruno, built in the Neo—Gothic style in 1902; charming the old architecture of Insterburg, which was very similar to pre-war Berlin.

Tsar Peter I personally visited Insterburg, as well as the Great Embassy of 1697. In memory of the era of the Napoleonic Wars, there is a monument to the hero of the Russian Empire, Field Marshal M.B. Barclay de Tolly, and a monument to a Russian soldier, the work of the famous Russian sculptor V. Surovtsev; the house where Napoleon stayed in 1812.

During the First World War, troops of the 1st Russian Imperial Army were stationed in the city.

And, of course, the monument to General I.D. Chernyakhovsky, commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, whose name the city proudly bears. The Normandy-Neman squadron with French pilots was based in the city at the end of World War II.

The tour duration is 7-8 hours.

Free day.

Optional, for an additional fee, guided tour of Kaliningrad with an organ concert in the Cathedral.

Route: Kaliningrad.

12:30 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

12:50 Departure from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

13:00 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

Sightseeing tour of the main sights of the city: Victory Square, the sculpture "Fighting Bison" in front of the Konigsberg Land Court, the monument to Peter I in front of the headquarters of the Baltic Fleet, the drama Theater, the area of the old German villas Amalienau, the defensive fortifications of the city, the Royal and Rosgarten Gates.

You will definitely visit the Cathedral (an example of 14th-century North German Gothic), where the grave of the famous philosopher I. Kant is located, learn the history of the main church of the city, the University of Albertina and, of course, Koenigsberg itself.

The program includes an organ mini-concert under the arches of the cathedral, you will hear the largest organ in our country and admire its grandeur.

Visit the Marzipan Museum in the old Brandenburg Gate.

The duration of the tour is 5-6 hours.

Room release before 12:00.

Free day.

Optional, for an additional fee, an excursion "To Baltiysk, to the very west of Russia", 1700/1500 rubles/person.

Route: Baltiysk.

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St.).

10:50 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

11:00 Boarding from the Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

Baltiysk is a small, pretty city with a military accent, surrounded by bays and straits belonging to the waters of the Baltic Sea.

It boasts a long history and an advantageous strategic location that has attracted belligerent neighbors for centuries.

You will learn the history of the formation of the fleet since its foundation by Peter I. You will see the lighthouse of the famous architect Schinkel, the reformatory church, which became an Orthodox church, and you will hear about the Swedish fortress, which was built in the middle of the 17th century. and which is still an active military facility.

You will see the largest equestrian monument in our country to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (2004). The pedestal of the monument is decorated in the form of a fort, from the observation deck of which you will see an extensive panorama overlooking the Baltic Spit, the sea Strait and ships standing in the roadstead.

Walking along the pier and the beach of the Baltic Sea, you will feel a real sea breeze on the westernmost point of Russia.

The duration of the tour is 6-7 hours.

On request, for an additional fee, transfer to the airport or railway station.