In the Faraway Kingdom. Sightseeing tour of the Kaliningrad region

The program includes an excursion "Kaliningrad — past and present. The Marzipan Museum".

Route: Kaliningrad.

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

10:55 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

11:10 Boarding from the Moscow Hotel (bus stop on the side of the Moscow hotel, Prospekt Mira, 19/21).

11:20 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

Sightseeing of the main sights and memorable places of the city: the ancient city gates; the main Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the region on Victory Square; important public buildings in Konigsberg — railway stations, the land office court, the post office directorate, the drama theater; the zoo; the Church of Queen Louise, which became the regional children's puppet theater, the Amalienau villa area.

A walk on the island part of the city from the Fish Village to the ancient Cathedral, near the walls of which is the grave of the great son of this city, the philosopher Immanuel Kant; the main street of Soviet Kaliningrad is Leninsky Prospekt with the Khrushchev buildings transformed beyond recognition and the monument "Mother Russia"; a panorama of the river with the territory of the Museum of the world Ocean and the building of the stock exchange, opening from a high trestle bridge.

The tour program includes a visit to the marzipan museum, a popular sweet in many countries, which had its own recipe in this city.

Free time to attend an organ concert in the Cathedral, lunch or a walk in the Fishing Village to choose from.

The duration of the tour is 4-5 hours.

The program includes an excursion "The city of Baltiysk is the westernmost city in Russia."

Route: Baltiysk.

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

11:00 Boarding from the Fish Village bus stop, landmark Skipper Hotel (Oktyabrskaya str., 4).

11:10 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

11:20 Boarding Zoo (bus stop on the zoo side, Prospekt Mira, 26).

The city of Baltiysk is a seaside, port city, naval base of the Baltic Fleet. All this determines the flavor and spirit of the place.

You will have the opportunity to walk along the embankment in the historical part of Baltiysk, where ships are moored; see the oldest operating lighthouse in the Kaliningrad region (1816); monument to Peter I— the founder of the Baltic Fleet.

The Russian tsar visited here, including the Swedish Fortress, which he later modeled on the Peter and Paul Fortress when founding the northern capital.

The building of the old Reformed church, which has now become St. George's Naval Cathedral of the Baltic Fleet, has been preserved. You will definitely have the opportunity to go to the sea at the monument to the Russian Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

The program includes free time for a walk by the sea and lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

At lunchtime, you can optionally visit the Baltic Fleet Museum or the Swedish Fortress (only for citizens of the Russian Federation with a passport or birth certificate for minors!) — tickets are purchased independently (the objects are not included in the price of the tour).

In hot summer weather, you can take beach accessories with you.

If you want to stay on the beach after the tour, you can return on your own by regular bus. In this case, please inform the guide and the driver about your decision to stay.

The duration of the tour is 6-7 hours.

The program includes a guided tour of the Amber Coast.

Route: village Yantarny — Svetlogorsk.

09:00 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

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

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

09:40 Boarding Zoo (bus stop on the zoo side, Prospekt Mira, 26).

Two of the most beautiful places on the seashore — Yantarny and Svetlogorsk will enchant you and will forever remain in your heart! Places where many people in our country tend to go on vacation.

Yantarny Beach is one of the best in Russia. Since 2016, this has been confirmed annually by awarding it the blue flag (the highest quality mark for beaches).

And Svetlogorsk is an All—Russian health resort with a large number of sanatoriums and sanatorium-resort type institutions, where you can combine a vacation by the sea with health improvement.

Yantarny is a place of amber mining, where the world's largest sunstone deposit is located. You will definitely learn all about amber by visiting a private enterprise engaged in stone processing and jewelry production. You will have the opportunity to purchase amber products where they are produced.

In the past, Yantarny was called Palmniken, a place with a history. You will see the architectural "pearls" that adorn the place: the old Lutheran church (today the Russian Orthodox Church of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God), the 5* Schloss Hotel building (formerly the home of a wealthy mining owner).

You will reach the sea through the park named after him. Moritz Becker with century-old trees.

Svetlogorsk is a popular resort town surrounded by greenery, the botanical garden city has preserved its historical buildings with villas and hotels, which are worthily complemented by modern architecture.

During the walking tour, you will see the symbol of the place- the water tower; the fabulous organ hall building (formerly the Catholic chapel "Maria — Star of the Sea"); the larch park with the sculpture of the famous German sculptor G. Brachert "Carrying water"; the variety theater "Amber Hall" and the huge elevator "Panorama", allowing you to easily descend from a very high shore to the promenade.

The program includes free time for a walk by the sea, shopping and lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

In hot summer weather, you can take beach accessories with you.

If you want to stay on the beach after the tour, you can return on your own by regular bus. In this case, please inform the guide and driver about your decision to stay.

The duration of the tour is 8-9 hours.

The program includes an excursion "The city of historical memory Gusev-Gumbinnen".

Route: Gusev.

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

09:15 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

09:30 Boarding from the Moscow Hotel (bus stop on the side of the Moscow hotel, Prospekt Mira, 19/21).

09:40 Boarding from the Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

The small town of Gumbinnen went down in history during the First World War, when a major battle of Gumbinnen took place next to it on August 20, 1914.

Stunning monuments by outstanding modern Russian sculptors recall this tragic time, the battle, and the heroes of the Russian Imperial army: "In Memory of the Forgotten War that changed the Course of History" by M. Shemyakin and "Bayonet Attack" by V. Surovtsev; as well as the memorial church of All Saints in memory of the fallen during the First World War.

During the Second World War, the city will again be inscribed in the annals of significant events: the offensive operation of the 3rd Belorussian Front on the territory of Nazi Germany, the Gumbinennsky breakthrough, will be named after the city.

You will learn about the two wars and the history of the city in general at the Museum of Local Lore, one of the best museums not only in our region, but also in the country. Many guests say this: it was worth going to this city just for the sake of this wonderful museum!

The city itself will delight your eyes with its beautiful ancient architecture: the majestic building of the District Government on the main square, next to the delicate neo-Gothic building of the national Bank, the austere Lutheran Salzburg Kirche (church).

And, of course, the symbols of the city: the present—day monument to the hero of the Soviet Union, Captain S.I. Gusev, whose name the city proudly bears, and the past — the sculpture of a bronze moose by the talented German sculptor L. Vordermayer.

The program provides free time for lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

The duration of the tour is 9 hours.

Free day.

Optional, for an additional fee, guided tour of Schaaken Castles, Neuhausen, Nesselbeck and Schaaken Dorf Cheese Factory. The cost of the tour: full / reduced: 3000/2800 rubles.

Route: Guryevsk, village Nekrasovo, village Orlovka.

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

10:55 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St., 4).

11:10 Boarding from the Moscow Hotel (bus stop on the side of the Moscow hotel, Prospekt Mira, 19/21).

11:20 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

An interesting, intense and tireless tour of the castles with cheese, chocolate and sweets tasting at the Schaackendorf cheese factory in the village. Nekrasovo. The program provides free time for shopping in the store during production.

Kaliningrad region is the only region of the Russian Federation where there are knight castles. An exciting journey into the past awaits you.

In the cellars of Shaaken Castle you will visit the Inquisition Museum; the castle museum's exposition will tell about the history of the fortress, which was repeatedly visited by Russian Emperor Peter I and other famous historical figures; in the castle's armory you can take spectacular photos in a knight's helmet and with weapons of that era.

You will have the opportunity to see Neuhausen Castle being restored in Guryevsk, which was part of the nearest medieval defense line of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad), then it was the seat of the cathedral chapter (supreme church Council) of the Diocese of Zamland, later in the XVI century it will become the residence of the Duchess, the wife of Duke Albrecht, the great ruler of Prussia.

You will also stop for a photo break in front of the modern Nesselbeck castle in the village. Orlovka, which was built as a comfortable hotel and a brewery restaurant in the knight's style.

You will definitely want to come back here, maybe for beer baths at the castle spa, or maybe for a jousting show tournament on one of the evenings of your vacation.

The duration of the tour is 5-6 hours.

Free day.

Optional, for an additional fee, an excursion to the Curonian Spit National Park and a walk through the resort town of Zelenogradsk. The cost of the tour: full / reduced: 2000/1800 rubles.

Route: NP Curonian spit, Zelenogradsk.

09:50 Boarding from the Moscow Hotel (bus stop on the side of the Moscow hotel, Prospekt Mira, 19/21).

10:00 Departure from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

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

10:30 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

The Curonian Spit National Park is an amazingly wonderful place to relax in nature: the purest sea air filled with pine phytoncides; the greenery of the forest and the chirping of birds; the peace of the dune landscape and the vast expanses of the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon.

You will have the opportunity to recharge your health by walking in the Dancing Forest among the magical "dancing" trees, look for amber on the sand by the sea and climb the highest dune — the height of Efa.

The program provides free time for lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

After that, you will have a walk through the most beautiful resort town of Zelenogradsk. Ancient resort architecture, a special atmosphere of relaxation and pleasure! It's impossible not to fall in love with this city!

They are also very fond of cats here: it all started with the cat museum in the old water tower, and now the city houses are painted with a cat theme, a cute urban sculpture with cats, a cat town with a catfair and, of course, live fuzzies on the streets of the city.

After the tour, in your free time, you can take a walk on the promenade by the sea, climb to the observation deck of the water tower (also known as the cat museum) or visit the museum of Resort Fashion.

If you don't want to leave, you can stay — it's easy to return to Kaliningrad.

In good weather, Zelenogradsk beach awaits you and a stunning sunset over the sea, which you can admire through the windows of a cafe or restaurant on the promenade (delicious and romantic).

The duration of the tour is 8-9 hours.

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Optional, for an additional fee, guided tour "The history of medieval cities: Friedland and Gerdauen — Pravdinsk and Zheleznodorozhny". The cost of the tour: full / reduced 2000/1800 rubles.

Route: Pravdinsk, Zheleznodorozhny.

10:40 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

10:55 Boarding from the Fish Village bus stop, landmark Skipper Hotel (Oktyabrskaya str., 4).

11:10 Boarding from the Moscow Hotel (bus stop on the side of the Moscow hotel, Prospekt Mira, 19/21).

11:20 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

The history of the founding and development of the cities of the state of the Teutonic Order is interesting and differs from our Russian cities. And the cities themselves have a unique flavor.

The magnificent 14th-century Gothic church of St. George with stunning star-shaped vaults has been preserved in the city of Pravdinsk.

Next to the temple there is a memorial sign in honor of the St. George's Cross, an honorary award of the tsarist times, established after the Battle of Friedland (June 14, 1807). Russian russians recall this battle during the Napoleonic Wars with the participation of the Russian army. The monument on the grave of the heroic General N. Mazovsky in the city park, a memorial plaque on the hospital building, near the walls of which Russian soldiers who died of wounds were buried, and a commemorative obelisk in the city park.

The village of Zheleznodorozhny has preserved a charming half-timbered building, popular in the Middle Ages in some Western European countries.

You will have the feeling that you have found yourself in Germany: houses with tiled roofs, bright shutters on the windows, unique entrance doors and "delicious" architectural details. You will be enchanted!

The program provides free time for lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

The duration of the tour is 7-8 hours.

Room release before 12:00.

Free day.

Optional excursion "The city of Sovetsk — Tilsit, the city of the "Tilsit world" and "Tilsit cheese". The cost of the tour: full / reduced 2500/2300 rubles.

Route: Sovetsk.

09:00 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

09:15 Boarding from the stop Fish village, landmark hotel "Skipper" (Oktyabrskaya St. 4)

09:30 Moscow Hotel bus stop.

09:40 Boarding from the Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).

In the 19th century, the city of Tilsit hosted a meeting of the rulers of three states, which summed up the first stage of the Napoleonic wars and determined the policies of several important European countries at once.

You will learn about this event at the Tilsit World Museum: You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in that era with its tastes and fashion, get to know in detail the personalities of the Russian Emperor Alexander I, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the royal couple of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III and his charming wife, Queen Louise.

An elegant monument was erected in the Jacobsruhe city park in honor of the "queen of hearts". To mark the centenary of this event, described in Leo Tolstoy's famous novel War and Peace, the Queen Louise Bridge was built over the Neman River. The house where the Russian emperor lived during the days of peace has been preserved in the city.

You will have the opportunity to stroll through the streets with the most beautiful examples of ancient architecture. The city is decorated with the symbol of the pre—war city - the bronze moose by L. Vordermayer and the monument to the Tilsit tram, of course, the monument to V.I. Lenin against the background of the Soviet Rossiya hotel and an exhibition of military equipment.

The city is the birthplace of a famous and popular cheese variety in Europe. Tilsit cheese is also produced by cheese factories in Russia and Belarus. You will have the opportunity to learn the history of the invention of this cheese.

The program provides free time for lunch. Lunch is paid for independently.

Have a passport/birth certificate for minors with you. The border zone!

The duration of the tour is 8-9 hours.