The charm of the Baltic Sea

Excursion to the Curonian Spit and Zelenogradsk National Park, 8 o'clock.

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

10:00 Fish village (Oktyabrskaya str., 4). 

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

Route: NP Curonian Spit — Zelenogradsk. 

The Curonian Spit is an amazing place where the sandy desert, the greenery of the forest and the expanses of water are side by side — 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 dancing pine forest with amazing trees and the seashore, contemplating the dune landscape and the Curonian Lagoon from the observation deck of the Efa height — the highest dune of the peninsula, as well as pleasant fatigue in the legs, oxygen saturation in the lungs and soothing peace in the soul. 

Free time for lunch and the sea. 

You will have the opportunity to purchase smoked fish, which are 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 at the turn of the late XIX-XX centuries; St. Adalbert Lutheran Church, Queen Louise Square and the house where she stayed in 1807, and much more. 

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

18:00-18:30 The end of the excursion in Kaliningrad.

Excursion "Amber Coast", 8-9 hours.

09:00 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky str.). 

09:20 Fish village (Oktyabrskaya str., 4). 

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

Route: village Yantarny — Svetlogorsk.

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 sunstone is carried out. 

Amber is a business card of the Kaliningrad region. We will tell you all about amber. 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 mining is carried out in an open way, and where the path of stone from the earth to man begins. 

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

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

We will also take a walk around Yantarny and get acquainted with its history. Previously, Amber was called Palmniken. The decoration of the place is the ancient Lutheran church of 1892 and the building of the Schloss Hotel in 1881, built as the house of the owner of the mining enterprise 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 get acquainted with the sights of Svetlogorsk-Raushen. 

You will be fascinated by the ancient architecture of the resort of the late XIX- early XX centuries: private villas, boarding houses, 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". You will be led to the sea by terraced slopes, where a promenade was built near the water for the convenience of vacationers. 

Shopping, amber shops. 

18:00-18:30 End in Kaliningrad.

Room release. 

Excursion "Kaliningrad — fortress city", 5-6 hours.

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

11:00 boarding from the Kaliningrad hotel (Leninsky Prospekt, 81).

11:10 Fish village (Oktyabrskaya str., 4).

Fort No. 5 "King Frederick William III" and Fort No. 1 "Stein", Bunker 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. An exciting tour awaits you with a drive 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. 

You will also visit the outer line of defense of Konigsberg and visit two forts of the city of Kaliningrad. 

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 Fort No. 5 "King Frederick William III". At the end of World War II, Fort No. 5 became the site of fierce battles between the Soviet Red Army and German Nazi troops, and also witnessed the unparalleled courage of our Soviet soldiers during the storming of Konigsberg in April 1945. 

Our tour will end in the very center of the city at the bunker where the underground headquarters of the Konigsberg garrison was located at the end of the war. Here an agreement was reached on the surrender of the German troops. 

The situation of the headquarters was preserved in the bunker at the time of the surrender of the German garrison on April 9, 1945. The atmosphere and circumstances of this most important event in the annals of our victory have been recreated. 

Visiting the bunker on your own is optional. Tickets are purchased in the bunker at the museum's ticket office. 

16:30-17:00 End in Kaliningrad. 

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