Option 1. Excursion "A walk through Gvardeysk and Tapiau Castle".
Route: Gvardeysk.
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 visit the charming town of Gvardeysk, which has preserved the main signs and colors of the old town of Tapiau: the market square, the town hall with a musical clock, the church of the XVIII century and the typical urban development for these places.
And the history of many cities here began with the founding of a castle-fortress by the knights of the Teutonic Order in the Middle Ages. In the preserved part of Tapiau Castle, you will be transported to the past, rich in vivid events and famous names of the guests of Tapiau Fortress.
In Tapiau, he met the end of the war in 1945. the Soviet poet and war correspondent A.T. Tvardovsky, it is here that he will complete the poem "Vasily Terkin".
You will see a monument to the beloved hero. The city is also known as the birthplace of the German artist Lovis Korinth, famous for his monumental paintings on mythological and religious themes.
He is considered the last major portrait painter of Germany in the second half of the 19th–early 20th century.
Lunch is optional for an additional fee.
The duration of the tour is 5-6 hours.
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Option 2. Kaliningrad Fortress City tour.
Route: Kaliningrad
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.