Gastronomic tour to Kaliningrad

We have breakfast at the hotel in the morning and set ourselves up for a very eventful, beautiful day! We are waiting for a sightseeing tour of Kaliningrad, the former Konigsberg, the center of East Prussia.

We will walk around the city and see all the main sights of Kaliningrad: University Square, the ruins of the Royal Castle, Kant's grave, synagogue, sculpture Alley, Wooden and Honey Bridges.

Let's take a walk around Kneiphof Island, located right in the center of Kaliningrad, and find out how it developed and who its most famous inhabitants are. We will be able to understand the character of the city and immerse ourselves in its interesting Russian-German history.

We will also attend an organ mini-concert in the stunningly beautiful Cathedral. The largest organ in Russia is located here, and together with the choral organ it forms the only organ complex in the country.

After the concert, we are expected to attend a gastronomic master class, where we will prepare Baltic cuisine dishes under the guidance of a chef. For an aperitif, meat and fish appetizers are waiting for us, accompanied by a glass of sparkling wine!

Then we will prepare a spicy pelamis stroganina with a signature sauce, pickled onions and crispy croutons. Let's taste this dish with a glass of fresh white wine.

We will also prepare a fragrant lamb loin with pomegranate sauce and young asparagus, which we will serve on the table with a glass of full-bodied red wine. Enjoy it!

After lunch, we go to see the preserved Lutheran church of the 14th century and the restored Order castle of the 13th century, which was proudly called the "Great Russian Embassy", and Peter I and Catherine the Great visited its walls. There will be a guided tour in the castle.

After the tour, we are already expected to have a cheese tasting at the family-owned craft cheese factory, which is located here in the historical ensemble.

The cheese factory produces 12 varieties of cheese and is aged for up to a year on average. The factory also produces handmade chocolates. We will be told and shown how cheese is made and matures, what conditions are needed for this, and due to which each type of cheese has its own flavor.

And then we will head to the tasting room, where we will try different varieties of cheese. We'll taste handmade chocolate too!

After the cheese factory, we will go to the ancient German brewery, once the largest in East Prussia!

During the tour, we will find ourselves in one of the rooms of the old factory, where modern production is now located, and descend into the dungeons of Konigsberg.

And, of course, we'll learn all about how beer is brewed, how malt grows, what it tastes like, what hops look like, and what types of hops there are.

We will end the tour with a tasting of five varieties of freshly brewed beer!

In the evening we return to our cozy hotel and relax. Fresh Baltic sea air awaits us tomorrow!

Today, after breakfast at our hotel, we will leave for the Curonian Spit National Park, the highlight of the Kaliningrad region!

Sand dunes, snow—white sand, forests inhabited by moose and wild boars, the sea on one side and the bay on the other.

We alternate small walks with traveling by minibus. We will learn the history of the dunes, admire them from the heights of Muller and Eph and walk through the mysterious Dancing Forest.

Then we go to the resort town of Zelenogradsk, formerly the German city of Kranz. Beautiful old villas, sea air and beautiful views!

And we immediately head for lunch to the Baltic cuisine restaurant, which is located in the building of the former German Post Office of the 19th century!

The chef will offer us to try his author's recipes from local products. First, we will taste the Baltic creamy fish soup with salmon and walleye.

For the hot meal, the chef will serve us a famous dish from the cuisine of Eastern Prussia - Koenigsberg klops made from beef, fragrant venison and tender fillet of Baltic herring. Contrast and originality in every piece!

And it's time to taste branded tinctures of our own production, which will be served with perfect gastronomic pairs!

Cherry with cinnamon, Marzipan, Black currant and Borodino — let's try it! Which one did you like the most?

After lunch, we will walk along the main street with Prussian houses and along the promenade along the sea. The walk takes us back to the heyday of Kranz, where the Königsbergers were improving their health.

We will see the water tower, taste the water from the Queen Louise pump room and understand why Zelenogradsk bears the title of "capital of cats".

Later in the evening we are going to Svetlogorsk, the most central resort of the "Russian Baltic"!

It looks more like European resorts with their high-quality service, first-class hotels and leisurely strolling tourists.

Let's go to dinner! We will be waiting in the chamber restaurant, which serves fish delicacies and traditional German cuisine.

For an aperitif, we will be served sprat paste with tapioca chips.

In the second course, we will try halibut steak with berblanc sauce.

The dishes are accompanied by aromatic German Riesling wine.

We will finish the dinner with a traditional apple strudel served with ice cream with Borodino bread.

After dinner, we check into a modern 4* spa hotel in the center of Svetlogorsk.

The hotel opened in 2021 and is located 5 minutes from the waterfront.

We will spend two nights here.

Today, after breakfast at our hotel, we will go to explore Svetlogorsk.

We will take a walk and see the city together with a local guide, who will conduct an eventful tour for us.

A leisurely walk will take about two hours. Winding through the narrow streets, let's talk about the historical value of this place, about the traditions and distinguished guests of the elite German resort.

There will also be places of worship: a water tower, sculptures and the world's largest sundial.

Then we leave for Yantarny, the only place in the world where commercial amber mining is carried out.

We will visit the interactive museum of the amber plant and learn more about the extraction of amber, its properties and how to distinguish the original from a fake.

There is also a unique amber museum-restaurant in Yantarny! The restaurant is incredibly beautiful, and amber is literally everywhere: it is used not only in the decoration of facades and interiors, but even in the decoration of dishes here they adhere to the "amber theme".

For the first course, we will try a salad with smoked Baltic eel and chuka seaweed with a glass of white wine made from Pinot Grigio grapes.

As the main course, we will be served Baltic walleye with smoked eel sauce with confit potatoes and dried cherries.

Dessert time! Let's try the signature "lingonberry symphony" on a poppy seed sponge cake with a light white chocolate cream. It's impossible to break away!

After lunch, we will visit the only Blue Flag beach in Russia, which is wide, clean, and equipped.

Enjoy the fresh sea air of the Baltic Sea!

Then we are going to the westernmost city of Russia — Baltiysk! In the past, the formidable German citadel of Pillau.

We are waiting for a trip to the Baltic Sea by speedboat!

We will look at the warships, admire the elegant German buildings and feed the swans. We will also find out what events took place here, and why Baltiysk was closed for a long time.

In the evening we return to Svetlogorsk and go to dinner! Renowned chef Rustam Tangirov, executive president of the St. Petersburg Chefs Club and a regular presenter of culinary programs on TV, will offer us to try dishes from local products.

The first course will be served Baltic tapas, which are mini snacks with smoked eel, lightly salted walleye, sprat and horse mackerel on Estonian toasted bread.

For the second course, we will try trout steak with beetroot risotto and spinach leaves, accompanied by a delicate dry wine made from Verdejo grapes.

And for dessert, a cheesecake made of fried chocolate in velour with meringue and meringue.

After dinner, we return to our hotel and relax after a busy day!

You will have free time after breakfast today.

You can relax in the spa complex at our hotel or relax on the equipped beach.

Or take a walk through beautiful Svetlogorsk: walk along the boardwalk and breathe the Baltic Sea air.

Then we leave for the airport, happy and full of new experiences!

Have a great journey, and see you soon in new bright journeys!