Cities of the Baltic coast: Zelenogradsk, Svetlogorsk, Pioneersky, Baltiysk, Amber
Journey to kaliningrad And the Kaliningrad region resembles a box with a secret - the more you see, the more you want to learn and make new discoveries!
If you have already walked around Kaliningrad and seen it. highlightsIt is time to go on an unforgettable journey through the cities on the Baltic Sea coast.
Zelenograd
The distance from Kaliningrad to Zelenogradsk is 37 km, you can get to the resort by bus or taxi.
In Zelenogradsk still preserved the unique atmosphere of the pre-war city: cobbled streets, small mansions of German architects, shady alleys.
Guests of the resort are waiting for dozens of hotels, hostels, sanatoriums and boarding houses for every taste all year round. Spacious sandy beaches stretch along the entire coast of Zelenogradsk, you can walk and breathe air from the Baltic on an elegant promenade with a length of more than 1 km.
The former name of the town - Kranz - for many decades it remained a small village where fishermen lived.
In the nineteenth century, Kranz began to develop as a resort with hydrotherapy, therapeutic mud, healing sea air.
Attractions:
Interesting museums of Zelenogradsk - "Murarium" in the building of the former water tower; local history museum in an ancient mansion (the former villa of lawyer Max Krell); in the "House of Angels" a unique collection of celestial creatures is collected; in contrast to angels you can visit the unusual, but not terrible Museum of Skulls and Skeletons.
Buffet "Queen Louise" with slightly mineralized water is located on the promenade, it serves as a kind of border of western and eastern beaches.
To visit Zelenogradsk means to go to the Curonian Spit. From Zelenogradsk there are excursions along the ecological routes "Dancing Forest" and "Height of Efa".
Svetlogorsk
The former name of the city is Rauschen. In Soviet times, the city received the unofficial title of North Sochi because of the numerous holidaymakers who attacked the local beaches.
Attractions:
Svetlogorsk attractionsThese are sculptures miraculously preserved during World War II:nymphand "The Girl Carrying Water"Mr. Bracherta, “Frog princessO. Melekhova.
Beautifully spectacular descent to the beach -serpentineIt was built in the 1930s by German architects.
Hydromedical towers The unofficial architectural symbol of Svetlogorsk was built more than a hundred years ago, when the resort of Raushen was at its peak. The clock was built into the tower by sculptor N. Frolov in the 1980s.
In Svetlogorsk preserved Kirkh Raushen - now the temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov.
Pioneer
The resort city and ice-free seaport in the Baltic, is located between Svetlogorsk and Zelenogradsk. The former name is Neukuren.
It is pleasant to be here and relax comfortably: numerous old streets with cozy houses of the early twentieth century, picturesque green squares and parks, equipped walkways for running, promenade along the sea, a long sandy beach.
Attractions:
The Stone of Lies is a huge rock on the banks of the Pure River, which consists of two parts. Legend says that only an honest person can walk between two halves, otherwise he is destined to be crushed.
The Cheek Stone is another huge boulder in the Rose Gorge.
City Historical and Archaeological Museum "Rantava" - there are interesting exhibitions and expositions dedicated to the history of the region and its inhabitants.
The arch of lovers is installed in a pine forest, the sketch was developed by master E. Oganesyan.
Monuments to fishermen - one sculpture is located on Parkova Street, the second - at the intersection of the Railway Station and Shamanov.
Baltic
The westernmost city of our country, previously closed to the public. Until 1946 it was called Pillau.
The largest Russian naval base on the Baltic Sea is located in Baltiysk.
Attractions:
Mandatory to visit the Pillau Fortress; Military Harbor; Sea Boulevard; Elizabeth Fort; Ruins of the ancient knightly castle of Lochstedt; the oldest lighthouse in the Baltic.
Others baltic:St. George Maritime Cathedral.Monument to Gottild Hagen.Water tower of infantry barracksSculpture. Women with children.
On the Baltic Spit (the narrow strip of land that separates the Kaliningrad and Gdansk bays) - you can enjoy beautiful views, walk along the sandy beaches, and study history: there is the Southern Mall, the Western Fort, the abandoned Neutif airport, the remaining German anti-aircraft batteries, the Museum "Old Lunet".
Amber
The city was founded in 1654, until 1947 it was called Palmniken.
Amber is located on the coast of the Gulf of Gdansk, the main sectors of the economy are tourism and industrial amber mining (in these parts up to 90% of the world’s amber reserves are concentrated).
Attractions:
Tourists in Amber have a unique opportunity to become prospectors and take part in the extraction of this unique stone. Travelers can see the quarry of the Primorsky deposit, the Amber Pyramid and learn to distinguish fakes from real stones.
The beach in Yantarny is considered the widest in the Kaliningrad region. For the first time in Russia, two local beaches received the honorary international Blue Flag award.
Guests of Amber are waiting for a walk through the ancient streets and the unique Moritz Becker Dendropark (was founded in 1881).
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