Excursion "Walk around Guards and Tapiau Castle" November-March

You will visit the charming town of Guardeisk, which has preserved the main signs and flavor of the old city of Tapiau: the market square, the town hall with a musical clock, the church of the XVII century and the typical urban development for these places. And the history of many cities here began with the foundation of the Teutonic Order by the knights in the Middle Ages of the castle-fortress.

In the preserved part of Tapiau Castle you will be transported to the past, rich in bright events and big names of guests of the Tapiau fortress. In Tapiau 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 popularly beloved hero.

The city is also known as the birthplace of the German artist Lovis Corinth, famous for his monumental paintings on mythological and religious themes. He is considered the last major portrait painter of Germany of the second half of the XIX - early XX century. You will get acquainted with the work of L. Corinth in the house of his parents, which became the new museum of the city. Lunch on request for a surcharge.

During the tour we will visit the castle "Tapiau", walk through the market square framed by ancient buildings, the town hall with a musical clock, the church (1502).

Here he met the end of the war A.T. Tvardovsky, who wrote the popular poem “Vasily Terkin”.

You will see the building of the editorial office of the front-line newspaper, where the poem was finished, and a monument to the soldier Vasily Terkin. In the city of Tapiau was born the famous German artist Lovis Corinth. Visit to the museum of the artist L. Corinth.

• transportation and sightseeing
• entrance tickets

In addition, the following are paid:

• Lunch for a surcharge of 550 rubles.