Individual excursion: Baltiysk, Yantarny, Svetlogorsk

Baltic - the westernmost city of Russia

Since the 30s of the XX century, the city of Pillau, today Baltiysk, became a naval base of Germany on the Baltic Sea. This status he retained in Soviet-Russian times. We will go to the city of military sailors, which is gradually turning into a popular beach holiday destination on the Baltic Sea coast. During a walking tour in the historical center of Baltiysk, we will visit the main sights of the city (without visiting): - the citadel "Swedish Fortress", founded in 1626 - the Reformed Church (1866) - the court building (1903, now the Museum of the Baltic Fleet) - the gymnasium of the city of Pillau (1906, now the Sailor Club) - the Golden Anchor Hotel (built in the 30s of the XX century, where Adolf Hitler held a rally in the war) You will see ships standing at the piers along the shipping channel and the sea strait (1816) and the monument to Peter I. If you wish, you can take a boat ride and see everything from the water, it is insanely exciting.

Amber - the world capital of amber

The history of Palmniken (the so-called formerly Amber) is the history of the working village. You will learn how the production of amber developed. The Palmniken Center has preserved the architectural heritage of that time: the Lutheran Church (church) (1892); the Schloss Hotel (1881), built as the house of the owner of the mining complex M. Becker; residential buildings of the late XIX – early XX centuries – the Amber Manufactory store. You will be taken directly to the production halls, where you can see the entire process of processing amber manually. – Through the park, founded by Maurice Becker, we will go to the Amber Beach – the widest beach of the Baltic coast, which once again received the Blue Flag award. Opportunity to dine right on the beach with a view of the gorgeous beach.

Svetlogorsk - a picturesque resort with architecture of the late XIX century

Svetlogorsk (German Raushen) is a delightful place of the Kaliningrad coast, a famous sea and climatic resort with unique resort architecture of the late XIX – early XX centuries and vegetable splendor. This small town with toy houses and green streets hovers over the excited Baltic Sea and gives peace and magical clean air.

During the walking tour, you will see the most beautiful corners of Svetlogorsk: - larch park with a sculptural work "Bringing Water" by German sculptor Herman Brachert, which became one of the symbols of the resort; - water tower (height 25 m) and adjacent to it rotundal building of the water mud hospital (1900-1908) - a complex of Kurhaus buildings (Resort House) (1901); was famous for the fact that in 1929 the German writer Thomas Mann - an organ hall in the reconstructed cinema hall of the XIX century - a new house of the "Marthillion" and the "Zakovakovodiya" - a new monastery of the X-star of the X years - a new hotel - a new house of the X-stars.

We will visit the westernmost city of Russia, where the largest naval base on the Baltic Sea is located, see the “Swedish Fortress”, founded in 1626. Get acquainted with Amber, a village that stores more than 90% of the world's amber reserves. In the fabulous Svetlogorsk immersed in the atmosphere of the late XIX century with unique architecture, for more than 200 years it has been called the "Pearl of the Baltic".