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Kaliningrad city
Kant Island, forts, city gates and Amalienau villas — traces of Königsberg.
Kaliningrad cityKönigsberg Cathedral and Kant IslandA 14th-century Gothic cathedral on an island in the Pregolya river — the heart of old Königsberg and the burial place of Immanuel Kant.
Kaliningrad cityFishing VillageA newly built quarter styled after pre-war Königsberg on the Pregolya: half-timbered houses, a promenade and a lighthouse tower with views of the cathedral.
Kaliningrad cityMuseum of the World OceanRussia’s only museum devoted entirely to the ocean: the research vessel Vityaz, a walk-through submarine, a giant whale skeleton and aquariums.
Kaliningrad cityAmber Museum in Dohna TowerThousands of pieces and inclusions with insects inside — in a red-brick 19th-century tower by the Upper Lake.
Kaliningrad cityKing’s GateThe most ornate of Königsberg’s city gates, with statues of kings and a museum about Peter the Great’s Grand Embassy.
Kaliningrad cityFriedland GateA museum inside a city gate that best shows what Königsberg looked like before the war.
Kaliningrad cityAmalienau villa districtThe city’s most charming pre-war district: early-20th-century villas, leafy streets and the best cafés for a slow morning.
Kaliningrad cityKönigsberg Forts: Fort No. 5A ring of 19th-century brick forts surrounds the city. The best preserved, Fort No. 5, is an open-air museum.
Kaliningrad cityKaliningrad ZooOne of Russia’s oldest zoos (since 1896), with century-old trees, pre-war pavilions and sculptures.Coast
Svetlogorsk, Zelenogradsk, Yantarny and Baltiysk — resorts, promenades and amber beaches.
CoastSvetlogorsk (Rauschen)The prettiest Baltic resort: cliffs in pine forest, a promenade, a cable car and the old villas of former Rauschen.
CoastZelenogradsk (Cranz)The region’s oldest resort, with a wide beach, a new promenade and its famous cats.
CoastYantarny (Palmnicken)The village by the world’s largest amber deposit: a viewpoint over the open pit, the region’s best beach and an old park.
CoastBaltiysk (Pillau)Russia’s westernmost town: a lighthouse, warships, an equestrian statue of Empress Elizabeth and a ferry to the Vistula Spit.Curonian Spit
A sand strip between sea and lagoon: dunes, the Dancing Forest and bird migration. UNESCO.
Curonian SpitDancing ForestPines twisted into rings and spirals at km 37 of the Curonian Spit — the spit’s most famous spot.
Curonian SpitEfa HeightHuge dunes over 60 metres high with views of both the sea and the lagoon — the Baltic’s desert.
Curonian SpitFringilla Bird StationGiant 70-metre bird traps at km 23 of the spit, where thousands of migrating birds are ringed.
Curonian SpitRybachy (Rossitten)A quiet village on the Curonian Lagoon: a church, fishing boats, smoked fish and lagoon sunsets.East
Teutonic castles, the Neman, Trakehner horses and clear Lake Vishtynets.
EastChernyakhovsk (Insterburg)A 14th-century Teutonic castle, Trakehner horse studs and a quiet historic centre.
EastSovetsk (Tilsit)Home of the Treaty of Tilsit and Tilsiter cheese: the Queen Louise Bridge over the Neman and one of the region’s best-preserved streets.
EastRagnit Castle (Neman)Massive ruins of a Teutonic castle above the Neman — one of the region’s most impressive castles.
EastLake Vishtynets and Rominte ForestThe region’s clearest lake among hills and old forest — “Kaliningrad’s Switzerland”.Let us help with your trip
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