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The Curonian Spit presents a variety of landscapes: sand dunes, coniferous By bus: Tourist Information Center: forests and pine groves. From one side the Spit is washed by the , Svetlogorsk, Karla Marxa str., 7a from the other by the Curonian Lagoon. The beaches stretching along the Spit To the Curonian Spit: (40153) 2 20 98 have clear fine crystal sand. Sand grains’ structure and size are so peculiar, that From – route 593 Kaliningrad – – Morskoe (bus station when you step on the sand it gives a distinctive whistle, which is the reason why Yuzhniy and Severniy) and route Kaliningrad – Klaipeda (International bus Bicycle rental: the sand here is called “singing sand”. You can rest and swim at the sea beaches near the settlements Lesnoy, station on Moskovskiy prospekt, 184). Yantarny, Ploschad masterov Rybachiy, Morskoe and the holiday camp “Dunes” on the 7th, 14th and 42nd From Svetlogorsk – route 596 Svetlogorsk – Zelenogradsk – Morskoe (railroad Settlement Lesnoy – Tourist Information Center kilometers of the Spit. station). Settlement Ribachiy – Tourist Information Center There is a promenade with cafes on the beach in the settlement Lesnoy. There From Zelenogradsk – route 296 Zelenogradsk – Morskoe (railroad station). Settlement Morskoe – Tourist Information Center are many guest houses, holiday camps and hotels, as well as small shops where you can buy fresh or smoked To Zelenogradsk: Diving-center “Demersus” Route 140, 114, 141 (bus station Yuzhniy and Severniy). Every 30 minutes. fish. The nearest sights are the Yantarny, Ozernaya str., 1 King’s pine forest (4,5 km) and +7 (906) 217-58-79 To Svetlogorsk: the museum complex Curonian [email protected] Routes 118, 125 (bus station Yuzhniy and Severniy). Every 15 minutes. Spit National Park (3 km). www.demersus.ru The settlement Rybachiy has To Yantarny: beautiful wide beaches. The road Route 120 (bus station Yuzhniy and Severniy). Every hour. there runs through a pine forest. Diving club “Poseidon” You can rent a water scooter in Kaliningrad Trading Center “Staraya bashnya”, pavilion 43 To : the Altrimo Hotel. The nearest +7 (4012) 77-26-71 sights are the Muller’s height (2 Route 162 (bus station Yuzhniy, bus stop on Teatralnaya str., near the Drama +7906 238 63 06 Theatre). Every 45 minutes. km) and the Dancing forest (4 [email protected] km). www.sinyavka.ru The settlement Morskoe is the farthest settlement in the Russian part of the Curonian Spit. There is one of the highest dunes in Europe not far from Morskoe - dune Orekhovaya (Petsch). Its By train: peak (64 m) was called Epha’s height in honor of forester Franz Epha who studied dunes and dedicated his research to finding the ways of stopping them To Zelenogradsk – from Severniy and Yuzhniy vokzal (every 2 hours), route from moving. From the viewing platforms you can enjoy all the beauty of the Kaliningrad – Svetlogorsk (through Zelenogradsk) Curonian Spit landscapes: sea, lagoon, open white dunes, moving sands, To Svetlogorsk – from Severniy and Yuzhniy vokzal (every 2 hours), route forests, cozy houses in the settlement Morskoe. There is a splendid beach near Kaliningrad - Svetlogorsk (through Zelenogradsk) the lagoon where water warms up to 27°С in summer. To Baltiysk – from Yuzhniy vokzal (every 3 hours), route Kaliningrad - Baltiysk.

By car:

To the Curonian Spit: Drive from Nevskogo str. Travel time to the beginning of the Curonian Spit – 30 minutes, to the settlement Morskoe – 80 minutes. Car stops are allowed only in settlements and at equipped parking lots. Important: you have to pay a fee to enter the Curonian Spit. For motorcar – 250 rubles, for each passenger – 30 rubles, children younger than 16 – free of charge.

To Zelenogradsk: drive from Nevskogo str. Travel time – 20 minutes. The nearest sights are the Epha’s height (2 km) and Lake Lebed (2 km). To Svetlogorsk: drive from Sovetskiy prospekt. Travel time – 50 minutes. Tourist route

To Yantarny: drive from Prospekt Pobedy through Primorsk or from Sovetskiy prospekt through Pereslavskoe. Travel time – 60 minutes. “From one Spit to another” To Baltiysk: drive from Prospekt Pobedy. Travel time – 50 minutes. Regional Tourism Information Center 236000, Kaliningrad, Prospekt Mira, 4 Beach resorts are the trademark of the Kaliningrad region. They acquired their tel: 8(4012) 555-200 great reputation thanks to the magnificent coastline, stretching for almost 150 fax: 8(4012) 957-980 km – from the Curonian Spit to the Baltic Spit. Every part of the Kaliningrad e-mail: [email protected] seaside is unique and unmatched in its own way. www.visit-kaliningrad.ru We will start our journey with Curonian Spit National Park. We will walk along its ecological beaches and then will head north of the peninsula Sambia to walk along the promenades of resort towns Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorks. Then we Agency for Tourism will head south to the coastline of town Yantarniy, where people collect amber of the Kaliningrad Region and catch favorable wind on surfing desks and sailing yachts. Lastly, we will e-mail: [email protected] come to the wide beaches of Baltiysk and the Baltic Spit, half-wide nature of tourism.gov39.ru which will leave you in amazement. YA

NEMAN 2 Zelenogradsk SEVERNA 5 Yantarny Morskoe L I T H U A N I A

Rybachiy In this resort town you can walk along the beautiful e s p l a n a d e , t o w n ’ s p r o m e n a d e w i t h a n Curonian Spit SOVETSK extended beach and a big park, which merges with 1 the pine forest outside the NEMAN town. The beach is covered SVETLOGORSK 2 Lesnoy with fine bleached sand, 4 c h a n g i n g t o s e a c o a s t PIONERSKIY ZELENOGRADSK dunes. The bottom terrain of the sea at the coastline 3 is flat and even. There is a 5 p u m p r o o m a t t h e YANTARNY p r o m e n a d e , w h e r e Orlovka everybody can satisfy their thirst with a cup of healing table water The widest beach of the Kaliningrad region coastline is located in a small and “Zelenogradskaya”. The town’s beach runs along the promenade. cozy town Yantarniy. The town is well landscaped and boasts a great number of

The trademark of the beach resort in Zelenogradsk is so-called “skovorodka” Kholmogorovka active leisure possibilities. The beach is equipped with sun loungers and straw (frying pan) – a beach, closed from the wind from the sea-side by the dunes. umbrellas. You can rest and have a drink or meal in a nearby restaurant- PRIMORSK GURYEVSK Initially, the local residents considered “skovorodka” as a perfect place for Instruch bungalow, built in the form of a Roman Galley. There is a sports venue on the sunbathing and outdoor games, but recently it has become the venue for beach KALININGRAD beach, where regional and international competitions of beach football and volleyball world cup (July-August) and open air festival of electronic music Primorskaya volleyball have taken place for several years already. Moreover, this part of the Bay “Amber Beach” (August). 6 DEYMA seaside is very popular among local surfers due to ever present wind. SVETLY PREGOL We also recommend you to rent a bicycle in the center of the town and ride to BALTIYSK PREGOL Talpaki YA YA Lake Sinyavino, which is a flooded quarry 30 m deep. A forest, narrow-gauge railway, certain technical constructions were left underwater. Under the guidance of local diving clubs, you can make a test dive or go to an underwater Lava Znamensk Golubaya 3 Pionerskiy trip.

Vistula Spit

Pionerskiy is situated on a 6 Baltiysk h i g h 3 0 - m e t e r c o a s t , Kurortnoe where opens a magnificent OZYORSK v i e w o n t h e B a l t i c coastline. There is the Legend Baltiysk is the most western town in longest sea promenade in . There is a big sea port and Hotels the Kaliningrad region ZHELEZNODOROZHNY terminal. There are also two beaches in Roads (about 2 km). From the the town. The first one spreads along the beach you can get to the Railway monument to Catherine the Great. It is settlement Zaostrovye, 5 Route points wide with even bottom, but it’s very deep adjoining Pionerskiy. The P O L A N D at the coast. If you are not fond of hot s t a t e r e s i d e n c e o f t h e weather, then this place will definitely Russian Federation has s u i t yo u , a s yo u c a n g o t o g ra s s y been recently built here. A meadows from the beach, covered with yacht marina and tourist trees and bushes, and hide from the r e c r e a t i o n a l c o m p l e x heat. The second beach is situated on the “ P r u s s i a n v i l l a g e ” a r e Three of the seven slopes lead to the territory of the tourist complex “Baltic planned to be built in the town’s promenade, where cafés, seaside”, where you can walk along the future. Fans of volleyball 4 Svetlogorsk bars, outdoor and indoor restaurants promenade of the unique Siberian larch, and outdoor games will are open from spring to autumn. At have a refreshing beach cocktail in one of appreciate the size of the nights open air discos are held for the the numerous cafes or have fun in one of local beach. One of the residents and guests of Svetlogorsk. the open air parties, which are very sights of the town is the popular in summer. The town is situated on a high bold coast. Seven slopes and a ropeway lead to the H e r e y o u c a n a l s o r e n t w a t e r Stone of Lies – a gigantic Lovers of untouched nature can visit the sea. The beach in Svetlogorsk is not homogeneous, as sand and pebble scooters. stone, cracked into two Baltic Spit by ferry, which departs from interchange with each other. In hot weather the beach is quite crowded on In the hottest hours (from 12.00 to u n e v e n p i e c e s . I t i s the town’s quay at the monument to weekends, as it is probably the most popular beach resort in the Kaliningrad 16.00), when sunbathing is not situated on the coast of the . The Baltic Spit is a place region. The water here is clean and clear. Sometimes sea weed wash ashore – recommended, you can take a ride on river Chistaya near the with marvelous nature, which is as magnificent as its elder sister the Curonian they actively produce iodine in the sun, which is well assimilated by the human a bicycle or roller skates along the r a i l w a y P i o n e r s k i y - Spit. Most of the plants here are included in the Red List. The width of the organism and is healthy for thyroid. The water temperature of the sea in town, you can rent them in the center Svetlogorsk. It is said, that of the town. beaches with soft fine sand reaches 30-40 m. a liar won’t be able to pass Svetlogorsk is always on 0.5-1°С lower than in Zelenogradsk due to deeper between the two cracked water and different direction of the stream. parts.