In “Vistytis” you will be offered boats and gear for fishing. It is also possible to rent a catamaran. +7-401-449-2691, +7-962-250-14-00

The Rominter Heath verges the west coast of the lake. These are ancient places, the forest here is relict and the river Krasnaya is fast and cold, with a lot of trout in it. You can stay at the rustic manor “Rominten”, fish in the ponds of the fishing park, ride a horse, or take a Russian steam-bath. +7 (921) 612 731, +7 (921) 265 40 42

Not far from settlement Chistye Prudy a rustic manor “Olen’” (“Deer”) is located. In the river Krasnaya you can be sure to catch a trout or orfe; and don’t forget to visit an exotic dappled deer farm. +7 (40144) 9-32-99 Regional Tourism Information Centre Krasonlesye region previously was the land of the emperor. About two hundred years ago this place was 4 Prospekt Mira St., tel.: 555-200 closed for men of mould. Today everyone can stay at www.visit-.ru the former house of king’s forester. Rustic manor of Sergey Zaets offers relaxation in comfortable rooms. The heart of the manor is no doubt the dining room, where the mistress treats guests with magnificent borsch and home-made cheese, cooked according to Tourist route her own formula! There are chickens and goats in the courtyard, and a boar in the cote. Slow walks towards «Rural tourism» the lakes and bicycle excursions to gigantic viaduct above the Rominter Heath are an essential part of your trip here. Rafting on canoe along the rivers Angrapa and Lava is organized for water trip fans. +7 (40157) 9-32-51

How to get there: From Kaliningrad to Curonian spit Route №593 Kaliningrad- -Morskoye (bus stations Yuzhniy vokzal and Severny vokzal) From Kaliningrad to Vistytis Route №582 and 526 Kaliningrad- Everyone gets tired from urban life and more often (every 4 hours) we are tempted by quiet places, where you can enjoy Route №345 Kaliningrad-, the calmness of forest, the redolence of fruit garden, (every 3 hours) the scent of field flowers and fresh mowing, the Route №523 Kaliningrad-Sovetsk singing of birds, drink a glass of fresh milk and (through ) (every 1,5 hours) become wholeheartedly wrapped up in hasteless and Routes №137, 148, and 121 calm rural life. This route will help you plan a tour Kaliningrad- (every hour) through rustic manors of the region or choose one Routes №506 and 516 Kaliningrad- manor and hide there from the bustle of everyday Krasnoznamensk life. And no matter where you will decide to go: to the All buses depart from Yuzhny Vokzal north, Curonian spit - kingdom of quietness and (South Railroad station), ul. calmness, or to the east, to old crystal clear Lake Zheleznodorozhnaya 29 Vistytis, or to “New Holland” - favourite region of fishermen and hunters, welcoming hosts are waiting for you. Enjoy your journey!

It is situated in an environmental friendly area, near a Bagrationovsk (ger. Preußisch Eylau) picturesque forestland, where almost all mushroom species We will start our journey from the frontier zone – (cep, aspen mushroom, honey fungus, chanterelles) and Bagrationovsk region. Hunting on wildfowl is widespread many bilberries, blackberries and cranberries grow. Those here and in the Lake Langer and Varshkayterskoe you can who like hunting will also find what to do. The most popular catch a roach or crucian carp. Admirers of gathering can pick activity is sport hunting on hoofed mammals, hares and berries and mushrooms in local forests. waterfowl. +7 (40158) 3-32-30; +7 (4012) 71-08-12 You can stay in Hutor Mushkino for a night, where everyone will find what suits him or her the most: hunting, fishing, Slavsk (ger. Heinrichswalde) walking along the beech grove alley, located in Klinbekskiy It is the favourite region of fishermen and hunters on wild forest park, or travelling developed routes on a bicycle or fowl. It was famous back in the 19th century, when high- quad bike. You can test yourself in skeet-shooting or master ranked and eminent people came here from Europe to rest the basics of golf and travel along the Kaliningrad bay on a from government affairs and to hunt. Hunting lodge “Pait” yacht or along the canals “Bulrush Venice” at the Balga was Kaiser Willhelm’s II favourite place for rest. Today, the peninsula on a motorboat. After a tiresome and full of region is still full of natural resources: vast wild forests, impressions day, taking a steam-bath is a must. You can untouched by human’s hand, the largest in the Kaliningrad taste exquisite meal of wildfowl’s meat, prepared on region and picturesque swamps, bottomland meadows, traditional recipes. numerous rivers, lakes, canals, still rich in fish and wildfowl, +7 (4012) 95-82-09 pollution-free air and water. +7 921 006 52 54, +7 962 254 25 75 +7 (4012) 45-29-60, +7 911 469 33 73

Curonian spit (ger. Kurische Nehrung) To ensure that rare plant and animal species won’t If you have decided to travel somewhere not far from disappear and preserve the unique natural complexes in Kaliningrad, go to Curonian spit. Many poets and writers, their original state, three state nature reserves were established: “Dyunny”, “Gromovsky” and “Zapovedny”. Only scientists and adventurers praised its exceptional nature. in quiet places like this, remote areas for people, you can The natural phenomenon of Curonian spit is that it’s the meet such rare bird species as erne, black stork and eagle largest barrier beach in the world and active dunes, created owl. by wind force, are its calling card. There is another place in Slavsk region, where after coming While walking along forest paths and picking mushrooms, once you will have the desire to visit it again. This place is a you can visit various unique places, such as Epha dune, Convent of martyr princess Elizabeth in settlement Dancing forest, Muller’s height, King’s forest and an Priozerye. There you can visit churches, venerate hallows, ornithological observatory, where ornithologists will tell you take a dip in three consecrated springs and come to worship about the observatory and show the process of bird cross, which entered Guinness record book. An ostrich farm banding. After that you can go fishing into the sea or bay, is also located here, where you can learn about the life of especially since there are a lot of fishing opportunities at these amazing birds. In the café, you can taste an omelet Curonian spit. Such companies as Morskaya Rybalka (+7 made from ostrich eggs and herbal tea with honey and jelly. (4012) 75-40-24, 50-95-53), Water-rest (+7 (4012) 77-09-27, There is a deer farm and children’s playground on the +7 962 261 00 40), and Anna Shulz Group Baltia (+7 (40150) territory of the monastery. You can stay for a night in one of 4-52-94, +7 963 290 64 15) not only will provide you a list of the monastic guest homes. boats, but also supply you with various fish-tackles and baits. +7 911 480 69 43, +7 911 495 51 98; A river walk or fishing can be organized by a comfortable [email protected] rustic fishing house Villa “Eliza Zarkau” with unique Krasnoznamensk (ger. Lasdehnen) historical atmosphere. After returning with a catch, you can The town is located in a picturesque valley of the Sheshupe cook ukha with smoke and then take a steam-bath. river comparted by a reinforced concrete slab left from an +7 (40150) 4-52-94, +7 963 290 64 15 old dam. The fish in the glowing with all the colors of the Usadba Brezhneva in settlement Sosnovka will not only rainbow artificial waterfall is easy to catch. There are a lot of provide comfortable rooms for living, but also organize an decorative and fruit trees in the town, cherry plums and unforgettable fishing or a trip on a motorboat and will grape grow in gardens among conventional trees. In the provide all necessary gear for fishing. centre there is a poplar park, where a monument in honor of +7 906 231 82 58 the soldiers died during the assault on Lasdehnen is installed. Fishing in the Neman and Sheshupe rivers and Polessk (ger. Labiau) lakes of the region for zanthe, pike, burbot, crucian carp, Next our journey continues on the north of our region, in European carp etc. is very entertaining. In any rustic manor, area full of rivers, canals and dams, to so-called “New where you might stay, it is possible to organize a horse ride, Holland”. It got such name because of its extraordinary a cycling and boat trip along the Neman and Sheshupe complex of water disposal system – a part of its territory is rivers. situated either below sea level or at the curb level. The guest In the guest house “Fazanya Ferma” (“Pheasant Farm”) you homes in the area are mainly for fishermen. can not only have a look at pheasants but also taste various dishes made of the fowl. In one of the most picturesque places of Polessk region +7 (40164) 2-21-30, +7 906 233 80 14 there is a manor “Gilge” situated in a cozy old German building at the coast of the river Matrosovka. Here you will Manor “Leskovo” offers an amazing rest in a village, where be supplied with everything necessary for fishing, from a silence of pristine nature is combined with comfortable boat or motor boat to a fish-hook. You will also be offered to conditions of modern hotel. The cuisine is based on local have a steam-bath on wood and later to relax at a fireplace, products. enjoying the meal made of freshly caught fish. And while the +7 (4012) 63-14-00, +7 909 775 99 23 adults explore the charm of rural life, children can play on Nesterov (ger. Stallupönen) the playground. So if perch, cod, pike, pike perch are much Our journey is coming to an end, as we enter the most more than words for you, then you should come here! remote district centre of the region. +7 (4012) 52-30-14 The gem of the region is Lake Vistytis, which sometimes is And if gathering berries and picking mushrooms or cycling called “European Baikal”. Born approximately 90 thousand attracts you more than fishing, then “Dom lesnika” (“The years ago during the ice age, the lake is refilled with water house of forester”) will suit you. from numerous springs and brooks. 22 fish spices live in the lake, including vendace, cisco, tench, burbot and others. Fishing fans can stay in local camp site.