Excursion from Kaliningrad to the Amber Coast, Yantarny and Svetlogorsk
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Excursion from Kaliningrad to the Amber Coast, Yantarny and Svetlogorsk

Free cancellation
Language: Russian
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: up to 8 hours
Do this because
  • Travel by a comfortable bus to the shores of the Baltic sea
  • Enjoy the village of Yantarny, where amber has been mined since the middle Ages
  • Visit Becker Park, where rare species of trees grow
  • Discover Svetlogorsk, a town of long sandy beaches and with a unique atmosphere of a fairy tale
What to expect

A journey to the magnificent world of the sunny stone: Yantarny settlement, globally famous for being the largest amber deposit on earth.

During your trip, you will learn everything about the mining, the treatment and the incredible features of the sunniest stone on Earth. You will also have a chance to visit the observation deck of the Amber Plant quarry. The site shows an incredible view of the quarry from the height of fifty meters. You will see the Amber Pyramid made of 800 kg of amber, an Amber Tree and the Knight of the Teutonic Order. Visitors will be able to experience the life of amber miners by mining some amber in a special sandpit. Men can wear a medieval knight armor and women can dress in costumes of medieval Prussian ladies. You will see the landmarks of Yantarny: the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, a town square with craftsmen and various gift shops, a promenade and the Anna mine.

The settlement of Yantarny is famous for its Becker park, offering a pleasant walk in any season. The park was named after Moritz Becker, who bought a mine in Palmnicken (now Yantarny) in 1881 and started Stantien & Becker with his partner, Wilhelm Stantien. That was the beginning of the industrial production of amber. The German manufacturer laid out the park in May 21, 1881 on the site of a garden with linden, red-leaf beeches, sycamore maple trees, oak trees, chestnut trees, silver poplars, elm trees and ash trees. Becker's son brought rare trees from Japan and America: the Japanese crimson, larches, Sitka spruces, Weymouth pines, as well as the North American Tulip tree, unique in its beauty, which became the symbol of the park.

Your excursion will continue to Svetlogorsk, a small resort town that has maintained its charm untouched. Here the past and present, German and Russian cultures, the uniqueness of nature and the creations of human hands are intertwined together.

Finally, you will walk through the most beautiful and cozy resorts of the Kaliningrad coast, the town of Svetlogorsk. You will learn the legends and history of this town. In any weather, it is pleasant to walk through its streets with old buildings. Almost all the houses look like in a fairy tale: red tiled roofs, turrets and weathervanes.

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What's included
  • check Transport
  • check Guide services services
  • check Entrance tickets to the observation deck of the quarry of the Amber combine
What's not included
  • x_not_included Tickets to the Museum of the World ocean
  • x_not_included Entrance to the exhibition "Amber living room"
Where

Ulitsa Oktyabr'skaya, 8, Kaliningrad, Kaliningradskaya oblast', Russia, 236006

Meeting point:
Please find the information about the number of your travel bus on the window of the tour operator's office located at Oktyabrskaya 8, the entrance to the office is on the side of the building facing the river. Your guide will then wait for you in the bus.
What to remember
  • In accordance with Resolution No. 383 of 06/30/21 of the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, only persons vaccinated against COVID-19 or those with PCR tests received no earlier than 72 hours before the start of the excursion are allowed to attend group excursions (except for children under 18).
    When buying an excursion and boarding the bus, you must have your supporting documents printed and ready to show to the tour leader. Persons with no documents mentioned above are not allowed on the bus. When boarding the bus, thermometry (temperature measurement) will be carried out. Tourists are not allowed without a mask.
  • You can find the number of your coach on the lists which are posted at the entrance to the agency at the meeting point
  • Several coaches depart at the same time: to make sure you don’t accidentally leave for another excursion, please carefully consult the lists and do not board the first bus you see
  • The coaches will be waiting on Oktyabrskaya street next to the office building
  • Boarding the coaches ends 5 minutes before departure
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Provider
Unona
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

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