National Park Curonian Spit Kaliningrad Photo. Curonian Cos

This is a narrow sand strip, a length of 98 kilometers, which stretches from the town of Zelenogradsk in Russia to the city of Klaipeda in Lithuania and shares Curchase Bay from Baltic Sea, Spit belongs to both countries.

For more than 200 years is one of the favorite tourist places Not only for Russians and Lithuanians, but also for other European peoples. The width of the braid ranges from 400 meters to 4 kilometers and is a longest sandy beach, which is covered with a thin layer of vegetation.

The special climate of the terrain allows you to relax from May to November. Despite the small territory of the Spit, it is rich in unique nature, here, along with movable and fixed sand dunes, pine, fir forests and moss-covered meadows are located.

How to get to the Curonian Spit?You can get to the Curonian braid with a car, or by air. In order to get through the air, you must fly to the city of Kaliningrad, the flight from Moscow will cost $ 89 and will take 2 hours, flight from Kiev with one transplant in St. Petersburg will cost $ 172 and will take 8 hours. From Kaliningrad to the town of Zelenogradsk, from where the Curonian Spit is just 32 kilometers.

If you go by car, you can make a real journey with a visit to Lithuania and Latvia. The route can be built as follows:

On the spit itself, 3 villages are located on the territory of Russia: forest, fisheries and sea, the total population does not exceed 1,500 people.

There are several accommodation options on the Curonian Spit..

The average cost of living in guest House It ranges from $ 7, the cost of living in a hotel ranges from $ 55.

Also possible accommodation in the private sector, for example, rent a two-bedroom apartment in the village of Fisherman will cost $ 45 per day.

Since 1987, the Curonian Spit has been a state natural national park, entry paid, but prices are not high. Entry on a passenger car will be $ 7, on a cargo car - $ 14, on a motorcycle - $ 3.50. Tourists who arrive on buses pay - $ 1.

Tourism in the Curonian Spit First of all, it is represented by pedestrian tourist routes, they are only 6 and all are equipped with information shields, cards and pointers. With each of them you should get to know the more details.

1. . The route with a length of almost 3 kilometers is interesting because this plot was never subject to cutting down, and its history has more than 1,000 years, here you will meet the age-old coniferous trees, the giant Tui and the heirs of Prussic Sokolov, the latter of which were specially grown for royal hunting.

this is an ornithological station, which was founded in the 10th century, it serves to study bird flights and be on the spot of their ringing. The route is only 0.5 kilometers, but the excursion for the station will open you a New Look on the "kingdom of birds".

3. The route of a 3.5 kilometer standing near the glacial island Racitis and ends on the observation platform, which is located at an altitude of 44.4 meters above sea level and opens a panoramic view of water expanses.

4. "Efa height."This route is significant in that it takes place in the limit of the famous sand dunes, which are among the highest in Europe and reaches 60 meters in height, the highest of them - the height of Efa, which reaches 64 meters.

On this route, the length of which 4 kilometers is also an observation deck, which is located at an altitude of 55 meters above sea level, offering a beautiful view of the bay, sand dunes, meadows and panoramic views of the lake Swan.

The length of the route is only 0.8 kilometers, but it opens up a view of an amazing pine forest, whose trees are wondering and the impression is that the forest is dancing.

The most important attraction of the sand stripes are the Dunes of the Curonian Spit, they were formed at the expense of the waves that bring sand ashore.

This process has been lasting for over a thousand years, there are dunes that stand still, and there are also those who are constantly moving, creating not small problems for the local population. Nevertheless, this is an amazing phenomenon of nature, at the same time you watch the life of the two seas, one of which consists of water, and another of the sand.

On the Curonian Kosh Excursions have long been held and all tours are organized, most often from Kaliningrad. The average price for one day excursions will be $ 30. Thus, you will not need to worry about transport and organizational moments.

This is a place where you can just wander, enjoy nature and fresh air, every corner of the braid is a separate natural attraction and does not always need an explanation of the guide.

There are also some rules that need to be remembered during the rest in the Curonian Spit, they are all aimed at the fact that it would not be harmful to nature and not affect the value of this area.

In particular, it is forbidden to collect berries, mushrooms, destroy vegetation, breed fires, is also forbidden to walk along the dunes (except for specially designated places) and hunting is strictly prohibited. The area is equipped with a biotage and garbage tanks, so adhere to the established rules simple enough.

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Curonian Spit is the most picturesque and rich place in the Kaliningrad region. Here is beautiful nature, excellent beaches With sampling sands, wild animals, dunes and a lot of interesting things.

The Curonian Spit is a narrow landline of Sushi from Zelenogradsk to Klaipeda (Lithuania). The length of the Curonian Spit is 98 km, 46 of them belong to Russia, and the rest - Lithuania. The narrower segment has a width of 400 m, and the widest - about 4 km.

Most of the spaces of the spit are occupied by forests with 600 species of plants and almost 300 species of animals. You can meet wild moose, roe deer, foxes, boars and other inhabitants. In addition, the Curonian Spit is a bird bridge, which is the oldest path of migration of many species of birds from the Northern District of Europe to the south.

Spit will make you in almost any weather.

Look at the beautiful sightseeing video on the Kurisk Spit:

It is very important to cover full route There are all 50 kilometers around the Curonian spit, to do about ten stops:

1. Royal Bor
2. p. Forest,
3. Dancing forest
4. Muller height,
5. Dune Efa,
6. Museum complex,
7. lake Swan,
8. lake Seagull,
9. p. Fisherman,
10. Russian forest,
11. museum of the Curonian Spit.

Try to visit five times on the side of the bay and on the side of the Baltic Sea. To walk more than 10 kilometers, risk, probably, the cleanest and fragrant air in the Kaliningrad region, to evaluate the beauty of a variety of landscapes from mysterious age-old pine forests to the wandering space dunes.

It is better to start with dawn (at 8-9 in the morning) already at the first point of the route, so that everything and enjoy nature alone without a large number of tourists and have time to meet the sunset on the Baltic Sea.

Separately, visit the Museum of Russian Superstition Mikhail Semenov, one of the best cutters-sculptors on a tree in the Kaliningrad region. His sculptures are very inspired.

Sights of the Curonian Spit

All Curonian Spit is a landmark - this is the National National Scale Nature Reserve included in UNESCO.

The note! Visit to the Curonian Spit paid - 150 rubles. per person, 300 rubles for cars with a driver.

It is very important to plan in advance what to see, marking places on the map. The main landmarks of each of the attractions are marked by the kilometers of the route. You can also navigate the nearby villages.

14th kilometer - Museum "Curonian Spit"

It is from this place that it is worth starting the study of the reserve, which is located on the 14th kilometer of Spit. Here, tourists can familiarize themselves with the expositions of the main building, the Viking Vikings "Ancient Sumbia", visit the Museum of Superius, to see the inhabitants of Wolkers.

Special delight of visitors causes a "sensation trail" - various types of soils that can be felt with bare feet.

If you wish, make a walk to the Curonian bay, for which you twice a day (Wednesday) runs boat for 10 people.

23rd kilometer - Frigilla Ornithological Station

At this kilometer, tourists with heads are immersed in the bird kingdom. The ornithological station works for full force - ringing of birds, observation, etc. In addition, the territory is open to visits - it is 500 meters of foot by track of stories from specialists (the price of the excursion is 100 rubles)

32nd kilometer - Muller height

This route begins not far from the village of Fisherman and has a duration of 3.5 km on the equipped flooring. The place is picturesque and completely small, since the height of Efa has gained great popularity.

By the way, it is ancient place, from where the sandy part of the park is beginning to form.

37th kilometer - "Dancing Forest"

This is where it is worth to arrange a photo session - trees in this area bend to such bizarre forms as if they dance. Here is a sense of parallel fabulous worldAnd the photo get the most fantastic.

The route is less than 1 km away on special wooden tracks, so as not to get lost in the rickefore.

42nd kilometer - Efa height

The height of the efa or dune efa is one of the highest dunes in the Curonian Spit (64 meters above sea level). Her name is connected with Franz Efom, which for 40s has been engaged in restoring forests to prevent the movement of the dune sands on the spit.

The route to the height of Efa stretches by 2.8 km along the trail special forces. For them, you can go deep into the forest and get into two viewing platforms with incredible views.

46th kilometer - Lake "Swan"

Lake Swan is a mini-estuary at the foot of the deer dunes, on which beautiful swans live.

It is here that tourists await the most luxurious panorama in the Curonian Spit is a lake, forest, dunes and bay. But this is simultaneously the longest route by 4 km without flooring and drowning tracks.

Excursions

One of the most memorable ways to visit the Curonian braid - excursion. In Kaliningrad and resort cities Region can be found a lot of proposals. It is convenient because there is a thoughtful route, the guide knows many stories and legends, and also disappear transport concerns.

Excursion to the Curonian braid costs about 1000 rubles. per person and dragged for 6-8 hours. And if you are not going to fit into the excursion frame, then travel there individually.

How to get to the Curonian Spit

To independently go to the Curonian Spit, you must first get to Kaliningrad, which is 35 km from it. From Kaliningrad buses to villages Forest, fishing, marine via Zelenogradsk (100-150 rubles). The bus station is not far from the southern railway station, and the very first bus goes around 5:00 in the morning.

You can get through Zelenogradsk on the train, which go every 30 minutes from the Northern and South Station. On the way will have to spend about 40-50 minutes, and pay about 50 rubles.

The most expensive option (from 700 rubles) go for a taxi in the village in the Curonian Spit, for example, Forest. Should not forget about pay for entry into the territory national Park. As a result, the cost of travel in one direction will cost more than 1000 rubles.

The bus has only a few stops on the entire length of the braid and this does not cover all the attractions. Tourist feedback shows that the most comfortable way to get to the Curonian braid is to rent a car (car rental from 1300 rubles.)

Relaxation

Many choose rest in the Curonian Spit because of chic wide beaches, picturesque forests and dunes, as well as a small number of people. This place is suitable for connecting to nature for tired of the noise and dust of citizens, as well as adventure crackers.

Attention! Choose shoes and clothing for forest walks, taking into account the presence of ticks in them.

The best time to relax in the Curonian Spit is March-September, and the best summer. Weather on the spit change, often storms, and since September the rainy season begins.

Where to stay

Curonian Spit offers a settlement for every taste - hotels, sanatoriums, turbases, guest Houses, private sector or camping. You should choose options in one of the villagers of Kosh Forest, fisherman, sea. It is necessary to take into account that the farther the village is located, the less people in the season. So, in the maritime the most unlike the beaches and the minimum of civilization, and in the forest - crowded and lively.

Options for hotels in the Curonian spit for a good rest:

• The turbase "Dune" (15th km) is houses of different format right in the forest with access to the Curisian bay;
• Hotel "Altrim" (Pos. Book) - on the bay and 2 km from the sea;
• The recreation center "Baltika" (pos. Forest) is an economical option, to the bay of 200 meters, to the sea - 400.

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In addition, the Curonian Spit is exactly the place where the "savage" is going to rest. To do this, choose a place between the villages.

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I understand that the Curonian Spit in the Kaliningrad region is the most popular and one of the small monuments of nature. Perhaps our journey in itself is not unique in itself, but the highlight of the trip will be something that we will get to the Curonian Spit alone, hitchhiking. And also go through four of the six routes.

How to get to the Curonian Spit from Kaliningrad

From Kaliningrad to Zelenogradsk

At first, it was necessary to get to Zelenogradsk, from where the coaches go to the spit.

By bus.

From the bus station Kaliningrad to Zelenogradsk walk buses under the numbers:

• through Orlovka №114 - interval 2 hours.
• through Sosnovka No. 140 - Interval 30 min.,
• through Petrovo Po old road №141 - Interval 30 min.

The last bus is the earliest (6:00) and the latest (22:20) from all.

• Time on the road with a little.
• The fare is 68 rubles.

On the train.

Also, in the Kaliningrad region, it is quite convenient to move by train, and the cost of the ticket for them is below. That's just the movement interval is largely more than buses. In two stations:

• South Kaliningrad - Zelenogradsk - 53 rubles.
• Northern Kaliningrad - Zelenogradsk - 46 rubles.

The relevance of the schedule of buses and trains can be checked.

From Zelenogradsk to the Curonian Spit

From the bus station Zelenogradsk there are several minibuses with a rather rare interval. The cost of the trip will depend on how far we want to leave. For example, before the "height of Efa", the fare costs 85 rubles, and before "dancing trees" - 74 rubles. per person.

The minibuses are cited below (clicking on a large size).

I will say right away that in the Curonian spit several tourist trailsTo be accurate, then 5 main. But due to the fact that between the routes there are quite long distances a few kilometers and too large interval of the movement of regular buses, then move between them more convenient either with a tours or on.

Excursions

On the Curonian Kosh

Individual excursions:

• Others

Hitchhiking to the Curonian Spit

Personally, we traveled hitchhiking. Let's focus on this. Especially for this trip, we chose the best day by weather forecast. Already at 8 am, we stood at the bus stop, waiting for Trolleybus No. 2, which goes beyond the part of the bypass Kaliningrad.

Zelenogradsk has two roads (even 3) - old and new. The latter is something like "High Wei"). But, before we were on it, I did not know that. If you look around the map, then ending station Our trolley buse is just on the old track. I judged that there is more transport in a new one, which means to leave from there to Zelenogradsk will be easier. Therefore, we went out at the stop "Fifth Fort" and, having passed the junction, got up on the bypass.

After 15 minutes, a young man was slowed down near us, who quickly burned to the "new" route to Zelenogradsk. He specifically took us off the junction so that even the place did not have to choose.

The next driver turned out to be a young woman who had only to the airport, thanks to her, I learned some nuances of payment of a ticket on the checkpoint at the entrance to the Curonian Spit. I will write about it below.

And here I realized that we would have to go further on "Hai Vay". Not that it strains me, in China, for example, and and Andrei and I moved there, periodically hiding in the bushes from the cops. I just didn't go through the hitchhiker for a long time, it is unknown as in the Cainingrad region drivers belong to motorways at the "big" road.

All my fears were in vain, we were easily selected on any parts of the way. One man got up almost in the middle of the road, a long time to slip a small vant, freeing the place for us to ride only 7 km.

The last driver landed us 300 meters from the Turogradsk bus station, where we hurried. Lucky, the minibus you need stood at the stop.

So why did we decide from Zelenogradsk to go on a flight bus? As a woman who kicked to the airport explained to us, entry into the Curonian braid for tourists is paid. 150 rub. With a person (except for children under 12 years old and disabled) is charged independently of the way of movement, be it on foot or on another type of transport. For a personal car, there is also a fee of 300 rubles., Including payment for the driver.

Therefore, so as not to strain drivers, we decided to go by bus. There is also such an opinion that those who pass by bus can stroll through the spit for free. So decided to take a chance.

Curonian Spit. Route "Efa Height"

Several tourists were sitting on the bus, it was visible on appearance and on eternal questions they asked the driver and local. Great, we will navigate them. Women drove to the efa height route. And I, confess, I have not thought yet, as we better move. I began to worry this question more when I found out the bus schedule and saw a narrow road of the Curonian Spit, one lane in both directions.

I decided that if it would be completely bad with transport, then we'd better see the most interesting thing first, and then it would work out. Therefore, I bought a ticket to the route "Dancing Forest". But, the driver forgot about our request to warn about the stop, as a result, we turned out to be with all on the "height of Efa". But I did not have to pay extra for the passage.

Coming out of the minibus, only I thought to go on the road to go to the information stands, how to hear the greeting on the right. Turning his head, for me 10 from us, two men were found in shape. Most likely the protection of the National Park. The one that stood closer to me did a gesture to come closer.

I approached and immediately heard a brief:

- From where?
"From Kirov," I answered without thinking.
- 150 rubles. For entry into the park.
"But ..." I knew, "and why didn't you asked anything with them?" - I pointed to the removed backs of women who came with us.
"They are local," he answered calmly.

I did not argue and reluctantly gave 300 rubles. for two. What kind of injustice?!

Upset a little, we pulled out to the other side where it was planned initially.

For those who are going to visit the Curonian Spit, I am very, very much I advise you to download (for Android and Apple) Personal official guide from the developers of the National Park of the Curonian Spit. If GPS is turned on, then at certain points, the guidebook will be turned on and talking about the history of the spit and not only.

So I will not be strongly delved into the stories, I'll just show you on what routes and what you can see.

A very short trail brought us right ashore to the sea.

You can stand and admire the waves from the height, and you can go down on the sand.

However, walking in the sands in the guidebook is not recommended.

I thought it was all when on the way back across the road saw the sign "Efa Height" and a female path in the forest.

After some time, the boards ended and we stepped on the hill on a laughed path. Two heights on the efa height route (sorry for tautology) or viewing sites overlooking the dunes, rare plants and a slice of the sea.

In fact, the entire Curonian braid used to be covered with greens until the forest began to cut down. As soon as the trees disappeared, the territory of the braid began to turn into a desert. Something similar now can be observed in Vietnam.

When we returned on a familiar path to the road, all the same man in the form was standing by his car. I approached him and asked what is the distance to the dance forest. He said something about 4 km.

M-yes ... walking exactly not the option, but flight bus It will only happen. Nothing remained, how to go through the road and opposite the parking lots to catch the car. The hitchhiker at the Curonian Spit is difficult because the roads are narrow here, and there are almost no place to park on the sidelines. Therefore, we caught the car often straight from parking or parking.

"The height of Efa" is the penultimate route, not many to the last "lake" are reached by many, so there were few cars. In 20 minutes, cars can drive 5, and no one wanted to ride us.

Then I saw how our already familiar guardian of the order at the Curza Spit sat in the car and began to unfold. I raped my hand and slowed down next. Smiling I repeated my intention to get to the dancing forest and we went. Hazard over the morning injustice somehow immediately disappeared.

Curonian Spit. Dancing forest

A few minutes later we were at the right turn, where we landed. Before the parking lot, he drove alone, probably not to "glow" before his. The remaining path of 400 meters we easily overcame on foot.

The dancing forest is named because there are several dozen strangely twisted trees on a small plot of land. To be honest, I did not see anything unique in them.

On the way to Baltiysk, for example, full of such sites in the forest. Yes, and in our forests such trees are rare, but meet.

It would be possible to attribute the uniqueness of what they were assembled on one small plot, but this is not exactly the truth, on the fenced territory of the truly twisted trees in the ring, it is possible to recalculate on the fingers, and all the others only slightly "go", and That is not all.

It is not possible to get to the trees-rings, and not even take a picture normally, because from the vandals there is now your little fence.

Having done a circle of honor, we went on the way back.

Curonian Spit. Muller height

The next point is located next to the village of Fisherman. We were picked up literally before turning to the village. The remaining one and a half kilometers we decided to stroll. For hiking, there is a bonus here - this is a branch right to the old German cemetery.

To confess, in the entire Kaliningrad region I have repeatedly seen such marks. So it's an amateur.

Before the end point on the left, water appeared - this is a seagull lake.

First, look at it, especially for tourists here a good wooden platform, going straight into the water. Want to arrange photo shoots ...

And you want, swans feed.

A 2-kilometer route "Height of Muller" begins across the road from the lake. Until the highest point, we went uphill through age-old plantings of firs and pines of various species.

Near the village of Fishing Height Muller is the most high Point Brochberg dunes - 44.5 meters above sea level. We climb upstairs and look around the surroundings.

In March, the landscape is not too colorful, for sure in the summer there is a more picturesque view.

Below under looking platform There is a stone, delivered in honor of Muller - Forest, thanks to which he managed to stop the movement of the sands by a special method of forest plant.

Returned on another road, which guide to you will tell you.

In the parking lot, at the entrance, we have noticed a gazebo where we decided to eat normally. There are cafes in the parking spaces in the Curonian Spit, however, do not go to the fortuneteller, it is clear that the food will be more expensive. Therefore, we worried about my dinner in advance, taking it in the morning with you in a backpack.

Curonian Spit. Royal boring

It was three hours in the day when we went again on the road. As for the last route, "Royal Bor" I was not sure because we still would need to have time to get to Kaliningrad. Never loved hitchhiking in the dark.

But, we once again lucky with the car. The young man who took us in the fellow travelers was driving to the very Zelenogradsk. That is, we could easily get to the last route, and there to serve to the city.

So done. The guy caught the talkative, all told how he was walking with his family along the route "Lake Swan", where we did not go due to time saving. He said that the species are there such, although the head is circle. Of course, I always make a discount on a third-party opinion, but after his admiring phrases, even somehow regretted that they did not get to the lake.

Time for conversations flew quickly and here we are already on the last route with a length of 3 km.

This route differs from the rest of the abundance of vegetation. The forest, through which we walked can be bolded to call Bor. And the royal one because after the fault of rich hunters began to disappear, the deer, the King of Friedrich Wilhelm I organized the reserve on the spit. So here you can see truly century-old coniferous trees, especially gigantic. It leads a separate path.

If the beginning of the route looks a little sad and often resembles forests in the homeland, then after 1-1.5 km the situation changes.

It looks very frightening that this section of the path is, especially now - in March, when the crowns were not yet covered with greens.

The guidebook says that in the Royal Bor there is an opportunity to meet wild animals, more often with boars. This is especially true for the places allocated for feeders. We saw the rupture land, but the animals did not happen.

Another place that I personally remember is very familiar - this is a falcon of a waste, where previously engaged in the training of royal falcons.

For some reason, the types of this low observation deck fall into the soul is stronger than the above-described "heights".

It was about 6 km to Zelenogradsk, and in fact, it was still on what to go - on the traveler, or by bus. Suddenly, near the taxi driver. I got a familiar gesture to him that we do not need a taxi. He did not respond, I repeated the gesture more persistently, again zero emotions, the car stood on the road without movements.

After frightened that because of us, it can happen irreparable, I ran up to the front glass and told the driver that we would not go to the taxi. He calmly asked where we need. I called the bus station. And he waved his hand: "Sit down." Wow, for the first time brings Russian taxi driver for free.

He did not reach the bus station to the bus station, in general, and it was not necessary. By making an arc, I resolutely headed towards the old route. I do not know how much we went on foot, just the beginning of the beginning. I was afraid that we would not have time to catch the car when I saw a bus 141, calming down that in any case we could get to Kaliningrad, we moved away a little away stopping and began to get a car again.

It was necessary to wait longer than the usual, probably no less than half an hour passed, as a man with a child slowed down next to a narrow road. The guys went straight to Kaliningrad, in this sense we again turned out to be lucky.

On the way, I learned a lot of interesting things. For example, that you can remove the cabin on Vityaz vessel, which is necessary to visit the Baltic Spit with the old German airfield, where the best beer in the city, and which dish from the fish you need to try in Kaliningrad. With the name of the last point I had problems, so we did not have the opportunity to do this.

And about or see ours. See you soon.

Costs for the fourth day in the Kaliningrad region

Physical cost per person:

• on foot in travel route - About 10 km.
• Map of the entire route:

Financial costs for two:

• transport - 222 rubles.
• housing - 900 rubles. ()
• food - 126 rubles.
• attractions - 300 rubles.

The main goal of our trip to the Kaliningrad region to the June holidays was a visit to a unique natural Reserve National Park Curonian Spit.

Curonian sprinkling strip sushi with a length of about a hundred kilometers, dividing the Curonian bay from the Baltic Sea. It begins from the city of Zelenogradsk Kaliningrad region and stretches to the city of Klaipeda in Lithuania.

In the territory Russian Federation It is located only 49 km of the Curonian Spit, the rest can be viewed in the presence of a Schengen visa. Huge sand dunes here are among the highest in the world and reach up to 60 meters in height. In the X-XI centuries, the Viking settlements existed on the territory of the Curonian Spit, which numerous finds of archaeologists speak. Later, this territory has passed into submission of the Teutonic Order. Several locks were built here. But with the decline of the Order, which existed here the forests began to cut down. The grazing of livestock in the remaining territories also led to the disappearance of vegetation, and, consequently, to the spread of sand for the nearest land.

In order to restore the ecosystem and stop the desertification of this area throughout the Curonian spit, various pines were planted and other vegetation, restraining the promotion of sand deep. On the this moment Here, in addition to huge dunes, you can stroll through unique forests that have become a habitat of many species of animals. The Curonian Spit is also an important point on the route of migratory birds, here they manage to restore the forces during a long flight to southern countries. That is why on the territory of the park, at the beginning of the last century, the ornithological station "Frigilla" was created to monitor the migration processes of migratory birds. In 2000 unique nature Park Curonian Spit was listed World Heritage UNESCO.

What to look at the Curonian Spit, Routes

For numerous tourists, a number of routes were developed to study this unique natural complex. Here is a list of recommended walks:

1) "Royal Bor" - This route, about three kilometers long, passes from the city of Zelenogradsk, to the village of Forest. This site of the Spit is characterized by century-old landings of various plants. The forest on this route never cut down, as the hunting royal reserve and forestry was located here. Also here are the bay meadows on which the falcons for hunting were bred.

2) 23 km of the Curonian Spit is already mentioned by me Ornithological stationwhich is included in the second walk route. Highly qualified guides will tell about the process of ringing birds, about their habits and lifestyle.

3) Route starts 32 km of the Kurisk Spit "Muller Height" (review about visiting) . The length of it is about 3.5 kilometers. Presumably precisely from here the formation of a sandy braid. Tourists are talking about the relationship of the animal and vegetable world, On the processes of the afforestation of the dunes. Here, on one of the dunes, there is an observation deck at an altitude of 44 meters, with stunning views of the Baltic Sea, the village of Fisherman and Lake Seagull.

4) A unique route passes near 37 km "Dancing Forest"(review about visiting). The tourist path around the perimeter is enveloped by unique pines, whose trunks are as if spinning in intricate nodes. It is said that in this place there is a special energy field, thanks to which the trunks of the trees have acquired such a form. There is also a legend that once he played on the harp very beautiful girlAnd the trees began to dance to the tact of her music. When she stopped her song - trunks and froze in the movements of the dance.

5) 42 km of spit next to the village of Marine is the height "Efa"(review about visiting). This walking route extended 2.8 km. Here is the highest dune of braids, over 60 meters high. This dune received its name in honor of the forester, which worked on this territory and studied the processes contributing to the strengthening of the sands.

6) Route takes place near 47 km of the Kursan "Lake Swan" The length of this walk is about 4 kilometers. Here you can get acquainted with movable dunes, as well as admire the panorama area and water alcohol of Lake Swan.

In order to inspect all the attractions, it is better to stay in one of the villages of the Curonian Spit. The most narrow place of sandy spit can be seen in the village of Lesnoye, the village of Fish is located the famous "Dancing Forest" with curved trees, the ornithological station and the "Height of Muller", and the most picturesque is considered the village of Marine, next to which the highest dune is "height Efa. And at least, not everyone will be able to swim in the cold sea, walking along the sea coast and inspections of the most beautiful natural objects will make any vacation saturated.

We also managed to get here just one day. At the reception of the hotel, we tried to find out how to get to the Curonian Spit. We were answered that the most convenient way to get there by taxi. Since in the Kaliningrad region it is quite inexpensive - we called the car and went on the road. Car entry into the territory of the reserve is paid. The road at one end cost us about 2000 rubles. We landed somewhere in the middle between the village of Fisherman and the Marine near a small path leading to the sea.

The weather was just wonderful, the sun was shining, a light breeze blowing. On the beach we met quite a lot of holidaymakers taking sunbathing. But the units were dying away - very cold water here, especially in June.

But the climate on the Baltic coast is unpredictable and changing in a matter of minutes. For a minute forty, and the sky was tightened with gray clouds, the wind rose, and people from the beach imperceptibly disappeared. For some time, we still walked through the small white sand and loved by the harsh waves of the Baltic Sea.

Weather change in Kursk Spit

Next, we went to the road to stop and drove up to the "Dancing Forest". Trees landed here in the 60s of the 20th century, to strengthen the Curonian Spit. For incomprehensible reasons, trunks with growth began to bend and take bizarre forms. Now it is one of the attractions. natural Parkallocated to a separate route.

In order to get back to Kaliningrad, we sat down on the bus going through Zelenogradsk. The passage cost in the area of \u200b\u200b50 rubles and did not take much time. Thus, it is easy to get to the Curonian Spit, not only for a taxi, but also by public transport.

From Kaliningrad to the village of Marine hosts the bus number 593 through Zelenogradsk. Also before the marine can be reached from Zelenogradsk by bus No. 296. And to Zelenogradsk from Kaliningrad there is an electric train from the northern station. We also saw international buses running around the Kurisk Spit to Klaipeda in Lithuania. In general, you can get here enough inexpensive. In addition, you can hire a private guide with a car in one of Kaliningrad's travel agencies and will cost it about the same amount as just traveling to a taxi.

Curonian Spit is definitely unique placestriking with its painting. This is one of the natural wonders located on the territory of our country, which must be visited if you come to the Kaliningrad region. Regardless of whether you spend here one day, or your whole vacation - you will get a lot of impressions and remember long sand dunes for a long time and silent forest walks.

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Curonian Cos - Monument of Nature, included in UNESCO World Heritage List (2000). It is a narrow and long sushi strip, which separates the Curonian bay from the Baltic Sea. Located next to the city.

Curonian braid 98 kilometers long. It goes from the city to the city of Klaipeda (Lithuania). Half of the Curonian Spit goes through the territory of Russia (49 km.) And half through the territory of Lithuania (49 km.).

Curonian Spit is a favorite holiday destination tourists. Here are located sand beachesboth in the Freshwater Curonian Gulf and in the Soler Baltic Sea.

How to get to the Curonian Spit

Curonian Spit begins in Russia at the city. Entry to the Curonian Spit through the PPP-1, which is 3 km away. from the city. On the border with Lithuania, 49 km. Curonian Spit, is KPP-2.

Through all the Curonian braid passes highway 27A-015.

From the city of Zelenogradsk to the Curonian Spit, you can go through Moscow street.

From Zelenogradsk to the Curonian Spit can be reached by bike. The bikes on the highway and on the most Curonian spit are not allocated, but the movement here is usually not very busy (in the weekend there is a more busy movement).

On the Curonian braid can be reached on autobus. Bus station is located railway Station Zelenogradsk (Vokzalnaya Street). To the village of Marine (located at the border with Lithuania in the Curonian Spit) go buses 596 (Svetlogorsk - Marine), 593, 210 (Zelenogradsk - Marine)

We traveled to braids by taxi. In Zelenogradsk, Yandex.Taxi service is working.

Entry to the territory of the Curonian Spit paid (150 rubles from 1 vehicle).

Map

Where to eat

In the village of Lesnaya (11 km. Curonian Spit) there is a good cafe (located at the Promenade).

Beaches on the Curonian Spit

Along the entire territory there are beaches. But equipped beaches are only settlements: Forest, fishing, sea.

The most equipped place to relax the place is forest village (11 km. Curonian Spit). There is a promenade with a restaurant on the sea. Bicycle rental, sports equipment, boats. Many bearer, guest houses and hotels.

Near the village of Marine is very nice beach In the Curisian Bay (fresh water). Here the water is warm up to 27c.

Remember that the Curonian Spit is National Park. It is forbidden to breed fires and put tents.

The beaches of the Curonian Spit consist of a purest, small crystalline sand. It's nice to wander around the beach barefoot. Sand here from crystal quartz, so he does not dock and enough to smooth, and the legs are clean.

In the village of Forest, along the beach is equipped with a small promenade - a pedestrian milk street. The peculiarity of the local promenade is that it is made as a wooden flooring.

In a strong wind can be hiding from him by going for a dune, which is extended along the sea coast.

In the forest of the Curonian Spit, you can meet raspberries and currants.

Sights of the Curonian Spit

72% of the territory of the Spit occupy forests. About 600 species of wood, handful and herbal vegetation grows here.

Fauna has 296 types of ground vertebrates (elk, roe, boar, fox and others).

Kurisk Spit is called as a bird bridge. There is an ancient migration path of birds (150 species) from the northern regions to the south of Europe and North Africa. On the days of migrations over the oblique daily fly to a million pernate. 102 species of birds nest here.

One of the first in the world and the oldest ornithological station "Frigill", located in the village of Fisherman, operates on the spit. It was founded by a German theologian and a fan of birds by Johann Tineman on January 1, 1901.

Upon Cosse Cosse excursions are held. Excursion duration from 5 to 6 hours. During the excursion you will be transported by the main attractions of Spit and spend on some pedestrian routes. An excursion in the Curonian Spit can be ordered in the Zelenograd City Museum of Museum (Zelenogradsk, st. Lenin, d. 6). But many other organizations that conduct excursions in the Curonian Spit.

Visit Center "Museum Complex"

Located on 14 km. Curonian Spit. The museum complex includes two main buildings and a museum under open sky, in the territory of which: the village of Times of the Viking Epoch "Ancient Sumbia", the arboretum of cultural plants, the jetty with a boat, an interactive complex, a children's town and a collection of wooden sculptures.

From May to September in the dwelling days, walks on the "Seagull" boat on the Curisian Bay.

Pedestrian routes

Royal Bor (Pedestrian Route)

Located 6.6 km. Curonian Spit (from the coast of the Curza Bay).

Here is placed pedestrian route length - 2.9 km.

The route passes through the territory of century-old coniferous forests and the old impodent plantings, primarily a Giant Tui.

Part of the route passes along the shores of the Curonian Bay. There is a wooden tower with an observation platform. Here, it is possible to see the black-workers who are adjacent to the Bay of the Bay of Chernokholniki, Ivnyakovaya thickets and large meadows, admire the views of the freshwater reservoir, which are opening from the sightseeing site, familiarize themselves with the numerous inhabitants of reed-reed thickets.

A part of the route passes through the area of \u200b\u200bthe ancient postage, which was the main expensive of Eastern Prussia to Russia for two-year-old years. On the tract, which had fallen part of the seashore, partly on the bay part of the braid, in different time Peter I, Queen of Prussia Louise, Prussian Kings Friedrich I and Friedrich Wilhelm III.

Curza Bay View

Observation tower

Forest track

Kennel Tui Giant

Muller Height (Pedestrian Route)

Located on the 32nd km. Curonian Spit (not far from the village of Fisherman).

There is a walking trip with a length of 2 km. The route's route takes place along the wet tree at the foot of the dune, by centuries, fir trees and pines of various species, on young landings on the site of the Gorgeon.

The route is equipped with an observation platform located at an altitude of 44.4 m above sea level.

Muller's height is the highest dot dune dune (Brohberg), which is the largest of those located near the village of Fisherman (former. Roditen).

The height is named after the Forensch Konigsberg Forest Management of Muller, who studied the forest soil and introduced a new forest plant method, which allowed to consolidate the moving sands.

From Rodinteen to Fisherman (Pedestrian Route)

Located on 33m km. Curonian Spit.

Pedestrian route - 3.8 km.

The route passes through the village and along the highway towards Zelenogradsk to the old German cemetery.

The historical and cultural route "From Rodinchye to Fisherman" takes place in the village of Rybachy and introduces the architecture and history of the largest settlement on the southern part of the Curonian Spit, with its famous residents engaged in the territory of the peninsula scientific activities, as well as made a significant contribution to the promotion of braid And turning it to the resort of world importance.

Rossiytensky Forest (Pedestrian Route)

Located on the 34th km. Curonian Spit.

Pedestrian route - 2 km.

The walking and informative route starts from the bus stop in the village. Fishing is 34 km of the Zelenogradsk - Klaipeda Highway and passes through the territory of the Golden Dunes of the Golden Dunes of the National Park "Curonian Spit", on the forest crossing and dirt road towards the sea.

The route starts from the highway in the area of \u200b\u200bthe bus stop "Fishery" on the sea side and passes on a flat wooded plane (along the forest site) with the most wide place of the Russian part of the Curonian Spit (from the sea to the bay of 4 km). In a mixed (pine-birch forest involving oak and ate, in the undergrowth - with a rowan) forest visitors can meet various inhabitants: boar, root, fox, raccoon dog and even moose or see their traces of their livelihoods. For example, numerous pions, lying and so on.

Dancing Forest (Pedestrian Route)

Located on 37 km. Curonian Spit.

Pedestrian route - 0.8 km.

Here you can buy souvenirs.

In the Curonian Spit, you can see the coniferous forest, whose trunks are hinge with fancy zigzags. This forest was called "Dancing" here. The reasons for such formation of the pine sinth are not known.

The route introduces an unusual section of a pine forest, planted at the beginning of the 60s. XX century On the Dune Round (Runderberg - Round Mountain). Unlike most of the Dunes of Kosh, stretching along the shore of the Curonian Gulf, a separately worthwhile dune round is located right on the floor - a flat wooded plane between the sea and the bay.

Several pines are fenced off by a wooden fence. These pines were particularly popular with tourists, but it made harm to these trees. They were burned to save them. The trunk of one of these pines makes a complete closed loop.

To the Great Patriotic War in this place was the German Planer School, in which about 30 thousand pilots were trained.

Efa Height (Pedestrian Route)

Located at 42th km. Curonian Spit.

Pedestrian route - 2.8 km.

Here you can buy souvenirs, snack. Small cafes have a highway and on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

Next to the village of Marine is one of the highest dunes in Europe - the dune nut (Petsh). Being on her top, you can hear the famous "singing sands." The highest dot dune - 55 meters - was called the height of Efa in honor of the Dune Inspector Franz Efa, whose activity was devoted to the study and consolidation of rolling sands.

Here are two sightseeing platforms, with all the variety of braid landscapes: the sea, bay, sand dunes, the space covered with forest, cozy houses of the village of Marine.

Most of the route passes on specially installed wooden floors.

Lake Swan (Pedestrian Route)

Located on the 46th km. Curonian Spit.

Pedestrian route - 3 km.

"Swan" - unique lake Eoloic origin located on the climbing plain and separated from the Curonian bay thin sandy jumper. The lake arose relatively recently in a small bay.

This is a lake - an oasis of waterfowl. Here are swans-hips, duck-lyshi, chomgi, molding and gray herons.

Other sights

Frigillla - Field Hospital Biostanization of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Located on the 23rd km. Curonian Spit.

The field hospital is a division of the world's first ornithological station founded in Rossyttene (now the village of Fisherman) in 1901 by Professor I. Tinneman. The hospital received his name in honor of the bird of the finch (on the Latin "Frigilla"), located on the path of seasonal migrations of various feathered.

During the excursion, you will show you traps for birds, as well as how scientists are ringing birds.

Here are wooden houses in which scientists live.

Trap for birds

Ringing cuckoo

Residential houses for scientists

Lake Seagull (resting place)

Located on the 32nd km. Curonian Spit.

The largest freshwater lake of the Curonian Spit (length 1400 m, width - about 400 m). Located on the 32nd km of braids on the ancient sea base of the Fisherman Peninsula.

Fish is perfectly caught here, especially Caras.

Chapel in the village of Forest

Located in the village of Forest - (11th km of the Curonian Spit), in the most narrow place of the Curonian Spit (the distance between the sea and the bay is 400 m). Built in memory of the dead fishermen.

Lighthouse in the village of Forest

The navigation sign that carries the radio and lighthouse (11th km of the Curonian Spit). The lighthouse is visible to the sea and the bay at a distance of 20 miles. Also on the lighthouse antennas are installed - cellular repeaters. The people of the Lighthouse in the forest called "Torshinger of Love".

Church of St. Saint Sergius Radonezh in the village. Fishing

Located on the 32nd km. Curonian Spit (Fisherman's village).

The temple was built in 1873 as Lutheran Kirch by architect in Tischler. After 1945, a flourous workshop was located for some time in the building of the former chicks, later the workshop on the repair of local fishing networks. In 1992, the building was transferred to the Orthodox community of the fisherman.

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