Svetlogorsk Travel Guide

 yumyum Says:  You cannot walk very far out but still it's nice that there is one. It's a popular spot for visitors to have their photo taken and to watch what's going on on the beach. 

 yumyum Says:  There are lots of interesting buildings - style wise. Quite a few were built by the Germans. Just get off the main drag and explore the side streets. 

 yumyum Says:  This is a major attraction on the promenade. There are wide steps leading down to it from the town but there are currently closed due to major repairs. 

 yumyum Says:  The road down to the beach is quite steep. There is also a gondola but it wasn't running when I was there. It looks like it needs a good overhaul. 

 yumyum Says:  For a short stretch there is a promenade above the beach which has a restaurant and cafe, ice cream vendors and of course also souvenir vendors for amber. 

 ginte Says:  You can have not only sunbaths and to swim at the beach in Svetlogorsk. While walking a little bit further from the main beach place to one or another edge you can find calm places without people and wonderful sights of a nature. 

 yumyum Says:  There are various cafes etc. around. If eating outside beware of the wasps. I was eating in a stolovaya (self-service restaurant) and because of the massive wasp attack had to flee back inside. A local woman told me that wasps had been especially bad this year. 

 yumyum Says:  There are several trains per day. When you start from Yushny station in Kaliningrad, you have to buy the ticket in the small hall off to the left as you enter the station building and there at the second window. You can buy a return ticket for 72 rubels (about 2...