Camping Baltica

With its Prussian history and architecture, the city of Kaliningrad (half an hour’s drive) is a haven for sightseeing. Head here for a gander at the gothic-style Königsberg Cathedral – making sure to catch one of the daily organ concerts – then pay your respects at the tomb of famed philosopher Immanuel Kant. There’s many a museum to meander around as well: take in maritime history at the Museum of the World Ocean, ooh and ahh over the semi-precious stones at the Amber Museum and explore underground in the old WWII bomb shelter of the Bunker Museum. To see a different side of Kaliningrad, get out of the city and into the hinterlands – enroute to Lithuania is the Curonian Spit (an hour and 15 minutes), a long and slim parcel of land dotted with dunes and a forest full of crooked trees. Closer to home is Schaaken Castle near the city of Svetlogorsk (half an hour), a ruin built for the Teutonic Knights back in the day, while the seaside resort beaches of Zelenogradsk (40 minutes) are your go-tos if you fancy feeling the sand under your feet.