{"id":6981,"date":"2022-07-22T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:01:12","slug":"a-day-out-at-fishdorf-country-guest-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/a-day-out-at-fishdorf-country-guest-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"A day out at Fishdorf Country Guest Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fishdorf Country Guest Complex, Kaliningrad region, Russia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 22 July 2022 ~ A day out at Fishdorf Country Guest Complex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my last post about Matrosovo, we entered the village together, passing a pretty old German house and some rather malodorous cows (no problem, if like me, you are an afficionado of country smells!) and glancing warily at the high tin fence on the other side of the road, which has something inflatable thrust high above it, we rolled on, on our car wheels, until shortly confronting a T-junction. Here, I took you right; now I take you left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before doing so your attention will have been drawn to an interesting feature on your right. There, standing in what I can only imagine in Soviet times was a mown and tended green, but now badly in need of a lawnsman, is a typical example of socialist realism from the collective-identity genre: a statue, striking in colour and pose, of a fisherman and his son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small riverside communities such as Matrosovo would once have been greatly reliant upon the role that fishing played in guaranteeing livelihoods, and statues such as these, as well as performing an ideological function, were a way of saying thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Olga<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Madam, kindly unhand that fisherman!<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the way, by the side of the river, sits a typical Soviet children\u2019s playground, with all facilities preserved and functioning ~ a marvellous sight to behold ~ and immediately left a municipal building, once the village shop, then and more recently, but now abandoned, the village\u2019s House of Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road ahead, left at the T-junction, has nothing in common with the road leading into it, except, of course, it is also a road. The dirt-covered rubble track suddenly changes to new block paving, on either side of which stands modern buildings and proper fencing. I mean by proper fencing, not ugly sheets of tin but fences made from real brick piers inlaid with panels of wood, and the buildings that accompany them solid-state buildings of consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day out at Fishdorf Country Guest Complex<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the right is a restaurant with private carpark, whose grounds lead down to the river\u2019s edge. It has a spacious veranda made of wooden decking and, closer to the waterside, rusticated bench seats with built-in tables for two, purposefully made and conveniently positioned for patrons to sit and gaze idly across the rippling river at the attractive commune of houses nestled on the opposite bank. The perfect place on a hot summer\u2019s day for sitting, staring and eating ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next door is an establishment designed for people in mind who do not abide by the maxim that if God had meant for us to swim (or do anything else in or on water), he would have given us gills. Here, all sorts of water-borne craft, including tandem canoes and sapboards, are available for hire, but if it is something bigger that floats your boat, there are always things you can row and even a canopied catamaran that will romp you along the river whilst you sit there for a fee in the smug and requited pose of completely paid-up passenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Water<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Things to go floating about the river on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The establishment next door to the establishment next door is presently under construction. Perhaps it will be a bingo hall, or am I thinking Hunstanton? But next door to that, looking handsome, refined and sophisticated (Shame on you, you thought I was going to say me!), stands the eminently functional Fishdorf restaurant, which is almost immediately across the road from its namesake the Fishdorf Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above: The self-explanatory Fishdorf Restaurant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both buildings, the restaurant and hotel, are built in a charming, modern, East Prussian style. The Fishdorf restaurant boasts extended eaves, half-timber decoration, \u2018distressed\u2019 brickwork and lots of natural wood embellishments. The main building, the Fishdorf Hotel, is distinguished by the presence of a giant illustration on its gable end of a fisherman of old, suitably endowed with clay pipe, neckerchief, a pair of rolled-up wellies and carrying a whopping great fish. The \u2018aged\u2019 brickwork around the doors and windows, which cut a dashing contrast with the white and textured walls, is another memorable Fishdorf signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the side of the hotel and prior to its reception area there is a large rolling gate, which would appear to conceal the hotel carpark, but in fact conceals a whole lot more. A suitable clich\u00e9 at this point would be that it opens onto another world, the pertinence of which can be better understood by recourse to my previous post regarding Matrosovo village<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. For this particular roller gate does not just give access to the hotel carpark but access to the surprisingly \u2018off the beaten track\u2019, and all the more astounding for it, Fishdorf recreation park or, to revert to its official name, as noted on its website, the Country Guest Complex Fishdorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A family-oriented retreat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In trying to describe what Fishdorf is, apart from and in addition to a hotel and a restaurant, I run shy from using a word like \u2018complex\u2019, although Fishdorf use it themselves. I hesitate to use this word for fear of evoking impressions of spirographical mental states and complicated things devised from cold mathematical precision, since Fishdorf\u2019s realm of influence is rooted in the natural world and the only precision one can accuse it of is the skilful manner in which its grounds and facilities have been mapped out to produce a certain appealing something that respectively lies between the ordered elegance and intrinsic sublimity of the formal and natural garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how does one sum up Fishdorf? What shall we say it is, exactly? We could try: A family-oriented retreat, secluded and steeped in nature, combining the best in formal and natural landscaping, where both guests and day visitors alike can enjoy a variety of outside leisure pursuits and other diverse recreations. Yes, I think I can live with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fishdorf park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The extensive area that the park takes in is designed around two large and interconnecting ponds (don\u2019t think village ponds, think lakes!), stocked with extroverts ~ both fish and frogs ~ which are either leaping out of the water and going splosh at regular intervals or putting in guest appearances and going croak whilst sitting on leaves. (I’ll leave you to work out which one is doing which.). At the centre of these two ponds, dividing it geometrically, is a pretty, single-span bridge of the arched, romantic kind, and around the ponds on every side the lawns trimmed to perfection are sprinkled with plants, shrubs, bushes and trees, intersected by meandering pathways and punctuated with globe lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Olga<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mick<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Already you should detect that Fishdorf is an environment in which Mother Nature is everywhere and everywhere in excelsior. She graciuosly presides over a spacious open-air schema where wood is what it always is, versatile and wonderful, and used in so many different and in so many more inventive ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Above: Mick Hart on a garden swing ~ wood you believe it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day out at Fishdorf for lovers of wood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Garden swings with bench seats hewn out of solid tree trunks, their frameworks assembled from the curving boughs of trees, are studied by wooden toadstools peeping out of the long, trained grass, each stem of each toadstool carved with faces from folklore. Dotted here and there and sometimes assembled in communes, the alternative answer to a hotel room takes the form of standalone chalets, attractive little retreats successfully given the log-cabin treatment. To ensure exclusivity is complemented by privacy, rustic fencing, skilfully put together by weaving tall, thin, branches into a vertical plane and by using slightly thicker branches for horizontal stabilisation, screens and beautifies in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wooden<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Cabins well-appointed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Picturesque<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Picturesque log-cabin accommodation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visual affect is so thoroughly pleasing that you make a mental note that when you get home you’ll build one yourself and you\u2019ll also include the wood-panelled gates, as you rather like the serpentine arch and find the na\u00efve motifs with which the gates are illustrated seductively quaint, cute and engaging, perceiving something in them, indeed in the whole composition, that you faintly recognise long ago as lying between the covers of the books that you read in your childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day out at Fishdorf Country Guest Complex<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By the side of a nearby pond, much smaller and more secluded than the two that share the bridge, an open-ended gazebo beckons. Unsullied by professionalism, or clever and artful in this suggestion, the wood used in its making looks as though it could have been cut and taken from the forest nearby and then brought together to form the function that it now fulfils using nothing but an artisan\u2019s eye and the skills of one of those men of whom we have heard it said, much too often for comfort, ‘he can turn his hand to anything’ ~ don’t you just love such people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same vicinity as the log gazebo an elongated wooden barrel, big enough to get inside, makes me think of Beer. But this is no beer barrel, mores the pity. It is in fact a barrel-shaped sauna in which, if you like it steamy, you can tarry at your leisure, perhaps between gruelling sessions swinging around on the tennis courts or charging about on the football pitches, which are visible from this point on the other side of the lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I was sauna inclined, which I am not, I would have jumped into the barrel and sweated it out, but I didn\u2019t. However, had I for once been less than predictable, at least in matters like these, the incident may have passed without comment, considering that minutes before, estranging herself from maturity, Olga had shown little restraint in hopping inside a funnel-shaped object, made, of course, from wood, and holding a twig-ended broomstick retained by this odd receptacle, declared herself to be that infamous mythical figure from the annals of Russian folklore, Baba Yaga, the witch. Had my name been Bernard Manning, the impetuosity of this performance would not have left me stuck for words, but I decided not to become him today presuming for my impertinence that the broomstick could take off in a hurry and could get stuck right up … in the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Olga<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Olga Hart on her broomstick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I can say is that I never knew until I came to Fishdorf how hungry wood could make you, and it had the same effect upon me. Whilst I presume that Fishdorf\u2019s salient restaurant is the one across the road from the Fishdorf Hotel, on the other side of the roller gate, within the grounds of the park itself there is a second restaurant, plus a cafeteria \u00e0 la carte, the latter cunningly equipped with a canopy-covered dining area designed to outwit the weather should it begin to act unseasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was here, overlooking a neat and expansive lawn, that I had my mid-morning snack and (sssh, please don\u2019t tell anybody) an alcohol-free beer ~ well it was an extremely warm day and even though the sun was considerably over the yard arm \u2026 but why should I explain to you?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Non-alcohol beer on a hot day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who like it hot, and may or may not have issues drinking beer that is alcohol free, Fishdorf has extensive sauna and various hot bath facilities. For those who like to chill out, it has a combined poolside and children\u2019s recreation area, where adults can recline on the recliners meant for reclining on and children can amuse themselves by flying up and down on any one of a number of colourful bouncy castles or for higher and more exciting plunges take a turn or two on  the stupendous Aqua Park waterchute. (You may recall, gentle reader, my mentioning of something large and inflatable towering over a tall metal fence in my previous post on Matrosovo village<\/strong><\/a>;<\/span> was this the item in question? Indeed, the very same.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bouncy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"It's<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: Very large, indeed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a river runs through it, the village of Matrosovo that is, there are any number of ways that a person can take to the water but, if like me, the only volume of water that you can cope with comfortably is enough to balance your whisky glass, you could do considerably worse than book yourselves a table on Fishdorf\u2019s riverside dining area, which I believe is part of the restaurant ‘Cheshuya’, as described on Fishdorf\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Country Guest Complex Fishdorf<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here, when all around you are clamouring to live the life of a fish, you can annoy your company by saying ‘I don\u2019t do water myself’, and then watch from the comfort of your riverside table them doing something that you don\u2019t do whilst you do something you do: I have it on good authority ~ the best authority, my own ~ that Cheshuya serves a very nice pint. So, let\u2019s have a toast to the Fishdorf restaurant, one to the Country Guest Complex Fishdorf and also, whilst we’re at it, to Matrosovo itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essential details:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Country Guest Complex ‘Fishdorf’<\/strong>
238634, Kaliningrad Region, Polessky District, Matrosovo Village, 21 Levoberezhnaya Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>info@fishdorf.com<\/a>
Tel:<\/strong> +7 (4012) 52 11 10<\/a>
Website: <\/strong>https:\/\/fishdorf.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Room tariffs<\/strong>
(Details can be found on Fishdorf\u2019s website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prices per day vary according to the type and location of the accommodation required, which includes traditional hotel rooms, chalets and buildings capable of occupying multiple numbers of guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services<\/strong>
A full and detailed breakdown of costs for all amenities offered at the park both for residential guests and day visitors can be found on the park\u2019s website. These include:  Spa, Bath & Aqua Zone; River Vehicles (Kayak, Canoe, Catamaran, Boat, Sapboard); Adult and Children\u2019s Bikes; Games (Virtual Reality & Air Hockey); Children\u2019s Vehicular Amusements (eg, Electric Car, Electric Scooter); Fishing Permits and Bait; Gazebos (priced according to size and location).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants<\/strong>
There are two restaurants listed on the website, Restaurant \u2018Gans & Beer\u2019 and Cheshuya Restaurant. The first has a banquet hall that will accommodate 150 people; the second can hold 45 people and is well-appointed with a veranda overlooking the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The menu is available through the park\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entertainment<\/strong>
The many and varied entertainments offered at the park are covered on its website, including the Aqua Park, The Club (which has billiard and pool tables); the Bath Barrel Sauna, etc. For comprehensive details, see the park\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country Guest Complex \u2018Fishdorf\u2019 Website: <\/strong>https:\/\/fishdorf.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Places to visit in the Kaliningrad region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matrosovo Village<\/a>
Matrososvo village, charming and sequestered, nestles beside Matrosovka River. It is also the astutely chosen location of the Country Guest Complex ‘Fishdorf’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angel Park Hotel<\/a>
The Angel Park Hotel, Kaliningrad region, is a gift from the people of its past, an unaffected rural retreat that breathes new life into a timeless realm where history and the natural landscape flow together like the rivers that run through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zalivino Lightouse<\/a>
The restored lighthouse on the shore of the Curonian Lagoon is a singular maritime experience. Imagine what life was like as a lighthouse keeper in the early twentieth century and enjoy the coastal views from the lighthouse lamp room and platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort D\u00f6nhoff<\/a>
Fort XI (Fort D\u00f6nhoff) is one of K\u00f6nigsberg\u2019s 19th century fortresses, part of the former city’s monolithic defence system. Vast, intricate and painstakingly restored, it is a must for anyone fascinated by military history generally and by K\u00f6nigsberg specifically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polessk Brewery<\/a>
Lovingly restored, Polessk Brewery is one of the region’s historic treasures. Even if you are not a beer fanatic (is their such a specimen?) you cannot help but be enthralled by the neoGothic architecture and the German and Soviet timeline of this splendid and remarkable edifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2022 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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