Bus tour – travel to Russia and the USA without a visa
On this trip you get the opportunity to enter Russia” without a visa”. The former Russian embassy in the district of Schweinheim currently houses the largest Russian General Consulate in Europe. We will be shown not only the consulate itself but also the Villa Wendelstadt, the official residence of the Russian Consul, which is situated in the grounds. This 1920s villa was the provisorial official residence of the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, from 1949-1950.
Further stops on our tour will be the former residence of the Spanish ambassador opposite the Kurpark, the former embassy of the People’s Republic of China on the Rigal’sche Wiese( today the Bonn branch of the Chinese embassy in Berlin) and the Villa Camphausen in Mehlem, the former residence of the South Korean ambassador and now an upmarket senior citizens’ residence. Here we will have the opportunity for a stroll through the 18,000 sq.m. park with its spectacular view of the Drachenfels on the opposite side of the Rhine. We will finish with a visit to the former embassy of the USA in Deichmanns Aue, where the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been housed since 2007.