Excursions from Palanga

From Palanga you can make an excursion to Klaipeda which is remarkable for the architecture of the Old Town, the Clock Museum, the Museum of the Blacksmith's Craft, the balcony where Hitler performed, the linen store-gallery and the Park sculptures . From here you can get to the tip of the Curonian Spit from the ferry, where there is the Maritime Museum with a collection of veteran ships, an aquarium, a dolphinarium and a Fisherman's Estate in Smiltyne, telling about the historical the way of life and everyday life of local fishermen .

A pleasant walk will also be a trip to Neringa (Juodkrante and Nida), to Kretinga and to the Dead Dunes (Curonian Spit) . Juodkrante Village welcomes guests with Witch Mountain, a protected forest with wooden pagan totems, Nida houses the Thomas Mann house museum, the amber gallery where you can buy unique author's jewelry from amber, and the fishing ethnographic estate . Here the annual summer festival of jazz . Kretinga is also interesting with the original modern architecture of the church, the monastery of rena Franciscans, Tyszkiewicz Palace and Winter Garden . The local beaches are clean, secluded, deserted and well equipped .

Attractions Palanga

In the palace of Tishkevychy since 1963 the amber museum has been opened . Here are the largest specimens of the mineral , found on the coast, as well as jewelry, decorative panels and interior decorations . In the English park of the Tishkeviches there is also a sacrificial hill - Mount Birute, in 1989 during excavations an ancient pagan temple was found here . In 1869 on hill in place of the old An octagonal chapel (according to the design of K . Maier) with stained-glass windows grew . Potsius . At the foot of the mountain you will find the grotto of Biruta with the sculpture of the priestess K . Tulene "Tau Birute" ("To You, Birute"). , which here is venerated as a patroness of lovers .

To feel the flavor and atmosphere of Palanga at the beginning of the 20th century, look at the villas "Sea Eye", "Anapilis", "White Villa", which are typical seaside wooden residences of this era . By 1827, the construction of an old pharmacy at Vitauto, 33, is based on the Lithuanian national reception y made a famous healing infusion of 27 herbs - "Three Nines" and, successfully exported abroad, the heart drops of Shreder . More information about the historical heritage of the city you can learn from the ethnographic exposition of the memorial house museum of the doctor, historian and first burgomaster Palanga Jonas Shlupas (1861-1944) .

In Palanga there is the house-museum of the outstanding Lithuanian sculptor Antanas Moncis, who owns the largest collection of plastic works, drawings, graphic sketches, collages and masks of the artist, from all over the world . By the will of Monchis all his sculptures can be touched by hands . In the art gallery on Vitauto, 59 you can get acquainted with the works of contemporary Lithuanian artists, and at the core of the first Palanga Kurhaus hotel, burned about 10 years ago, in a free exhibition format is open daily opening day . Vitauto, 21 there are open amber workshops where you can visually trace the whole way of processing the "honey" stone and if you wish to order a unique decoration or decorative object in the author's version .

Summer Holidays and Festivals

At the end of June, the summer solstice, which in Lithuania is called Jonines. On this night, ancient bonfires marked with pagan relics burn bonfires, arrange folk dances and singing. On the hill Zhemaichyu alka with concert programs, folk games around the campfire and the final fireworks there passes the Rosa festival, honoring the owners of the names Jonas and Jan, and the Palanga Botanical Garden welcomes guests with traditional evening concerts of wind music.

In the middle of July, the village of Sventoji, the composition of Palanga, celebrates Fisherman's Day. A cheerful dressed up in traditional costumes flies into the fishing port of the village to watch and compete in various competitions: in the relay of boats, water bicycles, in competition for tying up sea knots, in fishing for hands. A festive treat, of course, is a fresh cooked ear. The day ends with folk dances and singing by the fires and fireworks.

In early August, the Tishkevich Palace hosts the "Serenades" classical music festival, and for a month there are a series of concerts of brass music (the Botanical Garden), the Festival of sacred music "Ave Maria" (church) and the festival of amateur theater (Villa Anapilis).