VACATION IN PALANGA !!!

VACATION IN PALANGA

Summer capital of Lithuania

PALANGA  is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania,

 on the shore of the Baltic Sea. It is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has beaches 

of sand (18 km long and up to 300 m wide) and beautiful sand dunes.

 Officially Palanga has the status of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, 

Nemirseta, Būtingė and other settlements, which are considered as part of the city of 

Palanga.

LOCATION

Palanga is a resort town through which the Šventoji and Rąžė (Samogitian: Ronžē) Rivers 

flow into the Baltic Sea. Rąžė was formerly known as Alanga and gave Palanga its name: 

Palanga which literally means on the Alanga River. The Palanga municipality extends 24

 kilometers from Nemirseta in the south to the Latvian border in the north.

 Palanga is subdivided to Nemirseta, Vanagupė, Kunigiškiai, Manciškiai, and Šventoji – five 

neighboring fishermen  villages which were united into one city following administrative 

changes to the area. During the time when the Klaipėda Region was part of Germany,

 Nemirseta was the northernmost village of East Prussia; conversely Palanga was a border 

checkpoint between Russian Lithuania and Germany.

TRANSPORTATION

The municipality is accessed by roads from Klaipėda and Šiauliai. There are no railroads in 

the municipality (the closest rail connection is in Kretinga,

 the capital of the Kretinga district municipality). Palanga's International Airport, the third 

largest in Lithuania, offers connecting flights to Scandinavia,

 Germany and to the biggest city in Baltic States - Riga, Latvia. The airport is located 

between Palanga and Šventoji, and it handles more flights in the summer

 due to the resort nature of the municipality.

PLACES OF INTEREST

In the summer, a multitude of tourists descend on Palanga, both for its 

beaches and to enjoy the maritime atmosphere. 

There is a carnival centered on Jonas Basanavičius Street, which is a 

pedestrian only thoroughfare during the high season. 

There are dozens of restaurants, bars, rides, and other forms of entertainment. 

The aforementioned Amber Museum is open to the public, 

as are as the museum's extensive botanical gardens. Anaičiai Ethnographic 

Cemetery holds a collection of 19th- and early 20th-century graves.

 In the Sculptures Garden, one can find 28 contemporary Art statues by artists 

from Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Also found in Palanga is one of the oldest operating pharmacies in Lithuania. 

It was established in the mid-19th century.

The city is also home to a regional radio station, FM Palanga.

Gintaro museum

Palanga Beach

The pier in Palanga

Palanga beach in summer time

Enjoy your vacation!!! Its realy nice place.