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.