Palanga – Lithuanian Louvre

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1. Lithuania is a heaven for health lovers, with its fresh air, green cities and unspoilt nature. Everything you can find in one of the oldest Palanga resort. This is the country’s largest seaside resort town that occupies a 25 km zone along the Baltic Sea. Visit starts at the main gate of the Palanga Botanical landscape park which is one of the prettiest, best preserved, and best maintained parks in Lithuania’s coastal region. The guided walk in the park, past the ponds and stops at the main statues. Discovering why the palace is known as 'Born in honey from love'. Admire the view of the Tiskeviciai Palace. Guests see aristocratic residence environment and the furniture and art works of the end of the 18th and the 19th centuries amber artefacts at the Palanga amber Museum 1st floor. Then, visitors are acquainted with the history of amber in the context of the Earth evolution and the world cultural history. This this museum showcases what is reputedly the world’s sixth-largest collection of Baltic gold. Stroll among sweet-smelling roses in the Rosary. Tour continues in the park and guests have an opportunity to familiarise with the Birute Hill. After that, you will gain fascinating insight into the resort’s culture and heritage of the Old Villas, The Most Holy Virgin Mary’s Ascension church attracting with its neo-gothic beauty and greatness, Palanga kurhaus, lovely white sand beach with over 400m long the L-shaped wooden Pier. You can also go inside the modern Palanga resort museum.

   3 h

2. Guests see aristocratic residence environment and the furniture and art works of the end of the 18th and the 19th centuries amber artefacts at the Palanga amber Museum 1st floor. Then, visitors are acquainted with the history of amber in the context of the Earth evolution and the world cultural history. This this museum showcases what is reputedly the world’s sixth-largest collection of Baltic gold.

   1 hAdmission included

3. After the Palanga tour it is available to explore Kretinga Manor of the Counts Tiškevičiai and exotic Winter Garden of the former palace with an all year flourishing about 5000 species of plants and nice water cascades, housing a cosy café. Continue to a local restaurant to pleasure your palate with Lithuanian beers and traditional dishes like zeppelins (potato dumplings), saltibarsciai (cold pink soup) and freshly baked slices of black rye bread.

   2 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Klaipėda

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 23 city tours we list in Klaipėda.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Klaipėda

Klaipėda is Lithuania's Baltic port, a city of half-timbered streets and shipyards and the gateway to the dunes and pine forest of the Curonian Spit.

Klaipėda lies where the Curonian Lagoon opens into the Baltic Sea, and it has been a harbour since the Teutonic Knights built a castle here in the thirteenth century. As Memel it belonged to Prussia and later Germany until the end of the First World War, and the half-timbered houses of the old town recall that era. In Theatre Square, the Simon Dach Fountain is topped by a figure of Ännchen of Tharau.

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