Lithuanian Coast Travel Guide

Explore Klaipeda City Municipality Klaipėda’s port and compact old town attract visitors who like salty air, amber shops and shipyards. Explore Palanga Palanga’s long sandy beach and wooden pier draw summer crowds; tourists visit the amber museum in Tiškevičiai Palace, stroll palm-lined Basanavičius Street and rent bikes along the coast. Explore Nida On the Curonian Spit, Nida’s wind-swept dunes and thatched fishermen’s cottages attract birdwatchers and cyclists; visitors climb the dunes, watch amber artisans and visit Thomas Mann’s house-turned-museum. Explore Šilutė Mudflats and reedbeds frame Šilutė, base for birdwatchers exploring the Nemunas Delta or the Curonian Lagoon; tourists come for river ferries, smoked eel in taverns, and timber houses along the main square. Explore Rusnė On the Nemunas Delta, Rusnė sits amid reed channels and tidal meadows: birdwatchers, anglers and cyclists come for migratory wader flocks, flat marsh roads, small wooden stilt houses and ferry crossings through the delta park. Explore Neringa Along the Curonian Spit, Neringa offers dune walks, pine forests, and fishing villages like Nida with its wooden houses and lighthouse. Explore Palanga Amber Museum Museum in Palanga’s botanical park exhibiting Baltic amber, inclusions and historic jewellery; paired visits to the nearby seaside resort and parkland are common. Explore Curonian Spit A narrow, 98‑kilometre sand spit between the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic, the Curonian Spit features shifting dunes, fishing villages such as Nida, birdwatching and long cycling routes through pine forest.