LOCATION Klaipėda – Kretinga –Žibininkai „Holiday Park“ photo source: ATTRACTIONS Trip from Klaipėda to Kretinga, visiting Kretinga Museum, Japan Garden. Arrival to „Holiday Park“ and setting up in log cabins. Kretinga Museum is one of the main museums in Samogitia where the manorial culture is represented. The most impressive winter garden in Lithuania is […]
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LOCATION Pervalka – Dead dunes (Nagliai Nature Reserve) – Juodkrantė (14 km). Duration about 5,5 hours. photo source: ATTRACTIONS This is an unique water route as most of it continues alongside Naglis Nature Reserve where it is forbidden to walk. At the beginning of the trip you will sail beside and see the old Pervalka […]
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LOCATION Klaipėda – Nida – Klaipėda Starting in Lithuania. 9.00 h bus trip to Nida, (1:00 h) on the way visiting Juodkrantė (1:30), Cormorant settlement (0:15 h), Dead dunes (0:45 h). Canyon in Nida „Grobštas“ (1 – 3 h). Geting back by bus to Smiltynė (1:00 h). photo source: own photos ATTRACTIONS During this […]
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LOCATION The Curonians, a Baltic tribe used to live between the Baltic Sea and the Samogitian Upland. It was in the Middle Ages that their land was divided between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword replaced by the Protestant Duchy of Courland after the Reformation. Only their southern part […]
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LOCATION The area stretching along the Niemen River had constituted the border between the Teutonic State and Prussia, and Lithuania for centuries. It is here that medieval crusades against pagan Balts focused, and that Catholic and Reformation communities, Calvinist and Lutheran ones, co-existed after the Reformation. Jews lived in many villages as well. There are […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Minija river:Coordinates 55.3469°N 21.2925°E Nemlinas river: Coordinates 55°20′12″N 21°14′50″E Peaceful kayaking in the morning, photo source: SCENIC CHARACTER The shallow waters of the Curonian Lagoon share the confluence of the Nemunas and the Minija Rivers, where bulrush kingdom provides a shelter for millions of birds that migrate through these territories every season. ATTRACTIONS In […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Eastern and Northern Lithuania are highly attractive areas for many iconic birds of the boreal region. Labanoras National Park covers a vast area with a predomination of Western Taiga forests, numerous lakes, various types of bogs, and natural meadows. Coordinate:59°00′N 26°00′E. The Cepkeliai wetland complex with adjacent territories, photo source: SCENIC CHARACTER A […]
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LOCATION Kretinga and Plungė towns are connected by highway A11 and have good railway and bus connection with other cities in Lithuania. Plungė Manor park, photo source: wikimedia commons. SCENIC CHARACTER Kretinga is one of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, also called the Franciscan capital due to 5 established monasteries here. Kretinga district is famous not […]
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LOCATION Palanga is a city along the Baltic Sea, 25 km north of Klaipėda.Palanga has International Airport, 7km from the center, and highway road A11 connecting cities to Kretinga, Plungė, Telšiai and others. photo source: SCENIC CHARACTER Palanga, the summer capital of Lithuania is the most popular beach resort and rehabilitation centre due […]
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LOCATION Klaipeda is the third largest city in Lithuania, in the Curonian Lagoon and in the Baltic Sea. The main transport links with Klaipeda are railway station, bus station, and seaport. photo source: SCENIC CHARACTER Klaipėda, often called as the country’s sea gates, is the third biggest and oldest city in Lithuania, founded […]
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