Palanga has long been known for everyone as a balneological resort on the seashore, with a chic forest nearby.
Palanga has gained popularity since the late 19th century - still, here it is really very good and beautiful. Plus is very useful, because there are different useful sources, peat mud and all that. In general, everyone goes here with all their might treat, straighten the nerves, treat joints and heart. Great joy to lovers of beaches - the beach here stretched at 10 kilometers, all sandy and with all the amenities. About 200 hotels, sanatoriums and holiday homes have been rebuilt in the Palanga. That is, at the same time, forty thousand people can come here. And then it's great to come here to tighten the muscles, for example, ride on a large along the coast, good, there is an equipped track there, and all sorts of tennis courts and football fields.
Well, after improving and sports programs, you can go around the sights of the city.
Botanic Garden (Palangos Botanikos Parkas)
The park can also be known in the past names of Tyshkavikhaus or Birutės. This park was founded by one rich citizen who received the estate as an inheritance in this resort town. He quickly redid his estate in the castle, and the park with beautiful things broke next to the park. Even invited the French architect for these purposes, which was famous for his parks in Italy, France and Holland. Well, a couple of famous nerds rich, also invited. These masters have worked for three years in a row in the park of this estate, until the final beauty turned out.
In the palace, the amber museum is now opened, which I will tell later. Park, by the way, was divided into a wetland. So, there are several ponds with islets. There are dunes here, one of them is at least 17 meters high. For the most part, pine trees grow in the park, so, you can imagine what fragrance is in this park! It can also be noted that the park combines the interlacing of open and closed parts of spaces, which is very impressive. And also, very pretty cleaners - even sit down and draw. By the way, you can go to the park from different sides, as it has several inputs. And somehow imperceptibly the park merges with a natural pine forest. Is that, in the north is a fence.
Trees and shrubs in the park are brought from Paris, Berlin and other European cities (more precisely, from their botanical gardens). There are a couple of exotic plants here. In total, there are already 370 types of grassy plants and more than 250 species of trees and shrubs.
Amber Museum (Gintaro Muziejus)
The museum has been working since the 63th year of the last century. It occupies already 15 halls, and the total area of 750 square meters. meters. Amber - this can be said, Lithuanian gold. It is really very much here, so the museum here was completely logical here. In this museum there are exhibits, which are over 40 million years old, and in general, this is one of their richest similar museums around the world, and the collections here are truly unique. Amber here is delivered from a variety of places in the world.
And the museum guests can also learn more about the extraction of amber and its processing, and also learn what the color and transparency of stones depend on the color, and about pines, and their resin, this stone appears, and everything else. In total, about 20 thousand items are in the museum, however, some are in the storage facilities. There are also a collection of jewelry created from 17 to 20th century. Every July in the museum hosts concerts of classical music, called "Night Serenads". Also an interesting event. The museum also has a souvenir shop where you can buy some products from amber.
Basanavičius Street (Jono Basanaviaus Gatve)
Favorite tourist destination, lively and cheerful street. She is named after the Lithuanian historian and public figure Jonas Basanavičius. He became famous when he headed the first Lithuanian literary newspaper "Aushra". Well, in political life, a little also took part. And this man wrote a lot of work on archeology, cultural history, ethnography, all related to this historical area. In general, the person is outstanding and extremely smart.
Its name is called only this street, but also the streets in other cities of Lithuania and even Bulgaria. This street in Palanga-Parcel, wide, leads to the pier, on the semi-bodie, before the eyes of -phones, cafes, restaurants, unusual benches, young trees. In general, walk and walk. By the way, it is now the street is so noisy and popular, and, by the way, at the end of the 19th century, the street was modest and quiet. And after the Basanavicus visited the resort in the 23rd year of the last century, the street was quickly renamed in honor of the writer (it was told by Tyshkevich's Boulevard). In short, be sure to walk here, eat ice cream and try the famous smoked Lithuanian fish.
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This is an antique fishing village, which is considered the progenitor of the Palanga. From ancient times, people had lived here, as the archaeological excavations were shown (some found exhibits more than 5 thousand years old.). It became universally known about Wannenty in the 13th century, when this bay and port used quite actively. True, a couple of times banged with stones to avoid competition, but during the Tsarist Russia, the port was again broken. For some time, the twenty person belonged to Latvia, but from the 21st year of the last century, the place was again Lithuanian. The village was attached to the Palanga in the 73th year. Today, people live here, however, there are only about 2 thousand people, but there are often tourists in the village who come here to ride a boat, to divide and just relax on local beaches. In the area of holiday homes, well, or simply you can take off the house and relax in nature. And if you pass by the Church and get to the right, you will see excellent picnic places and a game complex with wood sculptures and swings.
Immediately in the north of the city there are pillars for rites from a tree - the Gemiteisian sanctuary. This is the Lithuanian pagan temple, which, it seems, was still actively used in the XV century. These wooden pillars symbolize different balt gods. Well, it is impossible to pass by sculptures 4 meters high, next to the port gate. It is called the "daughter of a fisherman" and depicts girls who robbed views in the sea waiting for the father.
