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Palanga – one of the oldest and probably the most popular resorts in Lithuania. The small and cozy city located in the Baltic Sea, near the Latvian border. There are about 17.5 thousand. people. A considerable part of the population works in tourism. Palanga town, together with the suburbs and the Holy village consisted of most of Palanga.

During the summer season and weekends, the number of people in Palanga increases tenfold. Tourists come here to rest from all over Lithuania, the neighboring and more distant countries. Them here, attracted by beautiful white sand beaches, noisy and colorful central pedestrian J. Basanavičiaus Street, excellent peizažinis Botanical Park and Amber Museum. Palangos visitors can correct a multitude of health resort. The spa environment – the marine climate, the fresh pine air – can help improve mood and get rid of negative emotions.
Visitors who want a slightly quieter environment, the choice of the Holy – a small town, located near Palanga. Sventoji there are many type of camping holiday base where you can stay at an affordable price.

Palanga historical sources first mentioned in 1253 Then, Palanga was sufficiently important for trade settlement. Ikikrikščioniško religious cult paleoastronominiai equipment, Birutės find on the mountain, all of these places of historical white.
Palanga started later famous as a holiday home village. In particular, it contributed to the Earl Tyszkiewicz. Educated and wealthy Earl Joseph Tyszkiewicz, saw no one of that famous resort in Western Europe, decided to make the Palanga is also modern and fashionable resort. 1877 – 1880 m. Kurhauzas was built – the first in Palanga resort hotel and restaurant. It was also built holiday complexes, equipped bathing with warm water. The surrounding forest parks paved walking trails. 1884 – 1888 m. built a wooden bridge into the sea, which has become the favorite place to resort guests. He did not survive – injured during the hurricane, has been replaced by more modern. Feliks Tyszkiewicz 1893, Palanga built manor houses and French architect Andre aids installed peizažinį park.

The resort has risen steadily, it was opened a new spa, hotels, restaurants and inns. Independent Palanga Lithuania times did not lose his interest and charm. This summer nearly all the Lithuanian intelligentsia.

Soviet remained resort town of Palanga. Expanded recreational network, was built in huge complexes of spa treatments, a new airport in Palanga.
Lithuania regained independence in decreased flow of tourists from the East, but is now recovering Palanga, a rapidly gražėja environment, increasing the entertainment and improvement of their quality. Beautiful example of renewal Palangos – rebuilt J. Basanavičiaus Street.

Palanga Attractions

• Palanga Botanical Park. Vytauto g. the southern end. One of the most beautiful and best managed by the famous French landscape architect Eduard Andre Rene nineteenth century PAB. – XX a. Ave. designed parks. Popular walk.
• Count Tiškevicius Chamber – The Amber Museum.
• Botanic Park in the center of the nineteenth century PAB. – XX a. Ave. built the palace is situated in one of the richest museums in the world of Amber. The world’s largest collection of amber inclusions.
• Birute hill. In the southwest of the Amber Museum, near the Baltic Sea is a romantic story shrouded dune, once garsėjusi as a pagan temple and the heavenly bodies, monitoring the Observatory. Today, the chapel built on top of the mountain, and papėdėje – Count Tiškevicius installed Lurdes, which takes place in summer evenings of poetry reading.
• Smilšu Street and the sea bridge. The street – the main resort of pedestrian walkway. There are many hotels, entertainment, food establishments. Užsibaigia Street pedestrian bridge to the sea.
• Dr. John sloop memorial farmstead. Vytauto g. 23
• Lithuanian national revival of the famous actor, a doctor and the interwar Palangos Burmistrz house. Here J.Šliūpo familiar with the activities and Palangos history.
• Anthony Monza House – Museum
• S. Daukanto g. 16
• A. Monza, born Palangos neighborhood, during the Second World War moved to France, where he created many original works of art. The museum exhibited his sculpture in wood, drawings, clay pipe, from industrial waste by the masks. In the author’s will, exhibits allowed to touch the hand.
• Žemaičių Alka. Mount Birutės XV century paleoastronominės observatory built analog Sventoji, 200 m for the Health Center “Energy”. Here, the monitoring of sea sunset, you can capture the main calendar holidays.