Walking Tour in Palanga - Capital of Amber

Palanga is the city where the days and the nights are very busy, full of tourists, many concerts and other entertaining. Palanga deserves “the capital of Summer entertainment” status. It is one of the country's leading resorts. Palanga is interesting not only in the summer. Hotels and spas all open all year round. Palanga is organising traditional events: February - Smelt Festival in April - St George's Day in May - a resort festival and street music day in September - "1000 tables" celebration.

Explore one of the most beautiful seaside resorts will starting from the Amber Museum*, which was founded in 1963. It's been Tiškeviciai Manor house. It has more than 29 000 exhibits. Amber Museum has one of Europe's largest collection of inclusions. There is the largest protected Ginara block - Solar Stone - weighing 3.5kg ~. Expert claim it to be worth approximately 1.5 million litas.

Botanical Park is one of the most beautiful and richest estate parks surrounding the Amber Museum and Birute’s Forest area. This is one of the most visited places of Palanga, in which vacationers stop, by here to enjoy seasonal flowers and springing fountains. The park is rich with sculptures.

Birute’s hill. This is the highest dune on the beach in Palanga. The Bridge of Palanga and J.Basanavicius Street. The street is almost 500 meters long and it ends at the shore of the Baltic sea where you can see the The Palanga Bridge. The Street is as a symbol of Palanga, constantly cleaned, restored and very treasured. There are many souvenir shops, cafes, bars, night clubs, recreational areas on Basanavicius street.

At the end of this tour visit and see the demonstration of amber processing workshop located in Amber craftsmen guild members. There you see demonstrate amber processing technology from a simple piece of amber up to full production of the product, that will be able to do by yourself. You'll also be able to buy cheaper amber souvenirs.