--- title: "Palanga – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Palanga, Lithuania: Palanga is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Nearby: Palanga Amber Museum, Tiškevičiai Palace…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/palanga" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/palanga.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Palanga_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg" --- Resort city in Samogitia, Lithuania · Klaipėda County # Palanga Palanga is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. ![Palanga](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Palanga_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg) Palanga · Wikimedia Commons The place Palanga is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. The city's population as of January 2025 was 18,551. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanga), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Palanga 6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Palanga Amber Museum The Palanga Amber Museum, near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, Lithuania, is a branch of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. It is housed in the restored 19th-century Tiškevičiai Palace and is surrounded by the Palanga Botanical Garden. 1.3 km · art Museum in Palanga, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanga_Amber_Museum) 2. Tiškevičiai Palace (Palanga) The Tiškevičiai Palace is a Neo-Renaissance style building in Palanga, Lithuania, built for the Tyszkiewicz family. The construction was started in 1893 and finished in 1897. 1.3 km · building in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C5%A1kevi%C4%8Diai_Palace,_Palanga) 3. Palanga pier Palanga Pier is a wooden pier to the Baltic Sea located in Palanga, the most popular and biggest summer resort in Lithuania. 1.2 km · pier in Palanga, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanga_Pier) 4. Church of the Assumption, Palanga The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in Palanga, Lithuania. 100 m · church building in Palanga, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Assumption_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Palanga) 5. Palanga Arena Palanga Arena is a multifunctional arena in Palanga, Lithuania. It was opened on April 11, 2014. 800 m · arena in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanga_Arena) 6. Plocis Plazė is a lake about 8 km to the west of Kretingalė in Klaipėda District Municipality in West Lithuania. A blind has been constructed beside the lake so bird lovers can watch the lake’s water birds up close. 9 km · lake in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plocis) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Palanga Pier is L-shaped 2. Resort Museum 3. Amber Museum From [Wikivoyage: Palanga](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Palanga), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do The beach is sandy and stretches either side of the pier for many km - south to the lagoon outlet at Klaipėda, north to the small resort of Šventoji. The central strip is congested at the height of summer; the further away you go, the quieter it gets. Walking up and down J. Basanavičiaus Street, the main pedestrian street leading to the beach and pier. From [Wikivoyage: Palanga](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Palanga), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Basanavičius g is lined with cheap and cheerful places. From [Wikivoyage: Palanga](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Palanga), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Palanga **Airports:** Palanga (PLQ), 7 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 118 km · Riga (RIX), 211 km\ **Stations:** Palanga International Airport, 6.5 km\ - Kaunas → Palanga 212 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €24–33 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaunas-to-palanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaunas&to=Palanga) - Vilnius → Palanga 299 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · €33–46 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vilnius-to-palanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vilnius&to=Palanga) - Kaliningrad → Palanga 139 km · quickest by road, 6h 6m · ₽1,450–1,940 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-palanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Palanga) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Palanga) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Palanga Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Palanga. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next Curonian Spit, a short ferry ride from Klaipėda, is a remarkable 99 km line of sand dunes enclosing a lagoon. From [Wikivoyage: Palanga](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Palanga), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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