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Palanga

Palanga

Palanga is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

Plan a trip to Palanga From Kaunas

The city's population as of January 2025 was 18,551.

Get in

Getting to Palanga

  1. 01
    Palanga International Airport

    This has limited seasonal destinations, which include London Stansted and Dublin by Ryanair, Oslo by Norwegian, Riga by Air Baltic, and Copenhagen by Scandinavian.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Palanga Pier is L-shaped
  2. 02
    Resort Museum
  3. 03
    Amber Museum
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.

Eat

Where to eat

Basanavičius g is lined with cheap and cheerful places.

How locals move

Getting around Palanga the local way

  • Go nextCuronian Spit, a short ferry ride from Klaipėda, is a remarkable 99 km line of sand dunes enclosing a lagoon.

From Wikivoyage: Palanga, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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