Famous Lithuanian resort - Palanga

In this blog post I will tell you about famous Lithuanian resort near the Baltic Sea - Palanga. A few months ago I published photos of Palanga in winter.

Last weekend I visited Palanga again. It was an opening of summer season. The festival was not very successful because of typical Lithuanian weather: rainy, windy, +12 C…

Palanga in summer is a busy, crowded and noisy place. I am not a big fan of it… But it is much cheaper to spend holidays in Palanga than in other much more beautiful resort near the Baltic Sea – Nida. If you love to party, Palanga is for you! Otherwise, one or two days in Palanga is enough time to see it.

If you travel on a tight budget, I don’t recommend you to book a hotel in Palanga in advance. It is much cheaper to rent a room or a flat from grannies who will attack you when you get off the bus in Palanga :) They also stand near the road to Palanga with posters “Rooms for rent”. Don’t you ever believe when they say their houses are 100 meters away from the sea, they lie!

Grannies offer rooms for rent near Palanga

Sights in Kaunas (Part 2)

In my previous blog post I described a few most interesting sights in Kaunas. Today I will give you information and pictures of other interesting places in the city.

Laisves Avenue (Avenue of Freedom)

Laisves Avenue is the main pedestrian street in Kaunas. It connects new and old parts of the city. Laives aleja is a nice and lively street with many shops, reastaurants, casinos, nightclubs, museums etc. And the street has more than 500 lindens!

Laisves Avenue

Laisves Avenue

Kaunas funiculars

Kaunas has two functioning funiculars. It is the only city in Lithuania with this type of transport. Not many functioning funiculars are left in the world nowadays.

One funicular connects the old town and Aleksotas district. It takes people up the Aleksotas hill. Taking this funicular is very entertaining and you can see a wonderful panoramic view. Another funicular connects the centre of Kaunas and Zaliakalnis district. Zaliakalnis funicular is one of the oldest in Europe!

Funicular in Kaunas