Amber tours

The Baltic Sea coast with Palanga Resort and the Curonian Spit National Park, designated by UNESCO as the World Heritage Site, explored individually by bicycle on highly scenic. Enjoy a real Lithuanian country life when cycling in the Nemunas River Delta region. This tour partly covers the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route www.bicycle.lt/seasideroute/  which is the first and only officially signposted high quality cycle route in Lithuania opened a few years ago.

CYCLING ITINERARY (app. 270 km)  

Day 1 Saturday: KLAIPĖDA

Arrival in Klaipėda. Individual transfer to the hotel (not included). Check-in and optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Klaipėda

HOTEL: OLD MILL*** or similar

Day 2 Sunday: KLAIPĖDA-PALANGA-KLAIPĖDA (app. 55 km)

9:00 a.m. information meeting at the hotel, where you will be greeted by BALTIC BIKE TRAVEL representative.

Cycling to Palanga resort and back along the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route leading through Giruliai Forest and the Seaside Regional Park. En route you may explore the Dutchman’s Cap – a 24-meter-high coastal cliff and Plazė Lake. In Palanga you may visit the Botanical Park and Amber Museum, cycling along J.Basanavičius car-free street featuring plenty of cafes, restaurants and a pier heading 470 meters into the Baltic Sea. Return to Klaipėda the same way back. Optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Klaipėda

HOTEL: OLD MILL*** or similar

Day 3 Monday: KLAIPĖDA-PRIEKULĖ-ŠILUTĖ (app. 65 km)

Cycling on forest trails and countryside road through Dituva allotment gardens and Pamarys Meadows to Šilutė. En route you will cross 24-km long Klaipėda Canal, also referred to as King Vilhelm Canal, which was dug in the 19th century to link the Minija River with the Curonian Lagoon in Klaipėda. Arrival in Šilutė, check-in and optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Šilutė

HOTEL: GILIJA*** or similar.

Day 4 Tuesday: ŠILUTĖ-RUSNĖ ISLAND-ŠILUTĖ (app. 45 km)

Explore Šilutė town named after “Šilokarčema” (a pub in the boscage) and go for a return cycling trip to Rusnė Island, the only such big island in Lithuania, located in the Nemunas River Delta Regional Park. En route you may explore the ethnographic fisherman’s homestead – a museum of Rusnė, the old water pumping station – a polder museum and the 19th century lighthouse in Uostadvaris Harbour. Optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Šilutė

HOTEL: GILIJA*** or similar.

Day 5 Wednesday: ŠILUTĖ-VENTĖ-NIDA (app. 45 km)

Cycling to Ventė Cape where you may visit a bird ringing station with a museum of ornithology and the 19th century lighthouse which offers an amazing view of the landscape and a glimpse of the shining sand dunes of the Curonian Spit. Take a boat for crossing the Curonian Lagoon to Nida. Arrival in Nida followed by a bike ride to the hotel. Check-in and optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Nida

HOTEL: NERIJA*** or similar.

Day 6 Thursday: NIDA

Free day in Nida which is an old fishermen’s village on the Curonian Spit washed by the Baltic Sea from one side and the Curonian Lagoon from other side. Today Nida is the largest settlement of the town of Neringa and one of the most beautiful resorts in Lithuania. Cycling or walking along impressive sand dunes and visiting the most popular places of interest – the Fisherman’s House, the summer house of famous German writer Thomas Mann, and the Amber Gallery. Optional dinner at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Nida

HOTEL: NERIJA*** or similar.

Day 7 Friday: NIDA-JUODKRANTĖ-KLAIPĖDA (app. 60 km)

Cycling on an asphalt bike path of the Seaside Cycle Route which takes you along the Curonian Spit to Klaipėda. En route you may stop at “Dead” sand dunes and colony of grey herons and cormorants, visit the Hill of Witches which houses a hundred fanciful and folksy wooden sculptures scattered along a forest path, swimming in the Baltic Sea and take the sun on golden sand beaches. Arrival in Smiltynė where take a ferry to the Old Town of Klaipėda. Check-in and optional dinner at the hotel.

7:30 p.m. (19:30) Meeting with BALTIC BIKE TRAVEL representative who will collect the rental bicycles.

OVERNIGHT: Klaipėda

HOTEL: OLD MILL*** or similar

Day 8 Saturday: KLAIPĖDA

Breakfast at the hotel. End of the tour.

Notes:

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