When summer is resuming we took a trip to Lithuanian seacoast. Saturday morning 300 kilometer trip was fine, not so big trafic and road repair not too much annoying.We checked in at Old Mill Hotel. I like this one because of location. It is 3 star hotel but perfectly located - at Klaipeda port where Dane River enter Curonian lagoon. Hotel constructors very vicely installed big windows so we could enjoy bypassing ferries, yahts, cargo ships and small local boats. Standard room is more spacious than majority of 4 star hotels in the Baltics and we had no complains about shower, room furniture or anything else. Breakfast for the next day was adequate, I had my favorite omelet with bacon and there was good selection of fruits and all the rest food selection was appealing.
Taken care of accommodation we went exploring Klaipeda. The hotel is in the Old Town of Klaipeda so it is easy to get to the major attractions. We didn't go this time to the museums that are abundant in the city. We just strolled coblestone streets of old Klaipeda untill we reached the most famous ship in town - Meridianas which is converted into the restaurant now. Unfortunately it was closed so we picked other favorite restaurant Stora Antis (Fat Duck).
It's a great small cellar place: Russian cuisine with Lithuanian interpretation. Very tasty dishes fish, seafood, pork and beef but be carefull - the dishes are gigant so you might feel full after the starter.
Being near the sea one shoud look at the coast especially considering nice weather that we had. So we decided to try some new location and we took street leading to Giruliai and parked jist a kilometer after bypassing Giruliai (suburb of Klaipeda. What a nice spot - wide sandy beach, not crowded and why not to enjoy the Baltic waves.
Taken care of accommodation we went exploring Klaipeda. The hotel is in the Old Town of Klaipeda so it is easy to get to the major attractions. We didn't go this time to the museums that are abundant in the city. We just strolled coblestone streets of old Klaipeda untill we reached the most famous ship in town - Meridianas which is converted into the restaurant now. Unfortunately it was closed so we picked other favorite restaurant Stora Antis (Fat Duck).It's a great small cellar place: Russian cuisine with Lithuanian interpretation. Very tasty dishes fish, seafood, pork and beef but be carefull - the dishes are gigant so you might feel full after the starter.
Being near the sea one shoud look at the coast especially considering nice weather that we had. So we decided to try some new location and we took street leading to Giruliai and parked jist a kilometer after bypassing Giruliai (suburb of Klaipeda. What a nice spot - wide sandy beach, not crowded and why not to enjoy the Baltic waves.
We had barbeque on the seacoast for the dinner enjoying sunset and waves washing the beach.
We decided to visit dolphinarium on Sunday. It is on the Curonian Spit edge where Curonian Lagoon joins the Baltic sea. The dophinarium is part of the Klaipeda Sea Museum which is installed in former fort that was protecting gates of Klaipeda harbour. So one can enjoy watching the sea life and exploring old fortification. Dolphinarium is famous not only for dolphin and sea lion show but also for adopting dolphins to healing some diseases like autism and others. We enjoyed the show and went to the sea coast. You have to walk for a kilometer through the forest but the beach is one of the most enjoyable on Lithuanian sea coast.
We decided to visit dolphinarium on Sunday. It is on the Curonian Spit edge where Curonian Lagoon joins the Baltic sea. The dophinarium is part of the Klaipeda Sea Museum which is installed in former fort that was protecting gates of Klaipeda harbour. So one can enjoy watching the sea life and exploring old fortification. Dolphinarium is famous not only for dolphin and sea lion show but also for adopting dolphins to healing some diseases like autism and others. We enjoyed the show and went to the sea coast. You have to walk for a kilometer through the forest but the beach is one of the most enjoyable on Lithuanian sea coast.
We didn't go this time to Neringa resort so we'll post report on this great area later.
After taking the ferry back we had lunch at my favorite Kurpiai restaurant and headed home. Kurpiai is famous for live jazz and rock shows where the best musicians perform. Concerts start at 8PM.
Here are more links to web resources on Lithuanian sea coast:
Pictures of the area can be seen on flickr
Nice website of Klaipeda Sea Museum but Lithuanian only
