Things to do in Palanga
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1925
Sunk down from Basanavičiaus, this old wooden house provides relief from the main-street madness. Cuisine is simple and its back garden with church view is the least Disneylike you'll find.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Fortas
Nightclub.
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New Orleans
Nightclub.
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Valentina ir partneriai
Upmarket amber jeweller.
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Resistance Museum
Look for the small photographic display inside.
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Maxima
Self caterers should check out Maxima supermarket.
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Kupeta
For live jazz, folk and blues, try this hip jazz club.
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Mini Maxima
Self caterers should check out Mini Maxima supermarket.
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National Philharmonic
Watch out for posters outside the National Philharmonic to find out what's on.
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Open-air Concert Hall
Watch out for posters outside the Open-air Concert Hall to find out what's on.
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Dr Jono Šliūpas Memorial House
Fascinating B&W photos of old Palanga fill the Dr Jono Šliūpas Memorial House.
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Savickas Paveikslų Galerija
Contemporary art is showcased at Klaipėdos Galerija and Savickas Paveikslų Galerija, a twinset of galleries in an interior courtyard.
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Klaipėdos Galerija
Contemporary art is showcased at Klaipėdos Galerija and Savickas Paveikslų Galerija, a twinset of galleries in an interior courtyard.
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Antanas Mončys House Museum
The Antanas Mončys House Museum displays sculptures, collages and masks by Lithuanian émigré artist Antanas Mončys (1921-93).
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Amber Museum
The highlight of the Botanical Park area is the Amber Museum, inside a sweeping classical palace (1897). The museum showcases 20,000-odd examples of Baltic gold.
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Žuvinė
On the main street, Žuvinė cooks up fish behind a striking glass façade.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Čagino
On the main street, Čagino serves up Russian cuisine, behind a striking glass façade.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Birutė Hill
Once a pagan shrine. According to legend, it was tended by vestal virgins, one of whom, Birutė, was kidnapped and married by Grand Duke Kęstutis. A 19th-century chapel tops the hill.
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Boogie Woogie
Interior designers adopted a definite Disney approach at this enormous tavern with elaborate water garden out back. Cuisine is Lithuanian with a generous pinch of European.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Seklytėlė
This delightful wooden house is painted a cheery canary yellow and cooks up homemade Lithuanian food in a quaint flowery garden. Granny-knitted rugs are provided for nippier evenings.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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1925
Sunk down from Basanavičiaus, this old wooden house provides relief from the main-street madness. Cuisine is simple and its back garden with church view is the least Disneylike you'll find.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Trobelė
Drinkers and diners soak up a beer-garden atmosphere at this informal restaurant where kids run riot on swings, slides and cars while grown-ups munch smoked pigs' ears, boiled pig's leg and the Lithuanian like.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Vila Adona
Vast manicured terrace gardens front this majestic villa, draped in flower boxes. Service is slick (earpieces ensure waiters stay in touch with the kitchen) and a menu in full colour suits every gastronomic mood.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Čili Pica
There's something to be said for this pizzeria - the face of Palanga with its mixed crowd of kid-clad couples, noisy families and young beauties out to party. Find it propped up on candyfloss-pink pillars. Pizzas come in 53 varieties.
Opening hours listed are for the high season; note that many places don't open in winter.
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Kretinga Museum
This winter garden has seen better days but the green-fingered might still enjoy the tropical mirage of 850 species of exotic plants blooming forth in a tatty classical glasshouse at the Kretinga Museum, 10km east in Kretinga. The hot house opened in 1875 in one of the many homes of the Tyszkiewicz family of Polish nobles, but a fire devastated it in 1915 and in 1940 the Soviet Army destroyed it.
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