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Palanga Amber Museum, Botanical Park and Klaipėda
- Private tour
- Duration: 6 h
- Moderate walking
- Multiple languages
Overview
Palanga is where Lithuania goes to the seaside: a pine-backed beach, a wooden pier and a promenade of cafes, with a count’s palace in a hundred-hectare park holding the country’s amber collection. This six-hour tour spends the morning there and comes back through the old town of Klaipėda.
The tour covers:
- The Palanga Amber Museum in the Tyszkiewicz palace, admission included
- The botanical park of 1897 and Birutė Hill
- The neo-Gothic Church of the Assumption
- Free time on Basanavičiaus street and the seafront
- A walk through Klaipėda old town and its sculptures
Please note that the tour order and the time spent at each venue may vary.
What you will see
- The Amber Museum in a count's palace, admission included
- A botanical park laid out by a French landscape architect in 1897
- Basanavičiaus street and the pier on the Palanga seafront
- The neo-Gothic Church of the Assumption and its marble altar
- A walk through Klaipėda old town and its hidden bronzes
Itinerary
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Meeting by the ship
Meeting by the ship. The start time of the tour is given approximately and will be adjusted depending on your ship arrival time. The exact meeting time will be specified on your confirmation letter.
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Drive to Palanga
A drive of about half an hour up the coast
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Palanga Amber Museum
A visit to the Amber Museum, housed since 1963 in the palace Count Feliks Tyszkiewicz built in 1897. Its collection runs to tens of thousands of pieces, among them some of the largest lumps of Baltic amber ever found and many holding insects and plants caught in pine resin about forty million years ago. The displays explain how amber forms, how it is fished from the sea and worked, and why this coast has traded it since antiquity.
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Botanical park
A walk in the park around the palace, laid out in 1897 by the French landscape architect Édouard André on a hundred hectares of dune and pine, with rose gardens, ponds and paths leading to Birutė Hill, a pagan sanctuary before it was a chapel.
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Church of the Assumption
The neo-Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, finished in 1907, whose red brick spire is the tallest thing in Palanga, with a carved pulpit and a marble altar with wooden reliefs inside.
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Basanavičiaus street and the pier
Free time on Basanavičiaus street, the pedestrian promenade of cafes and stalls that runs down to the wooden pier over the sea. Walkers on the beach still find amber washed up after a storm.
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Drive to Klaipėda
The half-hour drive back down the coast
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Klaipėda old town
A walk through the old town of Klaipėda, German Memel until 1923 and laid out on a Dutch grid of half-timbered warehouses. You cross the chain bridge to the site of the castle the Teutonic Order founded in 1252, of which the moat and earthworks survive, and reach Theatre Square, where the Ännchen von Tharau fountain stands in front of the drama theatre, put up for the girl in Simon Dach's love poem of the 1630s. Small bronzes are hidden all over the lanes, among them a mouse said to grant whispered wishes, a cat with a gentleman's face and a chimney sweep on a roof.
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Return to the ship
The tour ends with the transfer to the cruise port
Price includes
- Englsh speaking guide for 6 hours; other languages are available upon request
- Transportation in a A/C vehicle for 6 hours
- Pick up and drop off in the port
- Entrance tickets to the Amber museum in Palanga
Not included
- Lunch
- Tips (recommended tips for guide: 10% of the tour cost, for driver: 5% of the tour cost)
Meeting point
Please, make sure to read disembarkation instructions sent through email with other documentation.
Prices
| People | Price per person |
|---|---|
| 1 | €374 |
| 2 | €187 |
| 3 | €125 |
| 4 | €114 |
| 5 | €107 |
| 6 | €90 |
| 7 | €77 |
| 8 | €95 |
| People | Price per person |
|---|---|
| 9 | €85 |
| 10 | €76 |
| 11 | €69 |
| 12 | €64 |
| 13 | €59 |
| 14 | €54 |
| 15 | €51 |
| 16 | €48 |
Good to know
Visas and tour tickets
US and EU citizens need no visa or tour ticket to come ashore in Klaipeda.
Payment
- A deposit of 50% is due when you book.
- The balance is due on the day of the tour, in cash (euros) or by credit card.
- Full payment is due when you book a single excursion.
- You receive a confirmation as soon as your online payment goes through.
Cancellation
- Tell us in writing if you or anyone in your party cancels a confirmed booking.
- Deposits are refunded in full up to 72 hours before the tour.
- Deposits are not refunded within 72 hours of the tour.
- No refund is given for a no-show, or once the tour has been paid in full.
Availability and notes
- Ask us about availability at least 48 hours before your ship reaches the port.
- The schedule is adjusted to the arrival time of your ship.
- The tour is not suitable for guests with limited mobility.
- Contact us first if you travel with a wheelchair or a mobility scooter.
- The tour involves walking and climbing stairs.
- Wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather and bring an umbrella just in case.
Tips and discounts
- Children aged 7 to 17 and students pay 10% less.
- Tips are not included in the price.
- We suggest about 15% in total, split as 10% for your guide and 5% for your driver.
- Please carry some cash for this, though tipping is always your choice.
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