Klaipeda, Lithuania Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

KLAIPĖDA , Lithuania's third largest city and most important port, lies on the Baltic coast, a long and tedious 275km by road or rail northwest of Vilnius. Though it has a handful of sights the city is of more interest as a staging post en route to Neringa , the Lithuanian name for the Couronian Spit which shields much of Lithuania's coast from the open Baltic. Until 1919 a part of Germany known as Memel, Klaipėda is bisected by the River Danė. The main sights are in the Old Town on its southern bank, an area of half-timbered buildings and cobbled streets, at the heart of which is Theatre Square … more »