Palanga Things to Do

This sculpture is made in 1960 by Lithuanian sculptor Robertas Antinis.This is one of most visited sculptures and almost every family in Lithuania have the picture of their children near this sculpture.
Egle and Grass-snake are the main characters in one of oldest Lithuanian fairy-tale.

Palanga park is one of the most beautiful scenery parks in the Lithuania. It was founded by count F. Tiškevičius in 1895-1898. The author of project was famous at the time French scenery architect Edward Fransua Andrė. Belgian gardener Buyssens de Coulon supervised the work of Park foundation. It is thought that approximately 500 miscellaneous species and forms of rare trees and bushes grew in the park at that time. In 1960 a state establishment - Palanga botanical park - was founded on its basis. At the present moment the park occupies the area of 86 ha. The park is in the area of calm rest in Palanga resort.

Located in the heart of beautiful botanical park this museum if the finest piece of architecture in Palanga. It is also worth to visit the amber exposition inside.It is housed on the estate of Count Feliksas Tiskevicius. The exposition of Palanga Amber Museum takes up 15 rooms. About 4500 exhibit pieces are found here.
The Museum is becoming famous for its traditional cultural events. For more than 30 summers now the terrace has been home to the Night Serenade concerts. Interesting cultural events and meetings with artists take place in the Fireplace Hall of the estate.

Botanical park is a very relaxed, with beautiful sceneries and fullfiled with romance. You can observe many weddings there. They are coming to take the pictures, as the scenary for this is really wonderful.

There are also pools with swans and ducks, people often feed them (with white bread), so they are not afraid of people. You can even see families of swans. Attention when the mother is with litte swans, if you come too close and the male swan is around - he's quite gelous and express his anger in an obvious way with anger. Swans live in pairs, families. they are faitful till the end of their lifes unless one partner dies. There are a lot of duck too, kids love them!

The monument of Egle stands in the park where Tiskeviciai Palace is. It's dedicated to the well known Lithuanian folk tale 'Egle, the Queen of Serpents'. You can read it at the link below:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3503/egle.html

This landscaped garden is one of the prettiest, best preserved, and best kept parks in Lithuania's coastal region. In 1897 Count Felix Tiskevicius founded this park around the palace built the same year. The park was designed by the famous French landscape architect and botanist Eduard Fransua Andre, (1840 - 1911), who spent three summers in Palanga with his son Rene Eduard Andre (1867 - 1942) supervising the park's construction. They were assisted by the Belgian gardener Buyssen de Coulon.

During your stay in Palanga many people visit just beach and pubs. And they forget that besides this you can find there something interesting too, for e.g. a beatiful Tiskeviciai palace. The palace was built in 1897 by project of German architect Franc Svechten. The Tiskeviciai palace is the present Amber Museum. It was established on August 3 1963. The palace is situated in the middle of the botanic park and currently is the home for one of the most valuable amber museums. The museum has the world's biggest collection of amber inclusions.

Birute hill is located in the south west of the Amber Museum. This hill has a romantic history. It used to be a pagan sanctuary and the observatory of celestial bodies. Today it is a peaceful and quiet place, especially popular among infatuated couples. At the foot of the hill there is a Lurd initiated by earl Tiskevicius. In summertime poetry readings are held here. From the top of Birute hill you can enjoy a broad sea panorama.