Palanga boasts over 10 kilometres of white beaches, backed by pine forests and sand dunes. The area is renowned for its thermal and mineral baths.
You can walk through the picturesque flower gardens of the Palanga Botanical Gardens, which contain over 300 species of plants and the Amber Museum. Amber, popularly known as Lithuanian gold, is still found on the shores of the Baltic.
The town centre comes alive at night, with a wide selection of restaurants, bars and clubs to choose from.
The airport is only 5 kilometres from the town centre.There are direct flights to Palanga from Amsterdam, Kopenhagen, Hamburg, Billund, Kristianstad, Frankfurt and Berlin.
The nearest seaport is Klaipeda (25 km from Palanga). Ferry lines connect this port with Karlshamn and Åhus in Sweden, Kyl, Mukran (Sassnitz) and Travemiunde in Germany, and Aarhus and Aabernaa in Denmark. Buses from Klaipeda to Palanga leave every 15 minutes.
The nearest railway stations are in Kretinga (12 km) and Klaipeda. Buses from Kretinga and Klaipeda to Palanga leave every 15 minutes.
There are direct buses from Riga, Liepaja, Kaliningrad and Moscow.