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Amber Seashore

FROM KLAIPĖDA TO THE LATVIAN

BORDER – 49 km

When travelling by bicycle along this route

you can discover real Lithuanian coast, and

the landscape of Seacoast Regional Park,

which covers the territory of the former

Soviet military ﬁring ground from Giruliai

to Nemirseta, will leave you with indelible

impressions for a long time.

On this route, along comfortable cycle trails

from Klaipėda you reach Šventoji, where

you will be fascinated by three Fisherman’s

Daughters, the cable bridge over the Šventoji

River, and �½emaičių Alkos – a pagan �½emaičiai

(Samogitian) shrine with a paleo-astronom-

ical observatory. On the way to Šventoji you

will visit the sights of Seacoast Regional

Park: the steep slope Dutchman’s Cap, the

old cemetery of the Curonians in Karklė, the

small glacial Plazė Lake, and the dunes of

the Nemirseta seashore, formed about 8,000

years ago by the old Litorina Sea, which once

lay there. The summer capital of Palanga

attracts visitors to its beaches, spectacular

sunsets on the pier, the romantic whisper of

the Alley of Love, and reveals the secrets of

the Amber Museum.

After a swim in the sea and a rest in

Palanga, you can easily reach Būtingė.

Those desiring longer trips can also visit the

neighbouring Latvian seashore or �½emaitija

National Park.

Fisherman’s Daughters sculpture in Šventoji.

From Klaipėda to Palanga – 27 km

Atgimimo Square – Liepų Street – 1.7 –

Klaipėda University / City park – 0.8 –

P. Lideikio Street – 0.5 – Summer concert

stage – 5 – Crossing in Giruliai (8 km).

If you start your trip in Atgimimo Square

in Klaipėda (9), you ﬁrst follow the cycle trail

along H. Manto St as far as the Klaipėda

University (KU) campus (45). If your bicycle

is heavily loaded and you don’t feel like

climbing or descending the steep steps

under the railway viaduct, we recommend

that you cover the section of H. Manto St

between Lietuvininkų Sq and KU going along

the street. At the main entrance to KU, turn

left and go along the path of the City Park

past the cemetery of German soldiers to the

crossroads with P. Lideikio St Go through

the crossroads and along H. Manto St to the

Kuršių Road (Kuršių Kelio) Rest Area beside

a wide path leading towards the summer

concert stage. Circling it from the left or right

or going straight across, turn into the newly

reconstructed cycle trail running through

Giruliai Forest (Girulių Miškas) towards

the sea. Vasarotojų St will lead you to the

crossing.

Administration of Seacoast Regional

Park, Vilties St 6, tel. +370 46 41 24 83,

e-mail parkas@gmf.ku.lt, www.pajuris.info.

Highlights in Klaipėda [Map Nos. 1, 7]:

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45)

A complex of buildings of Klaipėda

University (H. Manto St 84, www.ku.lt)

is the restored German barracks of the

century, built of red bricks in Neo-

Gothic style. Klaipėda University was

established there on 1 January 1991.

There are nine faculties and institutes at

the university: the faculty of natural and

mathematical sciences, humanities, sea

engineering, arts, pedagogics, social

sciences, health sciences, the Institute

of Continuous Studies, the Nautical

Institute.

Atgimimo Square in Klaipėda.

Cycle trail in Giruliai.

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46)

The Cemetery of German Soldiers is

where soldiers of the First and Second

World Wars are buried. The cemetery was

put in order by the National Cemetery

Care Union on instruction from the

Government of Germany. In 1915, this

cemetery became a place of rest for

nearly 100 soldiers. A granite monument

stood there and the place was called the

shelter of heroes.

Giruliai [Map No.7, 8]

This is one of the newest settlements in

the northern part of the Lithuanian seashore

belonging to the city of Klaipėda. Two hundred

years ago there was only sand in the place

of present-day Giruliai and permission was

given to plant the area with pine trees. At the

end of the 19

century Prussian authorities

granted the merchants of Klaipėda the right

to set up sea bathing places there and the

local inhabitants were granted permission to

rent summer cottages to guests. After Giruliai

seashore had been planted with trees and

shrubs, a park was laid out for the inhabit-

ants of Klaipėda to go for walks; oak trees,

beech trees, London plain trees and other

ornamental trees were planted. After the

defensive fortiﬁcations of the Second World

War had been built on the seashore, soldiers

and ofﬁcers of the artillery base were settled

in Giruliai and a sanatorium for the artillery

forces was opened there.

Highlights:

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Giruliai Dzotai are Second World

War defensive fortiﬁcations built on the

seashore after Klaipėda District was

annexed by Germany, which was getting

ready to attack the East. The forts

consisted of nine ferro-concrete installa-

tions connected to underground motions.

The approaches were covered with barbed

wire obstacles, the forts were armed with

cannons and machine guns. At present

the surviving military fortiﬁcation consists

of three buildings, the largest of them

being 500 square metres.

Cycle trail in Giruliai.

Giruliai Dzotai.

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