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Guesthouses
Pajūrio Svečių Namai D-1, Birutės 56, tel. (+370)
619 321 68, administrator@sveciunamai.lt, www.
sveciunamai.lt. Located mostly inside a modern, Art Decolooking
white building close to the sea and the Birutė Park,
the lovely rooms run the gamut from decent doubles to a
cottage complete with kitchen, fireplace and sauna. Check
the website for more information about each option. Q11
rooms (5 doubles 160 - 700Lt, 6 apartments 350 - 1,200Lt).
PTALXW
Vila Ramybė D-2, Vytauto 54, tel. (+370) 460 541 24,
palanga@vilaramybe.lt, www.vilaramybe.lt. Home to one
of the best bars in town and also a superb little hotel in its
own right, this is the classic, friendly, original Palanga boutique
hotel experience. Close to the centre, choices run from super
singles to rooms with kitchens to a smashing two-room affair
with a balcony. Despite the lack of extras, this remains one of
the nicest places to stay in town. Q 16 rooms (90 - 500Lt).
TAR6KW hhh
The beach
A glorious 18km of sand, dunes and chilly Baltic water
await visitors to Palanga and its surroundings. The short
stretch of coast running parallel to the main urban area
offers everything from the simple pleasures of lying on
the sand and soaking up the sun to taking to the water.
If you don’t have your own equipment with you, ask your
hotel or the Tourist Information Centre for information on
where to rent it, or pop along with your passport to the
Sea Rescue Station below who can provide just about
everything including surfboards, jet skis and even small
boats. At the end of every day, thousands of people head
to the Sea Bridge at the far western end of Basanavičiaus
to watch the sun set before heading off into the night to
get well and truly plastered.
Sea Rescue Station (Palangos Miesto Vandens
Motociklų Klubas) A-1, Žvejų 2a, tel. 1509.
Cafés
1925 C-2, J. Basanavičiaus 4, tel. (+370) 460 525
26, www.baras1925.lt. A firm Palanga favourite, 1925
functions as both a café and a bar and does a fairly good
job at being both. The lush wooden interior is helped
along with the addition of old photographs of inter-war
Lithuania and has a fireplace which is a real attraction
during the winter. There’s a small garden out the back
with things for children to clamber on and upstairs are a
couple of bedrooms if you can’t drag yourself away from
the place. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. 15Lt. TABSW
Vero Café C-2, Vytauto 53, tel. (+370) 618 558
83. At last a chain café comes to Palanga, bringing with
it literally refreshing relief from the standard dishwater
served in the town. True not every place here can’t make
good coffee, but, especially in a town where regular
hangovers are as widespread as bald gentlemen in
Bermuda shorts, it’s a comfort to know it’s here. Surplus
to the aforementioned rocket fuel, Vero also sells an
admirable selection of sandwiches, wraps, cakes and
muffins. QOpen 09:00 - 22:00, Sat 10:00 - 22:00, Sun
10:00 - 20:00. JS
Where to eat
Palanga’s restaurants and cafés provide sustenance for
the stomach as well as endless opportunities to meet likeminded
people out for a good time. Not exactly a culinary
oasis, the food that gets served in the town is at least
varied, if not mouth-watering. The town’s nightlife options
are considerable, although many new places remain a
secret until well after this guide has gone to press. Clubs
tend to fall into the loud and sweaty category and are generally
there for forgetting about life’s complexities and just
having a ball. An experience not to be missed when in town
is to clamber over the dunes and find one of the bars on
the beach, where, if the weather’s being kind, it’s possible
to drink until sunrise.
Fish
Žuvinė C-1, J. Basanavičiaus 37a, tel. (+370) 656 596
47, www.zuvine.lt. White tablecloth dining complete with a
library and some nice outdoor seating, this recommended fish
restaurant claims to be the only one in town serving freshly
caught seafood. The extensive and refreshingly pricey menu
also includes such Lithuanian oddities as mussels and snails.
QOpen 11:00 - 24:00. 40Lt. PTAEBSW
International
Feliksas B-2, Vytauto 116, tel. (+370) 612 121 58,
www.feliksas.lt. Done up to resemble the inside of a luxury
yacht with plenty of dark wood and brass fittings, Feliksas
pipes aboard a mixed crowd of jolly sailors who visit to dine
on a range of good-looking international dishes, empty the
well-stocked bar and to take advantage of the live music acts
who perform here. Slightly out of the centre, evenings here
can be immense fun and are well worth the effort when they
are. QOpen 07:30 - 24:00. Open 07:00 - 02:00 (Jul - Aug).
17Lt. TAEBSW
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