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Palanga Amber Museum
Amber collection housed in the Tiškevičiai Palace within a large botanical park near the Baltic resort beach at Palanga.
12 km · about 20 min drive
Klaipėda County, Lithuania · Europe
Kretinga is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Palanga, 43km from Žemaitija National Park.
Kretinga is a town located in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. With a population of 17,249, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kretinga sits in Lithuania, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Vilnius time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kretinga to your route.
Kretinga (Yiddish: קרעטינגע) is a city in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga District Municipality. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about 21 km (13 mi) north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport,Read more
Klaipėda.
The population was listed as 16,996 in the 2022 census. It is the 6th largest town in the ethnographic region of Samogitia and the 17th largest town in Lithuania.
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Kretinga is located in Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Europe. The coordinates are 55.8888 latitude, 21.2445 longitude.
Kretinga has a population of approximately 17,249 people, making it a town in Lithuania.
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Amber collection housed in the Tiškevičiai Palace within a large botanical park near the Baltic resort beach at Palanga.
12 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Lakeland national park around Lake Plateliai in western Lithuania, containing the Cold War Plokštinė missile base museum.
43 km · about 50 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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