National park
Curonian Spit National Park
29 locals recommend
Location
R515
Rybachii, Kaliningradskaya oblast'
Tips from locals
Protected by Unesco heritage, it's a beautiful destination for a one day escape. Relax atmosphere, cleanest beaches in Lithuania and beautiful nature
You can reach it by taking a ferry. A really nice and calm place to spend a day in. It is a very narrow piece of land surrounded by the Baltic sea and Curonian Lagoon.
All the place is The UNESCO Heritage site with Blue Flag possessing white sand beaches in Smiltynė ( including several nudist beaches)
Kuršių nerija, the Curonian Spit, is a narrow strip of sand stretching 97 kilometres along the Baltic Sea in western Lithuania. According to the legend, the spit was formed a long time ago by Neringa, a girl giant who poured the sandy peninsula into the Baltic Sea to protect the peaceful bay from the stormy sea and create an embankment for fishermen to live. Thus, today the eastern shores of the Curonian Spit are washed by the Curonian Lagoon, while the Baltic Sea washes the western ones. One part of the 50 kilometres long Curonian Spit belongs to the Republic of Lithuania. The other to the Russian Federation. With its still drifting sand dunes, the sea side forests cherishing the hundred-y
Kuršių nerija, the Curonian Spit, is a narrow strip of sand stretching 97 kilometres along the Baltic Sea in western Lithuania. According to the legend, the spit was formed a long time ago by Neringa, a girl giant who poured the sandy peninsula into the Baltic Sea to protect the peaceful bay from th…
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