Nida

 

The small fishing village of Nida is only 50 km from Klaipeda, but it's a world away when it comes to natural beauty. Nida, the pride and joy of the spit, is by and large a family destination. The pace of the town is slow - visitors rise late and stay out late. The dunes alone are reason enough to come, but the quaint brightly painted wooden houses and quintessential summer atmosphere make it all the more worth your while. The town - three separate villages in the 19th century - extends along a 2km-long road. Though the population of the town is less than 2,000, in summer over 50,000 people vacation here.

There are still sanatoriums here, but nowadays most activities is targeted to develop normal tourism. This is a tourist trap in it's positive meaning. To Nida many Lithuanians go themselves in holiday, and in resent years many cafes and other tourist services have emerged.Why not rent a bike to explore the peninsula? In Eastern Europe commodities can still be quite primitive and service not developed. To find a place with good service and low prices felt perfect!

Close to the harbour you will find one of the bigger area of the mighty dunes. Along the pedestrian way the small resorts and villages is situated one after the one. One km to the east there are endless beaches at the shore of the Baltic.

From Nida you can take a trip with the "Raketa". "Raketa" is a typical Soviet stile hydrofoil, and it looks like science fiction from the 50:s. The rapid boat crosses the Bay and goes up river Nemunas to the city of Kaunas. .