Section 67. Klaipėda – Palanga.
Practical information
Length: 29 km
Duration: 8 – 10 h
Starting point: Klaipėda, Birža Bridge
End point: Palanga pedestrian bridge
Course of the route: Klaipėda – Melnragė – Giruliai – Karklė – Palanga
Road surface: Mostly sandy or sandy/pebbly beaches and single-track forest trails, short section of wooden walkways. Pavement with hard surface in Klaipėda and Palanga.
Difficulty: Hard (in one day), easy (in two days)
Danger points: Keep a safe distance from the seaside bluffs. They are soft and can easily collapse under you!
Keep in mind! There are nudist beaches between Melnragė and Palanga.
Alternatives: It is worth devoting a day or at least half a day to see Palanga and its environs. The section can be split in half to be done in two days, spending the night at a camp site near Karklė Village.
In the Seaside Regional Park, the Baltic Coastal Hiking Route runs along the beach, which is part of a nature reserve. It is prohibited to walk anywhere else than the beach. The territory of the reserve may also be by-passed by the pedestrian-cyclist lane from Karklė to Nemirseta (marked with a brown line on the map).