Klaipėda is easy to explore on foot. The Old Town is flat, the lanes are cobbled, and the main sights sit close together on either side of the Danė River. Wear shoes that cope with uneven stones. Walks beyond the centre need a ferry or a bus, and prices are in euros. Old Town and river route Begin on Theatre Square, beside the Drama Theatre. The Ännchen von Tharau fountain stands here, honouring the Memel-born poet Simon Dach.

Klaipėda was known as Memel until 1923 and again from 1939 to 1945, and the old street grid, red-brick warehouses and half-timbered houses still show it. The centre is compact and flat. Prices are 2026 figures in euros. Klaipėda Castle and the Castle Museum The Teutonic Order founded Memelburg Castle here in 1252, at the mouth of the Danė. The masonry above ground was taken down long ago, but the earthwork bastions and brick passages survive.

Klaipėda’s romance is quiet and maritime. It comes from harbour light, brick courtyards, a ferry ride at dusk and a pine forest across the strait. Two days are enough. Prices are in euros. Sunset at the Northern Pier The Northern Pier at Melnragė is the city’s best sunset spot. A long breakwater runs out into the Baltic, and from its end you can watch ferries and cargo ships slide through the harbour entrance as the sun goes down.

Klaipėda works well as a base for four days on the Lithuanian coast. The plan below uses the ferry and buses for the first three days, and a car for the fourth. Prices are 2026 figures in euros. Check opening hours before you commit, because several sights close or shorten their hours between October and March. Day 1: Klaipėda and Kopgalis Spend the morning at the Lithuanian Sea Museum, which is on the Curonian Spit.

Klaipėda suits families who like boats, animals and short outings. Most of the best stops are outdoors or a ferry ride away, so plan around weather. Prices are in euros and are the 2026 figures. Start with a ferry ride The ferry to Smiltynė costs EUR 1.70 for a round-trip passenger ticket, and bicycles travel free with a passenger ticket. Foot passengers board at the Old Ferry Terminal, E. Galvanausko bul.

The best day out from Klaipėda is the Curonian Spit, and the second is Palanga on the coast to the north. Both work without a car. A few more places suit anyone with wheels. Prices are in euros. Curonian Spit: Juodkrantė, Nagliai and Nida The spit is a UNESCO-listed strip of dunes and pine forest, and its northern 52 km belongs to Lithuania. Lithuania borders Russia’s Kaliningrad region at the south end of the spit, so check your government’s travel advice before you go.

Klaipėda’s best structured visits are a handful of museums and one working brewery. Prices below are the 2026 figures from the operators, in euros. Hours change by season, so check the linked pages before you go. Lithuanian Sea Museum and Aquarium The museum is on the Curonian Spit at Smiltynės g. 3, in the Kopgalis fort that was built in the 1860s and 1870s to guard the port. You cross on the Old Ferry at E.

Klaipėda is Lithuania’s only ice-free seaport, set where the Curonian Lagoon meets the Baltic Sea. The Danė River runs through the middle of town, and across the narrow Klaipėda Strait lies the northern tip of the Curonian Spit. Most of what there is to do here is about water, ships, bikes and short museum visits. The currency is the euro. Cross the strait by ferry There is no bridge to Smiltynė, so the ferry is the only way over.