Advantages: Beautiful peaceful environment Disadvantages: Don't go here if you want nighclubs!
clean environment. For some reason the Spit isn't well known in the UK, but attracts lots of German tourists in the summer. Well, Gernany ruled Lithuania at one time.
Although a road runs all the way along the spit, the southern half belongs to Russia, and you cannot get past the guard post without the aforementioned visa. However, there's plenty to see in the north end, owned by Lithuania.
Most tourists access the spit by ferry from Klaipeda. This runs all year, in the summer several times an hour, in the winter less frequently. It's only a 10 minute ride across the Curonian lagoon to the other side. From the ferry terminal you can walk right across the spit, it's narrow here so it only takes 10 minutes, through pine wood and pop out the other side onto the huge sweep of beach with it's white sand stretching all the way down to ...
Advantages: Available to visit, escalator lift, cafe-restaurant Disadvantages: Not neccesarilly as attraction, need refurbishing, not as cheap
reasonable to pay a visit only to the tower and then fly back to the country you came from, so if you want a visit, you might as well plan other attractions, the easiest way is by air, many european capitals are served by Lithuanian Airlines (LAL, flyLAL), there are plenty of european nationals serving, including seasonal British Airways journeys, SAS, Lufthansa, Finnair, or you might consider a cheaper ticket with Ryanair from London, Dublin, Stockholm Liverpool and so on to KAUNAS, which is second largest city in Lithuania, also full of attractions to choose from, and only 60miles away from VILNIUS.
Other types of journey available are buses, Eurolines serves around europe, or by the ferry from, e.g. Stockholm to KLAIPEDA, third largest city, around 300km away from the capital.
Also, there are possibility by rail, or by car, whichever ...
