Tasting tour: Lithuanian seaside and Samogitian dishes
2-day tour to the Lithuanian seaside. During this trip we will visit Klaipeda – the ice-free Lithuanian port. We will take a walk through the streets of this city’s old town, which will impress you with its own and coziness. Each of them is unique, adorned with the architecture of the port city, among which you can even see the façade buildings typical of German cities. The streets of the Old Town are also decorated with extraordinary sculptures: a “Magic Mouse” fulfilling desires, a “Cat in the Face of a Gentleman” with extraordinary powers, a chimney sweep and the saga of his success, a pot of money promising wealth. We will see the symbol of this city – the sailing ship “Meridian”.
At the Klaipėda castle site we will be greeted by one of the most impressive sculptures in the world – “Ghost”. we will see the only engineering heritage of more than a hundred years on the Baltic coast – a swivel bridge and find out how many times a day it is swiveled so far. In the museums located in the basement of the castle, we will learn the history of the castle that stood here and the town located next to it.
In the blacksmith’s museum we will get acquainted with the art of blacksmithing typical of this region and see what works are born in the hands of blacksmiths. In the museum we will also see the tools and dumples used by blacksmiths, we will learn about their work and we will be able to be blacksmiths ourselves and make Curonian jewelry for ourselves. At the only Clock Museum in Eastern Europe, we will try to answer the question of what time is. We will learn how different civilizations counted it and travel through different epochs of art.
The next day we will go to the north coast, where we will see the defensive fortifications of the Second World War by the Baltic Sea – the bunker “Memel Nord”. This is not just a bunker. Here we will get acquainted with the history of this region in a new and versatile way. We will move back 70 years to the 20th century. the beginning, we will be in a passage of time that we will be able to assess quite differently than we have done so far.
Admiring the Baltic panorama from the cliff Holland’s hat, we will travel to the Lithuanian resort of Palanga. Here we will visit the magnificent palace of Counts Tiškevičius, located in the very center of Birutė Park, where the Lithuanian Amber Museum has been established. The museum, which has one of the largest collections of amber inclusions and uniqueness in the world, has a total of over 30,000. exhibits. Here we will also see one of the largest amber in Lithuania – “Stone of the Sun”, which weighs 3 kg 524 g. This amber has a different history – it was stolen and returned to the museum by the thieves themselves.
In the very center of the resort we will admire its magnificent church, see the resort’s most famous building – the Kurhaus, walk the famous Jonas Basanavičiaus Street, and walk 900 steps to the Baltic Sea, the symbol of this city – the Palanga Bridge.
We invite all those who like to eat delicious and hearty meals and accumulate unreal experiences to participate in the tasting of HBH Samogitian cuisine. We will hear the story of the origin of the dishes and have fun in the company of a real Samogitian guide, which will not leave you indifferent. We will taste meals that we have never tasted in our lives. Worth to attend!
