Welcome to Klaipeda

We spent the day in Lithuania on a ship’s excursion of Klaipeda & a small city just to the south called Kretinga.    We visited a Botanical Gardens, a very interesting Ethnic Museum, and a local combined Church and Monastery (Virgin Mary’s Church of Annunciation).    Then we headed back to Klaipeda and a walking tour of the old town area.  It is a small area so there was not that much walking on this tour.

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  • Population of 605,273
  • Metro area 860,142
  • Capital of Lithuania
  • Founded in 1201
  • Historical center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Averages about 1.9 Millon Visitors a year

Botanical Gardens

Ethnic Museum  Part 1

Ethnic Museum Part 2

Virgin Mary of the Annunication Church

Views of the Old Town  Kalipeda

Sail Away up the Channel