1. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF OUR REGION Lithuania Nida

2. Map of the area with other sites
Lithuania Nida
LOCATION
Map of the country
Map of the area with other sites

3. Lithuania
Nida
HIGHLIGHTS
Going by ferry to Nida
Nida’s sand dunes

4. Naturalistic/architectural It’s a resort town.
Lithuania Nida
TYPE OF SITE
Naturalistic/architectural
It’s a resort town.
PHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC FEATURES
Located on the Curonian Spit between the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea.
AREA COVERED
It covers 7 km².
HISTORICAL/SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC INFORMATION
In 1709 nearly all of the population died from a bubonic plague epidemic. It became part of the German Empire upon the German unification of 1871.
DATING
First mentioned in 1385 by Teutonic Knights.

5. CONDITION OF PRESERVATION Curonian Spit National Park VISITING TIME
Lithuania Nida
CONDITION OF PRESERVATION
Curonian Spit National Park
VISITING TIME
Depends on ferry’s sailing schedules.
LEGAL OWNERSHIP
The administrative centre of Neringa municipality
TICKETS AND BOOKING
You have to pay for a ferry (Price depends on your transport). Than if you go by your own transport, 2 local tolls collects money for admission because territory is a national park.

6. From Klaipėda, Neringa can be reached by ferry.
Lithuania Nida
ACCESSIBILITY
From Klaipėda, Neringa can be reached by ferry.
Entering the Curonian Spit National Park territory with a vehicle is a subject of a local toll. You can pay it on the 10th kilometer of a road Smiltynė - Nida, at Alksnynė control post or Nida control post
FACILITIES
Nida is a small resort town. There is a lot of cafes, hotels, souvenirs shops, museums, pedestrian paths. Nida is surrounded by beautiful sand dunes and unique nature.

7. Nida’s sand dune Parnidis
Lithuania
Nida
HIGHLIGHTS
Nida‘s sundial
Nida’s sand dune Parnidis

8. It is a part of the Great Dune Ridge.
Lithuania Nida’s sand dune Parnidis
TYPE OF SITE
It is a part of the Great Dune Ridge.
HISTORICAL/SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC INFORMATION
It is one of the most impressive parts of the Curonian Spit terrain, which had overcame the old dunes, swallowed forests and settlements. With the natural barrier of trees gone, the dunes started shifting from the seaside toward the lagoon.
DATING
Massive deforestation in the 16th century triggered dune formation
PHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC FEATURES
Dune is in the Curonian Spit National Park.

9. Lithuania
Nida‘s sundial
TYPE OF SITE
A calendar, designed on the basis of the science of the sundial design.
HISTORICAL/SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC INFORMATION
Sundial is 53m above sea level. This is an ideal place for this kind of sundial. It is possible to observe the Sun rising from the Lagoon and setting into the sea. The obelisk of the sundial, which height is 12m, was broken down by hurricane Anatoliy in And was rebuilt in 2011.
DATING
Was built on Parnidis Dune in 1995.

10. Lithuania
Nida
HIGHLIGHTS
The Avenue of Stars
Street view

11. HISTORICAL/SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC INFORMATION TYPE OF SITE
Lithuania
The Avenue of Stars .
HISTORICAL/SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC INFORMATION
The Avenue of Stars was opened in the centre of Nida to immortalise the famous Lithuanian music festival “Ben, let‘s sail to Nida!”, its prize winners and the author and organiser of the festival, Arūnas Valinskas. The first festival was held in At the moment, there are 11 hand imprints in the avenue, of Arūnas Valinskas, Veronika Povilionienė, Česlovas Gabalis, Rosita Čivilytė, Vytautas Kernagis, Stasys Povilaitis, Ovidijus Vyšniauskas, Gytis Paškevičius, Andrius Mamontovas, band “Studija”, and Marijus Mikutavičius.
TYPE OF SITE
Archtectural
DATING
Opened in 1997