Klaipeda Lithuania
Lithuania
311
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Atlas Ocean Voyages (1 Cruises)
Azamara Club Cruises (22 Cruises)
Azamara Journey
10 Cruises
Azamara Quest
12 Cruises
Crystal Cruises (3 Cruises)
Cunard (2 Cruises)
Holland America Line (4 Cruises)
MSC Cruises (66 Cruises)
MSC Magnifica
64 Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line (18 Cruises)
Norwegian Jewel
9 Cruises
| 4 June | 10 days | One-way from Copenhagen to Helsinki |
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| 20 June | 8 days | One-way from Copenhagen to Helsinki |
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1184$
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Norwegian Prima
5 Cruises
Oceania Cruises (25 Cruises)
Oceania Insignia
7 Cruises
Oceania Sonata
10 Cruises
Ponant (4 Cruises)
Princess Cruises (70 Cruises)
Caribbean Princess
59 Cruises
| 11 June | 13 days | Round-trip from Copenhagen, Denmark |
450-628-6241
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| 23 June | 13 days | Round-trip from Copenhagen, Denmark |
450-628-6241
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Regal Princess
11 Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (11 Cruises)
Seven Seas Mariner
5 Cruises
Seabourn Cruise Line (24 Cruises)
Seabourn Quest
24 Cruises
| 25 July | 34 days | One-way from Dover to Copenhagen |
450-628-6241
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| 25 July | 35 days | One-way from Dover to Copenhagen |
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Silversea Cruises (18 Cruises)
Silver Dawn
6 Cruises
Viking Ocean Cruises (37 Cruises)
Viking Saturn
37 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At the cruise terminal, at the edge of the historic centre. A 10 to 15 minute walk along the Dané river brings you to Theatre Square, the heart of the old town. The call can begin without a shuttle or any other preamble.
Because it was one. Klaipeda long went by the name Memel: founded in 1252 by the knights of the Livonian Order, then drawn into the Prussian and later German orbit until 1923. Lithuania's oldest city keeps from that past half-timbered houses that suggest Bavaria more than the Baltic.
Two options, and you have to choose. Either the old town on foot: Theatre Square, half-timbered warehouses, amber shops and the bronze sculpture hunt. Or the Curonian Spit, five minutes away by ferry, with its dunes and maritime museum. Both in one half day is too tight to enjoy either.
It is a 98 km sand bar listed as UNESCO World Heritage, whose Lithuanian gateway, Smiltyné, is five minutes away by passenger ferry from the centre. Pine forests, endless beaches and shifting sand hills form a landscape of unexpected gentleness on a sea with a rough reputation.
The Lithuanian Sea Museum occupies a 19th-century fort: its aquarium and outdoor pools, where you watch seals, penguins and Baltic fish in the unusual setting of old casemates, make it a perfect family outing. Longer excursions run down the spit to Juodkranté and its Hill of Witches, populated with wooden statues carved by folk artists.
It is an open-air treasure trail: dozens of bronzes are scattered through the streets of the old centre. You whisper a wish into the ear of the Magic Mouse, look for the Black Ghost emerging from the water near the castle remains, greet the cat with a gentleman's face. It is the best way to keep children busy while the adults study the facades.
In the old centre's shops, among restored half-timbered warehouses and artisan galleries. Amber is the fossil resin the Baltic casts up on its beaches; local goldsmiths set it into jewellery in every shade, from pale honey to deep brown. Some workshops will gladly show you how the raw material is polished before it is mounted.
She is the heroine of a 17th-century love poem attributed to Simon Dach, a local son; her slender statue stands atop a fountain facing the neoclassical theatre. Cafés set out their terraces all around and street musicians give the place the air of an open-air drawing room.
The euro and Lithuanian. English is spoken fluently by younger people and in tourism, and Russian and German are often understood. Credit cards work everywhere. Lithuania is part of the European Union and the Schengen area.
June to September, when the Curonian beaches and the terraces of Theatre Square come into their own. Klaipeda is Lithuania's only ice-free port year round, which explains its long history of being fought over, but cruise calls remain concentrated in summer.
