Nida
Sourced from Wikivoyage. Text is available under the CC-by-SA 3.0 license.
Get in
Most travellers arrive via ferry from Klaipeda:
A car or a motorbike entering Neringa municipality that contains most of the spit on the Lithuanian side is charged an ecological fee of €5, and campers are charged €15 (2017 rates).
The land border to Russian province Kaliningrad at Nida - Morskoje has a 24-hr service. Ecological fee - .
Travel to Russia requires a valid Russian visa. The port has no regular passport/customs services, contact Nida border station (Smiltynės plentas 23) in advance +370 469 52 284.
- direct ferry from Klaipeda to Nida (2 hr 5 min, €12, 2 ferries daily as of June 2017)
- take one of the frequent ferries to Smiltyne (5-10 min, €0.80 timetable 1 and 2). Then take a bus from Smiltyne to Nida (50 min, €3.40)
A car or a motorbike entering Neringa municipality that contains most of the spit on the Lithuanian side is charged an ecological fee of €5, and campers are charged €15 (2017 rates).
The land border to Russian province Kaliningrad at Nida - Morskoje has a 24-hr service. Ecological fee - .
Travel to Russia requires a valid Russian visa. The port has no regular passport/customs services, contact Nida border station (Smiltynės plentas 23) in advance +370 469 52 284.
Do
You can rent a bicycle and ride all the way to Juodkrante (about 30 km), visiting Preila and Pervalka en route. The bicycle track goes by the Curonian Lagoon for about 15 km, then through a pine forest and finally by the sea, letting you to see lots of beautiful sceneries. Don't forget to stop by the Vecekrugas dune (~1 km before Preila) and the Dead Dunes (Negyvosios kopos) near Pervalka.
Eat
First of all - fish. Try some smoke-dried eel or bream.
Sleep
-
Monk's Bunk Nida
address: G. D. Kuverto 8-2Private rooms and a dorm. Bike rentals. Nice, cozy place. Probably the only hostel in Nida.