Curonian Spit - a unique phenomenon of nature, enjoy the views of the tourists who come from all over the world. It is a peninsula of 98 km long and 4 km wide. Spit stretches from Zelenogradsk to the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda's. On the Lithuanian part of the spit with pine forests and dunes of the village there are four: Preila, Nida, Juodkrantė and Pervalka, which were later merged into the city of Neringa.

The most important event in the historical development of Neringa had 2 December 2000, when the Curonian Spit hit the UNESCO World Heritage List as a unique object not only natural but also the cultural heritage of the Baltic Sea. Spit beaches are among the best on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Sea, volatile, sandy beaches provide a great therapeutic and healing effect. To get to Neringa is possible by means of the ferry, the waste in Smiltyne.

On the territory of Lithuania is the National Park "Curonian Spit" (lit. Kuršių nerijos nacionalinis parkas), which was founded in 1991. During the 10-11 centuries in this territory lived Viking settlement, located near the modern village of fishing. Traces of the Vikings were discovered by archaeologists from Germany in 1893, but only as a result of the work of archaeologists from Kaliningrad 2008, it was found that the Vikings had permanent settlements on the spit.

With a history of the Curonian Spit can be found in Neringa History Museum, presents two exhibitions: exhibition of arts and crafts residents spit and ethnographic fisherman's homestead.

The Lithuanian national park "Curonian Spit" is the Museum of Nature, working with September 1988. The museum exposition is placed in three buildings, which tells the story of the Curonian Spit - a unique natural and unique corner of Lithuania, its geographical features, geological development and archeology, of animal and plant wealth in the territory of the spit, as well as shaping the landscape. Not far from the Museum of Nature is the Maritime Museum, located in the zone Kopgalisskoy fortress, as well as the Dolphinarium.

One of the most visited places of the National Park - observation deck on the dune Parnidis. From this point represent all the diversity of landscapes of the Curonian Spit in the south side of the panorama reveals wandering dunes, and on the north side there are mountains and Angyu Urbo completely covered with pine trees.

Moving on the spit on the machine, you can visit the famous "Witch Mountain" and to consider in its original building settlements available on the spit. For Yuodakrante dominate the so-called "walking" or "dead" dunes reach a height of 30 to 40 meters. Attractions Nida can be noted, and the house-museum of Thomas Mann - a German writer and Nobel Prize winner, who lived here with his family in the summer.

Free time in the park, you can spend at sea, and explore the countryside on foot or on bikes, which in many places are rented. Traveling by bike allows you to enjoy amazing views of the National Park "Curonian Spit", become familiar with its nature and landscape. Currently, the park has a bicycle path length of about 20 km that connects Preila, Pervalka and Nida to the seaside.

Curonian Spit National Park - is an amazing corner of the planet. At this point, you can immediately see the grasslands and sandy deserts, covered with lichen and moss, pine forests and wet alder, tall pines and dwarf mountain pine bushes. Striking combination of southern taiga and deciduous forests, sand hills and flat fields. In the forests of the national park can be seen growing in a lot of mushrooms, a lot of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blueberries. On the branches of plants, you can see the protein that will be only too happy to get food from passing tourists. On the forest paths you can meet a moose, deer or wild boar.

In addition, the Curonian Spit is closely associated natural processes and human activities, which in many ways transformed the terrain and the nature of the peninsula during the last millennium. These processes are taking place today, that causes the vulnerability and fragility of the natural area. But thanks to the National Park, you can enjoy the amazing scenery of the natural wonders of this place.