Gargždai: Hotels and Accommodation

Gargždai combines historical sites with river landscapes and recreational activities. The Gargždai Regional Museum features a permanent ethnographic exhibition from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, the exhibition “Interwar Gargždai 1918–1939” and the exhibition “Views of Old Gargždai”, updated in 2015.

Culture

The Gargždai Regional Museum recreates a border area, an early 20th-century classroom and a historic post office. It also offers educational activities for schoolchildren, adults and families.

The Gargždai pedestrian viaduct is an engineering monument of regional significance dating from the interwar period. The “Minija” cinema in Gargždai houses an exhibition of cinema and photographic equipment; new films and premieres are shown there in a screening room equipped with a digital projector and 3D technology.

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Gargždai is a postmodernist brick church built in 1989–1990. The churchyard preserves a stone bell tower from the 19th century and a Classicist chapel.

Nature

The “Prie rubežiaus” circular trail in Gargždai can be explored independently or with a guide; numbered information boards and map excerpts indicate the location of the next board.

Gargždai City Park was laid out in the first half of the 19th century on the slope of the Minija River. It features a stepped path leading down to the river and offering views of the Minija Valley.

The Minija River flows beside Gargždai. Near Gargždai, it is a popular attraction for kayakers in summer.

Leisure

At Gargždai Youth Park, you can play disc golf with flying discs and special target baskets.

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Other destinations: Radailiai, Smilgynai, Juodkrantė, Rusnė, Pervalka, Klaipėda, Karklė, Liaunai

For the overview of the wider region: Klaipėda District.