Smalininkai: Hotels and Accommodation

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Culture and History

The Smalininkai water gauge station has a staircase with 18 steps and measuring equipment, as well as a two-storey observation tower. It was established in 1811 and is considered the oldest in Lithuania.

The port complex of Smalininkai, consisting of the water gauge station, the port and the embankment, has been recognised as being of national significance.

The Old Port of Smalininkai is one of the town's most significant historical attractions and can be reached via a stone-paved path. It was a port in the Baltic Sea drainage basin and an international shipping point from which ships travelled via lagoons, canals, rivers and along the Baltic coast.

The former Smalininkai railway station building is a red-brick structure in the German style. The German place name “Schmalleningken” has been preserved on its façade.

The private museum of old technology in Smalininkai displays old engines, agricultural machinery, equipment for working metal, wood and flax, cameras, calculating machines, clocks, old literature, tractors and cars.

Programme and Cuisine

The educational programme “Smalininkai – amžinasis pasienis” introduces tourists to the history and way of life of the towns and settlements in the border region of Lithuania Minor and East Prussia, conveying them through staged scenes. As part of this programme, participants can taste dishes from Smalininkai’s culinary heritage.

Landscape

The oak avenue near Vidkiemis, just outside Smalininkai, is 1.3 km long and designated as a natural monument of Lithuania.

The “Lidijos takais” tourist circular route is approximately 7.4 km long and leads to nine sites.

Pilis Vytenai is a castle in the wider regional surroundings of Smalininkai. Apšriūtų Kalnas is a hill in the wider regional surroundings of Smalininkai.

Other destinations in the same broader area include Jurbarkas, Pagėgiai, Lumpėnai, Tauroggen, Pilis I, Margiškiai and Veliuona.

For the broader travel overview: Tauragė County.