Nida

This beautiful Baltic Beach, which stretches the full length of the Curonian Spit, is one of the best beaches in Lithuania. The Curonian Spit is a one-of-a-kind, tiny landmass that is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a national park in Lithuania. It is historically significant and has been inhabited from prehistoric times.

The Curonian Spit is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that runs from Klaipeda in Lithuania to Kaliningrad in Russia and was formed roughly 5,000 years ago (according to Baltic legend by a giantess named Neringa) (it is one of very few UNESCO sites shared by two countries). The spit, which has the tallest sand dunes in Europe, is also home to Lithuania's most exclusive destination, Nida, a little resort on the Kaliningrad border known for its wooden cottages. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this was an artists' community where Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann lived.

Nida, located near the Lithuanian border with Kaliningrad, is one of the best fishing villages and tourist destinations to visit on the Curonian Spit. Nida is one of the country's most costly summer resorts and fishing communities. The beautiful beach that reaches as far as the eye can see can be found along the Baltic Sea side of the spit, and the changing dunes are another distinctive feature of the region.