Kretinga is a city in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality. It is located 12 km (7.5 miles) east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about 25 km (15 miles) north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda. Kretinga is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania.
Since Lithuania's independence in 1990, the town has made a recovery - it has much to offer by way of history and art. Kretinga hosts folk music festivals, theatricals, the Kretinga Festival, celebrations on Midsummer Night's Eve (Jonines) and Mardi Gras (Užgavėnės), and a Manorial Feast. The manor is now a museum housing artistic and archeological collections and a restaurant in the adjacent greenhouse, called "The Winter Garden".