Palanga is a city in western Lithuania, the capital of Palanga city municipality. Situated on the shore of the Baltic Sea it is the busiest Lithuanian summer resort with beautiful sand beaches (18 km long and in some places about 300 m wide), dunes and an unspoilt natural environment.
Palanga is a resort town through which the Šventoji River and Rąžė river inflow the Baltic Sea. Palanga extends from Nemirsėta in the south to the Latvian border in the north. The center of the 24 kilometer length of sea - coast is Old Palanga. Palanga includes Nemirsėta, Vanagupė, Kunigiškiai, Manciškiai, and Šventoji - five neighboring towns which were incorporated into the city after an administrative reform.