Hey, bros. A Latvian here.
I've been hoping for a trip with my bike to Curonian Spit next summer.

I'll be there just for one day tho, so I could use some ideas to better plan my route, to enjoy as much of it as I can.

Help me out? 🙂

I'd prefer paved roads to make it an easier ride. Goal is to mark as many roads on my heat map as possible, check out as many places simultaneously.

Update: Thanks everyone. As I understand, I just have to stick to EuroVelo 10 cyclist route.

For those who don't know of it: https://en.eurovelo.com/ev10/lithuania

Might miss a few things, but will have a reason to visit again then. 🙂

by lvcycle

6 comments

  2. There’s little dot on the map called ‘nida’ on latvian side, so it’s always fun to ride from nida to nida.

    But there’s not too many options there.

    Best “loop” I could think of is lv > šventoji > palanga > klaipėda (all connected by the same bike path), then ride klaipėda > šilutė if you’re experienced with road cycling, catch a local boat-ferry šilutė > nida, and then ride back nida > klaipėda.

    Otherwise if it’s just one day I’d do what most of us do, hop on klaipėda > smiltynė ferry, ride smiltynė > nida, and either ride back the same way or hop into a bus that takes you back to klaipėda. It’s just around 50’ish km one way so plenty of time for stops and mini explorations on the way

  3. Depends on your distances, if you want just to chill and enjoy the ride, go Smiltyne-Nida (about 50km) and get back with a ferry or bus. If you are experienced cyclist go same route and get back on bicycle.

    As the bicycles are not permitted on a road in curonian spit due to its width you are left with only one road dedicated to cyclists, and it is just finished after renovation so the ride on a newly laid tarmac is amazing. It goes through all curonian spit towns and it has beautiful scenery.

    I do Smiltyne-Nida-Smiltyne twice a year (just before the season and when the season is finishing) it an amazing route.

  4. There’s pretty much only one choice, the main cycling route that goes all the way from the northern tip at the strait to Nida. A few years back some of the sections were a bit rough because of tree roots breaking the asphalt, but I think they fixed a lot of it now. If you follow it all from the northern tip, you will see the Sea Museum, Smiltynė Ferry Terminal, you will go through Juodkrantė directly, but you will have to take a short detour to Pervalka. Before Pervalka, you’ll skirt the Grey Dunes but you’ll come directly to the main tourist trail entrace so you could lock your bike and take a stroll in the dunes. You’ll then see Preila, after which you will be able to take a short offroad detour section to Vecekrugo Dune (recommended, really nice views and the mountain pine landscape is very unusual for LT). Close to Nida you can also detour to visit the Nida Aerodrome (it’s working so it might be protected, but you can just take a peek next to it), the you will reach Nida, which you can cross entirely by bike. After that I think the furthest you can go is Tylos slėnis, I don’t know how viable or how allowed it is to lug a bike to the top of Parnidis. Even if you can’t, you must lock the bike somewhere and climb to Parnidis. If you want some hiking, follow open street map or similar to find the paths down to the pine forest from which you will be able to trail across the Death Valley and the return through the beach.

  6. Go with ferry from Klaipeda, then there is new very good bike path to Nida, will be around 100km round trip. Just check ferry schedule to manage return. We have done first renovated part (~40 km round trip) few years ago, one rider was 8years old boy – the road great, flat and fun

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