...Ideal for story lovers and famillies...
Legends of the Witches Hill
The whole tour was challenging and unusual. Super woodcarvings, stories and legends on Witches hill were most interesting. It was a nice change from the galleries and museums.
Janise and Bob, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Our destination, Juodkrante (Blackshore) is the oldest fishermen’s village on the Spit. Now it is a resort, which has retained its old charm. See the amber bay, where amber was mined in the 19th century and the quay of the lagoon decorated with modern sculptures. Admire the traditional 19th century fishermen's houses decorated with weathervanes.
The Hill of Witches presents an ensemble of witches, devils and fairy tale monsters, all carved from oak. You can talk to the witch into whose ear whispered wishes are said to come true and can sit on the bench, which is said to cure all diseases.
See legends to come alive such as the giant Neringa, Egle - the Queen of Grass-Snakes, the Thunder, the Poacher and many witches performing their devilry. This is a special place somewhere between the mystical and the real world, where your imagination and creative powers come alive.
In Juodkrante you will also stop to see a gallery of weathervanes. In the 19th century weathervanes were used as a special marking system on the top of Kurenas fishing boat. You will find out from the local artist how fishermen made their weathervanes and how weathervanes developed into the original artistic phenomenon.
On the way back to Klaipeda stop to view the nesting site of one of the largest cormorant and grey heron colonies in Europe. It is an impressive sight to see a thousand pairs of cormorants and over five hundred pairs of grey herons on one site.
