Cape of Ventė Lighthouse — Attraction in Klaipeda County

Everyone should visit this place :) it's amazing !!!! Nature Birs station.

Ventė Cape (Lithuanian: Ventės ragas; sometimes referred to as Ventė Horn or Ventė Peninsula) is a headland in Nemunas Delta, located in Šilutė district, Lithuania. It is known as a rest place for many birds during their migrations, particularly the autumn migration. Ventes Ragas Ornithological Station - one of the first bird ringing stations in Europe, still in operation, was opened here by Tadas Ivanauskas in 1929.

The Cape, being in the former Memel Territory, was part of Germany until 1919. The Teutonic Knights erected a castle here, called Windenburg, but it no longer exists. There is an 11-metre-high lighthouse, built in 1863 during the Prussian period, though currently it...

You can visit this lighthouse free of charge (for now). The lighthouse is not tall, but you can find a wonderful 360 panoramic view from the top. Also, there is promontory to the Curonian Spit and on the windy days, you have free atrackshion: be splashed by the lagoon water. Be informed that you can also find mini birds museum and restaurant...

This place is always a nice place to be or bring some friends here. There's a QR code somwhere in the are which directs you to the ornithology statistics and it is impressive. Try to go there in the working day when birds are ringed up, it should be a nice thing to see. Unluckily we didn't have...