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Summer and spring (May through September) are far and away the best times of year to travel in Lithuania. The majority of foreign tourists come during July and August, when low-budget hotels and hostels can be fully booked. While there's usually a picturesque sprinkling of snow on the ground in winter (November through March), there's also only a few hours of daylight each day.
Zemaitija (Western Lithuania), Aukstaitija (Central and Eastern Lithuania), Dzukija (south-eastern Lithuania on both sides of the Nemunas river), Suvalkija (the northern parts to the south of the Nemunas river).
Go out and explore Lithuania’s beautiful countryside. You will find fertile, rolling hills, with wheat and barley flowing in the wind, and fields of wild flowers with the occasional cow feeding on grass and clover. Strewn between great forests and the fertile hills lay small lakes and ponds for cattle and birds to drink from, and farmhouses are built next to them. We found the countryside to be one of the most attractive features of Lithuania; the pictures we took from a moving car really don’t do it justice. I think it is one of few places left in Europe where life still seems to be much as it has been for the last ages, unspoiled by the corruptions of the modern world. But it isn’t all Teletubby country; people have to struggle and work hard to make a decent living here.Although we may think of Lithuania’s countryside as being picturesque and unspoiled, the people living and working in...
Legend has it that the benevolent sea goddess Neringa loved the Curonian fishermen so much that, in order to keep them safe, she built a wall for them, far out of the coast, to protect them from the treacherous waters of the Baltic Sea. She personally carried the sand in her apron to build a seemingly endless ridge of dunes, and the fishermen, feeling indebted to this great deed named the land after she who created it: Neringa.The Curonian Spit, Kuršių Nerija or Neringa, is a very long and narrow peninsula stretching from the Russian enclave Kaliningrad to the port city of Klaipeda in Lithuania. It is 97 kilometers long and never more than four kilometers wide. After the last ice age, wind, wave, current and sand collided between the Baltic Sea and the delta of the great river Numenas, forming a ridge of dunes that nearly cuts off the Curonian Lagoon from the open sea. Only a narrow...
The national currency of Lithuania ( Litas) was introduced on June 25, 1993.Banknotes come in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 Litas (Lt). Coins 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents (ct) and 1, 2, 5 litas denominations. Banknotes represents: 10Lt pilots S. Darius ir S. Girenas, who flied across the Atlantic 20Lt poet Maironis 50Lt signator of Lithuanian Independence Act, doctor, ethnographer J. Basanavicius 100Lt writer, historian S. Daukantas 200Lt writer, philosopher Vydunas 500Lt writer, the author of National anthem V. Kudirka.
The musts are the wonderful natural landscape of the lake district of the Aukstaitija National Park (partly surrounding the nuclear power plant of Ignalina - of Chernobyl type), the outstanding but in its present shape man made landscape of the Couronian Spit, the two interesting and colourful towns of Vilnius and Kaunas. And not to forget Trakai castle, a very fine reconstruction in a wonderful natural setting with splendid lakes around it. And last but not least the extraordinary open air ethnographic museum near Rumsiskés, one of the best if not the best one in Europe. There are not only old farmhouses etc. collected from all over the country but even the ancient forms of agriculture - with all the traditional animals (special horses and cows etc.) and the traditiional crops are presented here. I strongly recommend it but I also had an experience of an other sort there - see further...
When I got to Sweden, I noticed mosquitoes for the first time on the trip. Which makes me ask - with all the marshes in northern Lithuania, why were there no mosquitoes? I hate mosquitoes, so that just adds to the charm of this lovely country. I don't know quite how it works that there aren't mosquitoes there, but I really appreciated it.
In the north, they are everywhere. These beautiful birds nest in high, towering places (like chimneys, unfortunately) and wander the fields, poking their heads at tiny frogs in the ground. Graceful and powerful, I am a big fans of cranes now that I've seen so many in action.
When we arrived Lithuania from the Polish border the first thing we saw were fields - endless yellow wheat fields as far as your eyes can see. Farmland covers roughly 54 percent of the total area of Lithuania, with arable land and grassland accounting for 73 and 11 percent respectively.
Where does all that wood come from?Unlike what is generally thought, woods does not cover the majority of the Lithuanian surface. It is in fact a very agricultural country. However, the exploitation of woods, which is also a form of agriculture, has been traditionaly one of the most important economic activities in Lithuania. Forests provide enough wood for the domestic consum and for the export markets. And, of course, forests mirroring in lakes are the first image that comes to your mind when you think of Lithuania.
Radisson SAS Astorija Hotel Vilnius Vilnius
8 Reviews and 104 Opinions The Radisson Sas is one very nice hotel here in the old city. Good location where you can walk to...
Park Inn Kaunas Kaunas
5 Reviews and 115 Opinions New modern hotel. Now name Reval hotel Neris. I work in Reval hotel so i know how everything is...
Promenada Klaipeda
4 Reviews and 8 Opinions I didn't stay in the hotel myself, but I know from my guests, that there is a good breakfast and...
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Q: How would somebody describe a road Trakai – Alytaus – Lazdiai – Augustow (Poland). If do it, than via Dirvoniskes or not? I am...
A: hi It depends what you want. If you are just driving then it's ordinary road, going mostly through forest, fields and small villages. Road quality is quite o.k. If you...
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