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It's a little shop based in a basement almost in the heart of Kaunas. They have a lot of books in English compared to other bookshops, also dictionaries and Excercise books to learn various languages (French, Spanish, Japanese, etc. )
What to buy: It's absolutely nothing special there about Kaunas, but if you need a general book in English (a novel, etc.) while you are in Kaunas, it's a good place to buy it there.
I accidentally found grammar book of Lithuanian in English + 2 learning CDs for a rather good price! Haven't seen it in other book shops in Kaunas! :) Have that in your mind in case you are seriously thinking of learning damn difficult Lithuanian language!
What to pay: Novels are relatively cheap and you can pay up to 100 dollars for dictionaries.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Donelaicio g. 61, Kaunas
Phone: +370 37 202 429
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It was a picture gallery. There were a few rooms with many pictures of various styles displayed. Well, they sold various drawings depicting old architecture of Kaunas as well. Some of them in size of postcards or similar.
What to buy: Postcards-drawings in pencil (sepia, black and white or colour).
What to pay: Small drawings costed approx. 3.50 - 5.00 Lt.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Raguvos gatve 9/2, 3000 Kaunas, Lithuania
Phone: +370 (37) 22 88 74
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Walking back from Kaunas castle towards my hotel I entered this Egles galerija, on my picture. There were a few rooms with many pictures of various styles displayed. Some of them were pretty in my opinion.
What to buy: Pictures or small drawings in pencil (sepia, black and white or colour) - postcard or similar size.
What to pay: Small drawings costed approx. 3.50 - 5.00 Lt.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Raguvos gatve 9/2, 3000 Kaunas, Lithuania
Phone: +370 (37) 22 88 74
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Have in mind that all travel agencies in Kaunas are closed during weekend, and the only one place where they work is, of course, Akropolis. So if you're planning to go somewhere further from Lithuania by bus, plane or have a tour with lithuanian tour operators, I just let you know that you can buy it in Megaturas even on weekends :)
Working hours: 10 am - 10 pm (Monday - Sunday)
What to buy: Flight tickets, bus tickets, booking your hotels, bus tours outside of the country, charter flight tickets, tours by plane to all the countries of the World, car rental, insurance, last minute tours.
What to pay: Depends how far you go :)
Written Mar 25, 2008
Address: Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 49, Kaunas
Phone: 370 37 214 455
Website: http://www.megaturas.lt/
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The Laisves aleja (Freedom Avenue) is the main shopping artery in the city centre of Kaunas.
The pedestrianised 1,6 km long street is not only home to many shops, but also to restaurants, cafes and even government institutions.
In the middle of Laisves aleja, just at its junction with the street Daukanto gatve a fountain can be found.
The fountain is said to be the most popular meeting place in Kaunas. We started a fabulous VT get together here, which was also joined by members of Hospitality Club.
Updated Sep 29, 2007
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The writing on the T-shirt says: Welcome to Lithuania, country of rich history, good beer and beautiful women. I just couldn't agree more (except for the beer part, I don't like beer at all, I'm more into the liquors LOL).
It's just a pity the shop was closed so I couldn't buy me a T-shirt as a souvenir.
Written Aug 9, 2007
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The first shopping and leisure center MEGA in Kaunas was built in 2006. There's a spectacular aquarium (the biggest one ever built in a shopping mall) in the main entrance with tropical fishes and even sharks. You may also find few restaurants, bowling, multiscreen cinema and several shops in this shopping complex.
What to buy: You can find such ordinary stuff as clothes, footwear, haberdashery, mobile phones, flowers, books, toiletries, bijouterie, toys, pharmacy, photography shops, banks, sport gamble corners. Possible to buy lithuanian food and drinks in the shop "Rimi" which is inside the shopping mall. Possible to taste national Lithuanian food in the "Cili Kaimas" restaurant.
What to pay: You may just stare at the aquarium and not spend a cent, if you go shopping, prices are the same as in the other parts of Lithuania.
Updated Mar 19, 2007
Address: Islandijos pl. 32, Kaunas
Phone: +370 37 239010
Website: www.mega.lt
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I bought a few traditional Lithuanian donuts (spurga, ceburakai) from a street vendor. The seller packed them with her hands to small plastic bags like on my picture.
There were no paper boxes to pack, say donuts, cakes etc. neither on street stalls and in groceries in Kaunas. Well, being in the former Soviet Union (Western Ukraine in 80'), once I bought sausages packed in... a newspaper.
There were no doggy boxes in Kaunas restaurants as well. Kaunas is in Europe, not in the USA.
What to buy: Inexpensive Lithuanian local food:
- ceburekas (large donut filled with minced pork or beef meat),
- spurga (donuts filled with mushrooms, meat etc.),
- pyrageliai (potato buns).
What to pay: Spurga: 0.60 - 1.00 Lt
Ceburakas with meat - 1.50 Lt.
Updated Oct 17, 2006
Address: Vilniaus/V. Kuzmos gatve; LT3000 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Laisves aleja (avenue) was the main shopping street of Kaunas and the longest pedestrian street in Eastern Europe. It was the most crowded place in Kaunas on Saturday's early afternoon - time of shopping there.
Well, I could easy find there many stores with clothes and accesories both for women and men including store of Benetton - worldwide known clothing company for young feeling folks :-).
All stores accepted credit/debit cards, at least of Visa and Eurocard/Mastercard system.
The cloth stores/shops were open:
Mon - Fri: 10.00 am - 7.00 pm
Sat: 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Sun: closed.
What to buy: Clothes both for women and men, for children as well.
What to pay: Prices like in Poland and Western Europe + always some discounts.
Updated Oct 17, 2006
Address: Laisves aleja 67, 3000 Kaunas, Lithuania
Phone: +370 (37) 32 23 95
Website: http://www.benetton.com
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There were quite many kiosks similar to this one on my picture put around Kaunas. Very usuful if you want to buy various small items including tickets for public transportation (different for buses and trolleybuses). The kiosks were often run by a company called "Lietuvos Spauda" - the largest commercial periodical publisher in Lithuania.
What to buy: Newspapers and magazines, cigarettes, postcards, telephone cards, personal hygiene items, stationery, confectionery, transport and lottery tickets etc.
What to pay: Cheaper than in any Western European country :-).
Tickets (different for a bus and for a trolleybus!) costed 0.60 Lt.
Cigarettes costed (a pocket of 20) from 2.75 Lt (local) to 6.00 Lt. Marlboro costed 4.25 Lt in May 2004 (€ 1.28, US$1.53, 6.10 Polish zloty). Warning: cigarettes will be more and more expensive since Lithuania joined European Union on 1 May 2004.
Updated Oct 17, 2006
Address: Gedimino gatve, 3000 Kaunas, Lithuania
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