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Trakai Vilnius
13 Reviews Our half day tour to Trakai Castle was the individual highlight of our 2 days in Vilnius. The fortified castle built on an island by Grand Duke Vietautas during the 15th century and now fully restored...
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Old town details Vilnius
15 Reviews Walking south from the Town Walls and the Bastion we passed through some old streets with old houses really in bad conditions, which need absolutely some restorations, after which they could become...
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Districts of Vilnius Vilnius
13 Reviews From the observation deck of Vilnius TV tower I could see never ending districts of grey, huge, Soviet-style apartment buildings. I must admit than they looked quite better from the far distance than...
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TV tower Vilnius
10 Reviews The skyline of Vilnius is dominated by TV Tower located in the suburbs, southwest of the centre/downtown. With the height of 326 m (1071 ft) it was the tallest tower in Lithuania and the second...
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Zaliasis bridge Vilnius
10 Reviews Across the river, check out the Stalin-era statues. Legend has it Lithuanians left the statues up as a way to poke fun of the old Soviet regime. The statue photo apparently pays tribute to industry...
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Churches Vilnius
13 Reviews Since I talked about this church just here above, let's show it! ;-) It's really not too off the beaten path, since it lies in Lukiškių aikste, a big green square between the Parliament...
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Statues and fountains Vilnius
16 Reviews Great Polish poet and writer Juliusz Slowacki (1809–49) lived, attended primary school and gymnasium in Vilnius. Then he studied... law at Vilnius university. He left Vilnius in 1828. After anti-tzar...
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Sovietic-era buildings and other relicts Vilnius
11 Reviews Grutas Park (Gruto Parkas) is a large outdoor park which exhibits all sorts of Soviet relicts, such as sculptures, monuments or vehicles. It was opened in 2001 by a private entrepreneur. The park is...
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Famous buildings Vilnius
6 Reviews I took a morning walk from my Crowne Plaza Hotel. Walking eastwards M.K. Ciurlionio gatve (street) I could see this building with two white domes on my picture in a park on the left (north) at...
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Modern buildings Vilnius
3 Reviews I had to zoom when I was walking around the observation deck of Vilnius TV tower. And...in the middle of cement desert of Soviet-style identical grey apartments buildings I saw... look at my picture....
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Europe park Vilnius
4 Reviews Little known fact - The geographical centre of Europe is 15-20 km north of Vilnius. So, no, it's not Germany/Switzerland/Poland as one might have thought. We had hoped to get there, but apparently...
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Cemeteries Vilnius
3 Reviews The Bernadine Cemetery (Bernadinu kapines) was founded in 1810 by Bernadine monks on the site of an old cemetery. It was closed in the 1970's and since then remained almost unchanged. It contains...
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Kernave Vilnius
2 Reviews There was a well-known Lithuanian capital in XIII century, but it's only a little city now. Anyway, it's important to know about past of Lithuania. There is a museum of history, old mounts,...
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Panoramas Vilnius
5 Reviews I always say that the best way to enjoy a town is just going around with no particular goal... in fact here we found this very nice view of the new town, with some older buildings in the front, the...
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Wooden architecture Vilnius
2 Reviews I could see only a few wooden houses in Vilnius but exclusively outside the old town. Well, the compact urban area of the old town was wooden in the old past but was surely damaged by fires. Only...
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Situated not far from Vilnius (approx.37 km) easily accessible by car (road A2 Panevezys direction, at Bukiskis turn left into road No 171).Beautifully located on the Neris, the museum to see.A nice place for the picnic.
It won't be a lie to say that the Ula river is one of the most beautiful in Lithuania. It's very popular among kayak and canoe fans because of it's rather wild( by our Lithuanian standarts) stream and the most picturesque banks. And if you are taking water trip in Dzukija national park or visiting Zervynos take a break in the Ula Valley where the river starts. And look straight into Ula eye to see your own reflection.
Dzukija National Park is the biggest one in Lithuania. And, probabaly, the most unique because the nature is less touched and old traditions are more significant here.And Zervynos is most interesting among all those villages of the park. It's a protected by goverment and only few changes reached the place since the end of XIX century. Of course village itself is much older than that , but most of building come from this period. It's not allowed to build anything modern or out of local style. Acctually, there are little chance that you would be allowed to build anything at all- a new people cannot settle down here unless their family owned some property before World War II.It feels like stepping back in when you see Zervynos- tiny dark wooden houses scattered among hills of Dzukija. It looks so sleapy and calm , especially, when you come there in early morning. No wonder artists come...
One of the homes of one of the most powerful families in Lithuania and Poland - the Radziwills. The castle (surrounded by the park) was built in the 16th century and in the 17th transformed into palazzo di fortezza. Now it contains a museum, but a foreigner will not enjoy the exhibits as ALL the subtitles are in Lithuanian and no other info is provided.The castle is just in the centre of the city, but not well seen from the main street -hidden behind the church.
This is a must even if you are not a religious person, because it's so special and remarkable. The name can be as "the mountain of crosses". In fact people bring there crosses which symbolize people's intentions and thankfulness.The place can be easily found - while driving from Siauliai to Riga in Domantai (a bus stop) turn right and follow the signs.
The town on our way to Riga. The guidebook mentions a few object worth visiting (Renessaince cathedral, a uninque Muzeum of Bicycles and an old Guberniya Brewery) but we were a bit short of time so we only stopped for a while by the old municipal cemetery which was situated on the tiny hill just by the road.
Out of the old town on the opposite bank of the river there's a St.George's church which was built by the Teutonic Knights in the beginning of the 16th century. It was also closed but to our surprise we found e few Polish graves around it.
The centre of the town is not very big so you can easily get to St.Joseph wooden baroque church which is mentioned as one of the most important monuments in the city. Unfortunately, it was closed and there's nobody to let us in.
This rather small town is situated in central Lithuania. To get there you must follow road A1 Kaunas -Klaipeda, but after a few kilometres turn right into A8 to Ponevezys and at Nociunai turn left into road No 144. Nice place to have a stop!
Deep in the forests of Zemaitija national park lies the former topsecret Soviet nuclear rocket launchbase of Plokstine. On the surface you can only see the four domeshaped roofs of the silo's, but underground there is a maze of corridors, steel doors, stairways and rooms of which one can now only guess what their the function once was. Visiting this site was one of the most fascinating and disturbing experiences I had in Lithuania. To me it was fascinating to see how the Lithuanians have opened up their country and seem to display a certain eagerness to share with the world what the Soviet Union has done to them. And I must admit I was very curious to see it. But when the tour finally led us to the actual missile silo where a 22 meter long nuclear missile once had been stationed, ready to be fired at any target within 2000 kilometer, curiosity quickly made way for horror. The full...
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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