Lithuania Off The Beaten Path

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Trakai   Vilnius

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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The Front of the Presidential Palace

by Grazina

As we were walking along this windy road in the Old Town we came across the Presidential Palace which does give small tours inside. The palace is built in the late Classical (Empire) style, monumental and solemn. Having designed many significant buildings in St. Peterburg, Stasov followed the patterns of St. Petersburg architecture here as well. The palace has 3 risalitas protruding into the square and the courtyard the square facade is decorated by triangular pediments, a parapet and Doric columns.

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Nida

by rollinstone81

In Nida, the last town before the Russian border on the curonian spit, you can see old arcitecture from times when Germans still inhabited the area, before 1945. The houses are real nice and cute, nicely painted and clean. There is a Thomas Mann Museum on Skruzdynes gatve. The famous german author spent the summers of 1930-32 in this house. I also like the harbour, which isnt too busy, but rather quite and makes a nice place to relax, have some food and beer.

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Beaches on the Curonian Spit

by rollinstone81

I personally find the beaches on the spit much nicer then Palanga, because they are not as crowded. The further you go away from where the ferry lands the lonelier it usually gets. After the late autumn and winter storms you can search for amber washed to its shores.

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Curonian Spit National Park

by rollinstone81

The reason why you should go there is the natural beauty of this small (never more then 4km wide) piece of land that is 98km long and reaches into Russian territory as well. (Kaliningrada region). It is forrested with pines and famous dunes especially in the Nida region, which is very close to the Russian border. To get to the Curonian spit from the Lithuanian mainland take the ferry from Klaipeda (there is a foto in the transportation tips folder). Take a walk in the dunes and have the baltic sea on the one side and the curonian lagoon on the other, both of which you can see at the same time. Remember that it is not allowed to walk off the paths', so be cool and obey to that rule.

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Europos Parkas - 25 km from Vilnius...

by diamond7

An open-air museum at the Geographic Centre of Europe In 1989, the French National Geographic Institute, determined the exact point of Geographic Centre of the European continent, at 25 km from Vilnius.In 1991, Europos Parkas was founded, just to give an artistic significance for the important geographic place. There is presented Lithuanian and international modern art, coming from 29 countries. Its area is about 55 hectares. Address: Europos Parkas, Joneikiskiu k., 4013 Vilnius r., Lithuania..

Chill out up north with farms and great beer

by RB_Oakes

The northern part of Lithuania is beautiful - farms, marshes and lazy rivers. Transport is cheap. If you can find local beer, especially in Pasvalys and Pakroujis, it is outstanding and they basically give it away. A great place to get away from the world.

Ginuciai

by DanielF

Ginuciai is another of the well-preserved farmsteads in the national Park Aukstaitija. Ginuciai looked like an open-air museum of traditional architecture, where the most outstanding building was this reconstructed watermill, which, obviously, is made of wood.

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Vaisniunai

by DanielF

Vaisniunai, on the lake Drinzgis, was interesting again for the picturesque setting and the traditional architecture. This wooden idol protecting this old home was the thing that attired my attention in Vaisniunai.

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Labanoras

by DanielF

Labanoras is a pretty tiny village in Eastern Lithuania where all the buildings are made of wood.This is a picture of the church at Labanoras, whose belltower is remarkable for the different volumes that pile upon each other.

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Trakai City and Lake

by handsoum

Only 30 minutes from Vilnius and 45 minutes from Kaunas, you will find this beautiful lakeside city which hosts a Romanic Castle that has been fully restored between 1997 and 2003. The castle is on an island in the middle of the lake and is accessible by a wooden bridge. I hadn't expected to find such a beautiful place in Lithuania. Trakai bares very little traces of the communist era and is a traditionnal Lithuanian city. It is possible to rent canoes on the lake and there are some excellent restaurants on the waterfront. There are also many souvenir outlets and accordeon players along the forrest ways and the sides of the lake. As most of Lithuania, Trakai seems a very safe place for tourists.It is ideal for a lunch break or a sunny afternoon walk for those spending some time in Vilnius.

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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... 

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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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