Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, or Vilnius Train Station, is located at Geležinkelio gatvė 16, south of the city center. While buses are more popular and frequent to most destinations, trains are a... more
I arrived in Vilnius by train from Kaunas, and left by longdistance bus for Riga. The two stations are short of next door to each other.
Vilnius is well served with trains and buses to/from Kaunas... more
Arriving in Vilnius in the early hours of Sunday morning, and our first time here, I'd booked a transfer shuttle through Wizzair for 9 Euros.
My e-ticket confirmed my booking, and stated that our... more
I checked both. Thank both of you for your advises! I got a good deal in TRUERENT.LT in Vilnius - the car was really clean and worked without any problems. I really enjoyed my trip! Even the weather... more
We wanted to visit the Television Tower, and looking in our 'Vilnius in your Pocket' realised that we could get a taxi for about 20Lt or catch one of the trolleybuses that departed from near our... more
Although Doncaster Airport (or Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport to give it its slightly annoying proper title) is my nearest airport, I've only flown from here once before. After my recent... more
Budget carrier Ryanair fly into Kaunas airport, around a one hour bus journey from Vilnius. There is a minibus that meets flights and does the journey into town, then dropping off at three central... more
Although Vilnius with its 580.000 inhabitants is a big city, its compact city centre where most sights are located is best explored on foot.
The old town has many pedestrianised streets or pathways... more
In Vilnius (also in other big Lithuania cities) it's interesting, comfortable, but not safe to travel by bicycle. First of all there are not lot of cycleways. Riding on the streets it's dangerous,... more
Hitch Hiking is still widely used by students and people living in rural areas outside of the main cities or towns, as a hitch-hiker myself I made use of the Lithuanian people's willingness to help... more
I strongly recommend a ride on some of the slightly battered local buses or trams. You can buy your ticket from the driver. They are great fun. However, make... more
I flew into Minsk airport with arrangements in advance made to collect my visa at the airport visa desk. It took 3 hours - around 2 1/2 while I waited in the... more
There is a bus service from Vilnius bus station to Vilnius airport. It's the bus stop right outside the bus station. There is a timetable there also. Vilinius... more
from the airport to the city centre is one hundred and five littas at night timeits cheaper in the daya bus to warsaw costs one hundred and five littas and... more
Well, with the cost of the dollar these days, those cars are not that expensive and even Lithuanians seem can afford it ;-) However, with the gas consumption... more
There is a funicular that travels to the top of Gediminas Hill but unfortunately for us not on Mondays which is the day we visited.The entrance was not well... more
Excuse, I didn't take a horse cab in Vilnius. To be honest they were not any except that one on my picture. Or maybe I didn't see more of them on business day.... more
I travelled to the three Baltic States on the one trip. I travelled to Vilnius by plane and then went from Vilnius to Riga by bus and again by bus from Riga to... more
By train: From Warsaw: great news is that a train started running straight to Vilnius (without changing in Sestokai) on every odd day of the month. It leaves... more
Vilnius has the busiest airport in Lithuania - most flights to the country arrive there. There are also large train and bus stations, so getting there is no... more
How to get there: Car, bus. I would suggest using minivans (expresses) from the bus station, going from Vilnius to Kaunas or from Kaunas to Vilnius, they are... more
I found Vilnius unique city of fascinating past and great future, I am sure, now; city full of hundreds places to discover (believe or not I didn't touch even half!). City of great multicultural,...
I already had the idea of visiting Vilnius on my first trip through the Baltics in July 2002, but cancelled the Lithuania part as I was busy enough with Estonia and Latvia at that time. In August...
Mix of cultures - it is nice to say about Vilnius like about cosmopolitan city in mostly all history of this town. Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Jewish and other cultural influences shaped this......
I had great expectations for Vilnius before going there; usually it's a bit underrated compared to Tallinn and Riga, so I expected to find there less tourists, and in fact it was great to go around......
I have been thinking of visiting Vilnius for a long time. I remember my grandparents speaking of it with love: my grandmother had spent a lot of time there as a child. Having lost her father at the......
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