Historical legacy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, pristine nature, seaside and SPA resorts are the main attraction points of Lithuania. Domestic tourism is also highly popular. Lithuanians also prefer to spend their vacations in Lithuania. Most tourists visit the big cities— Vilnius, Klaipėda, and Kaunas, seaside resorts, such as Neringa, Palanga, and Spa towns – Druskininkai, Birštonas. While the local travellers enjoy a lot exploring less famous but locally very important small towns, farmsteads, mansions, ethnographical villages.
August 2021
Hill of Crosses
Situated in the city of Siauliai, the Hill of Crosses is one of the most awe-inspiring and primary pilgrimage destinations of Lithuania. It features more than 200,000 crosses, crucifixes, rosaries and other metallic symbols and sculptures of religious devotion in all sizes and styles. The hill has been covered like this for several centuries...
Trakai Area
Trakai Historical National Park was founded on 23 April 1991 to preserve Trakai as a center of Lithuanian statehood as well as the park’s authentic nature. The territory of the park covers 82 km2, 34 km2 of which are covered by forests, and 130 km2 are covered by lakes. Trakai is a small ancient...
Gediminas Castle Tower
According to a beautiful legend, Vilnius has started with a castle on the hill. Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas saw a howling iron wolf in his dream that was later interpreted as the occurrence of a strong and unconquerable capital city. Thus, a castle was built on the hill in late 13th century – early...
Vilnius Cathedral
Stately Vilnius Cathedral, divorced from its freestanding belfry, is a national symbol and the city’s most instantly recognizable buildings. Known in full as the Cathedral of St Stanislav and St Vladislav, this columned neoclassical cathedral occupies a spot originally used for the ship of Perkūnas, the Lithuanian thunder god. The first wooden cathedral was...
Gediminas avenue
Is the main street of Vilnius, where most of the governmental institutions of Lithuania are concentrated, including the government, parliament, Constitutional Courtand ministries. It is also the location of cultural institutions such as the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Bank of Lithuania, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and Martynas Mažvydas National Library. It is...
Vilnius Old Town
Covered in the primeval treasure trove of majestic Gothic & Neoclassical architecture and converging at the intersection of Lithuania’s two main rivers is the ancient capital of Great Duchy. The Vilnius Old Town is also a World Heritage Site and internationally renowned for its well-preserved structures, cobbled squares and twisted roadways that weave through...
Vilnius University
ounded in 1579 during the Catholic Counter-Reformation, Vilnius University was run by Jesuits for two centuries. During the 19th century, it became one of Europe’s greatest centers of learning, and the university survived shut down by Tsar Nicholas I, rebranding under Soviet rule and closure by the Nazis. Its spectacular architectural ensemble includes a...
Klaipėda
Klaipėda, German Memel, city and port, Lithuania. It lies on the narrow channel by which the Curonian Lagoon and the Neman River connect with the Baltic Sea. Beside a small earlier settlement, the local population constructed a fortress in the early 13th century. In 1252 this fort was seized and destroyed by the Teutonic...
