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.
July 2021
Bicycle Tourism
Bicycle tourism is growing, especially in the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route. EuroVelo routes EV10, EV11, EV13 go through Lithuania. The total length of bicycle tracks amounts to 3769 km (of which 1988 km is asphalt pavement). The most known bicycle routes are Nemunas River Cycle Route, Suvalkija Cycle Circuit, Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route. Most...
Kayaking
Canoeing or kayaking excursions is a great opportunity to discover Lithuania’s landscape. There are more than 800 rivers exceeding 10 km, so we can proudly say that Lithuania is a water rich country and has well-developed water tourism.According to your wishes and experience, we provide the most interesting canoeing or kayaking tour. There is...
SPA treatments
Lithuania blends the latest advances in medical science, the finest expertise in wellness and rehabilitation, with an often overlooked ingredient: nature. Our bodies are tuned to respond to the rejuvenating and reinvigorating powers of these natural elements: mineral water, pine scented air, therapeutic mud and Baltic amber. Lithuania’s beautiful nature abounds with them, and...
What Is a traditional Lithuanian Bathhouse?
Lithuanians traditionally used steam bathhouses. Lithuanian bathhouses are unique for their abundant use of various medicinal herbs. A special procedure at a Lithuanian bathhouse is the light slapping of the bather with bath whisks or brooms – bundles of birch or oak twigs (called vanta in Lithuanian) or twigs of other trees. In winter, frozen...
Ninth Fort in Kaunas
Lithuania’s dark 20th-century history is poignantly told here, 7km north of Kaunas. Begin in the somber, church-like gallery with striking stained glass and exhibits detailing Lithuania’s suffering under the Soviets and the Nazis. Then continue uphill to the Holocaust memorial and the WWI-era fort – a hard-labor prison in the early 20th century and...
Užupis
Located south of River Neris and housing one of the main Jewish communities in Lithuania, Uzupis is an artist district in Vilnius city center that declared independence in 1997 to form its own constitution. Today, it is renowned for its cobbled alleyways, graffiti-covered exteriors, and eccentric art emporiums in the streets. Tourists can also...
First Lithuania’s Plantarium
Around her plant shelter in Kaunas, Aistė Virketė dreams of creating a community of eco-conscious individuals. The first Plantarium in Lithuania officially opened on January 19 in Kaunas. The 200 sq m of space located in Urmas shopping town is dedicated to the mystery and healing power of Earth plants as much as a...
Street Art in Kaunas
It’s hard to say what year precisely the first word was illegally written on the walls of Kaunas, but during the years of Soviet occupation, some bold anonymous statements had appeared. After the restoration of independence, the sales of spray paint seriously shot up and neither the police nor local government was able to...
