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
Šiauliai
Šiauliai is a fourth largest city in Lithuania. Its name derives from the word Saulė, which is a Lithuanian word for Sun. Šiauliai is located in Northern Lithuania on the picturesque hillsides of the Žemaičių (Samogitian) Hills in the watershed of the rivers Venta, Dubysa, Nevėžis and Mūša. The lake of Talša lies in...
Kaunas
Being the 2nd largest city of Lithuania, Kaunas has traditionally been the academic, economic and cultural hub of the country. Bulging out of the confluence of two major Lithuanian rivers, Kaunas is renowned as the partying capitol due to its countless street bars and underground eateries. The glowing bastions of the Kaunas Castle and...
Kernavė
Kernavė is a small town located on the right bank of the Neris River, 35 km from Vilnius, and in the past it was one of the first centers of the Lithuanian state (13th century). The legendary Pajauta Valley and its five mounds guard the remains of the last European pagan capital. Kernavė is...
Birštonas
Birštonas is a balneological resort and a spa town in Lithuania situated 30 km south of Kaunas on the right bank of the Nemunas River. Birštonas received its city rights 1529, and was appointed a city in 1966. The city is the administrative centre of the Birštonas municipality. Birštonas was mentioned for the first...
Panevėžys
Panevėžys, the capital of Aukštaitija Ethnographic Region, has been the fifth largest city in Lithuania for more than a century. The city of Panevėžys was founded in the 16th century. The Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander's letter, dated September 7, 1503 is the oldest document where Panevėžys is mentioned. The document says that the...
Druskininkai
Stationed near the international borders of Lithuania, Druskininkai is a township with extreme natural richness. It is the primary and the most elegant of spa towns anywhere in the country and boasts mineral springs and beautiful gardens. The town is known for its curative and healing properties and thus frequently visited by a large...
Pazaislis monastery in Kaunas
Pažaislis Monastery and the Church of the Visitation form the largest monastery complex in Lithuania, and the most renowned example of Baroque architecture in the country. The church is the most marble-decorated Baroque church of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is situated in the Petrašiūnai elderate of Kaunas, Lithuania, on a peninsula...
Grūtas Park
ith Sovietera statues of Lenin, Stalin and prominent Lithuanian members of the Communist Party that once dominated Lithuanian towns lining the forest trails, Grūtas Park pays blackh mored homage to a dark period of history. Watchtowers pipe marching songs and a train with cattle car is a sobering reminder of mass deportations. There are...
