Lithuania – the Land of Amber – 7 days

(group tour)

See the beautiful Lithuania with its medieval castles, white-sand seashores and cultural gems

Vilnius – Kaunas – Klaipeda – Siauliai - Vilnius

7 days/6 nights

Day 1 - Vilnius

• Arrival to Vilnius - Transfer to the hotel - Overnight.

Day 2 - Vilnius - Trakai - Vilnius

• Breakfast and sightseeing tour in Vilnius which as the European Capital of Culture 2009 a highlight of the European cultural map. has become

• In the afternoon - departure to Trakai. Visit the medieval castle, which is build in the strait between two lakes.

• Overnight in Vilnius.

Day 3 - Vilnius - Grutas - Kaunas

• Departure to Grutas Soviet Sculptures Park where the monuments from Soviet Lithuania are collected and exhibited in an open air museum.

• Next stop – Druskininkai - a Lithuanian health resort, famous as a mineral water source and homeland of talented Lithuanian artist M.K.Ciurlionis.

• Continue to Kaunas, overnight.

Day 4 - Kaunas - Curonian Spit - Klaipeda

• In the morning - city tour in Kaunas, the second-large city of Lithuania. In the prewar times Kaunas was a provisional capital of Lithuania for 20 years.

• Departure to the National Park of the Curonian Spit which is included on UNESCO World Heritage List. It is an outstanding example of a landscape of sand dunes that is under constant threat from natural forces (wind and tide).

• Back to Klaipeda, an important port, Lithuania’s only gateway to the Baltic Sea.

• Overnight in Klaipeda.

Day 5 - Klaipeda - Palanga - Siauliai

• After breakfast - sightseeing in Klaipeda including Old Post Office, historical Old Town full of handicraft shops, the Old Theater square with the Simon Dach Fountain.

• Departure to Palanga in the afternoon - the most popular and developed sea resort in Lithuania.

• Visit the famous Botanical Garden and the Amber Museum situated at the Palace of Count Tyszkewicz.

• Departure to Siauliai, overnight.

Day 6 - Siauliai - Rumsiskes - Vilnius

• Siauliai sightseeing in the morning.

• Trip to the Hill of Crosses - unique expression of religious feelings of Lithuanian people.

• Drive to Vilnius with a stopover in Rumsiskes, Ethnographic Open Air Museum. The territory of 175 ha includes 140 original well preserved buildings dated from the 18th - 20th centuries, collected from various ethnographic regions of Lithuania.

• Arrival and overnight in Vilnius.

Day 7 - Vilnius

• Free morning to enjoy Vilnius’s spirit - Transfer to the airport.

Price: upon request

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