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AULA BAR
www.aularestoranas.lt
Located on the premises of Vilnius University this bar/restaurant in Vilnius has a medieval feel to it. The frescoes on its vaults were painted by an art student and the food is typically Lithuanian.
KGB MUSEUM
www.genocid.lt
This impressive museum was established in 1992on the grounds of the old KGB headquarters .This building represents for most Lithuanian the symbol of the country’s soviet occupation which lasted for 50 years.
TRAKAI ISLAND CASTLE
www.trakaimuziejus.lt
Located about 20 km from Lithuania's capital city Vilnius, Trakai makes for a great day trip. Surrounded by Lake Gatve, the island castle is one of Lithuania’s most popular sightseeing. Built in the 14th century, it was completed in the 15th century by Vytautas the Great who made it one of the main centres of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
BALTU AMATAI
www.baltis.lt
Baltis organises boat trips around Trakai city Lakes and admire the beautiful Trakai island Castle and the National Park.
KYNBYNLAR
www.kybynlar.lt
A traditional Karaim restaurant In the heart of Trakai old town where traditional cuisine "KYBYNLAR" can be sampled or even be taught how to be taught how to make the ‘kybyn’, Karaim’s traditional meat pastry.
LIETUVOS RYTAS
www.bc.lrytas.lt
Basketball is big in Lithuania and Vilnius’s team, Lietuvos Rytas, is one of the country’s best teams as well as 2009’’s Eurocup winner.
KERNAVE
www.kernave.org
Once the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kernave is today a major tourist destination. The four mysterious mounds in Kernave evoke several millennia of history and the distant times of the early Baltic tribes. Archaeological digs have been going on here consistently for 30 years and evidence has been found of people living in the area as far back as 11,000 years ago. Kernave became UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004.
TAIGAEUROBALTIKA
www.taigaeurobaltika.com
If you want to experience what life must have been like under communism and paganism, then trip to Kernave, about 30 kms West of Vilnius, is a must!
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SKY BAR
www.revalhotels.com
Located on the 22nd floor of the Reval Hotel in Vilnius, the trendy Sky Bar offers fabulous views over the city.
WOO BAR
www.woo.lt
Sleek and laid-back , the Woo Bar in Vilnius is the perfect place to be if you want to eat , drink and dance until the early hours of the morning.
GRAVITY CLUB
www.clubgravity.lt
If dance music is your thing then why not experience it in one of Vilnius’s best nightclubs?
HILL OF CROSSES
www.siauliai.lt
For the last couple of centuries, people from Lithuania and from around the world have been placing crosses on the Hill of Crosses an area located 12kms north of the town of Siauliai in Northern Lithuania. Not only crosses have been left here by Christian pilgrims but also giant crucifixes and many more effigies and rosaries. The thousands of crosses on display here make it one of most mysterious, beautiful, and spiritual places in the country.
CURONIAN SPIT
www.visitneringa.lt
This narrow sand peninsula of 98kms in length is located on the western part of the country- This thin, curved sand-dune spit separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea- this natural landscape is breathtaking and is home to the highest moving sand dunes in Europe. The largest town on the Curonian spit is Nida, a resort popular with tourists.
KURSIU NERIJA NATIONAL PARK
www.nerija.lt
Anything you want to know about Nerija National Park is on this site from where to camp and eat to what to see and do.
IRKLAKOJIS
www.irklakojis.lt/
Meaning ‘paddle & foot’ this tour operator organises tour which aim to explore and get acquainted withLithuanian nature and culture using a number of activities such as hiking, canoeing and cycling.
KLAIPEDA
www.klaipedainfo.lt
This is Lithuania’s only seaport and a very popular resort town and the best place to base yourself if you want to explore the Curonian Spit.
HOT AIR BALOON RIDE
www.skriskbalionu.lt
For an alternative way of seeing Lithuania’s capital!
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