Day 1

Saturday

Vilnius

Arrival in Vilnius. Transfer to hotel. Welcome dinner at national Lithuanian cuisine restaurant, where you will meet members of your group and your escort guide.

Day 2

Sunday

Day 3

Monday

Vilnius - Trakai - Kernave - Vilnius

Day in 2 ancient Lithuanian Capitals. Drive to Trakai (28 km ) - the ancient capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Visit to the 15th century Insular Trakai Castle, housing an exhibition on prehistoric findings and the 17-18th century applied art, the way of life of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes and the Karaites, brought to Lithuania from the Crimea. Lunch at the restaurant with charming Castle view. Later - visit to ancient capital of Lithuania Kernave - in Kernave you will be able to climb 5 mounds and enjoy a superb breath-taking view of the river valley graced by the bends of the river Neris. Back to Vilnius for free Sunday afternoon.

Day 4

Thuesday

Vilnius - Druskininkai

Day in the tranquillity of unspoiled nature & past. Visit to Dzukija National Park located in Southern part of Lithuania, famous for wild forests, mushrooms and berries, authentic villages and friendliness of local people. You will visit ethnographic village and get acquainted with the lifestyle of locals. There you’ll learn how to cook Lithuanian bread or national Lithuanian dish - Zeppelins, and willl have a lunch here. Later visit to Gruto Parkas – an outdoor museum of notorious Soviet political figures.
After relax and stay for overnight in charming spa town Druskininkai. Enjoy yourself at spa or water amusement park.

Day 5

Wednesday

Druskininkai - Kaunas

Morning drive to Kaunas. Proceed to Rumsiskes – unique open air country life museum, depicting the 18-19th century architecture, traditions, crafts and the way of life of different ethnographic regions of the country.
Later sightseeing tour of Kaunas Old Town, - second largest city and the capital of Lithuania between the World Wars. The tour includes: the Old Town of Kaunas with its St George's church, castle ruins, Theological seminary, the Town Hall Square, the Jesuit church, the Cathedral, the Church of Vytautas and the Perkunas House. Visit Ciurlionis Art Museum. Later visit to Convent of Pazaislis – famous for its architecture and wonderworking icon of Virgin Mary. Overnight in Kaunas.

Day 6

Thursday

Kaunas - Klaipeda

Drive to the seaside by Panemune castle road with few stops and lunch along the way. Sightseeing tour of Klaipeda - Lithuania's third biggest city - a historic seaport and resort. Old Town of Klaipeda with the Theatre square and the statue of a girl Ann from Tharau, numerous old streets and buildings, Linden street with the old post-office, Mazvydas Sculpture Park. Overnight in Klaipeda.

Day 7

Friday

Klaipeda - Neringa - Nida  - Palanga

Full day visit to the Curonian Spit. Morning ferry to Neringa - visit to Juodkrante, climb the Hill of Witches decorated with numerous wooden sculptures based on Lithuanian legends and folk tales. Stop at a bird sanctuary. Further drive to Nida (30 km), a small old fishermen village famous for its majestic seashore sand dunes, Thomas Mann's summerhouse, neo-gothic church and old ethnographic cemetery.

Vetrunge (weathervane) painting workshop. Get to know the story and meaning of vetrunge - a unique example of ancient Lithuania's fishermen carving and Baltic folk art, which has no analogues in the world! Meanwhile paint your own vetrunge or take it with you as a souvenir to decorate  back home.

Drive for overnight to Palanga.

Day 8

Saturday

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Palanga

Morning sightseeing of Palanga offers a visit to the Amber Museum which houses very rich amber collection, a walk in the Botanical Park of Palanga with Birute's Hill - a 22-metre-high dune, the central street full of souvenir shops, open-air cafes, and leading to the beach and the pier. Lunch at the retaurant "HBH Juozo alus". In the evening - free time to enjoy resort life and beautiful sunset. Overnight in Palanga.

Day 9

Sunday

Palanga - Siauliai - Vilnius

Drive to Vilnius with visit to the holy site of Catholic Pilgrimage – The Hill of Crosses.Arrive Vilnius, free afternoon for independent activities, last minute shoping etc. Farewell dinner with life folklore music.

Day 10

Vilnius

End of Tour. Private transfer to airport for flight home.