Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles converge in this epicenter of Eastern European architecture. Political centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th to the end of the 18th century, Vil...
Europe's only Gothic castle island. National Landmark. The Island Castle in Trakai Galve Lake, 30 km west of Vilnius, is the old capital of Lithuania. From here, ruled the mighty Grand Duke Vytautas, Ge...
"Gateway to the World" the Lithuanians call their only port city at the mouth of the Curonian Lagoon in the Baltic Sea. The port (20 million tonnes annual turnover) and is the engine of economic recov...
The spa (2000 Ew.) On the same river (the Holy Šventoji =) 12 km to the north since 1963 belongs to the large municipality Palanga. In the beach dunes north of Šventoji stood until the 14th Century of...
In the loop of the Nemunas Park stream, some force to pull. The ancient pagans knew the salutary effect of the salt springs of Birštonas. Today, the town (3800 Ew.) In the Nemunas Loops Regional Park, 4...
Many lakes and a mountain full of crosses. In the Aukštaitija and in the secret capital, the national heart of the country. The Aukštaitija is the "highlands". Lithuania's largest ethnographic region en...
Shifting sand dunes and smoked fish. The Kuršių Nerija attracts with its austere magic for centuries artists and travelers in their spell. Nearly 70 m tall dunes, quaint fishing villages, pine forests a...
Memelland and gateway to the Baltic Sea. Low Lithuania: white beaches, the quiet Nemunas Delta and a vibrant port city. They were closed and stubborn, the Lithuanians say about their fellow countrymen i...
