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A TASTE OF
LITHUANIA

Chauffeured Car Tour

7 DAYS

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Old Town Vilnius

Vilnius LithuaniaDAY 1 VILNIUS
On arrival, transfer by private car to the Hotel Congress for your two nights stay. Vilnius was founded in 1323.  Visit Old Town, the Cathedral, Gediminas Castle Museum, the University Campus and the Dawn Gate with its miraculous Virgin Mary icon. Visit the outdoor European Sculpture Park conveying art as it pertains to the meaning of being in the geographic center of Europe.

DAY 2 VILNIUS
To Trakai, the ancient capital of Lithuania, famous for its 15th century castle and exhibition of prehistoric findings.  Back in Vilnius, visit the Exhibition of Christianity featuring the lost and now first time seen Treasures of the Vilnius Cathedral.

DAY 3 VILNIUS-KAUNAS
Your chauffeur takes you to Kaunas today.  Stop at Rumsiskes Open-Air Ethnographic Museum for a tour of the display of 18th and 19th century traditions, crafts and architecture defining the ethnographic regions of the country.  Your guide will meet you in Kaunas for a city tour.  Kaunas is the second city of Lithuania.  Visit the Old Town, Castle ruins, Jesuit Church and Ciurlionis Art Gallery.  Overnight at Hotel Santakos.

DAY 4 KAUNAS-KLAIPEDA
Drive to the Hill of Crosses near Siauliai known as the place to express gratitude to God for divine favours. Continue to Klaipeda on the Baltic Sea where you guide shows you the Old Town, and the Mazvydas Sculpture Park.  Two night stay at Hotel Klaipeda.

DAY 5 KLAIPEDA
A full day of sightseeing in Neringa, the Spit between the Curonian Lagoon and the sea.  The Hill of Witches in Juodkrante village is decoarted with wooden sculptures based on legends and folk tales.  Nida is an old fisherman village famous for majestic sand dunes.  Return to Klaipeda.

DAY 6 KLAIPEDA-VILNIUS
Visit Palanga, the popular sea resort. The Amber Museum depicts the history of this "Baltic Gold" Walk in the Botanical Park with its 70 foot high dune and to the beach and pier. Later, to Vilnius and Hotel Congress.

DAY 7 VILNIUS
Transfer by private car to the airport.

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