Day 1: Vilnius

Ar­ri­val in Vilnius and transfer to hotel. Free time.

Overnight: hotel in Vilnius

Day 2: Vilnius

Breakfast at hotel. Political centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13^th to the end of the 18^th century, Vilnius has had a profound influence on the cultural and architectural development of much of eastern Europe. Despite invasions and partial destruction, it has preserved an impressive complex og Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and classical buildings as well as its medieval layout and natural setting. Vilnius has one of the largest surviving old towns in East Europe, which was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage site (1994).

Ci­ty tour of Vil­nius includes St. Pe­ter and Paul’s Church, Cat­hed­ral Squ­a­re, St. Ann and Ber­nar­di­ne’s Church, the Ga­te of Dawn with the ho­ly ima­ge of the Vir­gin Ma­ry, Rus­sian Ort­ho­dox Church of the Ho­ly Spi­rit, Town Hall Squ­a­re, Jewish quarter and Vil­nius Uni­ver­si­ty (1579).

Overnight: hotel in Vil­nius

Day 3: Vilnius – Trakai – Kernavė – Vilnius  

Breakfast at hotel. Excursion to Tra­kai(25 km), for­mer ca­pi­tal of the Grand Du­chy of Lit­hu­a­nia. Vi­sit to the in­su­lar cast­le, erec­ted on a small is­land in the la­ke Gal­vė which ser­ved as a re­si­den­ce of Lit­hu­a­nian Grand Du­kes. Further drive to Kernavė, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2004) situated in the valley of the river Neris. The archeological site represents an exceptional testimony to some 10 millenia of human settlements in the Baltic region.

Overnight: hotel in Vilnius

Day 4: Departure from Vilnius

Breakfast at hotel. Free time. Transfer to airport.

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• 3 nights at ho­tels

• Buf­fet bre­ak­fast dai­ly

• Trans­por­ta­tion by air-con­di­tio­ned co­ach

• Gui­de ser­vi­ce

• Ex­cur­sions and en­tran­ce fe­es as per iti­ne­ra­ry