TOUR DESTINATION
Minsk – Kaliningrad – Klaipeda – Vilnius*
*The tour can start in Vilnius, tour destination could be changed on your request.
TOUR DESCRIPTION
Across three countries: Belarus, Russia (Kaliningrad) and Lithuania is a carefully arranged tour to the main historical cities: Minsk, Nesvizh, Grodno, Druskininkai, Marijampole, Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Nida, Klaipeda, Kaunas, Trakai and Vilnius.
With the company of a dedicated guide and driver, you will enjoy crossing each country enjoying beauty of nature, getting in touch with history and destinies.
Sit back and relax this 8-days vacation crossing 3 different but historically so close countries!
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Important cities: Minsk, Nesvizh, Lida, Grodno, Druskininkai, Marijampole, Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Nida, Juodkrante, Klaipeda, Kaunas, Trakai and Vilnius.
Lunch and dinner;
Entrances to the churches, museums;
Visits: Nesvizh Castle, Mir Castle, Lida Castle, Trakai Castle.
…And many more!
Starting from the “Minsk Gate” we will make a complete visit of the city, crossing its important avenues, such as those of Kirow or Independence and before our eyes will burst endless boulevards and public gardens a well developed structure of Soviet architecture. In the picturesque “High City”, we can find its oldest buildings, in a set of narrow streets, full of classic restaurants, cafes and sculptures. There are also the museums and the Town Hall; without forgetting the Orthodox Cathedral, the one known as “Red church” or the catholic one of St. Peter and St Paul.
important dynasties of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility, princes. Lunch in another Mir castle, and departure to the city of Grodno – one of the most beautiful cities in the country. It’s wooden Church of St Boris and St Gleb (12th century), and its Old Castle or the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier are must see places while in Grodno. Arrival at the border of Belarus – Lithuania. Dinner and accommodation in the city of Druskininkai – a lovely spa town of Lithuania with natural mineral water.
Guided tour of the old part of Kaliningrad with the castle of Tangaste, the first Prussian castle, the royal gate, the fortifications of the eighteenth – twentieth centuries, the cathedral with the museum of the philosopher I. Kant.After lunch free time. As an option you can visit the World Ocean Museum established on ships including a submarine. Dinner at Neselbek Castle with a special program about medieval times.
Departure to the city of Jantarny – the city of amber mines. Visit of the house of one of the first Beker’s amber extractors, to the church given by Beker to the workers of amber mines, the promenade of the sea coast. Lunch in the city of Svetlogorsk with spectacular views of the sea coast, with architectural monuments such as the Lutheran church, houses with its Baltic-German stories, a sundial. Dinner and night in Kaliningrad.
After crossing the border of Russia – Lithuania, first stop in the Nida. Walk through the dunes of Parnidis, taking advantage of the views of the Baltic Sea and the closed part of Curonian Lagoon , the Death Valley, where the French soldiers are buried. Another stop in Juodkrante, visit to the Hill of Witches (wooden sculptures park).
Visit of the port city – Klaipėda with 18th-century buildings, the neo-Gothic post office, the Theater Square, where the fountain and sculpture “Taravos Anike” a character of German folk songs, are located and the University of Klaipeda – former building of the military headquarters. Departure to Kaunas having lunch on the road in one of the typical fish restaurants. Visit to Kaunas – the second biggest city of Lithuania – the heart of the country with magnificent history and its churches on the banks of the rivers. Walk through the town hall square, visiting the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, the house of Thunder, the only church with the name of the founder – Vytautas the Great, Liberty Avenue with a avenue of 577 linden trees towards the church of St. Michael the Archangel in neo-Byzantine style. Overnight in Kaunas.
number of authentic objects, calculating more than 91240. On an area of 194 hectares, the 5 regions of Lithuania can be known imagining the life of the locals in the 18th – 19th centuries connected with traditions, mythology, folk songs and dances.
Panoramic tour of the city entering the church of St Peter and St Paul – known as one of the 16 most beautiful churches in the world with more than 2000 statues with different faces, which smile in the morning and in the afternoon seem tired. The Cathedral of St Stanislav and St. Vladislav – the center of the Lithuanian-speaking Catholics, the Gothic corner with the churches of St Francis and St Ann – which Napoleon wanted to take home with him to Paris, “in the palm of his hand”. The Gates of Dawn – known to all pilgrims from Lithuania and Poland, who often travel to the Gates and have a mass on the street full of practitioners. After lunch continuation of the visit to the republic of Užupis – the bohemian neighborhood. Ascent to the Gediminas tower – the simbol of the capital and the power of the country in medieval times. We will take advantage of the impressive panoramic view of the old town and the remote neighborhoods. Free time. Dinner. Overnight in Vilnius.
