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| VISIT LITHUANIA offers : * Half-day tour of Vilnius (3 hours) Tour of Historical Old Town of Vilnius by car and on foot: Vilnius Cathedral and its square, the University campus, Pilies street with the 16-18th century historical and architectural monuments, Gothic corner of Vilnius with St Anne's and Bernardine churches, the former Town Hall square, the Dawn Gate with a miraculous icon of Virgin Mary, the 17th century Baroque church of St Peter and Paul. * Vilnius - Jerusalem of Lithuania ( 3 hours ) Jewish Heritage sightseeing of the famous city of Vilnius once called Jerusalem of Lithuania. * Visit to Ponar (Paneriai) Now the site of mass executions is commemorated by the memorial to the victims of the Lithuanian holocaust and a small museum displaying the tragedy of Paneriai. * Half-day tour to Trakai (4 hours) Located 28 km from Vilnius, the former capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania is now famous for its 15th century insular 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. * Full day tour to Kaunas The second largest city and the capital of Lithuania between the World Wars. * Country life museum in Rumsiskes (6 hours) Located 80 km from Vilnius the open-air museum offers acquaintance with the 18-19th century architecture, traditions, crafts and the way of life of different ethnographic regions of the country. * Tour to Kernave – ancient capital of Lithuania ( 4 hours ) The village located on the banks of the river Neris(35 km from Vilnius) has been known as the capital of Lithuania before Trakai and Vilnius. * Klaipeda city tour (2 hours) Lithuania's third biggest city - a historic seaport and resort. * Tour to Palanga Lithuania's prime sea resort is 25 km away from Klaipeda. * Tour to Nida A walk on the Hill of Witches located in Juodkrante village, 19 km away from Klaipeda, and decorated with numerous wooden sculptures based on Lithuanian legends and folk tales. * Visit to the Hill of Crosses Located 12 km from Siauliai, by Vilnius - Riga highway the hill with more than 50 000 crosses stands as a memorial to the spirit of the Lithuanian people.
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