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A selection of Baltic holidays which include Druskininkai.
Spa Breaks in Lithuania
3 nights Spa Break in Druskininkai
15 nights escorted Tour of The Baltics includes Druskininkai
Read the Times Newspaper Article on a Spa Trip to Druskininkai
Read the Daily Mail Article on a trip to Vilnius and Druskininkai
Read the Times Article on Grutas Park in Druskininkai
Read The Mail on Sunday's Article on Druskininkai.
The Spa town of Druskininkai is 2 hours south-west of Vilnius, near the Belarus and Polish border.
The whole town is a sanatorium and until recently was a place to visit only if you were ill and needed to recuperate. However in the last few years Druskininkai itself has enjoyed something of a revival!
Beautiful hotels have opened, that offer luxurious accommodation along with wonderful spa treatments.
You can still visit the more soviet style hotels and experience some 'serious' treatments in typical soviet décor. Treatments claim to treat all sorts of ailments and are very cheap costing as little as two pounds for a mud bath, however if your aim is to experience spa's soviet style then be quick as even these establishments are smartening up to take advantage of interest from western tourists.
Druskininkai is a pretty little town and can be busy in the summer months. You can taste how Druskininkai got its name. Go to the famous water fountain on the banks of the Nemunas river and splash your face! Druska means salt, and this water is very salty. People say the water has healing powers, but for those with sensitive stomachs we would recommend you proceed with caution!
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Druskininkai is two and half hours from Vilnius, Lithuania's capital.
An interesting day trip from Druskininkai is Gruto Parkas (Grutas Park) the final resting ground for many Soviet Sculptures. During Soviet times, statues of Stalin and Lenin were placed anywhere of importance in the Baltic's. After independence these were gleefully ripped down, now they have been collected together in one park. These statues are fascinating to see, the propaganda machine of the Soviets at its most intimidating and effective.
There is a very interesting museum dedicated to what life was like in Lithuania under Soviet rule.
We can organise a private driver/guide to pick you up from your hotel in Druskininkai (or Vilnius) and take you the park. There is also a restaurant serving excellent authentic local dishes.
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