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Vilnius City Break
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Where to visit on your Vilnius City Break
Vilnius is arguably the least known of the Baltic capitals, it's easy to walk around Vilnius taking in the many different sights and visiting the places of interest.
Vilnius' most recognisable landmark is its Cathedral. Standing in a large square this magnificent and imposing building is a stunning construction. Other city highlights include the Higher Castle Museum, now a small tower situated on a small steep hill just behind the Cathedral; this was once an important vantage point, and is a great place to enjoy lovely views of the city.
Pilies Street, is a lovely cobbled street, with many good restaurants and quirky shops selling. Amber the Baltic's gold. At the top of Pilies Street are The Gates of Dawn, a small chapel, many pilgrims travel here from all over the region, as in this chapel is an image of the Virgin Mary reputed for its miracle working powers.
Vilnius is packed with museums including the sobering KGB museum telling the story of Lithuania's struggle under Soviet rule.
Vilnius has many excellent restaurants and a wonderful opera house.
Vilnius is full of churches
One of our favourites is St Anne's Church - it has survived almost unchanged since 1495 and is a delicately beautiful red brick Gothic church, Napoleon said, when marching past, that he wished to take it home in the palm of his hand.
Vilnius has many excellent restaurants and a wonderful opera house.
Articles on Vilnius
Sunday Times magazine Article on Vilnius.
Observer Newspaper Article on Vilnius
Mail On Sunday Article on Vilnius
Jewish Chronicle Article on Vilnius
The Guardian Article on Vilnius
Sunday Times Article on the Three Baltic Capitals
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Travel Information about Vilnius
Direct flights: London Gatwick, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday with a scheduled airline, and from London Stansted with a budget airline.
You can fly direct with a budget airline into Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, transfer time to Vilnius approximately one and a quarter hours.
You can fly indirectly from many London and UK local airports.
We have some wonderful day trips you can add to your long weekend, also you can add private airport transfers and a walking guided tour of the old town.
Please call 0845 070 5711 or e-mail us info@balticholidays.com. Alternatively you can book ONLINE, you will be able to add extras on your online booking. Please note you cannot book budget airlines online - so please call us if you wish to travel with a budget airline, thank you.
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"We had an excellent time in Vilnius and thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.
The whole journey went smoothly from beginning to end... The people were friendly and helpful and we enjoyed sitting in many of the cafes' drinking good local beer and watching life go by. Our hotel was nice, the staff were very friendly and our room was clean and modern."
Ms Luisa Butler March 2010
"Thank you for organising a wonderful holiday with such attention to detail.
We loved the ballet and all the traditionally Lithuanian restaurants you recommended were excellent. Vilnius was stunningly beautiful in the snow, but the most magical part of all for us was visiting Trakai Castle with our excellent guide, walking on the frozen lake in the snow and taking in the beauty all around us"
Martin and Ann Woodham, London, February 2006
"Vilnius is a beautiful place, especially the churches lit up at night and the cellar bars and restaurants. Definitely recommend it. All the arrangements went very smoothly as well - couldn't fault anything."
Caroline White March 2003
"We both thoroughly enjoyed our stay in Vilnius.... and your two guides were superb....The visit to Trakai also proved very interesting, Linus again has a huge store of knowledge about his history and was excellent company."
Wendy Astill October 2006
Vilnius was outstanding. Very satisfied by your friendly, helpful & efficient service. I would certainly recommend your service without any reservations. Thankyou!
Martin & Annette Brunby June 2007.
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