Lithuanian club "Saab"
Welcome to Lithuania
The Lithuanian club "Saab" would like to invite members of foreign Saab Clubs to visit Lithuania !
Please contact Lithuanian Club "Saab" and get possibility to see the best of Lithuania together with Saab Club from Lithuania !
THE BEST OF LITHUANIA
7 nights / 8 days
>>> Day 1 : Vilnius
Arrival in Vilnius city. Transfer to your hotel. Check-in at the hotel.
Welcome dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Overnight in Vilnius hotel.
>>> Day 2 : Vilnius - Trakai - Vilnius (30 + 30 km)
Morning city tour of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. A tour will feature the Old Town with its numerous attractions: the Cathedral with a Bell Tower, the ruins of the Lower Castle, Gediminas Castle, St. Anne's Church, the Gates of Dawn with a holy image of the Virgin Mary, Vilnius University buildings with its cosy inner courtyards, the President's Palace, and the church of St. Peter and Paul. You will be also provided a chance to admire the panoramic view of the Lithuanian capital from the top of the Hill of Three Crosses.
Afternoon trip to Trakai (25 km from Vilnius), the former capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Visit to the insular castle of the 14th century, erected on a small island in the lake Galvė. For ages it served as a defensive structure and residence of Lithuanian Grand Dukes.
Dinner and overnight in Vilnius.
>>> Day 3 : Vilnius - Rumšiškės - Kaunas (100 km)
Morning departure for the Open-Air-Museum in Rumšiškės. This open-air country life museum in Rumšiškės offers acquaintance with the 18th-19th century architecture, traditions, crafts and the way of life of different ethnographic regions of the country.
Afternoon arrival in Kaunas, check-in at the hotel.
City tour of Kaunas will feature the Old Town with Kaunas Castle, Town Hall Square and its numerous churches and architectural monuments: St. George's Church, Jesuit Church, the Church of Vytautas the Great, the Cathedral, also the Theological Seminary and Perkūnas House. The tour will pay a tribute to the Statue of Liberty and the Hall of Fame for most distinguished countrymen. A walk along the central pedestrian avenue - the Avenue of Freedom - will drag you into a whirlpool of street vendors, musician, cafes and souvenir shops full of people and tourists.
Dinner and overnight in Kaunas.
>>> Day 4 : Kaunas - Klaipėda (220 km)
Morning departure for Klaipeda. Arrival and check-in at the hotel in Klaipėda.
Afternoon city tour of Klaipėda, the third biggest city and seaport of Lithuania, will offer acquaintance with the Old Town, its fachwerk houses, the Theatre Square with the statue of Annichen von Tharau, an old neo-Gothic Post Office, Mažvydas Sculpture Park as well as the Kopgalis Fortress housing a Marine Museum.
Dinner and overnight in Klaipėda.
>>> Day 5: Klaipėda - Palanga - Klaipėda (26 + 26 km)
After brekfast, a full day trip to Palanga resort.
A sightseeing tour of Palanga will include a visit to the Botanical Garden and Amber Museum in the Palace of Count Tyszkiewicz housing over 25 000 pieces of amber and 15 000 inclusions of insects on display.
Afternoon at the beach. Time for leisure.
Dinner in Palanga. Overnight back in Klaipėda.
>>> Day 6 : Klaipėda - Nida - Juodkrantė - Klaipėda (60 + 60 km)
Departure from Klaipėda by ferry to the National Park of the Curonian Spit. Excursion in Nida resort, with visit to the Fisherman House and the summer house of Thomas Mann (German writer and winner of the Nobel Prize), walk along impressive sand dunes, some up to 60 m high.
Afternoon departure from Nida to Juodkrantė. Visit to the Hill of Witches. This open-air museum has more than 100 wooden sculptures depicting legendary Lithuanian heroes and fairy-tale monsters by local folk artists.
Dinner and overnight in Klaipėda.
>>> Day 7 : Klaipėda - Vilnius (350 km)
Departure from Klaipėda to Vilnius, on the way visiting the Hill of Crosses, an unforgettable place with thousands of crosses on two small hills. The Pope John Paul II concelebrated a mass there in 1993.
Arrival in Vilnius, check-in at the hotel. Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight in Vilnius.
>>> Day 8 : Vilnius
After breakfast check-out from hotel. Transfer to the airport. End of tour.