Travel GuideVilnius, capital of Lithuania is located in the eastern part of the country, away from the sea and near the border with Belarus. The town originated in the fourteenth century and was surrounded by walls with towers and gates at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In 1579 there was founded the university, the city […]
LITHUANIA DOCUMENTS Documents: The citizen of the European Union who travels to Lithuania must have a passport or identity card valid for travel abroad. Even children and minors must have their own passport / identity card. For citizens of other nationalities a personal passport is mandatory. For citizens of some countries a visa may be […]
AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS TO LITHUANIA Lithuania has three international airports, Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga. The airport of the capital Vilnius is the most important in the country and the main gateway to Lithuania. Flights from the main European capitals and from some Asian and African nations land in Vilnius. The other two international airports in […]
Vilnius tourist attractions: The city center is located around the town hall square. The main street of the historic center is Pilies, which connects the Grand Duke’s Castle with the Town Hall. Vilnius Old Town is one of the largest in Eastern Europe. Although for the most part built in Baroque style, having developed over […]
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania is a city with over half a million inhabitants. The population of the city is mostly Lithuanian (57.8%), but there are important minorities living in the city. Among these the most numerous are the Poles who represent 18.7% of the population. Even the Russians who are 14% are a large […]
Vilnius has a humid continental climate characterized by cold, long and dark winters. In colder winters, lakes and rivers surrounding the city freeze. The average January temperature is around -6 ° C, but in the colder months the temperature can drop to -30 ° C. The average minimum temperature in the coldest month of January […]
The climate of Lithuania is a type of climate mixed between the maritime climate and the cold climate, the maritime climate prevails only along a narrow strip of land located on the Baltic Sea, while the rest of the country is characterized by a continental climate, which causes short, rainy and mild summers and long, […]
The cities of Vilnius and Kaunas are the main tourist attractions of Lithuania. The capital Vilnius, whose historic center is part of the UNESCO heritage, is a city full of buildings of the most varied styles. There are palaces and churches in Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo style. Kaunas, the second largest city in the […]
Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika) is a parliamentary republic, which lies along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It borders to the north with Latvia, to the east and southeast with Belarus, to the south-west with Poland and Russia (the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad) and to the north-west you find the Baltic Sea. The country is […]