Overview:
This self drive holiday in Lithuania provides an opporuntiy to visit some of the country's most beautiful national parks and historic cities and towns. Follow our suggested itinerary or choose your own route.
Package price is £825 per person based on availability and two people sharing a standard twin or double room.
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Vilnius
Upon arrival in Vilnius, pick up your rent a car and head to Vilnius Old Town. Accommodation in a centrally located 4* Hotel Amberton or simillar.
Day 2: Vilnius - Moletai - Labanoras Forest
Explore Vinlius Old Town featuring Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Castle, St. Anne's Church, Vilnius University and the Dawn Gate with a holy icon of Virgin Mary. In the afternoon head for Eastern Lithuania and Aukstaitija, a beautiful district with rolling hills, hundreds of lakes, rivers and rivulets, ancient villages and vast forests. Arrive at Regional Park Labanoras, the largest forest in Lithuania, with 285 lakes, 20 ancient burial mounds, 30 rivers and rivulets. Overnight at a modern new Hotel Belvilis, located in Labanoras forest,on the bank of the Bebrusai lake.
Day 3: Moletai Region - Labanoras Regional Park
Enjoy water asports on Bebrusai Lake, 5 km length, and the surrounding chain of lakes. Try canoeing, paddle boats, windsurfing and motoer boats. Fishermen can catch perches, pikes, catfish, breams and a variety of other fish abundant in these lakes. Hike or cycle in Labanoras forest, known for abundance of berries and mushrooms. Overnight at Hotel Belvilis.
Day 4: Moletai Region - Labanoras Regional Park
Visits the villages of the region such as Balninkai where you find the Lithuanian Glass Museum and Labanoras, famous for the 18-19th century wooden church, Labanoras pipes and flavourful vodka. Dubingiai features the Castle-site from the times of Grand Duke Vytautas in the early 15th century and Dubingiai Inn, a monument of the wooden architecture of the early 19th century. Overnight at Hotel Belvilis.
Day 5: Ignalina Region - Aukstaitija National Park
Visit Aukstaitija National Park, with its old forests, oak groves, ancient villages and water-mills. The Park is home to 200 species of birds, 60 species of mammals including 120 listed in the Red Book. Stop at the Park Headquarters in Paluse for a visitor ticket. In Paluse visit St.Joseph Church and tower, built in 1750 with only an axe. The grounds of the Park are rich in archeological excavations, more than 45 burial mounds were discovered in the area. If you are interested in plants, take a botanical trail encircling near Lake Lusiai,3.5 km long.More than 150 plant species are presented on this trail, 9 of them included in the Lithuanian Red Book. Overnight in Ignalina at Hotel Zuvedra.
Day 6: Ignalina - Kernave - Trakai - Druskininkai
Return drive (110 km) from Ignalina to Vilnius via Labanoras Forest and further along through Kernave, the pagan capital of Lithuania in the 13th century. Carry on to TRrakai, the ancient capital of Lithuania, famous for its beautiful landscape and red-brick Gothic Castle on the island of Lake Galve. From Trakai it is about 140km to Druskininkai, the well known Lithuanian spa region. Overnight at Hotel Vilnius SPA SANA in Druskininkai.
Day 7: Druskininkai
Take a morning tour round the spa town including a visit to the Memorial Museum of Chiurlionis, a prominent Lithuanian artist and composer. In the afternoon, visit Grutas Park near Druskininkai, the so-called Stalin World, an open-air exhibition of former communist leaders‘ sculptures collected en mass from the whole Lithuania. Return to Druskininkai and visit to the SPA Centre and enjoy the welness Complex featuring mineral baths, pools, massages and a wide range of other relaxation treatments.Overnight at Hotel Vilnius SPA SANA in Druskininkai.
Day 8: Druskininkai – Vilnius
Drive to Vilnius and return your car at the airport. Departure flight home.
Package Includes:
- Flights from London to Vilnius (we can arrange flights from other airports upon request)
- 1 piece of check-in luggage per traveler
- 8 days B class car including; unlimited milleage, theft protection insurance (TP), collision damage waver insurance (CDW), third part liability insurance (TPL), airport fee, registration fee, VAT
- 1 night's accommodation in Vilnius
- 3 nights' accommodation in Moletai
- 1 night's accommodation in Ignalina
- 2 nights' accommodation in Druskininkai
- Breakfast daily
- Road map of Lithuania
- 24 hour emergency service
- ATOL protection
- All taxes
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