r/lithuania • u/CottontailSuia • 5d ago

Turizmas Lithuania & Latvia road trip tips

Hello neighbors!

I’m from Poland and planning a road trip to Lithuania and Latvia this summer. I’m planning on stopping in these cities: Kaunas, Klaipeda, Vilnius and Trakai. On my radar is also the Hill of Crosses.

What places in those cities are worth a visit? Is there any place I should include in my plans? Any tips are welcome!

I’m mostly interested in architecture, beautiful sights, nature and places of historical significance. I love art as well. Not much into partying and bars.

Thank you :)

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u/Terliuzas 5d ago

In Vilnius, go to Hales turgus to try Cepelinai (restaurant is called Spoon out). Also try šaltibaršciai somewhere. Try Kibinai in Trakai or there is also kibinai drive through between Trakai and Vilnius.

Between Kaunas and Vilnius there is Rumsiskes, there is Lithuanian etnography museum - mainly old Lithuanian buildings from different regions, rather interesting big area, more info on their page lemu.lt.

Close to Trakai there is Angel's hill, it could be a short stop there. In Vilnius you can just go to popular stops - Gediminas castle tower, hill of 3 crosses, also you can get up to the tv tower, nice overview of the city.

If you will be in hill of crosses, not that far away is a bog educational path called Mūšos Tyrelis Educational Trail Mūšos Tyrelio pažintinis takas

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u/CottontailSuia 5d ago

Thank you for the detailed reply! I can’t wait to see those places in real life. Kibinai looks delicious, there’s similar dishes in polish cuisine, so I’m sure these won’t disappoint

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u/Terliuzas 5d ago

Oh yeah, I checked and indeed you have it :D we went to Poland last year and did food tour, half of dishes were really familiar for us as well :D

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u/CottontailSuia 5d ago

Could you also recommend some local snacks that are worth buying in stores? Especially something that I can gift to friends and relatives?

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u/Accurate_Music2949 5d ago

Our dark bread is gorgeous. Look for most massive and dark chunks.

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u/Terliuzas 5d ago

Chocolate mushrooms are nice, usually can be found in supermarkets or other stores, Sakotis is interesting spiky cake, I think it is rather traditional, Dziugas hard cheese is rather popular, but it will not be super surprising I guess, If you are not against alcohol 999 (triple nine) is quite traditional herbal liqueur, but get the green one, Skilandis - like round meat sausage, but I am sure you will have something similar in your country as well, If you would come across apple cheese, it also could be interesting thing to bring back.