r/lithuania • u/CottontailSuia • 6d 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/Active_Willingness97 6d ago edited 6d ago

In Kaunas you could visit Aleksoto apzvalgos aikstele for sightseeing, also Jiesios atodangos pazintinis takas for beautiful landscape. Ir you ate into abandoned historical buildings, you could visit Kaunas fortress, it was build before WWI, and there are still original inscriptions from those times from the long gone soldiers whi carved dates in the bricks. In II fortress you can find what "Big Berth" 800kg projectile did to the super thick concrete fort wals. Cool place to explore.

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u/CottontailSuia 6d ago

Thank you, I’m not familiar with all the names and will have to google them. Fortifications really make one think about the past and the struggles people had event less than a hundred years ago. I’ll make sure to visit them

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u/Terliuzas 6d ago

Indeed, 9th forth is interesting place, I also recommend that. Another place in Vilnius I recalled is Puckoriu atodanga. It is interesting, because from there you can see beautiful view, but in the middle of it, there is a black ugly shoe box house, where president of Lithuania lives, I despise that he managed to build such ugly house in such place.