Weekend Vilnius 3 days / 2 nights

Day 1 Friday

Arrival to Vilnius. Transfer to your hotel.

Afternoon city tour of Vilnius includes the Old Town of Vilnius with its main historical and architectural monuments, including the Cathedral and University campus, the Gothic corner and the Dawn Gate, St. Peter and Paul's Church and the Parliament.

Optional

Visit to the Exhibition Sacral Art of Lithuania featuring Lithuania's millennial history of Christian culture - paintings, sculpture, graphic, other works in the gothic, renaissance, baroque, neo classical styles, unique folk art works on religious themes. The treasures of the Vilnius Cathedral - a national relic lost for decades and found only in mid-1980s

will be for the first time at the centre of the exhibition.

Day 2 Saturday

Tour to Trakai, the former capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, visits the 15^th century red-brick Trakai Castle amidst the lakes.

Day 3 Sunday

Transfer to the airport.

Extension

Day 3 Sunday

A day to explore the town independently: stroll along the narrow cobblestone streets of the Old Town, stop for a cup of coffee in cafés or bars located in romantic courtyards, visit numerous souvenir shops for amber, linen, locally made handicrafts, which are inexpensive and will add to pleasant mementoes of a visit.

This evening you may also wish to visit a concert, opera or ballet performance.

Day 4 Monday

Transfer to the airport.

Optional

A full day excursion to Kaunas, the second major city in Lithuania, known for unique Old Town, interesting art museums, noisy and bustling pedestrian avenue Laisves Aleja' - the town's main shopping mall and eating-out place. Tour includes the Town Hall Square with its impressive Catholic Churches and Theological Seminary, Ciurlionis Art Gallery and Devils' Museum.