Stretching along a wide sandy strip of the Gulf of Riga, the stylish beach resort […]
Month: July 2018
Bauska Castle
The picturesque ruins of Bauska Castle dominate a fortified hillock squeezed prosaically between two lush […]
Rundale Palace
A derelict and rusting customs post complex marks the point at which you leave Lithuania […]
Hill of Crosses
Far north of the magical setting of Vilnius’ turrets, spires and towers, another of Lithuania’s […]
Vilnius
The Gates of Dawn are a suitably grand way to enter the Baroque Beauty of […]
Trakai
The only castle on an island in Eastern Europe attracts more than one million visitors […]
Kaunas
Lithuania’s second city and one-time capital during the interwar years was founded in the 1300s. […]
Summer’s day in Samogitia
Samogitia is the province in the west of Lithuania that is possibly its oldest established […]
Samogitian Calvary
Samogitian Calvary (as it’s called in English) is a collection of 20 small chapels built […]
Zemaitija National Park
This national park stretches for 200 square kilometres in the Samogitian ‘lowlands’ of western Lithuania. […]