A week in Lithuania
Seven days across Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas, Šiauliai, Telsiai and Klaipėda. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Vilnius
- Church of St. Anne, VilniusTemple or shrine · On the map
- Presidential Palace of LithuaniaPalace · 0.5 km on from Church of St. Anne, Vilnius · On the map
- Cathedral SquareSquare · 0.3 km on from Presidential Palace of Lithuania · On the map
- Vilnius CathedralCathedral · 0.1 km on from Cathedral Square · On the map
- Gediminas' TowerCastle · 0.2 km on from Vilnius Cathedral · On the map
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, VilniusTemple or shrine · 1.3 km on from Gediminas' Tower · On the map
6 stops, 3.6 km on foot along the streets: about 47 min of walking.
Day 2: Vilnius
- Europa TowerSkyscraper · On the map
- Mindaugas BridgeBridge · 1 km on from Europa Tower · On the map
- National Museum of LithuaniaMuseum · 0.2 km on from Mindaugas Bridge · On the map
- Vilnius Castle ComplexCastle · 0.1 km on from National Museum of Lithuania · On the map
- Palace of the Grand Dukes of LithuaniaPalace · 0.1 km on from Vilnius Castle Complex · On the map
- Cathedral of the Theotokos, VilniusCathedral · 0.6 km on from Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania · On the map
6 stops, 3.8 km on foot along the streets: about 48 min of walking.
Day 3: Kaunas
- Kaunas CastleCastle · On the map
- Kaunas FortressCastle · Next to Kaunas Castle · On the map
- Church of Vytautas the Great, KaunasTemple or shrine · 0.4 km on from Kaunas Fortress · On the map
- Kaunas Cathedral BasilicaCathedral · 0.3 km on from Church of Vytautas the Great, Kaunas · On the map
- Žmuidzinavičius MuseumMuseum · 1.4 km on from Kaunas Cathedral Basilica · On the map
- St. Michael the Archangel ChurchTemple or shrine · 0.8 km on from Žmuidzinavičius Museum · On the map
6 stops, 3.8 km on foot along the streets: about 46 min of walking.
Day 4: Kaunas
- Lithuanian ZooZoo or aquarium · On the map
- Gričiupis parkPark · 0.3 km on from Lithuanian Zoo · On the map
- ĄžuolynasGarden · 0.4 km on from Gričiupis park · On the map
- Holy Resurrection Orthodox ChurchTemple or shrine · 1.5 km on from Ąžuolynas · On the map
- Ramybė ParkPark · 0.2 km on from Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church · On the map
- Kaunas Museum for the BlindMuseum · 0.6 km on from Ramybė Park · On the map
6 stops, 5 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 2 min of walking.
Day 5: Šiauliai
One day in Šiauliai, Lithuania
- Šiauliai CathedralCathedral · On the map
- Cycling Museum of ŠiauliaiMuseum · 0.5 km on from Šiauliai Cathedral · On the map
- Eisenbahnmuseum ŠiauliaiMuseum · 0.7 km on from Cycling Museum of Šiauliai · On the map
3 stops, 1.5 km on foot along the streets: about 19 min of walking.
Day 6: Telsiai
- Church of St. Alexander, VarniaiTemple or shrine · On the map
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, VarniaiTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Church of St. Alexander, Varniai · On the map
- Samogitian Diocese MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Varniai · On the map
3 stops, 0.6 km on foot along the streets: about 8 min of walking.
Day 7: Klaipėda
One day in Klaipėda, Lithuania
- Klaipėda CastleCastle · On the map
- The History Museum of Lithuania MinorMuseum · 0.4 km on from Klaipėda Castle · On the map
- Church of St. Jacob, KlaipėdaTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from The History Museum of Lithuania Minor · On the map
- St. John's Church (Klaipėda)Temple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Church of St. Jacob, Klaipėda · On the map
- Pranas Domšaitis GalleryMuseum · 0.6 km on from St. John's Church (Klaipėda) · On the map
- Klaipeda Sculpture ParkMuseum · 0.3 km on from Pranas Domšaitis Gallery · On the map
6 stops, 2.5 km on foot along the streets: about 30 min of walking.
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Photo credits
- Church of St. Anne, Vilnius: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Presidential Palace of Lithuania: Marcin Białek, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cathedral Square: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16452479, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vilnius Cathedral: Lestat, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gediminas' Tower: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius: Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mindaugas Bridge: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Museum of Lithuania: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vilnius Castle Complex: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kaunas Castle: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kaunas Fortress: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Church of Vytautas the Great, Kaunas: Monro, Public domain
- Kaunas Cathedral Basilica: Kaunas-City_Hall_Square_1.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Žmuidzinavičius Museum: Andrijana F, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St. Michael the Archangel Church: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lithuanian Zoo: Stanislovas01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ąžuolynas: Creative, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church: ZwieRys, GFDL
- Ramybė Park: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Šiauliai Cathedral: mzopw, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church of St. Alexander, Varniai: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Varniai: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Samogitian Diocese Museum: Rimantas Lazdynas, Public domain
- Klaipėda Castle: Arvedui89, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The History Museum of Lithuania Minor: Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Church of St. Jacob, Klaipėda: Gustav Waldhauer (1818(?)–1883), Public domain
- St. John's Church (Klaipėda): Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Pranas Domšaitis Gallery: Squareshadow, Public domain
- Klaipeda Sculpture Park: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.