Self Drive Tour in 5 Days
you have optional choice to add extra options like rental car and many different guided tours.
Overnight in 3/4* Hotels. Hotel information will be provided after booking is confirmed.
Car rental is optional choice which you can add to your booking above. Pick up your car on your arrival at the airport. Including unlimited mileage, Collision Damage Waiver (deductible: €300- €1300.00), Theft Protection, Airport surcharge, Third Party Liability, Road tax, Fuel policy is Full to full). HERE you can choose your Cr.
Guided Tours: HERE you can choose different options of guided tours. Please mind that guided tours that are offered are walking tours, vehicle might be needed in some options. Most of tours are available in English and German languages, other languages are available on request.
Optional stops and tours on the way possible. Please contact us for more information.
Day 1
Arrival to Vilnius. If you chose car rental pick up your car from our pick up location. Check in your hotel and enjoy Vilnius!
Vilnius
Is capital of Lithuania and the largest city in the country. The founder of Vilnius is considered to be the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas who first mentioned name of Vilnius in the written chronicles in his letter to the towns of Western Europe in 1323. Vilnius was centre of the largest country in Europe in 14th – 15th centuries but today it has about 580 thousand inhabitants and one of the largest old towns in Eastern Europe that covers 360 hectares. Green parks and urban heritage are combined into unforgettable mix that so many visitors enjoy. Because of this unique mix of architecture and landscape it was included into UNESCO World Heritage List. One of the largest medieval old towns in Northern Europe, and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vilnius Old Town is full of beautiful buildings, eclectic shops, picturesque churches and elegant palaces.
Day 2
Vilnius – Trakai – Dzūkija National park – Druskininkai
Spend night in hotel in Druskininkai with SPA facilities
(140 km)
Trakai
The capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Visit the 15th century Insular Trakai Castle housing an exhibition on prehistoric findings and the 17-18th century applied art, the way of life of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes, and the Karaites, brought to Lithuania from the Crimea.
Dzūkija National park
Dzukija National Park located in Southern part of Lithuania, famous for wild forests, mushrooms and berries, authentic villages and friendliness of local people. Zackagiris (Zacka Forest) nature path winds through a picturesque area embracing ethnographic villages that have been declared ethno cultural reserves, landscape reserves, wind-swept sand dunes, the Skroblus Reserve in the conservation zone of the park and Cepkeliai Marsh, the largest wildlife sanctuary in Lithuania. The National Park is also distinctive for its rich cultural heritage, namely, its Dzūkai villages, which have preserved their traditional architectural features as well as the local residents’ unique way of life.
Druskininkai is the southernmost town of Lithuania. It is the oldest and the biggest resort of the country famous for its salty springs and mild and warm microclimate. City is surrounded by pine forests, majestic Nemunas River, lakes, playful Ratnyčios creek. It is full of squares and parks, Druskonis Lake is located in the centre of Druskininkai. In 1794, by the decree of Stanisław II August Poniatowski, Druskininkai was declared a therapeutic area. This is when a more thorough research of the healing resources was initiated. From as early as the beginning of the 19th century mineral water and mud baths were unofficially operating in Druskininkai. Today the mineral water and therapeutic mud, which has made this resort famous for hundreds of years, are combined with modern technologies.
Nowadays the resort is famous for its old traditions of sanatorium treatment, amazing nature and rapidly developing tourism services infrastructure. It is an international resort of active recreation and therapy
Day 3
Full day relax in Druskininkai. Spend night in hotel with Spa facilities in Druskininkai. Explore Dzūkija.
Day 4
Druskininkai – Birštonas
Spend night in hotel with Spa facilities in Birštonas.
(95 km)
Take a leisurely drive through Lithuanian countryside.
Birštonas
The history of one of the oldest balneology resorts in Lithuania - Birštonas has been recorded from the Middle Ages. The resort town is surrounded by the scenery environs approached by a great many special roads and paths for pedestrians and cyclists, riders and horse-drawn carriages.
The lovers of water entertainments are offered to rent a canoe at the Sport Centre and try the bends of the Nemunas. Impressive panoramas of nature open from the high banks of the Nemunas and hill-forts.
The Bird Watching Site is established in the area of the Nemunas islands.
Day 5
Birštonas – Kaunas – Vilnius
Spend night in hotel in Vilnius
Today you return back to your starting point – Vilnius. Finish your trip at hotel.
If you chose rental car you can hand it over at the Vilnius airport. We hope you enjoyed your trip in Lithuania!
Kaunas
Is the second largest city in Lithuania, first mentioned in an old manuscript of 1361. It is situated in the valley of two longest rivers of Lithuania: Nemunas and Neris. The town itself became an example of a confluence of people and cultures, an attractive blend of architecture and nature. The town has seen many ups and downs, but has stayed the source of forces for resistance, the guard of national identity, and has once actually been the temporary capital of Lithuania.
Optional stops and tours on the way possible. Please contact us for more information.