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TALLINN-RIGA-VILNIUS
8 days/7 nights
Day 1 - Tallinn
Arrival to Tallinn. Transfer to hotel. Overnight.
Day 2 - Tallinn
Breakfast. Guided tour in Tallinn in the morning. Tallinn's old city has remained much the same from the previous ages, but in a way it has changed more in the past decade than it did in the past 100 years. Vital symbiosis of past and present opens in front of curious spectator's eyes. During the tour one may see the Old Town, the towers "Long Hermann" and "Fat Margarete", the Town Hall, the Dome Cathedral, St. Olav's and St. Nikolay's Churches. Overnight in Tallinn.
Day 3 - Tallinn – Parnu - Sigulda - Riga
 Breakfast. Departure for Riga after breakfast. Stopover in Parnu, main
summer city of Estonia. Continue trip to Gauja National Park near Sigulda. The surroundings of the park are often named as Latvian Switzerland. Three once famous castles were situated on the hills around. Stopover at the ruins of the 13th century Order of Knights Castle, which was connected with other small buildings by underground passage ways, at the Sculpture park dedicated to Latvian folklore, at Bishop's Castle in Turaida and Gutmann's cave. Arrival to Riga, overnight.
Day 4 - Riga
Breakfast. Riga sightseeing tour in the morning. The Old Town of Riga is
located between Daugava river and the city canal. As a center of commerce in
the Middle Ages, there was a lot of money floating around. It shows. The
merchant houses, guilds and churches have that extra touch of class and
wealth. The Old Town contains a big number of historic buildings, not to
mention the medieval town walls, dating back to the 13th century. The Powder
Tower is one of the oldest buildings in Riga. One will also see the Swedish
Gate, Riga Castle, "The Three Brothers" House, St. Jacobs Church and, of
course, the Dome Cathedral. In August 2001 Riga has celebrated it's 800
anniversary.
Free afternoon to enjoy Riga's spirit. Overnight in Riga.
Day 5 - Riga – Rundale Palace – Vilnius
Breakfast. Transfer to Vilnius. Already in Letonia arrival to the Rundale Palace - the summer residence of Duke of Courland, which was designed by the architect B.F. Rastrelli of Italian - Russian origin, who also designed famous Winter Palace and other great buildings in St. Petersburg, as well as Catharine Castle in Tallinn.
Continue to Vilnius. Overnight.
Day 6 - Vilnius - Trakai - Vilnius
Breakfast and sightseeing tour in Vilnius. The capital city of Lithuania is
situated on the confluence of two rivers: Neris and Vilnele. The Old Town
looks like a maze of small streets. In the center of the Old Town stands the
Cathedral with a bell tower. It occupies the site of an ancient pagan temple to the God Perkunas and originally lay within the fortification system of the
Lower Castle. In the narrow old streets one will see numerous pieces of
historical heritage, like St. Anne's Church, University complex of buildings,
Church of SS Peter and Paul, the Gates of Dawn.
The tour to Trakai is following in the afternoon. Trakai is an ancient capital of Lithuania, situated 25 km South from Vilnius. The famous Trakai Castle occupies one island of Lake Galve. This unique fortification used to strike fear into the hearts of crusaders in the Middle Ages. Back to Vilnius. Overnight.
Day 7 - Vilnius
Breakfast. Free afternoon to enjoy Vilnius spirit. Guided transfer to airport. Departure. |
