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7 reasons why you should visit Lithuania and Vilnius? 2007-09-09 03:55:31 1. Architecture. There are a lot of different architecture to see. The ones that like travelling to see the cities, old buildings, churches and hear some history behind it - Vilnius is the best place to be. Lithuania
n history is very rich in stories, dating a thousand years back.
2. Nightlife. Vilnius is a new Prague or Paris. I read this in one of the blogs on internet, from the prople that came to Vilnius. There are a lot of clubs and pubs to have fun. You can choose from beer pubs with Lithuanian style, Irish pubs (Dubliner), strip clubs, dancing places and a lot more. Kaunas, a city 100km from Vilnius is more a clubbing city, there are parties with well-known Djs every weekend.
3. Celebrate your party in Vilnius: birthday or bachelor. Clubs and bars are already mentioned. But go fishing, skydiving, paragliding, drive 4×4 in the woods (if you find a normal team of off-roadsters, you will definitely never forget the experience, as they will let you do anything you want), have s Read more:visit
Calling cards in Lithuania, Vilnius 2007-09-08 11:03:21 Roaming costs are going down after European Commission requested this from mobile operators. But local cals anyway are cheaper and somethimes more convenient, as you can use all the local short numbers to call for a taxi. So if possible, take your old phone and use the pre-paid calling cards.
There are 3 operators in Lithuania
: BITE, Omnitel and Tele2. They have several pre-paid brands. As the telecommunication competition in Lithuania is very high, the local calling prices are really very low. Based on the statistics, Lithuania was the cheapest telco country in the whole European Union.
You can choose from LABAS (operator BITE), Ežys (Omnitel), Extra (Omnitel) and Pildyk (Tele2). LABAS, Ežys and EXTRA would be best choices if you are planning to travel outside Vilnius, as the coverage of BITE and Omnitel is the best. But otherwise the prices are very similar.
If you will travel to Vilnius in a group, a good idea would be buy one brand pre-paid cards to keep in touch during the trip. Read more:Calling
Transport in Vilnius: bus, troley and taxi 2007-09-08 10:54:37 Here are some tips about moving inside of the Vilnius city. You can choose from buses, troley-buses and taxi. When talking to foreigners I heard that public transport system is quite complicated. You can go a short distance with a troley or a simple bus, this should be easy, but if you would want to reach another part of the city I would recommend taxi. The transportation is really different from the one that is in Barcelona for example.
Troleys and buses in Vilnius and Lithuania are quite cheap, the prices are changing but it will cost you something like 1-2 LTL (about 0,3 Eur) per journey. The transportation is clean and quite new now, they renovated the most of the transport system few years ago. In the center you can easily use troley-buses, as they are quite often and will save you 10-15 minutes of walking if you want to get from one Gediminas ave. end to another. Do not use public transport at night. Vilnius is considered a safe city now, but you can never know whom you will meet
Collection of comments about Vilnius and Lithuania 2007-09-08 10:05:30 I thought best way to start would be to gather some of the best comments already posted about Vilnius. So I browsed through internet and found some really nice and full stories about how people visited Vilnius and how they were surprised to see different view from the imagined Soviet ruins.
Also this will give you a different view form the people who already visited Vilnius and Lithuania
.
http://realtravel.com/vilnius-journals-j5421465.html in this link an active traveler Zoe posted a story more about center of Vilnius and the old town experience. She visites Gate of Dawn, some of the nicest churches in the old town. Next day she tells a story about Trakai, a small but very visited city near Vilnius (only about 20 km).
http://realtravel.com/vilnius-journals-j4578424.html Kate here did some skydiving, making here stay more extreme in Lithuania. It is quite popular for the travelers from UK and USA to come to Lithuania for a set of extreme adventures - from paragliding and skydiving to
New blog site about Vilnius and Lithuania 2007-09-08 09:24:18 Lithuania and Vilnius is becoming more and more popular destinations of Wester Europe travelers and especialy youth, students. But Lithuania and all Baltic states still are perceived as Soviet Union countries, a lot of people often ask “are you russian”?
I better like the comments of people who already visited Vilnius, they compare it with Prague, Paris. And these comments are real, created by real experiences and not by 10 year old history, which is already far in the past.
So I thought it would be a good idea to make a blog about Vilnius and places to see and make it with local touch. There are a lot of sites with information about the Lithuania and Vilnius, but they are more dedicated to tourist to buy their travel packages. This is supposed to be real and with no commercial touch.
And if You are planning to visit Vilnius, please write Your questions in the comment boxes, i will try to cover any missing information that you might need. Read more:Lithuania
Photos of Vilnius: Hill of Crosses, Gediminas Castle, the main Cathedral, Vilnius oldtown, Gates of Dawn 2007-09-27 11:28:23 Few days ago we went to have lunch on Gusto blynine (Gustas Pankakes), a really nice place to have lunch and I just took some photos in the center of Vilnius and the oldtown. Now there are a lot of construction in Vilnius, therefore, some to the places were hard to take photos in.
First thing we went to the Hill of Crosses
and took some photos of Vilnius scenery. Gediminas castle looks quite nice from this place. If You visit Vilnius, you can try to get up the hill to Gediminas Castle
, there’s a museum in it and You can have some nice views of city oldtown when you climb on top of the castle. (more…) Read more:Cathedral
, Gates
Flow of tourists to Vilnius and Lithuania is increasing 2007-09-17 12:48:40 Recently I browsed through the statistics of tourism in Lithuania
on the whole. As they provide only the data of how many foreigners were actualy living in the hotels, motels and other places, the numbers can be not very exact, but this shows the trends.
In year 2006 Lithuania had more that 750′000 foreign visitors living in hotels and motels. This number increased 11% from year 2005, which is quite good growth.
Biggest growth was in towns like Druskininkai, Palanga, Birstonas, up to 50% from year to year.
Vilnius only had 530′000 visitors in 2006, with a 12% increase from year 2005.
If we split the visitors by country, the first one is Germany, then goes Poland, Latvia, Russia, UK and Finland.
Probably they now the reasons why to come to Vilnius… Read more:tourists
Trakai - beautiful old city near Vilnius, Trakai Castle 2007-09-16 06:30:52 Today I took some photos in Trakai, a small town near Vilnius (about 20 kilometres). The weather was not so good, but one or two sunny moments gave me the opportunity to take some photos.
Main thing to see in Trakai is Trakai Island Castle
. It has a museum inside and some of the things are not so boring to look at, so this one is recommended.
Trakai also has it’s national food, called Kibinai, so if you visit this city, do not miss it. They are something like dumplings with different kind of mean inside. If you would like sometihing more traditional, not too much national, there are a lot of cafes and some nice restaurants in Trakai, so if you want to spend a nice half of the day, Trakai is a good choice.
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Taxi numbers in Vilnius, Lithuania 2007-09-13 10:50:41 Looking in the keywords that are popular in Google I saw that many people are looking for a taxi numbers in Vilnius. I already mentioned in my previous post about transport in Vilnius, that it is better to call a taxi and ask them to come to the airport than use the taxi in front of the airport door.
So I thought it will be usefull for You to have these numbers.
If You will buy a Lithuania
n calling card, You can use the number 1422. If you use your own mobile foreign number, use +370 5 240 00 04. If you are comming in a busy time, like Friday or Saturday evening, you can call a VIP number 1415, but this will cost you the same as the taxi standing outsite in the airport. But you might need this number when getting back from a club at night. VIP number is always free line and the taxi will come faster. Price per km - 3 LTL.
These all numbers are from one Taxi company. If you would want to use others: 1445, 1818, 1410.
Nightlife in Vilnius. Part I: live music places 2007-09-12 12:58:30 I remember working as a barmaid at a cafe called Cozy a few years ago. I had foreigners coming to me and asking „Where could we go out tonight? We wanna dance!”. This question was even worse than asking for latte (which i didn’t know how to make…) because I couldn’t give them an answer. Later I created a system: “Do you like live music?”, i asked.
a) If the answer was “yes”, I suggested them live music club Tamsta in the old town.
b) If the answer was “no”, I pointed out club Gravity on the map and called them a cab.
Unfortunately, the situation has not much changed. (more…)
Nightlife in Vilnius. Part II: clubs 2007-10-08 14:03:52 Need to know before you read!
Rave. The conception of rave held in my head is probably not the one you might find in a clubbing dictionary. It’s not a music style. I’m not being theoretical. I’m a practician. Rave is the thing you feel lifting your hands together with the crowd, dying to hear another beat. It is a time when you go home by taxi humming “THIS night a DJ saved my life”. It is a passion for night and dance. It is a pain of stinging legs the next morning. It is a secret smile at your work office as you have a flashback from the last weekend party. “That’s a rave, Dave!” Now when you know. Let’s get back to the story… (more…)
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