Amber Tour (7 days/6 nights)

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival in Vilnius

Welcome to Vilnius. You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Relax or spend time exploring the wonders of this city. For the first evening in Vilnius and first met with amber – we offer to relax and enjoy Amber massage. Amber soothes and cleans skin, regulates collagen synthesis which rejuvenates skin and cures inflammation. The procedures are performed with the powder of amber. You will have full body massage lasting 60 min. After massage you will have free evening. Overnight in Vilnius.

Day 2: Full day tour in Vilnius and Trakai

Meeting with a guide in your hotel after breakfast. Excursion on foot in Vilnius Old Town including main sightseeing objects and places – Cathedral square, Pilies str. Vilnius university courtyards, Gothic St. Anne’s church and Bernardine’s monastery complex, the Gates of dawn with Virgin Mary painting, Town Hall square. Visiting Amber gallery where you will see a unique collection of amber and inclusions. They definitely will catch your eye: a shell in amber, a mosquito which sucked blood, a leg of a grasshopper…  Hear about history of amber origin, differences in form, size and color, make a souvenir by your own hands and taste unique drink “Amber bitter”. Drive to Trakai – the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Free time for lunch and rest. You must taste karaims popular traditional dish – kybyn. After lunch, visiting 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. Trip back to Vilnius, free evening and overnight.

Day 3: Excursion in Kaunas and trip to Klaipėda

After breakfast meeting with your guide. Trip from Vilnius to the seaside of Lithuania. Stop in Kaunas for excursion in Kaunas Old Town. Visit Kaunas castle ruins, the Town Hall and Cathedral, the Church of Vytautas, Perkūnas House (Thunder House), the most famous Lithuanian composer M.K. Čiurlionis National art museum. Trip to Klaipėda for the free evening and overnight.

Day 4: Full day tour in Klaipėda and Palanga

In the morning excursion in Klaipėda Old Town. Later, trip to Palanga. Sightseeing excursion in Palanga – visit Botanic Park with 22 meters-high dune called Birutė Hill, Tiškeviciai Palace better known as Amber Museum, with rich exposition of amber and it is ware, the bridge of Palanga, main Basanavičius street with numerous shops, cafes and attractions. Free time to relax. Trip back to Klaipėda and overnight.

Day 5: Full day tour to the Curonian Spit National Park

Meeting with a guide in your hotel after breakfast. Ferry to Curonian Spit –  place known as the pearl of the Baltic Sea. The current landscape of the Curonian Spit was formed by residents struggling with the inexorable wind and attempting to tame the sand carried by it. Because of this unique union of man and nature in shaping the landscape, the Curonian Spit was declared a national park and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit to Juodkrantė, climb the Hill of Witches decorated with wooden sculptures based on Lithuanian legends and folk tales. Stop for the breathtaking view at a bird sanctuary. Further drive to Nida (30 km), an old fishermen village famous for its majestic seashore sand dunes, neo-gothic church and old ethnographic cemetery. Meeting with an amber expert. He will tell the story of amber-research, manufacturing and jewelry. Also, he will show how amber is “hunting” in the sea and you will have opportunity to try to search an amber by own hands. Free evening and overnight in Klaipėda.

Day 6: Trip to Vilnius – sightseeing day

After breakfast check-out and trip to Vilnius. It will be sightseeing day – from the seaside to capital – Vilnius – we will be going in the picturesque way, near the longest river in Lithuania – Nemunas. Visit Vente Cape (also known as Ventė Horn) - ornithological station, through which could fly 100-200 thousand birds in one day. Climb a Rambynas hill, which is famous for the spectacular view from the top and the mysteries legends that are still alive. You will visit three castles (Panemunės, Raudonės, Raudondvario) on our way and have a dinner in one of them. Arrival in Vilnius, accommodation and free time.

Day 7: Departure day

Breakfast at your hotel and free time in the morning. Private transfer from your hotel to Vilnius airport for your flight home.

Amber Tour price is from 885 Eur per person based on availability and two people sharing a standard twin or double room.

Package includes:

• Accommodation in 3* or 4* hotels: 3 nights in Vilnius, 3 nights in Klaipėda;
• Daily breakfast at the hotel;
• Sightseeing as per itinerary;
• Arrival and departure transfers;
• Car / coach services;
• Guide services;
• Entrance fees to museums;
• Amber massage;
• Program of souvenir manufacturing;
• Show of amber hunting;
• Ferry to Curonian Spit;
• Ecological fee.

Additional information:

• Flights are NOT included.
• Amber Tour dates – according to your wishes and flight details.
• Tour could be customized according to your wishes (length, sightseeing objects, hotels, etc.).
• For groups of 1-3 persons there is additional fee. Please, contact us, for more information.
• For groups of 7 people and more, we can offer special discounts. Please, contact us, for more information.

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