Klaipėda + mainland coast
Port city, cliff, Palanga, Kretinga and Šventoji — five stops with five different reasons to exist.
Before you lock the routeCheck your dates. One good event can change which city deserves the Saturday night.What's on →
Trips
Trips that actually fit
Choose by time, people and energy — then adapt from Vilnius or Kaunas. The route is free; the useful part is knowing what not to cram into it.
Not every trip starts with dates
Some trips begin with a name on an old document.
If Lithuania is part holiday and part family history, do not bolt the village onto a normal itinerary at the last minute. Old borders, old spellings and vanished houses need checking first. That is the trip where I go first.
Country primer
Lithuania, explained
The history, culture, people and contradictions that make every route on this page make more sense.
Understand the country first →Live datesBuild the trip around an event
Fluxus, city festivals, Christmas, light art, basketball and concert weekends — choose dates before route order.
Match your dates →TripFirst time in Lithuania
Where to begin, how long to stay, Vilnius or Kaunas, transport, safety and the few decisions that actually matter.
Open guide →TripThe perfect 3 days
A compact first trip that adapts to your Vilnius or Kaunas base without turning three days into a transport marathon.
Open guide →TripThe 7-day route
Cities, Trakai, coast and enough breathing room to feel the country rather than collect pins.
Open guide →TripLithuania with kids
Age-aware family planning, not the meaningless label “family friendly”.
Open guide →TripHow expensive is Lithuania?
Realistic 2026 planning ranges, value-for-money logic and an interactive budget calculator.
Open guide →5 daysLithuania in 5 Days
A first-time route through city, castle, forest and sea.
Read →Plan BWhen it rains
A real itinerary needs a rain plan, not wishful thinking.
Read →36 hoursKaunas in 36 hours
A city break built around modernism, food and whatever is actually happening that weekend.
Open guide →36 hoursVilnius in 36 hours
Walkable history, food and one evening worth building around.
Open guide →When to comeBest time to visit Lithuania
Choose by season, events and the version of Lithuania you want.
Open guide →1 night · weekend · 3 nightsStay + Eat + Explore
Choose a base that makes the hotel, dinner and surrounding region work as one trip.
Choose a base →Detours with a reason
Regional days that earn the mileage.
Food, spa and events can be the reason a route changes — but only when the rest of the day supports them.
Birštonas + Harmony Park
Vytautas for the spa-town base; Harmony Park for country, exceptional food and a destination stay.
Druskininkai + Dzūkija
Grand SPA, NO ONION and enough around it to justify a weekend or three nights.
Palanga from the pines
Pušų paunksnėje or Palanga Life Balance, with the sea and a proper dinner already solved.
Turn reading into a route
Build My Lithuania.
Give My Lithuania your dates, bases, transport, fixed plans, movement comfort, pace and interests. Build the whole trip, see its reality check, switch to a Rain Plan or Tired Plan, then edit the result yourself.
No rental car
Lithuania without a car — where it works beautifully, and where it becomes homework.
Use rail and coach for the strong spine; do not pretend rural last miles are equally easy.
Beyond one-country itineraries
Lithuania inside the Baltic route.
Useful for the visitor who is already comparing Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn tabs.
Vilnius · Riga · Tallinn
Current rail makes the classic route easier. The editorial problem remains the same: deciding where not to rush.
Baltic corridor
If the trip keeps going north or south.
Poland ↔ Tallinn by car
Road quality, current border checks, toll reality, the best overnight bases and when Lithuania deserves a detour.
Vilnius + Riga + Tallinn
The three-capital version by road, rail or coach — without turning the week into a luggage relay.
Same region, different countries
What connects Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland — and what very much does not.
FROM THIS PAGE TO THE WHOLE TRIP
One page solves one decision. The Handbook connects the trip.
Twenty chapters join the days, bases, transport, food, destinations and things worth skipping into one offline plan. If you would rather not assemble it yourself, Trip Build applies the same judgement to your dates.
Trip Build and €99 support both include the complete Handbook at no extra cost.