EN Cultural holidays in Lithuanian State Department of Tourism under The Ministry of Economy Gedimino Ave 38, LT-01104 Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania Tel. + 370 706 64 976, fax: +370 706 64 988, e-mail: [email protected] www.tourism.lt www.Lithuania.travel Published by PLC “VIP Viešosios informacijos partneriai“ Cover photos: photographer Monika Požerskytė. Pictures by M. Požerskytė, R. Anusauskas, K. Kantautas, M. Kaminskas, N. Skrudupaitė, K. Stalnionytė, K. Driskius, V. Kirilovas, D. Vitkauskaitė, V. Aukštaitis, A. Žygavičius, L. Ciūnys, L. Medelis, A. Žebrauskas, R. Eitkevičius, L. Druknerytė, Ž. Biržietytė, G. Lukoševičius. Copywriters: Aušrinė Šėmienė, Kristina Stalnionytė. Editors: Mark Richard Fearon, Jeffrey Clarke. Design and Publishing PLC KOPA Travel round cultural sites Not for sale. Tourismus-Informations zentren in Litauen Alytus TIC Kaunas Region TIC Pasvalys TIC Samogitia TIC Rotušės Sq 14A, LT-62141 Alytus Laisvės Sq 36, LT-44240 Kaunas P. Avižonio St 6, LT-39149 Pasvalys Turgaus Sq 21/Sinagogos 2A Tel. +370 315 52010 Tel. +370 37 323 436 Tel. +370 451 34096 LT-87122 Telšiai E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +370 444 53010 www.alytus-tourism.lt www.kaunastic.lt www.pasvaliomuziejus.lt E-mail: [email protected] BELARUS www.telsiaitic.lt 34 - 35 Anykščiai TIC TIC by JSC “Mūsų odisėja“ Culture and Tourism Department Gegužės St 1, LT-29106 Anykščiai M. Valančiaus St 19, LT-44275 Kaunas of the Administration of the Šiauliai District TBIC LATVIA Tel. +370 381 59177 Tel. +370 37 207879 Skuodas District Municipality J. 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Basanavičiaus St 3, Palanga TIC www.jewishcenter.lt LT-55171 Jonava Vytauto St 94, LT-00132 Palanga Vilkaviškis TBIC Tel. +370 349 52335 Tel. +370 460 48811 J.Basanavičiaus Sq 7, LT-70101 Suvalkija TBIC E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Vilkaviškis Laisvės St 2, Kalvarija, Kalvarija 57 - 58 Municipality 59 www.jonturizmas.lt www.palangatic.lt Tel. +370 342 20525 E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +370 670 93708 Cultural sites Kaišiadorys TBIC Panevėžys County TIC www.vilkaviskisinfo.lt E-mail: [email protected] www.suvalkijos.info 64 Gedimino St 48, LT-56121 Laisvės Sq 11, LT-35200 Panevėžys Kaišiadorys Tel. +370 45 508 081 Vilnius TIC 60 Tel. +370 346 60466 E-mail: [email protected] Vilniaus St 22, LT-01119 Vilnius Samogitians Diocese Museum TIC E-mail: [email protected] www.panevezysinfo.lt Tel. +370 5 2 629 660 S. Daukanto St 6, Varniai, Telšiai Distr www.verslas.kaisiadorys.lt E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +370 444 47455 E-mail: [email protected] KALININGRAD REGION (RUSSIA) Pakruojis RTC www.vilnius-tourism.lt Kaunas District TIC Parko St 5, LT 83166, www.varniai-museum.lt 70 - 71 Akacijų Alley 29, Kulautuva, Pakruojis Vlg, Pakruojis Distr Zarasai TIC 62 - 63 65 - 67 Kaunas Distr Tel. +370 421 61584 Sėlių Sq 22, LT-32110 Zarasai Tel. +370 37 543318 E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +370 385 37171 *TIC – Tourism Information Centre E-mail: [email protected] www.pakruojistic.lt E-mail: [email protected] TBIC – Tourism and Business Informa- www.zarasai.lt tion Centre CTIC – Cultural and Tourism Informa- tion Centre Seaport Airport Tourism information centre RTC – Recreation and Tourism Centre Baltic Sea You are in 1 Lithuania! “…I first came to Lithuania when the snow was melting. I came here just by accident while travelling from West to East, from one old culture to another, totally different one. I was in a rush, so there were no plans to make a stop. However, when passing through Lithuania, a strange sense of space and freedom – unlike anywhere else – came into my heart. And an urge to return… Therefore, in summer I came here with my entire family. All-surrounding greenness heightened that intoxicating sense of space and freedom. I could not stop admiring the purest natural water springs, mineral water, overflowing abundance of lakes and rivers seeking to find their way to the sea. Even the rain! It is somehow different here – cosy, romantic, and calling to stumble into an old town bakery, smoked fish bistro or a small amber souvenir shop. Children got enough of swimming and still share their impressions of a place that is surrounded by mysterious and extraordinary aura – the Hill of Crosses, where, among thousands of others, they left a cross of their own. They are all the time asking me to remind the name of that traditional funny-coloured cold soup that Lithuanians adore. It is a cold beetroot soup. My wife (who is a diet freak) was particularly delighted by this dish. It was so amazing when unexpectedly I had to travel to Lithuania for work in autumn! Strange coincidence: I made a wish to come back to Lithuania this summer while standing on the Miracle Tile in the heart of Vilnius – Cathedral Square. Might it be that the tile is really magic? This time I trusted the country for all the hard-working and peaceful people that I met here. These people know how to work with all their might and party from the heart, they know how to jazz and root for their favourite basketball team. After joining them I even forgot that I am a foreigner! And the beer was the best, and that strangeness of the local cuisine called “cepelinai” – really delicious... Once I even thought of living here…” Extract from the diary of John M. Content Vilnius 36 | Vytautas Valiušis Ceramics Museum / 38 1 | The Castles in Vilnius / 05 37 | Rokiškis Manor House / 38 2 | The National Museum of Lithuania / 06 38 | Biržai Castle / 39 3 | Archcathedral Basilica of Vilnius / 06 39 | Pakruojis Manor House / 40 4 | The Architectural Complex of Vilnius University / 07 40 | Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery / 41 5 | Presidential Palace / 09 41 | Aukštaitija’s narrow-gauge railway line / 41 6 | The Streets of Pilies and Didžioji / 10 42 | Angels Museum / 42 7 | Vilnius Congress Hall / 12 43 | Horse Museum / 43 8 | Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre / 12 44 | The Museum of Ethno-Cosmology / 44 9 | Užupis Republic / 14 10 | St.