Merkinė

Alytus County · Lithuania

Merkinė, Lithuania
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Best time to go
May to September
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A historic small town at the meeting of the Merkys and Nemunas rivers, once a royal town with a mound marking the site of its vanished castle. A hilltop viewing platform looks out over the wooded river bends of Dzūkija.

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