A country · 114 places · 10 regions
Lithuania, all of it.
114 curated places across 10 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Vilnius County, Kaunas County, Klaipėda County and Alytus County — read below as chapters, with 6 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Vilnius County · 39 places
Vilnius County
The main Catholic cathedral of Lithuania, a white neoclassical temple with a free-standing bell tower on the city's central square. Its crypt holds the tombs of grand dukes and royalty.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Kaunas County · 23 places
Kaunas County
A 19th-century fortification on the edge of Kaunas that later became a site of mass killings during the Second World War. It now serves as a memorial and museum documenting that history.
✦ May to September · $
Chapter III · Klaipėda County · 12 places
Klaipėda County
A Samogitian town near the Baltic coast known for its manor estate with a glazed winter garden and monastery church. The estate's park and grounds host seasonal celebrations of light and greenery.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Alytus County · 7 places
Alytus County
A spa town on the Nemunas river in southern Lithuania, developed as a health resort from the 19th century for its mineral spring waters and situated within a large pine forest at the edge of Dzūkija National Park. The Dzūkija region is known for mushroom-gathering traditions and folk crafts. The Grūtas Sculpture Park on the town's outskirts displays Soviet-era bronze statues of Lenin, Stalin, and other communist leaders removed from public spaces after 1990.
✦ May to September · $$
Regions of Lithuania
Every place in Lithuania
