Lithuania is the southernmost and largest Baltic country. For tourists on the one hand the cities are, on the other hand still relatively unaffected nature very attractive. Many cities offer today again a romantic atmosphere to the viewer. Recreation areas are in the northwest of Lithuania at the Baltic Sea coast and in Aukschtaitien (Oberlitauen). In the south of the country the health resorts invite Druskininkai and Likenai to holidays.

For information in Berlin resident serves the Baltic tourism center. For discotheque and night club visitors also an attendance in Kaunas and Klaipeda of which is suitable for its numerous admits is beside Vilnius. In the capital are besides many club and discotheques, which are usually in the city centre.

Vilnius

The Litaui capital Vilnius was often called in former times because of its large Jewish population "Jerusalem of the north". While the Jewish culture disappeared to a large extent from the townscape (only one from once 40 synagogs has outlasted), is the century for a long time Polish-catholic influence with its numerous baroque churches of Italian building masters strongly noticeably. The large old part of town is kept good and/or restored and from pleasant flair. In the proximity already again the water castle Trakai restored in the Soviet Union is appropriate for the capital.

Kaunas

The second largest city of Lithuania is Kaunas. It is "more litauischer", since it was coined/shaped strongly by its function as capital of the first Litaui republic between 1918 and 1940, and offers likewise a beautiful old part of town. An interesting panorama on the old part of town is offered from the confluence of Memel and Neris. Failed the devil museum.

Baltic Sea coast

A third place, which (beside many different) is worth an attendance, is the port Klaipeda in the west. Klaipeda, which belonged under the historical name Memel for a long time to East Prussia and was inhabited by Germans up to the Second World War by the majority, possesses remainders of a beautiful framework old part of town, how one knows her from Germany, Great Britain or from Denmark. One finds popular bath beaches in Nida and other parts of the city Neringa (Kuri Nehrung) or Palanga. The litauische coast forms the emphasis of the tourism in Lithuania and is particularly with foreign tourists much likes.

rural Lithuania

Furthermore admit are the steeped in tradition health resort Druskininkai in as well as the so-called mountain of the crosses (Kry"žiu Kalnas) - a national landmark of the country.

Still hardly discovers, but from unique beauty and large nature leavingness are both national park in the east of the country: The forest-rich Dzukija national park southwest from Vilnius, where centuries-old traditions and ways of life until today outlasted, and the Auk"štaitija national park lain north of Vilnius, whose well hundred among themselves connected seas with its many verwunschenen bays and islands unique Kanuwanderrouten offer. To good the latter the Nemunas delta is not to remain unmentioned as a nature goal. The Memel flows after well 740 km with Rusne into the Kuri Haff and divides here into four main arms. The water-rich flat country is particularly interesting a Paradies for anglers and bird lovers (storks are ranked here among dozens) and, if in the late winter/spring the annual flood sets far surfaces under water.

Related links

• Land tourism
• http://www.baltikuminfo.de/">
• Lithuania info. basis: Tourism
• Litauen.li tourism

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