Kaunas
Kaunas is Lithuania's second city with a walkable old town, a street art scene that earned it European Capital of Culture status, and Baltic-level pricing.
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Lithuania
5 cities and towns
Lithuania is the southernmost Baltic state and one of the best-value destinations in the EU, with hearty food and cheap beer. Its baroque capital, Vilnius, has one of Europe’s largest old towns, free to wander on foot, and the sand dunes of the Curonian Spit coastline cost nothing to walk. It links easily with neighbouring Latvia and Poland on a low-cost Baltic route, and late spring through early autumn is the comfortable window for the coast.
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Cities and towns in Lithuania
Each one with what it costs to spend a day there.
Klaipeda
Klaipeda is Lithuania's only major seaport and its most visibly German city, because until 1923 it was Memel in East Prussia. The half-timbered old town and the port-warehouse district read more like Kiel than Vilnius. Most travelers use it as the ferry gateway to Nida on the Curonian Spit.
Siauliai
Siauliai is Lithuania's fourth city and for most travelers it is a side trip built around one thing: the Hill of Crosses, 12 kilometers north of town. Soviet authorities bulldozed it three times; locals rebuilt it each time, and it now holds well over 100,000 crosses.
Trakai
Trakai is a lake-ringed town with a red-brick island castle and traditional Karaite pastries, making a perfect cheap day trip from Vilnius.
Vilnius
Vilnius has one of Europe's largest baroque old towns, a self-declared artist republic, and some of the cheapest quality dining in any EU capital.
Coverage of Lithuania is still thin. The full list is here.
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