Page 99 - Vas DMC Europe & Balkan Catalogue

L003

Baltic Masterpieces

After breakfast a city tour of Klaipeda, the House and the Daugava River.
main seaport of Lithuania. Ferry trip to the Afternoon a coach trip to the Ethnographic TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Curonian Spit, a brilliant creation of people Open Air. Situated in a pine forest on the
and nature that was inscribed on the banks of Jugla Lake, the museum consists of Vilnus
UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. Arrival traditional rural buildings: - Gates of Dawn, Vilnius University
in Juodkrante. Visit the Hill of Witches that farmhouses, windmills, fishermen’s huts Ensemble with St. John‘s Church,
houses a hundred fanciful and folksy wooden and churches. Dinner in a typical country President Palace, etc..
sculptures scattered along a forest path. The restaurant. Kaunas
tour of Nida resort, including the Fisherman’s - Kaunas Castle
House, Amber Gallery and neo-Gothic Day 07: Trakai
church. Return to Klaipeda. Riga - Sigulda - Parnu - Tallinn (ca 350 km) - Lake Galve
After breakfast departure to Tallinn with a
Day 05: stop in Gauja National Park, including visit Klaipeda
Klaipeda - Hill of Crosses - Riga (ca. 300 km) to Turaida Castle and the ruins of Crusader - The Curonian Spit
Motto of the day: UNESCO World Heritage Castle in Sigulda. Riga
- Cross-Making in Lithuania. Symbolism of A further drive to Pärnu, - Farmhouses, windmills, fishermen’s
Crosses Estonian “Summer Capital”. This little huts and churches
After breakfast departure to Riga. Cross town has been known as a summer health Tallinn
-making, a unique branch of Lithuanian folk resort since the first spa opened here in the - Toompea Castle
art, was inscribed on the UNESCO Non- 1830s. Arrival in Tallinn. Dinner at the hotel
Material and Verbal Heritage Masterpiece restaurant. OPTIONAL
List in 2001. Traditional Lithuanian crosses
represent original structures that combine Explore Vilnus University
the elements of architecture, sculpture, Day 08:
blacksmith art, and sometimes even primitive Tallinn
painting. On the way to Riga a stopover at Motto of the day: Unesco World Heritage -
Hill of Crosses near Siauliai, a unique historic Historic Center Of Tallinn
place in the world. Further driving to Riga. After breakfast city tour of Tallinn, its
Dinner at the hotel restaurant. historical centre
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site from
Day 06: 1997. The tour includes Toompea Castle
Riga fortifications, the Dome Church,
Motto of the day: UNESCO World Heritage - the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Town
Historic Center of Riga Hall Square, St. Olaf’s Church. Afternoon
After breakfast city tour of Riga. Riga’s excursion to Kadriorg Park and visit to
historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Kadriorg Palace. Dinner at the medieval
Site from 1997, noted for its Art Nouveau restaurant in Old Town.
architecture and wooden architecture. Enjoy
the view of the City Canal Parks, the Bastion Day 09:
Hill, the Powder Tower, the Latvian National Tallinn - flight home
Theatre, the Fine Arts Museum, the Art Breakfast.
Nouveau Buildings, Latvian National Opera Transfer to Tallinn airport.
www.travelvas.com 99