Backpacking Lithuania: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Lithuania, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
Read Lithuania stories- 1
Vilnius
Vilnius
Baroque old-town capital.
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Trakai
Vilnius
Island castle on a lake.
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Curonian Spit
Klaipėda
Giant dunes on a sandbar.
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Kaunas
Kaunas
Interwar-modernist second city.
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Hill of Crosses
Šiauliai
Thousands of crosses.
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Klaipėda
Klaipėda
Old German port town.
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Nida
Klaipėda
Painted village by the dunes.
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Aukštaitija National Park
Utena
Lakes and pine forest.
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Palanga
Klaipėda
Lively seaside resort.
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Kernavė
Vilnius
Ancient hill-fort mounds.
Backpacking routes through Lithuania
Real trips through Lithuania, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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