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Overview

A land of crumbling castles, soaring dunes, enchanting forests and magical lakes 鈥� a trip to the Baltic proves that fairy tales do come true.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Hill of crosses

    Hill of Crosses

    Lithuania

    Lithuania's fabled Hill of Crosses is a symbol of defiance as much as a pilgrimage site. More than 100,000 crosses have been planted on this low hill,鈥�

  • Turaida Castle, Sigulda, Gauja National Park, Vidzeme Region, Latvia

    Turaida Museum Reserve

    Latvia

    Turaida means 鈥楪od鈥檚 Garden鈥� in ancient Livonian, and this green knoll capped with a fairy-tale castle is certainly a heavenly place. The red-brick castle鈥�

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    Estonian Open-Air Museum

    Tallinn

    This sprawling ethnographic and architectural complex comprises 80 historic Estonian buildings, plucked from across the country and resurrected in鈥�

  • Vilnius Cathedral

    Vilnius Cathedral

    Vilnius

    Stately Vilnius Cathedral, divorced from its freestanding belfry, is a national symbol and the city's most instantly recognisable building. Known in full鈥�

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    Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

    Vilnius

    If you only see one museum in Vilnius, make it this one. On a site that has been settled since the 4th century AD stands the latest in a procession of鈥�

  • Bust of Vladimir Lenin, sculpture park of former Communist-era sculptures, Grutas Park, Grutas, Lithuania

    Gr奴tas Park

    Lithuania

    With Soviet-era statues of Lenin, Stalin and prominent Lithuanian members of the Communist Party that once dominated Lithuanian towns lining the forest鈥�

  • Vilnius University

    Vilnius University

    Vilnius

    Founded in 1579 during the Catholic Counter Reformation, Vilnius University was run by Jesuits for two centuries. During the 19th century it became one of鈥�

  • Aerial view of the Cold War museum made in Plosktines abandoned missile base near Plateliai lake in Lithuania.

    Cold War Museum

    Lithuania

    This museum on the site of a former Soviet nuclear missile base is situated deep in the heart of the 沤emaitija National Park. The highlight is the chance鈥�

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Spend two weeks touring the Baltic States with this road trip, which takes in highlights of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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