Vilnius – Baroque city and the capital of Lithuania Updated: May 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. It lies about 90 km from Kaunas, far inland on the river Neris, just a few kilometers from the Belarusian border. The city has about 585,000 inhabitants. It is a major […]
Trakai is one of the most enchanting destinations in the Baltic states, a historic town 28 kilometres west of Vilnius, home to the breathtaking Trakai Island Castle, a red-brick Gothic fortress floating on Lake Galvė that is the only castle in Eastern Europe built on an island. Once the medieval capital of the Grand Duchy […]