Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Vilnius, Lithuania

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Number of sights 27 sights
Distance 7.8 km
Ascend 171 m
Descend 173 m

Experience Vilnius in Lithuania in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in VilniusIndividual Sights in Vilnius

Sight 1: Bekes Hill

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Bekes Hill

Bekeš Hill is a mound in Vilnius, in the Castle Reserve. In 2005 it was included in the Register of Cultural Property of the Republic of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Bekešo kalnas (LT)

764 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Vilniaus Šv. apaštalo Baltramiejaus bažnyčia

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Vilnius st. the church of the Apostle Bartholomew – a church that stands in Vilnius, Užupis, Užupio str. 17a. Services are held in Belarusian.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. apaštalo Baltramiejaus bažnyčia (LT)

447 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Cathedral of the Theotokos

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The Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius is the episcopal see of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius (EN)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Church of St. Francis

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Vilnius st. The church of Francis of Assisi stands in the Old Town of Vilnius, on the left bank of Vilnia near the Sereikiškės Park, traditionally called the Bernardinai Garden. Belongs to the Bernardines. Mass is held in Lithuanian, Latin and English.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio bažnyčia (LT)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Adam Mickiewicz

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Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Vilnius, Lithuania is a monument in the vicinity of the Saint Anne's Church and the Bernardine Monastery, by Maironio Street along the shores of the Neris River.

Wikipedia: Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Vilnius (EN)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: St. Anne's Church

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Vilnius st. The Church of Ona is a Catholic church called st. In the name of Ona, standing in the Old Town of Vilnius, on the left bank of Vilnia. It was built between 1495 and 1501 and burned more than once, rebuilt, renovated, reconstructed and restored. St. The ensemble of Ona and Bernardinai churches is the most famous Gothic monument in Lithuania, which was included in the Register of Cultural Values of the Republic of Lithuania in 1992.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Onos bažnyčia (LT)

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Vilnius art academy museum

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The museum of the Vilnius Academy of Arts was established on 6 May 1994 by a resolution of the Senate of the Academy, after the reorganization of the methodological laboratory that had previously existed.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus dailės akademijos muziejus (LT), Website

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Adam Mickiewicz Memorial Apartment

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Adam Mickiewicz Memorial Apartment

The Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Vilnius is a memorial museum of the poet Adomas Mickevičius, which belongs to Vilnius University. The museum operates at Bernardinų str. 11, Vilnius, in a building that is an architectural monument of the XVII-XVIII centuries.

Wikipedia: Adomo Mickevičiaus muziejus Vilniuje (LT), Website

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Museum of the church legacy

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Museum of Church Heritage - Museum of Sacred Art Values ​​of Vilnius Archdiocese, located in Vilnius St. in the premises of the Archangel Michael Church and the former Bernardic Monastery.

Wikipedia: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus (LT)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Modern art center

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Modern art center

The MO Museum is a modern art museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. As a private initiative of Lithuanian scientists and philanthropists Danguolė Butkienė and Viktoras Butkus, it functioned as an art museum without walls for about ten years. The collection of 6,000 modern and contemporary pieces contains major Lithuanian artworks from the 1950s to the present day.

Wikipedia: MO Museum (EN), Website

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas

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Vilnius St. The Church of Transfer of the Remains of Nicholas Magadaris stands in Vilnius, on The Great Street No. 12.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Mikalojaus Stebukladario palaikų Pernešimo cerkvė (LT)

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: St. Paraskeva Church

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St. Paraskeva Church Felix Winkelnkemper / CC BY 2.0

Vilnius St. Martyr Paraskev's Church is an Orthodox church standing at the corner of Great No. 2 and Tower streets, one of the oldest Christian shrines in Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. kankinės Paraskevės cerkvė (LT)

187 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: House of the Signatories

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House of the Signatories Julius / CC BY 2.5

The House of the Signatories is a Lithuanian historic landmark on Pilies Street, Vilnius, where on February 16, 1918, the Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by twenty members of the Council of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: House of the Signatories (EN)

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

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The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania is a palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was originally constructed in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the future Kings of Poland. The palace, located in the lower castle of Vilnius, evolved over the years and prospered during the 16th and mid-17th centuries. For four centuries the palace was the political, administrative and cultural centre of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was demolished in 1801.

Wikipedia: Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (EN), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Vladislav

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Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St VladislavLestat (Jan Mehlich) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Vilnius st. bishop Stanislaus and st. The Basilica of the Archdiocese of Vladislav is the most important Catholic church in Lithuania and the most significant example of classicism architecture in the country. The place of Catholic pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Vilnius.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Stanislovo ir Šv. Vladislovo arkikatedra bazilika (LT)

500 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: Šv. Kryžiaus bažnyčia

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Šv. Kryžiaus bažnyčia

Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in the Vilnius Old Town. Initially, in 1543 a chapel was built which was later expanded and rebuilt. The current towers were built in 1725. Following the fire in 1737 the church was reconstructed and a late baroque interior was installed.

Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Cross, Vilnius (EN)

311 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: St. Johns' Church

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Vilnius st. St. John the Baptist and St. John the Baptist. The Church of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist stands in the Old Town of Vilnius, on the territory of Vilnius University. Has Gothic, Baroque and classicist features. Mass is held in Lithuanian. The bell tower of the church (1610) is the tallest building in the Old Town of Vilnius, it is equipped with the Fuko pendulum, which proves that the Earth rotates around the axis.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Jono Krikštytojo ir Šv. Jono apaštalo ir evangelisto bažnyčia (LT)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Divine Mercy Sanctuary

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Divine Mercy Sanctuary

The Divine Mercy Sanctuary of Vilnius or the Holy Trinity Church is a shrine in Vilnius dedicated to the Divine Mercy, a devotion originated by Faustina Kowalska.

Wikipedia: Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius (EN)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Šventosios Dvasios bažnyčia

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Šventosios Dvasios bažnyčia

Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius is a church in Vilnius, Lithuania, a monument of high and late Baroque. Crowned with a cupola, it stands out in the panorama of the old town and can be seen from surrounding streets.

Wikipedia: Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit (EN)

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: St. Ignatius Church

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St. Ignatius Church Kastsmig / CC BY-SA 3.0

Vilnius st. Ignotas Church is a church that stands in the Old Town of Vilnius, st. On Ignoto Street.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Ignoto bažnyčia (LT)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: S. Moniuškos skveras

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Stanislovas Moniuška Square is the square of Vilnius Old Town, which is located in front of st. St. Catherine's Church, near the Teachers' House on Vilnius Street.

Wikipedia: Stanislovo Moniuškos skveras (LT)

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Šv. Kotrynos bažnyčia

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The Church of St. Catherine is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town. It was founded by the Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Voivode of Vilnius Jan Karol Chodkiewicz in 1618.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Catherine, Vilnius (EN), Website

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 23: Reformed Church

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Evangelical Reformed Church is a Continental Reformed Protestantic church in the Vilnius Old Town which was built in 1830–1835 according to a project of Karol Podczaszyński. In 2008 a new organ was installed in the church.

Wikipedia: Evangelical Reformed Church, Vilnius (EN)

643 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 24: Vilniaus Švč. Mergelės Marijos Ėmimo į dangų bažnyčia

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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in the Trakų Street, Vilnius' Old Town, which was established by Franciscans.

Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vilnius (EN)

546 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 25: Reformatų parkas

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Reformatų parkas Andrej Vasilenko / CC BY-SA 4.0

Reformatai Park – a park (square), located in the center of Vilnius city, near Pylimas Street, opposite the Vilnius Evangelical Reformed Church, was founded during the Soviet period on the site of the former evangelical reformed cemetery. Next to it is the stop of public transport "Reformatai stop". The park is administered by Všį "Vilnius City Parks".

Wikipedia: Reformatų parkas (LT)

259 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Vilniaus senasis teatras

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Old Theatre of Vilnius, built in 1913 as Pohulanka Theatre and formerly known as Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania and other names, is a theatre in the Old Town of Vilnius. It is the only professional theatre in Lithuania that stages performances in Russian.

Wikipedia: Old Theatre of Vilnius (EN)

495 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 27: Vilniaus Šv. Konstantino ir Michailo cerkvė

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The Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine is a Russian Orthodox church in Vilnius, Lithuania, belonging to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.. It was built in 1913 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. It was built by I. Kolesnikov, and incorporates the Rostov and Suzdal architectural styles. On its consecration day of May 13, the church was visited by the former royal figure Grand-Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. She was known at the time of consecration as Sister Elizaveta and is now a martyr within the Russian Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Constantine and St. Michael (EN)

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