Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Vilnius, Lithuania

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 149 m
Descend 126 m

Explore Vilnius in Lithuania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in VilniusIndividual Sights in Vilnius

Sight 1: Vilniaus Šv. Konstantino ir Michailo cerkvė

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Vilnius St. The Church of Konstantinas and Mykolas stands in the center of Vilnius city, in Naujamiestis, at J. Basanavičiaus g. 27.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Konstantino ir Mykolo cerkvė (LT)

495 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

838 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: St. Ignatius Church

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St. Ignatius Church Kastsmig / CC BY-SA 3.0

Vilnius St. Ignatius Church is a church standing in the Old Town of Vilnius, St. Ignoto Street.

Wikipedia: Vilniaus Šv. Ignoto bažnyčia (LT)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania

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Presidential Palace of the Republic of LithuaniaLestat (Jan Mehlich) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Presidential Palace, located in Vilnius Old Town, is the official office of the president of Lithuania. The palace dates back to the 14th century and during its history it has undergone various reconstructions, supervised by prominent architects, including Laurynas Gucevičius and Vasily Stasov. In 1997 the palace became the official seat of the president of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Presidential Palace, Vilnius (EN)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: 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), Website

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: 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

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: 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)

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Musem of the church legacy

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The Museum of Ecclesiastical Heritage is a museum of sacred art treasures of the Archdiocese of Vilnius, located in vilnius st. in the premises of the church of the archangel Michael and the former monastery of the Bernardines.

Wikipedia: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus (LT)

179 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Vilniaus dailės akademijos muziejus

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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

814 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 15: 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), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: The Hill of the Three Crosses

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Three Crosses is a prominent monument in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the Hill of Three Crosses, originally known as the Bald Hill, in Kalnai Park. According to a legend, which finds its source in some historic events, seven Franciscan friars were beheaded on top of this hill. Wooden crosses have been sited in the location since the early 17th century, and they became a symbol of the city and an integral part of the city's skyline.

Wikipedia: Three Crosses (EN)

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Crooked Hill

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The Crooked Hill, or The Bald Mountain, the Hill of Three Crosses – a mountain in the Old Town of Vilnius, 300 m east of Pilies Hill, on the left of the Neris River and on the right bank of vilnia, on a high hill at the confluence of Vilnia and Neris. The Crooked Castle, which was sown here, is one of the defensive castles of Vilnius. The mountain is best known for the monument of the Three Crosses erected here.

Wikipedia: Kreivasis Kalnas (LT)

474 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: Table Hill

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Table Hill of Vilnius is a mountain that sits in the center of Vilnius, in the territory of the Mountain Park, an archaeological monument of the Vilnius Castles Cultural Reserve.

Wikipedia: Stalo kalnas (Vilnius) (LT)

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