Vilnius · Old Town · Lithuania

Vilnius Old Town

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easy

5/10

best: morning, evening

atmospheric, baroque, intimate

A local would say...

Eastern Europe's biggest old town — duck through a doorway and find an old lady hanging laundry in a medieval courtyard.

Eastern Europe's largest medieval old town by area, earning UNESCO recognition for its extraordinary concentration of baroque churches with their characteristic Lithuanian peach-coloured facades, narrow cobblestoned streets, and hidden courtyards where everyday life carries on behind centuries-old facades. Walking the Old Town at night, when church spires are softly floodlit, reveals a city of extraordinary atmospheric depth. The Jewish quarter, the grand Gedimino Avenue, and the university complex add further layers.