Kaunas tour and Rumsiskes open air museum

Departure to Kaunas from your hotel.  Kaunas City tour starts at the confluence of two biggest Lithuanian rivers, where Kaunas Castle once was laid out. 

From here you will walk to the Old Town to see its most famous landmarks. Enjoy an impressive Kaunas Cathedral church, and continue to pagan god Perkūnas (Thunder) house that reminds about Hansa community merchants. Pass by a beautiful Town Hall that locals call “a white swan”, as the building with a tower reminds of this noble bird.

Continue walking through the main street of the Old Town – Vilnius street towards A. Mapu and L. Zamenhof streets, which testify about a Jewish presence in Kaunas before the WWII.

We will stop for a short visit to the garden of the former Presidential palace. Kaunas city became the capital of Lithuania after WWI when Vilnius and its district were occupied by the Polish Army.

13:00 A lunch break at the main pedestrian street, Laisves Aleja, full of outstanding examples of Lithuanian interwar architecture and good places to eat.

14:30 We will visit the Art Gallery of M. K. Ciurlionis, where tourists can not only see but also listen to the works of this outstanding Lithuanian painter and composer. 

Before leaving the city the bus will stop on the left bank of the River Nemunas, to enjoy the panoramic view from the observation point. Those who wish can ride down the hill by the famous Kaunas funicular.

Arrival to Rumsiskes – one of the largest ethnographic open-air museums in Europe. The exhibitions introduce the ethnographic regions of Lithuania as they looked at the end of the 18th century. The wooden houses stand in their natural environment and have the interior and exterior of the respective period. 

Kaunas tour came to its end and we drive back to Vilnius.