Lithuania Travel Guide 2026: Vilnius, Curonian Spit, Trakai, Kaunas and the Hill of Crosses
Browse more guides: Lithuania travel | Europe destinations Lithuania Travel Guide 2026: Vilnius, Curonian Spit, Trakai, Kaunas and the Hill of Crosses I have walked Vilnius Old Town in light rain, climbed Gediminas Tower at dusk, taken the small wooden bridge across to Trakai Island Castle, stood among more than 100,000 crosses on a low hill north of Šiauliai, and watched the Baltic wind move sand grains across the Parnidis Dune above Nida. This guide gathers everything I wish I had known before that first trip, written for travellers who want depth, dates and prices rather than soft photography captions. TL;DR Lithuania is the largest of the three Baltic states, an EU and NATO member since 2004, a Schengen country since 2007 and a Eurozone country since January 1 2015. The headline sights are Vilnius Old Town (UNESCO 1994), Trakai Island Castle on Lake Galvė, the Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai, the Curonian Spit (UNESCO 2000) with its 67 metre dune ridges, and the interwar capita...