{"id":12594,"date":"2025-07-17T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=12594"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:50:08","slug":"a-trip-to-lithuania-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/a-trip-to-lithuania-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"A trip to Lithuania (and back)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the words of Leroy Jenkins, let&#8217;s dooo this. I have been planning for a while, the time is now. This page relates to the trip, for my intel on Lithuania, see <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/vilnius\/\">Vilnius<\/a>. (My ambition has grown). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davelevy\/albums\/72177720329993405' title='Lithuaniia by DaveLevy, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54887840446_c6bbc08226_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='On my way'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My pictures from Lithuania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planning the Trip<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting there<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I flew Air Baltic and a night at Riga Airport in the Airport hotel or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.co.uk\/wishlists\/1633280786\">Airbnb<\/a>? Then bus\/coach via Lux Express to Vilnius; there&#8217;s only one train a day and that arrives pretty late. See also how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riga-airport.com\/en\/transport-0\">get to the City Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/airbaltic-plane-from-wikipedia-w650.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/airbaltic-plane-from-wikipedia-w650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/airbaltic-plane-from-wikipedia-w650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/airbaltic-plane-from-wikipedia-w650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Markus Eigenheer from Gen\u00e8ve, Schweiz &#8211; CC BY-SA 2.0, <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DIY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I booked my train journeys using the LTG Link <a href=\"https:\/\/ltglink.lt\/en\">web site<\/a>; they also have <a href=\"https:\/\/ltglink.lt\/en\/app\">an app<\/a>. The &#8220;place an order&#8221; page is in Lithuanian, I got hotel staff to help me. Google AI perspectives say, &#8220;For train travel within Lithuania, it&#8217;s generally not necessary to book in advance unless you&#8217;re travelling during peak hours or around holidays. Second-class tickets don&#8217;t require reservations, and you can usually purchase them at the station on the day of travel. However, if you prefer the convenience of booking ahead or are travelling on a specific route during peak times, it&#8217;s advisable to book in advance, especially for first-class tickets.&#8221;. Here&#8217;s a picture of the network at Vilnius station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Train-Network-w750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Train-Network-w750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Train-Network-w750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Train-Network-w750-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From my researches on the internet and off, Buses may be a better way of travelling even between cities, and oddly may be quicker. There is no train from Kaunus to Klaipeda so I used the bus\/coach. There is an inter-city network, again I bought my ticket ahead of time using the web. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autobusubilietai.lt\/en\">https:\/\/www.autobusubilietai.lt\/en<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both Uber and Bolt operate in Lithuania, they seem focused on intra-city travel; Google suggests that Bolt is more reliable. I have the uber app, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt.eu\/en\/cities\/nida\/\">the bolt app<\/a> is also available. In the end, I used neither.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"spit\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>While I was there, the foot ferry, which travels from the old ferry port, not the DFDS main port, from Klaipeda to Smyltine travels once\/hour on the hour. The bus on the Spit to Nida is basically once every two hours and takes an hour to get to Nida. [Insert my pictures as a slide]. So I got to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Attraction_Review-g277800-d24063433-Reviews-Mizgiris_Amber_Museum-Nida_Neringa_Klaipeda_County.html\">Mizgiris_Amber_Museum in Nida<\/a> and back from Klaipedia in a day, in fact I was back in time for lunch. On the Spit I wanted to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitneringa.com\/en\/explore-neringa\/museums\/mizgiris-amber-museum-16313.html\">Mizgiris Amber Museum<\/a>, the Baltic dunes and the Kaliningrad border. I didn&#8217;t get to the border, I think it&#8217;s isolated by a park with no-entry signs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I didn&#8217;t make it to Grutas Park. With confidence in how the buses work, this can be done by bus from Kaunus or Vilnius, and maybe Mockava. Next time maybe. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lithuania-LRTL-CC-AdamKillian-BY-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lithuania-LRTL-CC-AdamKillian-BY-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lithuania-LRTL-CC-AdamKillian-BY-2016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lithuania-LRTL-CC-AdamKillian-BY-2016-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Adam KIllian, CC BY 2016 via wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Return<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I returned by train with Byway Travel on a slower route with stops in Warsaw, Gdansk, Stettin, Stralsund, Lubeck &amp; Cologne, using an Interrail ticket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entry\/Exit conditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/eupasskontrolle-danielschludi-unsplash.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/ees-etias\/\">https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/ees-etias\/<\/a> , my passport is good, for travel, and I expect to have 76 Schengen days available. I arrived before 12th October, the Latvian border control took my fingerprints; wonder if I&#8217;ll need to do that next time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Map<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1SESuyYHIhW3_16wTIsxjPGcQRNl_eXTT&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I visited Vilnius, Kaunus and Klaipeda and returned to Vilnius in order to catch the train to Warsaw, although this could have been done from Kaunus but I enjoyed my last night in Lithuania. I ate very well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See also<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8230; my Vilnius page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-davelevy-info-wiki wp-block-embed-davelevy-info-wiki\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NbLxbglCp7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/vilnius\/\">Vilnius<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Vilnius&#8221; &#8212; davelevy . info \/ wiki\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/vilnius\/embed\/#?secret=R12DBV2ozS#?secret=NbLxbglCp7\" data-secret=\"NbLxbglCp7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the words of Leroy Jenkins, let&#8217;s dooo this. I have been planning for a while, the time is now. This page relates to the trip, for my intel on Lithuania, see Vilnius. (My ambition has grown).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[79],"tags":[565,248,1793,2183,1832,108],"class_list":["post-12594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-bus","tag-diy","tag-lithuania","tag-routes","tag-train","tag-travel-2"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davelevy_eu\/115456726479441308","error":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vilnius-juliakarnavusha-unsplash-w1080.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12594"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13312,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12594\/revisions\/13312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}