"Nice castle in lovely nature" Trakai by lotharlerch

Trakai Travel Guide: 10 reviews and 29 photos

The castle

Trakai castle dates back to the first Lithuanian kings and is in its present shape an excellent reconstruction, one of the most visited sights of Lithuania.

The biggest Karaite community is living here

Old Kenessa, the house of worship

The Karaites are Jews with Thora but without Talmud originating from Mesopotamia who were brought from the Turkish Empire to the kingdom of Lithuania in the Middle Ages. Today a group of a few hundreds is still living in Lithuania, most of them in Trakai

Karaite houses

Typical Karaite houses in Trakais main street

Pros and Cons

Pros:A great place in attractive surroundings
Cons:already quite touristy

Last visit to Trakai: Aug 2002
Intro Updated Feb 12, 2008
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Comments (3)

ginte Dec 9, 2003 at 4:37 AM Report Abuse

A nice picture of Trakai! Even I don't have such one :)
prleprle Nov 9, 2003 at 6:33 AM Report Abuse

Interesting notice about Karaites. Castle looks really attractive!
giedre Aug 16, 2003 at 6:39 AM Report Abuse

Nice pics.Hope you enjoyed time there.p.s.Lithuania had only one king Mindaugas who in 1253 became the first & the only Lithuanian king.Later Grand Duke Vytautas almost became a king(polish disturbed that.).