| Page Views: 10,614 Last Visit to Kaunas: June, 2004 | Charming, peaceful, quiet and old by matcrazy1 - last update: Jan 4, 2007 |
I found Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania and its former capital, a very peaceful and quiet city, full of pretty and different in style old architecture which reflected complicated history of the city. Add its very interesting and unique museums.
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Charming old town The Old Town of Kaunas was charming, somewhat secret with unique atmosphere of the old days. In contrast to many European old towns it was not full of crowds, not commercialized (yet?). Walking around don't look for hundreds fast food restaurants, touristy "gift stores" etc. look for pure, authentic, sometimes a little bit neglected, old architecture. |
| CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL |
Architecture One of the most fascinating structures in Kaunas was Russian Orthodox church but there were many more interesting, old buildings including for example tiny mosque... More in my tips. You are welcome :-). |
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| Pros: | "History, architecture, museums, peace and quiet, food, beer, prices" | | Cons: | "Not the best signposted city (for drivers)" | | In A Nutshell: | "Pure and authentic old Europe!" |
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Hardryve Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:27 UTC
you have hit the bullseye most beautiful country....glad to know such a place exists; shouts out to "LITHUANIA"..hey 'ayda' some kind of magic in this place for sure!!!!! other webmail you can reach me at; hardryve@gmail.com from the Hardryve: (John) | Saulene Thu Jun 14, 2007 21:05 UTC
There is written how to call special services: Police, Health Care, etc. without coins. ;) | budapest8 Sat Mar 10, 2007 02:04 UTC
Enjoyed reading your Local Customs tips! A great read. I remember the old CCCP type phones using the 10 and 5 kopek coins. I heard yesterday that a friend of mine in Gothenburg got a visitor from Riga and he only paid 160 SEK inc.taxes rtn trip flight. | mvtouring Fri Mar 9, 2007 05:40 UTC
Wow, you have some excellent tips here and very nice photo's ;-) |
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