10-Day Classic Tour of the Baltic States

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After enjoying your breakfast in the hotel, you'll embark on a city tour around Tallinn taking in its UNESCO-protected old town, its vibrant neighbourhoods, bustling city centre and stretching coastline. In the afternoon, you will visit the famous Rocca al Mare Open Air Museum, a picturesque 84-hectare forest park which is home to a collection of 17th-19th-century rural architecture from all over Estonia.

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After breakfast, you will depart for Lahemaa National Park. You will spend a full day exploring the park, which is the largest National Park in Estonia. Lahemaa is an interesting mix of coastal bluffs, dense forest, 7000-year-old bogs, 18th-century manor houses, and numerous lakes, rivers and rock to sandy beaches on the Baltic Seashore. You'll also visit Palmse Manor, the 18th-century Baroque house filled with period furniture, before heading back to Tallinn.

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After breakfast, you will check out of the Tallink City Hotel and travel to the Turaida Museum Reserve over the border into Latvia. Inside the museum-reserve, you'll find the 13th-century, fairy-tale-like, red brick Turaida Stone Castle featuring a tall 42-metre cylindrical tower and a sculpture park. Continuing on to your next destination, Riga, you'll make a stop at Gutman's cave, the highest and widest cave in the Baltic region.

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Today, you'll spend the morning on a walking tour around Riga Old Town, home to an abundance of architectural gems. Among many sights you'll encounter, you will see Riga Castle, Dome Square and Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's Church, Town Hall Square and the House of Blackheads, the Great and the Small Guild Halls, the fortification wall of Riga, and the Swedish Gate.

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Leaving Riga behind, you'll make your way to Klaipeda today, visiting a number of places en route. Your first stop will be at Rundale Palace, a beautiful late-Baroque, style-designed building that is often nicknamed the 'Versailles of Latvia'. You'll then head to Audruvis where you'll have lunch before heading off to visit the Hill of Crosses, a staggering monument that quite literally lives up to its name. You'll arrive in the early evening in Klaipeda.

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Today, you will leave Klaipeda behind and head to the coast and visit the gorgeous seaside escape that is Neringa. Due to the harsh climate and crosswinds here, for centuries fishing villages were being continuously destroyed by moving sand and once again being rebuilt. In the 20th century, a huge project to fill the spit with pine forests began to prevent further destruction. Today, you can see the forests that have put this place on the map.

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After breakfast, check out of the hotel and travel to Kaunas. Upon your arrival, you will go on a walking tour of Old Town of Kaunas including a visit to St. George's Church, Kaunas Castle which is built at the confluence of Nemunas and Neris rivers, the Town Hall Square, the Church of Vytautas and the Perkunas (Thunder) House, as well as a walk on the central street, Liberty Avenue, which is full of cafes and souvenir shops. In the afternoon, you'll continue on to Vilnius.

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Today, you'll venture out on a sightseeing tour of Vilnius, the largest city in Lithuania, taking in its beautiful Old Town and cathedral along with many other architectural gems. After a break for lunch, you'll continue on to Trakai, which has a very different flavour as it is a much more historic city as well as a lake resort. In the late afternoon, you'll return to your hotel.