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Baltic Highlights

Price
805 USD

Duration
8 days / 7 nts

Activity Level
MODERATE

Tour Category
Join-in Tours

This itinerary offers you to see the best of the Baltics in just over a week. All the tours you need and the 4* hotel accommodation offer you the best combination of price and quality.

Vilnius - Riga - Tallinn

Highlights
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Detailed Program


Time	Description
	DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN VILNIUS
		Arrival in Vilnius, optional transfer to Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva**** or similar, check-in, welcome meeting to get to know your fellow travelers.
DAY 2: IN VILNIUS. DAY TRIP TO TRAKAI CASTLE
	Vilnius is full with the medieval charm and beauty. It is 74 quarters large, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural styles-gothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical-stand side by side and complement each other.
	In our sightseeing tour you’ll enjoy a panoramic tour of the city and a walking tour of the Old Town with Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Tower, Peter and Paul Church, St. Anne’s Church, Old University and the Gates of Dawn.
	The afternoon offers the optional tour to Trakai Castle, located on an island in Lake Galvė. Trakai was one of the main centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the castle held great strategic importance. It is the most spectacular of Lithiania's remaining castles, with tall brick walls and wooden walkways. Another evening optional activity is a folklore dinner at Restaurant Belmontas.
DAY 3: TO RIGA (LATVIA)
	On the way to Riga, we’ll stop at the Hill of Crosses, one of the most sacred sites of Catholic Lithuania. Across the border of Latvia we’ll stop for the tour of the magnificent Rundale Palace, the former summer house of the Duke of Courland.

	After spectacular drive through Latvian beautiful countryside we’ll reach Riga late afternoon, check-in at Hotel Mercure Riga**** or similar.





DAY 4: IN RIGA
	This day offers us great possibilities to discover medieval Latvia. The morning optional tour is to the Gauja National Park and the town of Sigulda to see the ruins of the Episcopal Castle and to learn the medieval Latvian legend of the Rose of Turaida.


	The afternoon option is to visit to the Ethnographical Open Air Museum, a spacious exposition of 18th century country life. The optional organ concert at the Dome Cathedral is available in the evening.





DAY 5: IN RIGA
	Old Town of Riga is famous for its cathedrals, old buildings, churches. Take a walk through the labyrinth of the narrow brick streets, enjoying the colorful buildings, little shops and sweet restaurants. See the famous Dome square and cathedral, Castle with the Castle square, Town Hall, house of the Blackheads and others.


	The optional tour to Jurmala is available in the afternoon. Jurmala is Latvia’s most famous seaside resort with gorgeous wooden houses and sandy beaches. The highlight of the day is an easy walk down the seashore on the soft sand, perhaps looking for the golden dot of amber washed by the sea to the shore. The optional Latvian dinner at the stylish Restaurant Forest is available in the evening.





DAY 6: TO TALLINN (ESTONIA) VIA PARNU
	We’ll start the day with the beautiful drive along the coastal highway to Parnu, one of Estonia’s most popular summer resorts. After a short tour we’ll continue north to Tallinn and arrive there in the afternoon, check-in at the Hotel Radisson Blu Olympia**** or similar.








DAY 7: IN TALLINN
	Tallinn is a beautiful medieval city with unique charm and beauty. The Old town hasn’t been touched by the modern life, so you can travel centuries back in time. The sightseeing tour takes us around the old medieval city walls and into the Old Town where we see Toompea Castle, Dome Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, medieval Old Town Hall and Great Guild Hall


	We offer two optional tours in the afternoon – the visit to Russian royal Kadriorg Park and a tour of Estonian contemporary art KUMU museum. The optional medieval style dinner at Peppersack restaurant is available in the evening





DAY 8: DEPARTURE HOME
	Tour concludes. Optional transfer to the airport.

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Accommodation on twin-share basis at centrally located 4* hotels,
Meals: 7 b/fasts,
Welcome meeting with champagne-cocktail or juice;
1st class vehicle (van) for entire itinerary;
English- and German-speaking guide for entire itinerary / all departures;
Italian only speaking tour escort on Baltic countries segment and Italian and Spanish speaking Finish segment on GBM06, GBM09, GBM11, GBM13-GBM20;
English- and German-speaking guide for entire itinerary / GBM05, GBM07, GBM08, GBM10 and GBM21;
Admissions to Old University in Vilnius, Rundale Palace, medieval Great Guild Hall in Tallinn;
Portage at hotels