Magical Christmas Tour in Vilnius Old Town
Vilnius, Lithuania
Trip Type: Christmas
Duration: 2 hours
Everyone is waiting for Christmas – the most welcome holiday of the year. Take a walk in a festive Vilnius Old Town, hear the legends of the city in which the action took place at Christmas, remember the Christmas celebration traditions in Lithuania and believe in Christmas miracle.
Also, visit the shining Christmas tree, take part in the Christmas Fair and have the opportunity to taste Lithuanian deep coffee or local tea for free. Feel the festive spirit now by participating in the Magical Christmas Tour in Vilnius Old Town!
Also, visit the shining Christmas tree, take part in the Christmas Fair and have the opportunity to taste Lithuanian deep coffee or local tea for free. Feel the festive spirit now by participating in the Magical Christmas Tour in Vilnius Old Town!
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Everyone is waiting for Christmas – the most welcome holiday of the year. Take a walk in a festive Vilnius Old Town, hear the legends of the city in which the action took place at Christmas, remember the Christmas celebration traditions in Lithuania and believe in Christmas miracle.
Also, visit the shining Christmas tree, take part in the Christmas Fair and have the opportunity to taste Lithuanian deep coffee or local tea for free. Feel the festive spirit now by participating in the Magical Christmas Tour in Vilnius Old Town! The tour will begin in the Cathedral Square, where every year there is a fitted crib and the main city Christmas tree with a Christmas Fair. Walking foothills of Gediminas Hill, let us remember different legends associated with local Christmas. We will visit the Bernardine church, famous not only for good preaches, but also for organized impressive performances. In the Amber Gallery‘s reconstructed Baltic sanctum we’ll talk about Christmas Eve and Christmas traditions oriented to pre-Christian times.
Remember how the Christmas was celebrated by the richest Vilnius noblemen, Jesuit and Dominican monks. In the tour midway taste local tea or deep coffee.
During the visit in the Lutheran Church we’ll find out a lot of today's Lithuanian Christmas traditions and symbols that came from here. At one of the oldest churches in Vilnius, St. Nicholas church - we remember the origins of the tradition of Christmas gifts. Before Christmas the Town Hall square became a place for 3 markets and travellers were treated by local sweets. Let's see what the Christmas characters can be found there now.
The tour will end at the Gates of Dawn - Vilnius miraculous place where miracles happen, of course, and during the Christmas holidays.
Also, visit the shining Christmas tree, take part in the Christmas Fair and have the opportunity to taste Lithuanian deep coffee or local tea for free. Feel the festive spirit now by participating in the Magical Christmas Tour in Vilnius Old Town! The tour will begin in the Cathedral Square, where every year there is a fitted crib and the main city Christmas tree with a Christmas Fair. Walking foothills of Gediminas Hill, let us remember different legends associated with local Christmas. We will visit the Bernardine church, famous not only for good preaches, but also for organized impressive performances. In the Amber Gallery‘s reconstructed Baltic sanctum we’ll talk about Christmas Eve and Christmas traditions oriented to pre-Christian times.
Remember how the Christmas was celebrated by the richest Vilnius noblemen, Jesuit and Dominican monks. In the tour midway taste local tea or deep coffee.
During the visit in the Lutheran Church we’ll find out a lot of today's Lithuanian Christmas traditions and symbols that came from here. At one of the oldest churches in Vilnius, St. Nicholas church - we remember the origins of the tradition of Christmas gifts. Before Christmas the Town Hall square became a place for 3 markets and travellers were treated by local sweets. Let's see what the Christmas characters can be found there now.
The tour will end at the Gates of Dawn - Vilnius miraculous place where miracles happen, of course, and during the Christmas holidays.
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