Private 2-Hour Alternative Vilnius Walking Tour
Vilnius, Lithuania
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 2 hours
Enjoy this 2-hour private walking tour of Vilnius and discover its stories through time. The tour will start in the Old Town and continue with different images, history details, fun and sad stories of the city. On the way you see hidden Old Town yards and squares, undistinguished marks of the World War II on buildings. You will also learn more about KGB former prison and Soviet period life in Lithuania. Get to know the city on this alternative walking tour and discover Vilnius from a different perspective.
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Enjoy this 2-hour private walking tour of Vilnius and discover its stories through time. The tour will start in the Old Town and continue with different images, history details, fun and sad stories of the city. On the way you see hidden Old Town yards and squares, undistinguished marks of the World War II on buildings. You will also learn more about KGB former prison and Soviet period life in Lithuania. Get to know the city on this alternative walking tour and discover Vilnius from a different perspective.Meet your guide in front of Vilnius City Hall and start your tour out to the historic Vilnius suburbs, where you meet a modern city. City Hall square was the main social life place for ages, where lots of people of different religions and nationalities were engaged in trades, different events and festivities and ordinary life.
On the way you pass hidden Old town courtyards established by the famous citizens and in several minutes you are out from the main part of the Historic city center. Here you see one of the oldest buildings of Vilnius – Franciscan church with Magical God Mother and a monument for Vilnius burgomaster and patron Jozef Montwill, which projects helped Vilnius to prosper in the beginning of the 20th century.
Explore the ordinary courtyard with signs of the World War II left on buildings and the tragic destiny of Vilnius Jewish community. Be prepared to be surprised when you see a village estate and acting Lukiskiu prison in the heart of the city. In the end of the tour you hear stories about KGB museum - former prison and Lithuanians fight for freedom on the 13th of January in 1991 near Lithuanian Parliament.
On the way you pass hidden Old town courtyards established by the famous citizens and in several minutes you are out from the main part of the Historic city center. Here you see one of the oldest buildings of Vilnius – Franciscan church with Magical God Mother and a monument for Vilnius burgomaster and patron Jozef Montwill, which projects helped Vilnius to prosper in the beginning of the 20th century.
Explore the ordinary courtyard with signs of the World War II left on buildings and the tragic destiny of Vilnius Jewish community. Be prepared to be surprised when you see a village estate and acting Lukiskiu prison in the heart of the city. In the end of the tour you hear stories about KGB museum - former prison and Lithuanians fight for freedom on the 13th of January in 1991 near Lithuanian Parliament.
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