School travel

Riga + Vilnius (5 days / 4 nights)


Day 1: RIGA (arrival)

Arrival to Riga and welcoming by the local English speaking guide at the airport of Riga. Private transf
er the hotel. Free time.

Overnight: RIGA


Day 2: RIGA – ETHNOGRAPHIC OPEN AIR MUSUEM – RIGA (30 km)

Breakfast at the hotel.

In the morning your local guide will take you for a 3 hour excursion through Riga (on foot), the „Metropolis of the Baltics“. The tour will cover the most impressive places of the city: The Old Town, surrounded by a water channel, with the famous Dome cathedral, St. John and St. Peter churches, the Freedom Monument, National Opera, Parliament, Castle and the cosy spacious squares. The tour will continue to a remarkable Art Nouveau district, the architectural and artistic answer to the literary Modernist movement in the late 19th century.

In the afternoon excursion to ethnographic open air museum. The museum houses authentic homes, farmsteads, windmills, wooden churches and fishing villages which represent different regions of Latvia through the last three centuries. Return to Riga.

Overnight: RIGA


DAY 3: RIGA – RUNDALE – HILL OF CROSSES – VILNIUS (380 km)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure to Vilnius. On the way stop in Rundale for a short excursion to Rundale Palace, a baroque jewel designed by Italian architect F.B. Rastrelli, who is known for his world famous Hermitage palace in St. Petersburg. Continue towards Vilnius. On the way through the natural countryside of Lithuania with its wide open views, you will visit the famous Hill of Crosses, with over 50,000 crosses built from different materials. Arrival in Vilnius. Check-in. Free time.

Overnight: VILNIUS


DAY 4: VILNIUS – TRAKAI – VILNIUS (50 km)

Breakfast at the hotel.

In the morning meeting with your local English speaking guide for a 3 hours city tour of Vilnius (on foot), visiting the most magnificent places: Cathedral square, Presidential Palace square, Vilnius University, gothic corner with the churches of St. Anne and St. Bernardine, the old Jewish ghetto, Town Hall square, the Gates of Dawn.

In the afternoon a half day guided excursion to Trakai, former capital of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, surrounded by three lakes, known as the biggest Karaite minority town. Visit to the 15th century insular castle. After the visit we recommend you to taste the exclusive Karaite dish „Kibinai“. Return to Vilnius.

Overnight: VILNIUS


DAY 5: VILNIUS

Breakfast. Time at leisure for shopping or any other activities. Private transfer to Vilnius airport.


The price includes:

  1. •4 overnights at the hotel of 2 ** / 3*** stars

  2. •Daily breakfast

  3. •Arrival and departure transfers

  4. •Private comfortable air-conditioned motor coach services: excursion to ethnographic open air museum in Riga, Day 3, excursion to Trakai

  5. •English speaking local guide services according the program

  6. •English speaking guide escort throughout the travel

  7. •Entrances: Ethnographic open air museum in Riga, Rundale Palace, Vilnius University, Trakai Castle

  8. •21st person free of charge in double room

  9. •Taxes