Fighting for Harmony - students, society and the academy in tune
EAIR Forum Vilnius 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania, 23-26 August 2009
Below you will find a description of various excursions. Registrations will be done online with a secure payment. You can pay online with VISA and MASTER CARD. All excursions will run regardless of the number of participants, but people from other groups might join. These tours you have to book in advance.
You can book your excursions by using the following excursion reservation form.
TOUR TO TRAKAI (min. 4 persons)
22, 23, 25, 26, 27 August at 10:00 hrs, duration: 4 hours
27 August at 14:00 hrs, duration: 4 hours
Price per person 29 / 100 LTL
Pick-up service from the hotels will be provided
Trakai is located 28 km west from Vilnius. There are many lakes in the region. Trakai has a Castle of 15th century (in the middle of Lake Galve) which is the only insular castle throughout Eastern Europe. Island castle is one of the most visited historical-architectual monuments in Lithuania. It houses a historical museum.
TOUR TO GRUTAS PARK (min. 4 persons)
22, 23, 25, 26, 27 August at 09:00 hrs, duration: 7 hours
Price per person 80 / 276 LTL
Pick-up service from the hotels will be provided
To date, no other museum or cultural institution has endeavoured to collect or duly exhibit Soviet relics. In Grutas Park, monumental sculptures are positioned in a 2 km-long exposition, where guard towers, fragments of concentration camps and other details remind Siberia. Grutas Park is situated in a 20 ha area, exhibiting 86 works created by 46 authors. Such a large concentration of monuments and sculptures of ideological content in a single out-door exposition is a rare and maybe even unique phenomenon in the world.
The Grutas Park exposition discloses the negative content of the Soviet ideology and its impact on the value system. The aim of this exposition is to provide an opportunity for Lithuanian people, visitors coming to our country as well as future generations to see the naked Soviet ideology which suppressed and hurt the spirit of our nation for many decades. Gr?tas Park is located approximately 100 km away from Vilnius.
TOUR TO KAUNAS (min. 4 persons)
22, 23, 25, 26, 27 August at 09:00 hrs, duration: 8 hours
Price per person - 80 Euro / 276 LTL
Pick-up service from the hotels will be provided
Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania and lies within 100 km from Vilnius. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Nemunas and Neris. Kaunas is charming not only for its historical buildings, green parks, but it is well known for its museums, counted over twenty with all their branches. The M.K. Ciurlionis Art Gallery and the Devil's Museum are nearby. Philosophical pictures by the Lithuanian artist and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911) and some rather amusing devils will make your visit to Kaunas really unforgettable. Also we'll visit Pazaislis Monastery of XVIII century.
TOUR TO NATIONAL PARK OF THE CURONIAN SPIT (min. 4 persons)
22, 26, 27 August at 08:00 hrs, duration: 14 hours
Price per person 100 / 345 LTL
Pick-up service from the hotels will be provided
The Curonian Spit is a narrow peninsula, 98 km long, separating the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon. The main settlements on the Lithuanian section of the Curonian Peninsula, Nida, Preila, Pervalka, Juodkrante and Alksnyne, are grouped together in a single administrative unit, the town of Neringa. The peninsula is a unique phenomenon with its sand dunes, beach coastline and fragrant pine forests. About 12% of peninsula consists of dunes. Neringa, an oasis of peace, combines the beauty of nature with the advantages of civilization. It offers clean beaches and diverse landscapes.
2 DAYS TOUR TO KLAIPEDA & NATIONAL PARK OF THE CURONIAN SPIT (min. 4 persons)
21-22, 27-28 August at 08:00 hrs, duration: 2 days
Price per person 225 / 775 LTL
Pick-up service from the hotels will be provided
First day: On the way to Klaipeda a short tour in Kaunas' Old Town. Later a tour in Klaipeda's Old Town and a visit to the Sea museum. Free time in Klaipeda. Overnight in Klaipeda.
Second day: In the morning tour to the Curonian Spit. Stop and visits: Juodkrante (The hill of Witches, Cormorant watching point, Golden dunes); Nida (Old cemetery, church, (dunes, sea panorama), Thomas Mann memorial museum, amber gallery and free time in Nida).
Regular tours (no pre-booking required):
VILNIUS CITY TOUR (no min. participants required)
Every day from Cathedral square near belfry Tour starts: at 10:00, 13:00 and 15:00 hrs, duration: 2 hours
Price per person 22 / 76 LTL
Vilnius - the capital of Lithuania, situated on the bank of the Neris River, was founded in 1323 when Grand Duke Gediminas built a castle there. Today this is one of the landmarks of the city with a population of nearly 600,000. It is a bustling city with one of the oldest and most charming Old Towns in Europe. The splendid architectural blend of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles makes this wonderful city to explore.
Program (in short): Cathedral square, Presidential Palace, Vilnius University, Dominikonu street, Vokieciu street, Town Hall, it's square, Rudninku street, Pylimo street, Gediminas avenue (KGB museum), Parliament, bund of the river Neris, Green bridge, St. Peter's and Paul's church (stopping), Uupis, St. Ann's and Bernadine's churches (stopping), Amber gallery (St. Mykolo str. 8), The Hill of Subacius (panorama), The Gates of Dawn (stopping), Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Town hall square (stopping).
