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Highlights: 13 day tour

This new itinerary combines Belarus, Lithuania and Kaliningrad using local trains, buses and private transfers to link up places en route. An ideal individual holiday for travellers who enjoy quirky holidays with free time left for exploration on your own.

Price from: £985 pp

This new individual itinerary starts in Minsk, where you will feel like you have stepped back in time to the Soviet days, especially on seeing the imposing statue of Lenin in Independence Square. But first impressions can be deceptive, look a little further and you will discover first-rate restaurants and buzzing live music venues. Take the train to the wonderful Baroque city of Vilnius, before taking the train to Klaipeda and onwards to Nida on the stunning Curonian Spit.

The quaint fishing village of Nida is an ideal base from which to explore further afield such as Thomas Mann’s summer house and the eerie ‘Hill of Witches’. This itinerary ends in Kaliningrad, once a wealthy German port and university town called Königsberg, Kaliningrad changed beyond recognition under Soviet control. The enclave is separated from mother Russia by hundreds of miles of Lithuanian and Belarusian soil. Amid the austere Soviet architecture, there are still suggestions of a more creative German past. Picturesque Königsberg buildings, such as the cathedral, become even more appealing amid a sea of monotonous concrete.

This itinerary is based on three-star central hotels, bus and train tickets, as well as a private transfer from Lithuania to Kaliningrad. We can of course tailor-make this itinerary to suit you, if you would prefer to stay longer in any one place or upgrade your hotels to four/five-star.

Price Includes:

Return economy flights with LOT Polish Airlines via Warsaw from London Heathrow. All airport taxes and security charges. Accommodation in three-star hotels with breakfast. Meals as specified on itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner). Arrival transfer in Minsk. Train tickets, Minsk to Vilnius, Vilnius to Klaipeda. Bus tickets, Klaipeda to Nida. Private transfer from Nida to Kaliningrad.

Price Excludes:

Belarusian and Russian Visa

Notes:

single room supplement £290