Baltic Escape

Day 1 : Vilnius

Scheduled flight to Vilnius. Pedestrian exploration of the historical centre, a splendid monumental complex strongly marked by the Counter-Reformation and expressive of the originality of Lithuanian architects in the face of the great European artistic trends: St. Anne’s Church with its skilled interlacing of bricks, the famous Gate of Dawn, the medieval University, Gediminas’ Tower…

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 2 : Vilnius-Trakaï

Excursion to Trakaï, the former capital of medieval Lithuania with the Gothic castle of the Great Dukes erected on an island on Lake Galvé, which presents a poetic scene. Walk around this town marked by Karaite traditions.

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 3 : Siauliai-Rundala-Riga

Travel to Riga. On the way, stop at the Hill of Crosses in Siauliai, a curious memorial to liberty that has been spontaneously planted with thousands of crosses, and then to Rundale, a stunning Baroque castle of the Duke of Courland built by Rastrelli, the famous architect from the court of Russia.

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 4 : Riga

Pedestrian exploration of the historical centre of Riga, a charming Hanseatic city with its network of lanes and late Gothic-style houses, its merchant guilds, the Castle of the Livonian order, the Dome Cathedral with its famous organ, and its surprising New district

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 5 : Pärnu-Tallinn

Travel to Tallinn. One the way, stop in Pärnu, a pretty summer city and a well-known Estonian thermal centre and seaside resort.

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 6 : Tallinn

Pedestrian exploration of the historical centre of Tallinn, a small fortified city with Swedish and Finnish influences and situated on the banks of the Gulf of Finland. The city’s intact medieval design offers a fabulous voyage in time: the lower part of the city with its town hall and brotherhoods, and the upper part with its castle and cathedral…

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.

Day 7 : Tallinn

Depart to the airport 

Lunch and dinner are taken on your own time.