Best of the Baltics - Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

From £1,299 8 Days

DEPARTS 8 JUN

DEPARTS 6 JUL Tallinn Old City

Fancy escaping into a fairy tale landscape brimming with whispering forests, alluringly beautiful lakes and enchanting islands bejewelled with Gothic castles? This trip to the Baltics promises storybook scenery and diverse cultures in abundance. Living up to the ‘small, but with a big personality’ stereotype, the trilogy of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania each offers something unique to this unforgettable getaway. Think teeny turreted capital cities, curvy Baroque architecture and haunting war-torn histories.

ITINERARY

Day 1

We fly to Riga and transfer to our hotel in the city where we stay for two nights.

Day 2 Riga

Latvia’s capital city of Riga is a striking patchwork of Gothic spires, cobbled lanes, canals and art nouveau buildings and we discover its history on our guided walking tour of the Old Town. We also enjoy a short organ music concert in the Dome Cathedral before seeing more city sights during our coach tour, along with a visit to The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia.

Day 3 Rundāle Palace & Vilnius

We transfer from Riga to Vilnius; the capital of Lithuania, where we stay for two nights. En route we visit Rundāle Palace, one of Latvia’s most impressive examples of Baroque and Rococo art. We enjoy an included lunch together before making our way to Vilnius. This evening we take a guided walking tour of Vilnius’ Old Town.

Day 4 Trakai Island Castle & KGB Museum

This morning we visit Trakai Island Castle, which was once home to each of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Known as ‘the Jewel of Lake Galvė’, we find out more about life at the castle through the ages. Back in Vilnius, we visit the KGB Museum. Exhibitions are filled with documents and photographs related to everything from the Soviet dictatorship to the chilling Nazi occupation.

Day 5 Hill of Crosses & Jurmala

We check out of our hotel and head back across the Lithuanian-Latvian border to Jurmala, where we stay for one night. On the way we visit the Hill of Crosses, a national pilgrimage site which withstood countless demolition attempts from both the Soviet Union and the KGB.

Day 6 Tallinn

We make our way through Estonia to Tallinn, where were stay overnight. Get ready to be wowed by one of the prettiest skylines in the Baltics with domed basilicas, medieval turrets and towers.

We enjoy an included lunch before embarking on a guided walking tour of the Old Town; a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From opulent Russian Revival style architecture and a fascinating sea-trading history to quaint merchant houses and one of Europe’s most complete city walls, there is so much for us to discover in this stunning capital city.

Day 7 Tallinn & Riga

After a morning at leisure in Tallinn, we set off back to Latvia for our final overnight stay back in Riga. This evening we enjoy a farewell dinner and folk show in the city.

Day 8

We check out of our hotel and transfer to Riga airport for our flight home.

Jurmala

LATVIA

Riga

Rundāle Palace

Hill of Crosses

LITHUANIA

Vilnius

RUSSIA

KGB Museum Trakai Island Castle

POLAND

BELARUS

YOUR BREAK INCLUDES

y Return flights to Riga y Airport taxes and luggage allowance (one piece of checked-in hold luggage per person) y Airport transfers in Latvia y 3 nights at the 4-star Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel,

Riga with breakfast y 2 nights at the 4-star Amberton Cathedral

Square Hotel, Vilnius with breakfast y 1 night at the 4-star Jurmala Spa Hotel, Jurmala with breakfast y 1 night at the 4-star Nordic Hotel Forum, Tallinn with breakfast y Porterage y 1 lunch at Rundāle Palace y 1 lunch in Tallinn Old Town y Farewell dinner with folk show in Riga y Excursions to Trakai Island Castle & KGB Museum y Guided walking tour of Riga Old Town and guided city tour y Organ concert in Riga’s Dome Cathedral y Admission to the Ethnographic Open Air

Museum, Riga y Guided walking tour of Vilnius Old Town y Guided walking tour of Tallinn Old Town y En-route visits to Rundāle Palace & Hill of Crosses y Services of a local guide on all excursions y Escorted by a tour manager in Europe

YOUR HOTELS 

We’ll stay in a selection of 4-star hotels such as the Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel in Riga, the Amberton Cathedral Square Hotel in Vilnius, the Jurmala Spa Hotel in Jurmala and the Nordic Hotel Forum in Tallinn. All hotels have en-suite rooms, a bar and restaurant.

Hotel accessibility information

Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel, Riga - Lift to all floors. No steps to entrance. No ground floor rooms. Amberton Cathedral Square Hotel, Vilnius - Lift to all floors. 3 steps to entrance. No ground floor rooms. Jurmala Spa Hotel, Jurmala - Lift to all floors. 7 steps to entrance. No ground floor rooms. Nordic Hotel Forum, Tallinn - Lift to all floors. No steps to entrance. No ground floor rooms.

AIRPORTS & PRICES

DEPARTS Wed 8 Jun | Wed 6 Jul

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