Lithuania owes much to the rich cultural currents of central Europe: it once shared an empire with neighbouring Poland that stretched from the Baltic Sea almost to the Black Sea. Its capital Vilnius boasts a Baroque Old Town that is the largest in Eastern Europe and praised as the 'New Prague'.
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● When To Go
Summer and spring (May through September) are far and away the best times of
year to travel in Lithuania. In spring, the weather is warm, the days are
long, flowery cottage gardens blossom and the cultural calendar oozes fun.
April and May, when the land and its people open up after winter, convey a
real magic.
June is midsummer-madness month and equally evoke the Baltic peoples' close
ties to nature and their pagan past. During the high season (July and
August) low-budget hotels and hostels can be fully booked. While these are
the warmest and busiest months, and a time when many Balts go on holiday
too, they can also be the wettest and subject to the odd thunderstorm.
There's usually a picturesque sprinkling of snow on the ground in winter
(November through March), but there's also only a few hours of daylight each
day and, when the snow thaws, it brings with it far too much slush for
enjoyment. April and October have cold, sharp, wintry days as well as mild
springlike or autumnal ones.