Kaunas Tourist Attractions

Kaunas is a beautiful place worth visiting, especially for individuals interested in baroque architectural design, European culture, theater plays, orchestras, and museums.

Here are some attractions and activities we recommend to enjoy a day full of fun and exciting learning in Kaunas.

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Kaunas, Rumsiskes, and Pazaislis Monastery Full-Day Tour

From Vilnius, you will first head to the open-air museum in Rumsiskes.

The museum is a Lithuanian country-life facility with open-air exhibitions. Here you can explore various dwelling houses and economic infrastructures from different regions in Lithuania.

After eating your sumptuous lunch, the tour continues to Kaunas, the second largest Lithuania town and the country's temporal capital between the first and second world wars.

The oldest place in Kaunas is the Old Town, located east of where the Nemunas and Neris rivers join.

In this package tour, you will visit the most famous sites in the Old Town, such as St. George Church, Kaunas Castle, Town Hall Square, the Cathedral, and the Jewish Quarter.

The day tour will end at Pazaislis Monastery -a unique baroque monument considered one of the most beautiful examples of mature baroque in Northern and Eastern Europe and distinguished by the quality of its art.

Kaunas Old Town: Two-hour Ghost Tour

Some rumors about tinkling chains in the catacombs of Kaunas Castle are just one of the tiny parts of the mystery surrounding the historical old town of Kaunas.

On a two-hour ghost tour, you will walk through the historic area and hear even more legends about ghosts coming out after darkness falls to tell their secrets.

Listen to stories about the cruel punishments for individuals who offend city officials. The local guide also shares stories about bloody fights between Catholics and Lutherans, vandalism, mysterious theft of the city treasury office, and Jewish-Catholic troubles that ended in killings.

Discover where the famous Kaunas smuggler lived, learn about the dirty secrets of the St. Casimir Society, and hear some strange stories about witch-crafts and witch hunting in the area.

Kaunas, Lithuania Two-hour Sightseeing Tour

This two-hour sightseeing tour will take you through the Old Town district of Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city and former capital.

Discover why this picturesque city has been called an open-air museum of historic architecture.

The Old Town of Kaunas was built mainly between the 14th and 16th centuries. As a result, many impressive architectural monuments, such as gothic and baroque churches, were established.

The town center also shelters more modern and unique buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.

During the tour through the Old Town, you will see the ruins of Kaunas Castle, the city's oldest building today hosts an art gallery.

Visit the largest gothic church in the country, Kaunas Cathedral.

From there, head to the historic Town Hall of Kaunas, locally known as "the White Swan," followed by much more of the city's main highlights and history.

This sightseeing guided tour aims to explain the great stories of Kaunas.

Kaunas Tour: Love Stories

On this two hours tour, you will discover Kaunas old town and get to know a romantic, warm, cozy city.

Follow your guide through Laisvės avenue, which has always been known as the most popular site for dating, and visit the "White Swan."

You will also learn and hear love stories about the two young people, Aleksota and Kaunas.

Listen to your guide revealing the secrets of Kaunas castle and old cloistral buildings, Bona Sforza's secrets, and the recipe for Bernardinai fish pie. You also will try to solve the mystery of the confluence of the Neris and Nemunas.

Kayak Tour in Nemunas

This tour is a beautiful opportunity to escape from the routine and spend a couple of unforgettable hours kayaking in the father of Lithuanian rivers – Nemunas.

People in Kaunas still can not imagine what the city looks like from the river. During this tour, you will see how Kaunas hydroelectric power station looks from below and admire the view of Panemunė pinewood.

You will also look at the Jiesia mound, also called "the Hill of Napoleon," and you will be surprised by how beautiful the Kaunas Old town towers are. The views are the best in the evening when it gets dark in the city.