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the tour from our London pickups, they can join/drop this tour to/from
all our European airports. Please refer to the link : Europe pick up & drop. | Day 01: UK-VILNIUS Meet your tour director at UK airport and receive your flight tickets to board your flight to Vilnius. On arrival, clear immigrations & customs and transfer to the hotel. Evening at Leisure.
| | | [x] | Breakfast | [x] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 02: VILNIUS CITY TOUR - TRAKAI (60kms) Vilnius is known for its more than 1.200 medieval buildings and 48 churches. The morning sightseeing tour includes a panoramic tour of the city and a walking tour of the Old Town with Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Tower, Peter and Paul Church, St. Anne's Church, Old University and the Gates of Dawn: The Former Soviet KGB headquarters. The afternoon offers an excursion to Trakai, the medieval capital of Lithuania, with the well preserved Trakai Castle, beautifully located on an island in Lake Galve.
| | [√] | Breakfast | [√] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 03: HILLS OF CROSSES - Rundale Palace - Riga (370kms)
Heading for Riga, the first stop is the Hills of Crosses, one of the most holy sites of Catholic Lithuania. After crossing into Latvia you soon reach the magnificent Rundale Palace, the former summer residence of the Duke of Courland. After a guided tour of the palace you travel Southern Latvia to reach Riga. | | [√] | Breakfast | [X] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 04: RIGA CITY TOUR - JURMALA SEASIDE RESORT (50kms)
This morning you have a city orientation tour of Riga. Riga, founded in 1201 by the German bishop Albert, is the largest of the three Baltic capitals and boasts a real kaleidoscope of architectural styles. The walking tour of the Old Town includes Riga Castle, the Dome Cathedral, St. Peter's Church, the Swedish Gate, the Three Brothers, the Large and Small Guilds and the Freedom Monument. In the afternoon you'll visit Jurmala seaside resort the largest seaside and balneotherapy resort in the Baltic States. The city of Jurmala is unique for its natural resources like curative mineral waters, medical healing mud, pine forests, sand dunes and beach. | | [√] | Breakfast | [√] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 05: RIGA - TURAIDA - GAUJA NATIONAL PARK - TALLINN (350kms) After breakfast, depart for Turaida Museum Reserve, covering 42 hectares, Turaida Castle is the soaring red brick tower of the resorted 13th century from where you can have a breathtaking view across the Gauja river valley, visit the church dating from 1750 and the memorial place of the 'Turaida Rose'. You continue on tour this morning to take us to the stunning scenery of the Gauja National Park and the town of Sigulda, often called the 'Latvian Switzerland', because of the beauty of its landscape. You'll listen to the medieval Latvian legend of the Rose of Turaida, and see Maija's Tombstone, the ruins of the Episcopal Castle and the mysterious Gutman Cave before you commence your journey to Tallinn. | | √] | Breakfast | [√] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 06: TALLINN CITY TOUR - ROCCE AL MARE (40kms) Tallinn is a charming blend of medieval tranquillity and modern urban life. The medieval Old Town is a busy place in the summer with its many shops, galleries, souvenir markets, outdoor café's and restaurants. The orientation tour takes us around the old medieval city walls and into the Old Town where you see Toompea Castle, the Dome Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, medieval Old Town Hall and Kadriorg Palace (photo stop), founded in 1721 by Russian Emperor Peter the Great, as a summer residence for his wife. After lunch you visit Rocca Al-Mare Parkmuseum, a spacious exposition of 18th century Estonian country life.
| | [√] | Breakfast | [√] | Indian Lunch | [√] | Indian Dinner | | | Day 07: TALLINN - UK (50kms) Today morning free for some last minute shopping. Depending on the time of your return flight, you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight to UK.
| | [√] | Breakfast | [x] | Indian Lunch | [x] | Indian Dinner | *Note: The distances mentioned on the itinerary are approximate travelling in coach per day.
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