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Witness the enchantment of the Baltics
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Vilnius, Lithuania Riga, Latvia Tallinn, Estonia
This enchanting Lithuanian city specializes Riga is Latvia’s medieval jewel along the Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tallinn
in the offbeat and unexpected. While Daugava River. With cobbled streets, Art was once a strategically located member of
visitors arrive in this UNESCO World Nouveau architecture, and an array of quiet the old Hanseatic League. It offers visitors
Heritage Site in search of its Baroque Old cafés and shops, it’s easy to be spellbound a look into the region’s distant past with
Town, there’s so much more to see and do. by this UNESCO World Heritage Site. City its stunning collection of fortresses, castles,
One can cross the Vilnia River to find such highlights include St. Peter’s and the Dome and city gates. Highlights of Tallinn’s Old
oddities as the Independent Republic of Cathedral. After exploring Riga’s Old Town Town include Town Hall Square and its
Uzupis, an unofficial breakaway republic treasures, we’ll journey outside the city bustling Freedom Square, historic public
featuring its own constitution, flag, and to spend A Day in the Life of a Latvian gathering spots since the time of the tsars.
president. During our stay in Vilnius, we’ll village, where you’ll tour a private winery, We’ll also travel like the locals during our
also journey outside the city for a boat ride stroll the grounds of one of Europe's oldest stay in Tallinn when we hop aboard a tram
to a Lithuanian island that is home to a paper mills, meet with children at their and head outside the city to Kadriorg Park,
15th-century fairy-tale fortress, and meet kindergarten class or crafts center, and dine where we’ll stroll through the manicured
with descendants of an ancient Turkish tribe with villagers in their homes. grounds of a resplendent palatial residence
to learn about their unique culture. built by Russian Tsar Peter the Great for his
empress Catherine I.
Tallinn, Estonia
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