Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania, is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, Nemunas and Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water in Lithuania. Kaunas is listed in Unesco Heritage for the Interwar modernistic architecture. Moreover, every local knows that Kaunas is Basketball capital.
Kaunas is best known for the Kaunas Jazz Festival, International Operetta Festival, Photo Art Festival “Kaunas photo” or Pažaislis music festival, which usually run from early June until late August each year, and all the biggest shows & concerts usually take place here.
A sightseeing tour will start at Kaunas Castle and will follow to the Old Town featuring the Town Hall Square as well as its numerous churches and architectural monuments: St. George’s Church, Jesuit Church, the Church of Vytautas the Great, the Cathedral, also the Theological Seminary and Perkunas House. The tour will pay a tribute to the Statue of Liberty and the Hall of Fame featuring the most distinguished countrymen. A walk along the central pedestrian avenue - Laisves aleja (Avenue of Freedom) - will drag you into a whirlpool of street vendors, musicians, cafes and souvenir shops full of people and tourists. During the tour you will visit the open-air Kiemo galerija (Yard Gallery) - the space where art and history unite.