13D Let’s Go Baltic Rhapsody + Belarus

Highlights:

Minsk - National Library, Victory Square , Trinity Suburb, Afghanistan War Monument on the island of HIGHLIGHTS Tears, Independence Square with its House of Government, KGB Historical Office and the Presidential Residence.
Double UNESCO World Heritage site of Mir & Nesvizh s .
Vilnius - Old town of Vinius, Užupis District, Gediminas castle
Trakai - Castles of Trakai Siaulai - Hill of Crosses • Klaipeda - Old Port Office, Old Theatre, Simon Dach Square
Liepaja - Beach area, Karosta (Russian military base)
Kuldiga - Traditional Wooden Buildings, Venta Rumba Waterfall
Riga - St. Peter's Cathedral, Riga Castle
Jurmala - Jomas Street, Jurmala's beach area • Rundale - Rundale Palace
Sigulda / Turaida - Ruins of Sigulda Medieval Castle, Turaida Museum
Tallinn - Old Town of Taliinn, Kadriorg Palace

Travel valid: 01 Apr 2018 - 31 Mar 2019

Meals: 10 Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 8 Dinner

Hotels: 4*

DAY 01: DEPARTURE / MINSK (Meals On Board)

Assemble at airport for a flight to Minsk, capital of Belarus

DAY 02: MINSK (Dinner)

City tour - National Library, Victory Square , Trinity Suburb, Afghanistan War Monument on the island of Tears, Independence Square with its House of Government. KGB Historical Office and the Presidential Residence.

DAY 03: MINSK (Full Day Excursion MIR & NESVIZH) (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- You have the chance to see one of the most unique places in Belarus. The uniqueness lies in that Nesvizh and Mir castles are included into the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Mir. The 16th century was the time when the construction of the castle of a defensive type began in the quiet villageMir, Korelichi.

- Visit Mir Castle

- Nesvizh - Century Palace and Park of the famous Radziwill Family, Slutskaya Brama, Corpus Christi church, Town Hall

DAY 04: MINSK / VILNIUS (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner with Folk Show)

- Domestic flight to Vilnius

- Vilnius sightseeing: visit St. Anna's Church, St. Peter's and Paul's Church, the Cathedral, University, Gates of Dawn.

DAY 05: VILNIUS / TRAKAI / KAUNAS (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- Today visit Uzupis District, walk through Maluno Street, pass by Bernardine Monastery. See Palace of Honest and St. Balthazar Church. Take a cable car to Gediminas castle to admire a breathtaking view of Vilnius.

- Continue to Trakai, the formal capital of Lithuania, see the famous Trakai Castle.

DAY 06: KAUNAS / SIAULAI / KLAIPEDA (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- Morning sightseeing of the Old Town of Kaunas, see the 13th century castle, the Old Town Hall known as 'White Swan', the Archicathedral Basilica, church of St. Francis Xavier and the Jesuit monastery,Perkunas House and Vytautas church.

- Travel to Sauliai (pronounced as shoo-lay), visit The Hill of Crosses, the Lithuanian national pilgrimage centre. Brief sightseeing of Klaipeda, see the Old Post Office, historical Old Town full of handicraft shops, the Old Theatre and Simon Dach Square.

DAY 07: KLAIPEDA / CURONIAN SPIT-NIDA / LIEPAJA (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- After breakfast, take a ferry ride to Neringa, to visit Curonian Spit and fisherman's village Nida.

- Sightseeing tour in the National Park of the Curonian Spit, see the curved sand dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast.

DAY 08: LIEPAJA / KULDIGA / RIGA (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch)

- Visit Liepaja city centre and Karosta, the northern part of the city.

- Liepaja is known as a port city and also a city of students. Karosta was built in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military base of the Russia Empire and the Soviet Union. It's a spectacular, paradoxical and unique site in the world's history and architecture.

- Continue to Kuldiga, you will see the traditional wooden buildings, the old brick bridge built in 1874, visit Venta Rumba widest waterfall in Europe.

DAY 09: RIGA / JURMALA / RIGA (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- Riga sightseeing: see St. Peter's Cathedral, Riga Castle, Dome Cathedral, and the old Guild houses.

- Travel to Jurmala, the place to enjoy sea breeze, sun, nature, architecture and cultural life. Visit the popular white sand beach area.

DAY 10: RIGA / RUNDALE / RIGA (Buffet Breakfast)

- Free day in Riga to explore city on your own

- Optional excursion to Rundale Palace.

- Rundale Palace is the most magnificent masterpiece of baroque architecture in the Baltic States. It was designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a summer residence of the Duke of Courland Johan Ernst Biron in the 18th century.

DAY 11: RIGA / TALLINN (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

- Transfer to Tallinn

- City tour of Tallinn: enjoy walking through its parks and the streets. Visit the Old Town to see the narrow streets and beautiful merchants' houses with Gothic architecture.

- See the Toompea Castle,the 13th century Dome church, the 19th century Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky, the 15th century Town Hall Square, the Old Guild which built to celebrate Tallinn's membership in the Hanseatic League, and St. Olaf's church.

DAY 12: TALLINN / HOME (Buffet Breakfast / Meals On Board)

Today it's free at leisure till your airport transfer for your flight back home.

DAY 13: HOME

Remarks:

The sequence of the itinerary and hotel are subject to change without prior notice in the event of unforeseen circumstance.
During major conferences, fairs & festivals, accommodation may be located in an alternate city without prior notice.
In the event that a place of visit or attraction is closed to visitors, it will be replaced with an alternative if possible.
Some accommodations may not have specific twin or double room types.
Winter scheduled departures may have 5% - 10% changes to the itinerary due to inclusion of weather dependent attractions /activities
Travel Medical insurance of Euro 10,000 for visa free entry to Belarus for Singaporean and Malaysian
Domestic flight routing may change due to availability of flights