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Vytautas Hill - observation tower - Devil's Beast

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Briefly about the route

4.5 h.

18 km

Objects: 17

Road surface

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This route invites you to travel in Birštonas and its forested river banks. You will visit Vytautas Hill and the observation tower, from which the panorama of the Nemunas loops opens. Further during the trip you will visit the Škėvonys outcrop and the Devil's Beast. You will return to Birštonas on the other part of the Žvėrinčius forest trail. Along the trail you will find established campsites, sports facilities, fireplaces.

The pine, which is very widely spread on the summer stage, on the very edge of Birštonas Central Park, on the bank of the Nemunas, has been green for more than a hundred years - it is the oldest pine in Birštonas Central Park. It is probable that most of the other older pines in the park have germinated from its seeds, which is why the people of Birštonas sometimes call it the mother of pines. The municipality declared it a protected object, a natural monument of local significance. If the branch could speak, these secrets of her would also be protected. After all, picnics, concerts and other cultural events,...

< 10 min.

910 m

Summer in Biršton

Mornings smelling of delicious coffee. Fresh fruit drinks. Ice cream with a unique taste and colorful desserts. Craft beer. Discovered in family and travels, checked by friends, exclusive recipes on the summer terrace with a view of the bends of the Nemunas.

< 10 min.

510 m

Nemunas River Bank in Birštonas

This riverbank, erected in the 1970’s, aimed to protect the resort from the floods; over time it has become the most important promenade in Birštonas. A pedestrian and cycling path 2 km in length along The Nemunas River bank also joins together Vytautas Hill and Birštonas Central Park. The bank is fitted with benches to have rest and enjoy the quietness of river-gazing. One of these benches is called a "Dream bench". Tourists say in jest that a walk and rest at Nemunas River Bank produce a better refreshing effect than several procedures in the sanatorium. The microclimate near the bank is...

Statue of Vytautas the Great

Statue of Vytautas the Great was built from pink granite by sculptor G. Jokūbonis and architect V. Čekanauskas. The sculptor embodied ideas expressed by a majority of Birštonas’ residents - to bring Vytautas and his horse back to their hunting-ground. Sculptor G. Jokūbonis created a sculpture were Vytautas’ figure blends into a horse figure, this way the sculptor emphasizes Vytautas’s abilities to fight and desire to act. Granite for the statue was brought from the country the grounds of which belonged to Lithuania during the rule of Vytautas the Great - Ukraine. The statue weighed nearly thirty tons....

< 10 min.

270 m

When you arrive at Birštonas, climbing Vytautas Hill is a must do. After you climb the 40 m high slope, you will be able to pause for breath on a beautifully arranged rest site. The site opens a fascinating panoramic view upon Birštonas town and Nemunas bend. The view is beautiful throughout the year, so climbing Vytautas Hill has become a ritual for Birštonas guests. Furthermore, this place is a favourite of selfie makers and painters visiting the resort town. Vytautas Hill is the best-known and highest mound in Lithuania. In the past, there was a castle on this hill which protected Trakai Duchy...

< 1 min.

10 m

Chapel-column to Vytautas the Great

Chapel pillar for Vytautas the Great Sculptor Ipolitas Užkurnys. 1982

< 1 min.

160 m

Yellow pump-room

From afar, the bright mineral water fountain not only decorates the misty park, but also invites you to refresh yourself with mineral water. Just don't forget to bring a cup with you! In the fourth of the 20th century built bivouette of representative architecture (from the French language - a house above a spring) reminds us that the mineral water springs are the most valuable in this resort. Already in the 19th century at the end, the springs in Biršton began to be covered with various canopies. Withstanding the Second World War and the ups and downs of the resort during the changing eras, this bivouette remains one of...

< 1 min.

31 m

Birštonas kurhaus

One of the oldest wooden buildings in Lithuania, Kurhaus located just a short distance from Vytautas Park. Since opening in 1855, it differed from similar houses. It accommodated no playhouse, no banks, but was opened for classical music concerts. This tradition has survived the times and continues nowadays. As you enter, there is an art exhibition and a display of historical photos of the building showing how its appearance differed from present day. The building withstood wars. It was protected even during Soviet times, and because of that, its appearance has changed very little during the last one hundred and fifty years. ...

Birštonas Tourism Information Center

Not many people know that Birštonas mineral water resort was a private town until the restoration of independence. What’s even more interesting is that written records of the resort date back to the 14th century when a fortified wooden castle was mentioned in the New Prussian Chronicle by Vygandas Marburgietis (Wigand of Marburg). In 1382, the Grand Master of the Order of the Teutonic Knights was informed that a homestead was founded by the salty water (near the Nemunas river). It happened almost 500 years before the location was granted official status as a resort! The small town began to be known as an oasis of rest...

< 1 min.

160 m

Mineral water "Versmė"

Natural, real, unsaturated carbonated (non-carbonated) mineral water "Versme" can be tasted for free at the sanatorium "Versmė". Ingredients: sodium-calcium chloride water. Total mineralization: 3.5-5.5 g / dm3. In fact, the locals do not call this biuvet. It is "Versm" because it flows from the 270 m deep "Verser's" well. Gray brick building, richly decorated with marble, brass décor and window glass with stained glass, built in 1975. together with the entire sanatorium complex "Versmė". Next to Versminės is one of the most famous fountains of Birštonas with...

10 min.

1.7 km

Birštonas Observation Tower

The Nemunas is not only the largest and water-rich river in Lithuania, but also the most glorified in the songs, woven into legends and described by chroniclers in ancient times. Even now there are modern legends about the loops of this river, and so far geologists cannot answer the question of how the loops had formed. Scientists say that the loops of the Nemunas are a unique phenomenon not only in Lithuania but in all glacier areas as well. In search of the shortest path to the Baltic Sea, the Nemunas performed the work of a real sculptor. “Grandpa” Nemunas mesmerized a lot of travelers with his valleys,...

< 10 min.

350 m

Seklytėlė restaurant is located in unique in a unique natural place, in the regional park of the Neman loops. It is next to at the trail leading to the impressive geological outcrop of Škevonys . Its height is 33 m, width is more than 0.5 km. It is a unique natural object that reveals the geological past.

< 1 min.

140 m

Škėvonys Escarpment

Formed at the end of the Glacial Age, this is one of the most valuable geological objects in Northern Europe. This more than 500m-long escarpment steep reaches more than 33 m at its highest point. A walking route 1.6 km long bends above the escarpment. According to geologists, this place is valuable because of its variety of rocks and geological formations that reveal the processes of landscape formation more than one hundred thousand years ago. This is also a unique place for holidaymakers to enjoy the beauty of the Nemunas River and the panorama of its riverbanks. The escarpment itself can be best seen not from the walking...

< 10 min.

430 m

Royal SPA Residence

Our cozy restaurant, a bar and a summer outdoor terrace will allow you to relax and unwind from city bustle. Here we reveal experience and emotions, taste and knowledge, love and harmony through culinary masterpieces. We use only high-quality and selected stock for cooking. We serve dishes creatively; we pay great attention to combination of the tastes and variety of products. We bake our own bread - our guests can buy and take fresh bread along!

35 min.

5 km

Devil's Cognitive Trail

Visit the Devil's Bog near Prienai. Take a walk on the updated trail. The trail is designed to get acquainted with forest and swamp communities, the most typical plants and animals. It is the only high marsh in the Prienai loop. The marsh resembles a bowl filled with a thick layer of peat in which water accumulates during rain or melting snow. The most important plants in the raised bog are the chemistry. These mosses have no roots. The lower part of the cumin is constantly forgotten and sunk deep. Thus, peat has been formed over many years, which has been mined and used for mud baths in Birštonas health resorts. When the...

30 min.

4.4 km

Žvėrinčius Oak

The hundred-year-old Žvėrinčius oak has been one of the major tourist attractions until recently. According to legend, the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas rested under his branches during the hunt. However, in 2005, During Hurricane Ervinas, an old man of 1.8 m in diameter and 15 m in height was resting on a moss forest and resting there to this day. Travelers can see an unusually-looking collar-shaped pine alongside the fallen Žvėrinčius (Vytautas) oak.

20 min.

3.1 km

As you leave the Žvėrinčius forest, at the bend along the Nemunas River, you will be greeted by an observation point and a scenic viewer, which will allow you to see nature life in close proximity, and the nature next to it will open a great sunset view.

< 10 min.

760 m

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