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Sunny afternoon route

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Briefly about the route

5 h.

3.8 km

Objects: 21

Road surface

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You can start your sunny afternoon with a natural mineral water in the yellow bouquet. Here you will travel to Vytautas Hill after tasting the natural mineral water Vytautas. After climbing Vytautas Hill and admiring the panoramic view of Birštonas resort, you will go to see the sculptures for Vytautas the Great, which you will find in Vytautas Park.

While walking in Vytautas Park, you will move towards the mineral water pavilion "Birutės vilas". After regaining your strength, you will go to refresh and taste the water of the Birutė spring, which flows from the head of a mythical creature. The nearby Kneipp therapy tracks will invite you to body hardening procedures. After the healing procedures, you will continue your journey by inspecting the graceful neo-Gothic red-brick St. Antanas Paduvietis Church. To find out more, visit the Birštonas Sacred Museum in the former rectory building.

After visiting the museum, you will go towards J. Basanavičius Square, where you will see a monument dedicated to Jonas Basanavičius. There are several cafés in the square where you can have a coffee or a refreshment before continuing your journey.

You will continue your journey on Vytauto St., which will take you to the Birštonas Museum. In the museum you can learn the most interesting facts about the history of the resort and see a number of valuable historical, artistic and technical exhibits. In addition, visits to Birštonas museums are free of charge.

After visiting the museum, you will enjoy a particularly healthy "sea effect" weather. You will visit the only mineral water evaporation building in Lithuania, Druskupis. Also, you can see the panel “Water Carriers” in the nearby Eugė Sanatorium.

Halfway through the route, we suggest you have lunch at the Essay Gastro Bar or visit other restaurants you will meet during your trip. If you get stronger, you will be able to make a selfie with Martynas Gaubas' sculpture "Container", which is a great companion for selfies. Oh, to make the personality exclusive - the impressive branched pine grows right next door.

You will return to the starting point of the trip on the banks of the Nemunas. You will be able to admire the Nemunas or try out the services provided by Birštonas boats. Towards the end of the route, you will visit Birštonas Kurhaus, one of the few surviving buildings of this type in Lithuania.
The last point on the route is Birštonas Tourism Information Center, where you can get the information you need, relax or buy a souvenir that will remind you of Birštonas.

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...

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300 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...

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100 m

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....

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26 m

Visitors to Vytautas Park leave this place full of determination to live a healthier life, keep calm and be happier. A walk in Kneipp Garden will give you much more energy than a cup of coffee, and a look at the highest lime-trees in Lithuania will remind you of going for a walk with a head up more often. The most visited part of the park is Kneipp Garden. According to the former Pope's doctor, priest's Sebastian Kneipp philosophy, the massage passages are meant for walking barefoot and then refreshing your feet in a pool filled with warm water. People say that after these procedures they feel an immediate abundance...

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110 m

Mineral water pavilion „Birutės Villa“

In Vytautas Park, right next to the Nemunas embankment, you will see a white one-storey building with large windows. Come in at any time of the year. Sun loungers with fountains around the saltwater pool await holidaymakers. When you lie down, you can breathe calmly and deeply in the salty air watching the sky through the glass roof or the changing colors of the "waterfall". It is free of charge. Doctors claim that the natural mineral water evaporating in Birutė's villa is especially useful for patients with respiratory diseases or who want to prevent them, it has a positive effect on the skin, which contains...

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75 m

Sring "Birutė"

Right next to Kurhaus, you can see a great example of small resort architecture visited by a few tourists - a white, beautiful classical form of the Birutė spring building, decorated with a blacksmith's metal fence. In warm weather, water flows from the mouth of a mythical creature. This place is perfect for lovers of personalities and photo shoots, because it is convenient to line the stairs around the source, and the building of the source itself is great decoration. Therefore, even today you can find many photos from the interwar period, in which elegant ladies and gentlemen pose against the background of the source. The...

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50 m

"Water cures everything, water works wonders, prevention is better than cure" is a unique health philosophy that was developed in the 19th century. was created and perfected by the German clergyman Sebastianas Kneipas and is managed in the Birštonas resort. Wellness according to Sebastian Kneip strengthens the whole organism, strengthens the body and soul, strengthens the immune system. Holistic health improvement according to Sebastian Kneip is based on a system of 5 elements: water therapy, movement therapy, herbal therapy, harmony therapy, healthy diet. According to Kneipp's recommendations, a Kneipp garden...

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120 m

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua

It is believed that the church was built in 1529. already was, because Birštonas is called a city. in 1609 the elder is obliged to rebuild the dilapidated church of Birštonas, for which 2 walaks of land were donated. in 1643 the village of Žydeikoniy was donated to the church and obliged to hold services. The former parish became a branch. It is believed that in 1655 the church burned down because in 1674 again obliged to rebuild. 1669, 1717 and 1744 specified branch. in 1782 a cross stood on the site of the church. in 1787 a new wooden church was built. Prienai elder K. Sapiega provided the funds. in 1795 restored parish....

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81 m

Birštonas Museum of Sacral Art

The Sacred Museum, located in the building of the former rectory, receives more and more pilgrims and individual visitors every year. Whether it is because of the excellent exposition of art values or because of the sincere attention to each visitor, those who have been here called the visit "a real rest for the soul and refreshment of thoughts". The legendary Lithuanian poet Justinas Marcinkevičius declared that this museum is dedicated to love. From the outside, the building of the current museum looks like a modest log cabin with ethnographic decorations. However, valuable historical, religious and artistic expositions...

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130 m

Monument to Jonas Basanavičius

1918 February 16 Monument to Jonas Basanavičius, signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence and public figure. The sculptures in Birštonas are from different periods. The oldest is the bust of Jonas Basanavičius, built in 1939. The construction of the monument was financed from the resort fee. The bust remained intact during the Soviet era. The author of the sculpture Antanas Aleksandravičius was personally acquainted with Dr. J. Basanavičius. 1918 A. Aleksandravičius settled in the official apartment of the Academy of Sciences, where he met J. Basanavičius. The artist J. Basanavičius left a deep impression. Soon the...

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18 m

The restaurant is simply designed for both young and old. In the room, the spaces are delicately felt, because you can find a place for a business conversation, a youthful gathering, to spend a minute of quiet rest. Flowers live here, smells and youthful freedom are in the air. Coffee barista's corner, and details that make you think about where you could apply them in your interior. In the meadows we always feel liberated, without any frames and realize that only here we are ourselves.

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140 m

Birštonas Museum

The museum, located in the building of a wooden villa, was loved by both Birštonas vacationers and tourists from further afield. Here in half an hour you can learn the most interesting facts about the history of the resort and see a number of valuable historical, art and technical exhibits. In addition, visiting the museum is free, unless you book a tour or educational program, and it is open six days a week. First of all, the museum building, included in the list of cultural heritage, is noteworthy. in 1933 this romantic villa with turrets and ornamented balconies was built by forester Antanas Katelė. Until the Second World...

< 10 min.

510 m

"Druskupis" mineral water evaporation facility

The only one of its kind in Lithuania is the mineral water evaporation structure "Druskupis" in Biršton, where you can enjoy the particularly healthy "sea effect" air. People living in the resort and visiting guests of the city can try inhalations in the open air, strengthen health and strengthen the body with light therapy. In the park of Vytautas Jurgis Meška, in an open mineral water evaporation tower-pavilion of original architecture with a mineral water fountain and salt gallery, the mineral water flowing through the walls of the evaporator, under the influence of the sun and wind, spontaneously...

Pan "Water Carriers" ceramics, sculptor Benediktas Bražiūnas, 1986 Pano is exhibited at the Eglė Sanatorium budget .

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340 m

An artistic, free environment where it's just fun to be. We will feed those who are ravenously hungry full and fresh. Products from Lithuanian eco farms. For the moderately hungry - really good snacks and drinks menu. "Something light and fresh for me!" - we will offer the delicious desserts of Esse's owner Ruta (which we ourselves really like and eat quickly, so they don't "get stale", they are always freshly prepared), the chef's delicacies, a little exotic, maybe crunchy. Good energy in the morning! Hot breakfast, snacks, homemade muffins, juice, coffee and tea are...

Attention‼️ We would like to inform you that the sculpture "Container" is temporarily closed due to ongoing renovation works. Sorry for the inconvenience! In the summer stage, the sculpture of the artist Martynas Gaubs is a head. The large, yellow replica of the head of the artist M. Gaubos is called "Container", and in fact it is a huge three-dimensional selfie that you can immortalize yourself with.

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.

1.2 km

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.

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210 m

The resorts are usually associated with the time we spend with our dear ones. Family-owned Old Town Grill family restaurant welcomes you to enjoy delicious dishes in Birštonas. The restaurant has extensive children menu. We are also pet-friendly property. The unique feature of our place is grill dishes which are cooked in open kitchen on warm summer evenings. Old Town Grill invites you to taste our signature dish – pork ribs cooked made by chef’s special recipe. The ribs are served with the original steak sauce which includes twenty-four ingredients. Our chef and...

< 10 min.

380 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...

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