Explore Lithuania

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Lithuania is the largest of the three Baltic countries, and also the one with the most troubled history. After having been a great kingdom, ceaselessly occupied by Poland, Germany and Russia, it was Lithuania that first faced the USSR, in 1989-1990, showing the way to independence.

Today, like its Baltic counterparts, Lithuania integrates the European Union dynamically, and adopted the euro on January 1, 2015. Moreover, if we include Russia below the Urals, Lithuania would be the geographical center of Europe (25 km from Vilnius exactly).

This is the perfect opportunity to explore these little-known lands dotted with numerous lakes, thick forests and some magnificent national parks.
Vilnius, which for a long time, thanks to its very large Jewish community, held the title of "Jerusalem of the North", is a magnificent conservatory of cultural and artistic influences.
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