Secrets of Old Vilnius Smartphone App GPS Audio Walking Tour
Description
Unveil the secrets of Vilnius, it’s hidden gems and history on the Secrets of old Vilnius Walking Tour. You’ll learn about the history of its people, the founder, the Jewish Community that once thrived here, and well dig deep in the folklore, legends and stories of its past. You’ll be guided through the ancient squares, the small Jewish Quarter, the University gates, the narrow streets and presidential grounds, to name a few of the spots. This tour was created by a local who knows the history of the area. It's professionally narrated and infused with music to st the theme. The walking tour app guides you step by step pointing out what to see, the historic sites and hidden gems and sharing it's history.
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Itinerary
The tour starts with the story of the founding of Vilnius, a wolf, and the Grand Duke Gediminas. You'll see this historic statue, hear the story of the city, then be guided step by step through the city guided by your our walking tour app.
The miracle brick, you'll hear it's story, why it's called the miracle brick, and how. you might just get your own miracle, and how to do it.
You'll stop by the Vilnius Cathedral and hear it's history, the history of the wall around this area and how it changed over time.
Simonas Daukantas was a prominent Lithuanian historian, and writer who played a significant role in preserving and promoting Lithuanian culture and identity during the 19th century. You'll see the square the presidential palace and learn it's history.
You'll explore the square of the Vilnius University and discover it's story. It's a square not to be missed!
The Sage, one of the many murals depicting the Jewish History of the area, you'll hear the history of the murals, see many of them, and learn the Jewish History.
Who is Gaon? What happened to the Jewish people that lived here? What are the LItvaks? Learn the history of the Jewish people in Lithuania.
You'll see secret locations and learn their history, including this statue, and others in Vilnius.
You will walk through the Small Ghetto, and hear the stories, horrors of the Nazi's, how they targeted and killed the Jewish people here, and much more.
The tour ends at the Vilnius Town Hall where you'll hear it's history, things to do and the time when this was Russian occupied.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(3)
The tour was informative but relatively brief. We also struggled with locating some of the stops on the walk (e.g. the Sage) and don't know if that was a failing of our GPS in what are some very narrow streets with tall buildings. Overall, the tour was very inexpensive compared to a tour with a guide and it did take us to some places we were interested in seeing. The tour is suitable for those for whom time may be a key factor on decision making.
Overall the tour was good. I was traveling solo and enjoyed the guide telling of local history and parts of the city to look out for. I appreciated the GPS tracking until it didn’t work. The tour needs updating and some work. There were murals in the tour that no longer exist and have been painted over. Towards the middle to end of the tour, I could not locate some of the stops and became quite frustrated and wound up ending it early. It would be helpful if there were photos in the tour to help locate the points of interest, and a direction capability to get to them. The map wasn’t as helpful as you think you would be.
Informative tour with excellent easy to follow instructions. Picked up the tour two days later as didn’t have time to complete & this was easily done. Great audio tour, highly recommend
