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Tour: Bicycle tour Baltic. Vilnius-Ryga-Tallinn
Duration: 12 days.
   
Important: Minimum group size 15 person

Tour includes:

11 nights, including breakfast at 3* class hotels
11 dinners
Guided sightseeing with local guides as per itinerary
Ferry to Curonian Spit
Entrance tickets to museums
Bicycles: Male and female
1 bicycle basket

Transport and driver services as per itinerary

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Programme:

Day 1. Arrival to Vilnius.
Arrival to Vilnius and transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 2. Vilnius- Trakai – Kaunas ( 25 km)
Guided sightseeing around Vilnius famous for its Old Town, which was designated by UNESCO as the World Heritage Site. The tour includes the highlights of Vilnius: the Cathedral, the Gates of Dawn with a holy image of Virgin Mary, St. Peter & Paul’s Church – a pearl of Vilnius baroque, St. Anne’s Church. In afternoon, free time to explore the city. 
Dinner in local restaurant and overnight at the hotel. Transfer Vilnius-Trakai and excursion to the 14th century gothic Castle built on an island in Lake Galvė. Then start cycling around the lake to Užutrakis Park designed by famous French landscape architect Edward André. Afterwards cycle on picturesque hilly road Trakai-Semeliškės-Aukštadvaris. Transfer to Kaunas, dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 3. Kaunas-Ventė (45 km)
After walking tour around the Old Town of Kaunas, transfer to Vilkija, where you start cycling along the Nemunas River passing by the impressive 16th-17th century castles of Panemunė. Transfer from Skirsnemunė to the River Nemunas Delta. Visit to Ornithological Station in the Ventė Horn, where the North Atlantic migratory route of birds leads through.Dinner and overnight at country farmstead in Ventė.

Day 4. Vente – Curonian Spit ( 12 km)
Early morning cycle to Minija village, where start your boat trip to Nida, the most beautiful leisure resort in Lithuania. Sightseeing in Nida. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 5. Nida-Juodkrante
After crossing the Curonian Lagoon cycle to Juodkrantė. Sightseeing in Juodkrante . Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 6. Juodkrante-Klaipeda (18km)
Cycle from Juodkrantė to Klaipeda. Sightseeing in Klaipeda. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

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Day 7. Klaipėda-Palanga-Siauliai -Riga (25 km).
Cycling from the hotel in Klaipeda to Palanga through the Seacoast Regional Park, former soviet military polygon. On the way to Palanga enjoy nice views of the Baltic Sea from the highest coastal cliff in Lithuania, Plocis Lake with a lot of rare birds and coastal grasslands. Arrival to Palanga, the most popular Lithuanian resort, where you visit the Amber Museum located in a Botanical Garden. Transfer Palanga-Riga with a short stop to explore the Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Riga.

Day 8. Riga-Sigulda.
The day starts with sightseeing tour around Riga’s Old Town including visit to the Dome Cathedral, which boasts one of the world’s largest pipe organs, etc. After lunch experience a genuine whiff of the Middle Ages by visiting the 12th-13th century Turaida and Sigulda Castles in the Gauja River National Park and known as the most popular tourist and leisure destination in Latvia. 
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Sigulda.

Day 9. Sigulda-Cesis –Parnu (30 km)
Cycle to Cesis, administration centre of Vidzeme region. On the way to Cesis, visit Araiši Open-air Museum – renovated ancient Latgals settlement and Ruins of the Araiši Castle. Transfer to Pärnu, the city known as the Estonian summer capital and coastal resort. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Parnu.

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Day 10. Parnu- Haapsalu (49 km).
Transfer to Audru. Sightseeing. Cycle to Helmkula. Afterwards transfer to Haapsalu. Sightseeing. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Haapsalu.

Day 11. Haapsalu - Tallinn (53 km)
Early morning cycle along the sea coast. Bus transfer to Tallinn after lunch. In the afternoon guided sightseeing tour around Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. During the tour you will see the highlights of Tallinn: the Old Town with the only survived gothic Town Hall in Northern Europe, ancient fortification walls, the Dome Church and the Great Guild, etc. In the evening, free time at your leisure. Overnight at the hotel in Tallinn.

Day 12.
Transfer to Tallinn airport for departure home.