Our Kaunas Highlights

• Bernelių Užeiga

  
  Kaunas » Restaurants & Cafés » Lithuanian

  Lithuanian white tablecloth dining featuring waiters dressed as rustic penguins and a menu of eye-catching fare. Arguably Kaunas’ most famous if not beloved traditional restaurant, despite its undisputed pedigree the prices are still more than affordable. Read on
  

• Lithuanian Aviation Museum

  
  Kaunas » Sightseeing » Museums & Galleries

  A fairly substantial collection of memorabilia and some actual aircraft including a home-built helicopter, a Soviet-built flight simulator and the chance to pilot your own computerised plane. Read on
  

• Kaunas

  
  Kaunas » Hotels » Upmarket

  An unbeatable location and by all accounts one of the classiest and most popular hotels in town with those who appreciate the finer things in life. Read on
  

• Medžiotojų Užeiga

  
  Kaunas » Restaurants & Cafés » Lithuanian

  A slightly stripped back menu from previous years greets diners inside what still remains a worthwhile restaurant. Although their speciality dishes featuring meat not often seen on a menu has shrunk, there’s still plenty to keep one intrigued. Read on
  

• Sugihara House

  
  Kaunas » Sightseeing » Jewish Kaunas

  Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) was the Japanese Vice Consul to Lithuania in Kaunas for a brief period between 1939 and 1940. Together with the acting Dutch Consul Jan Zwartendijk (1896-1976) he saved thousands of Jews over a short three-week period in 1940 by issuing visas against orders to get them out of what was at the time Soviet-occupied Lithuania and away to Read on
  

• Apple Economy Hotel

  
  Kaunas » Hotels » Budget

  An excellent location just across the road from the Castle, choose from Standard or Buena Vista rooms (the latter facing the aforementioned fort) complete with a choice of shared and en suite bathroom facilities, communal internet access and even a museum showcasing the world of souvenirs in the form of bottles of Soviet-era perfume and the head of a crocodile. Read on
  

• Kaunas Puppet Theatre

  
  Kaunas » Culture » Theatres

  Established in 1958 around the same time that scores of similar theatres were opening behind the Iron Curtain, Kaunas’ fine Puppet Theatre puts on several different performances a year for the benefit of local children in a small and large auditorium inside the building. Read on
  

• Kaunas Acrobatic Flying Club

  
  Kaunas » Directory » Sport & Leisure

  Located in the small S. Darius ir S. Girėnas Airport in Aleksotas, learn to fly a glider or light aircarft. Pleasure trips are also available. Read on
  

• B.O.

  
  Kaunas » Nightlife » Bars

  Supposedly taking its name from the poem The World Is Blue As An Orange by the French Surrealist poet Paul Éluard, this place has been around forever and long may it continue to be open. Read on