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Don’t follow the herd and just visit the castle, there’s lots of other things to explore in Trakai. Here’s the tip of the iceberg to get you started.
 

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Trakai History Museum
Karaimų 43c (Trakai Castle)
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Spread around the castle and linked via a baffling array of higgledy-piggledy wooden steps and dark, plunging spiral staircases, two main collections can be …
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Cemeteries

Catholic Cemetery
Vilniaus Mažoji
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Set in a tiny valley with graves rising up on either side, the town’s Catholic Cemetery is wholly unremarkable for those who’ve visited Lithuanian cemeteries …
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Churches

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Birutės 5
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A church of one sort or another has stood on this site since 1409, with the usual history of fires and wars paving the way for additions and reconstructions …
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Cemeteries

Old Jewish Cemetery
Vilniaus Mažoji
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On September 30, 1941, Trakai’s 300 or so Jewish men, women and children were marched to the nearby forest at Varnikai and shot. All that remains of the town’s …
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Orthodox Cemetery
Gedimino
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It wouldn’t be fair to list so many cemeteries without mentioning the final resting places of Trakai’s Russian Orthodox community. Forming a small triangle …
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Places of interest

Peninsula Castle
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Predating the Island Castle by a few decades and located nearby on the southern shore of Lake Galvė, the Peninsula Castle met the same fate as its younger …
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Museums

Rowing Museum
Karaimų 93a (inside Academia Remigum)
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More of a collection of rowing-related bits and bobs inside a hotel and restaurant than a traditional museum, exhibits have been collected from all over the …
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Churches

Russian Orthodox Church
Vytauto 32
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Built to commemorate the crushing of the 1863 rebellion against the tsarist occupation, this typical small Russian Orthodox church is full to bursting with a …
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Museums

Sacred Art Exhibition
Kęstučio 4
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Housed inside a former chapel that forms part of a 19th-century Dominican monastery which itself lies inside the territory of the Peninsula Castle, this small …
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Tourist information

Trakai Historical National Park Information Bureau
Karaimų 5
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These nice people can organise excursions inside the 8,200-hectare park and fix you up with a camping or fishing permit too. They also stock a number of …
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Trakai Tourist Information Centre
Karaimų 41
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Staffed by friendly, knowledgeable locals, come here for armloads of brochures and information on cultural events, places to stay and lots more.
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