Vilnius
A baroque old town of courtyards and church towers, four kitchens with a MICHELIN star, and an airport six kilometres from the centre.
- Arrival
- Vilnius International · VNO
- To the city
- About 6 km south of the centre
- Private jets
- Customs on site, prior permission required
- Best time
- May to August
The city
Old-town courtyards and a farm on the menu.
The old town of Vilnius is on the UNESCO list, and much of the city’s best cooking happens inside it. Nineteen18 seats guests at a counter off Dominikonų Street; Deep Roots, on Trakų Street in a house of the seventeenth century, cooks with produce from its own farm at Radiškis; both hold a MICHELIN star, as do Džiaugsmas and Demo.
Summer is short and bright. From May to August afternoons reach eighteen to twenty-two degrees and the evenings stay light; winters are long, with highs below freezing from December to February.
Arriving
Six kilometres from the old town.
Vilnius International lies about six kilometres south of the city, with a single runway of 2,515 metres and a control tower staffed around the clock.
- Copenhagen 1 h 25
- Zurich 2 h 10
- Geneva 2 h 30
- Abu Dhabi 5 h 40
- Miami 11 h 25 long-range jet
When to go
May to August.
A continental, northern climate: mild summers of eighteen to twenty-two degrees, with July the wettest month. Autumn cools fast, and from December to February the days stay below freezing.
- -3° J 40
- -2° F 35
- 3° M 38
- 11° A 46
- 18° M 59
- 21° J 75
- 22° J 77
- 22° A 72
- 16° S 65
- 10° O 51
- 4° N 56
- -1° D 53
What to see and do
Days in and around Vilnius.
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Landmark
Cathedral Square
The city's main open space, at the foot of the old town, faced by the former telegraph building that is now the Grand Hotel.
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Landmark
Užupis
The artists’ quarter across the little Vilnia river, a few minutes’ walk from the old town.
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Landmark
Pilies and Didžioji
The two streets that run through the old town, lined with palaces, churches and courtyards.
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Culture
Trakai Island Castle
A brick castle on an island in Lake Galvė, begun in the 14th century and finished around 1409 under Vytautas, now a history museum.
Official site -
Culture
Kernavė Archaeological Site
Five hill forts and the buried medieval town in the Neris valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004.
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Opera & music
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
A house of 984 seats on Vienuolio Street in the Old Town, in its present building since 1974.
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Culture
Vilnius University
Founded in 1579, with thirteen courtyards, the Church of St Johns and its bell tower, and a university museum open to guided visits.
Official site
Where to stay
In the old town, and out by a lake.
Shown for information. We have no arrangement with any of these hotels.
- Hotel Pacai A palace of the old town with frescoes, 104 rooms, a spa with a Turkish bath and a large inner courtyard, and the only MICHELIN Key in the city.
- Grand Hotel Vilnius, Curio Collection by Hilton The former Kempinski, in the old telegraph building across from Cathedral Square, under the Curio Collection name since 2024.
- Narutis A boutique hotel on Pilies Street, with its own restaurant and a spa.
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Esperanza Lake Resort Thirty rooms on eleven private hectares at the wooded edge of Lake Ungurys, with one MICHELIN Key.
Where to dine
Four stars in the city.
From the MICHELIN Guide Lithuania 2026, shown for information. We have no arrangement with any of these restaurants.
- Nineteen18 One Michelin star Modern €€€€ Dominikonų Street, Old Town
- Deep Roots One Michelin star Modern €€€€ Trakų Street
- Džiaugsmas One Michelin star Modern €€€ Vilniaus Street
- Demo One Michelin star Innovative €€€ T. Ševčenkos Street
- Elēno MICHELIN Guide Creative French €€€€ Gediminas Avenue
- Stikliai MICHELIN Guide Modern €€€€ The Stikliai Hotel, Gaono Street
- Amandus MICHELIN Guide Modern €€€€ Užupis
Elsewhere in Lithuania
More reasons to come.
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