Kaunas Ancient Monuments and Old Town Tour
Monuments to explore in Kaunas:
Begin the tour with the mid-14th century Medieval Kaunas Castle, built in the Gothic style.
Town Hall - the 16th-century Town Hall houses a Museum of Ceramics.
Ninth Fort - the fort was used as a prison and also served as a place of execution for Jews, captured Soviets, and others.
St. Peter's & Paul's Cathedral-Basilica.
Vytautas the Great Church - the Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania, is one of the oldest churches in the city.
Rumsiskes Open-Air Museum (on request) - the Open Air Museum of Lithuania is one of the largest open-air ethnographic museums in Europe.
Church of St. Michael the Archangel - Roman-Byzantine in style, it is closely related to Russian Orthodox customs because it was built by the Russian Empire.
Perkuno House - built by Hanseatic merchants, it now houses the museum of Adam Mickiewicz.
Laisves Avenue - this prominent pedestrian street stretches from St. Michael the Archangel's Byzantine-style church to the Central Post Office and the Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum around the Old Town.
Historical Presidential Palace - this Neo-Baroque building in the Old Town of Kaunas served as the Presidential Palace during the interwar years.
Pazaislis Monastery (on request) - the largest monastery complex in Lithuania, it stands as an example of Italian Baroque architecture in the country.
