Villa Kaunensis

Top choice in Kaunas


The location of this Catholic archdiocesan guesthouse couldn't be better, snuggled between venerable churches and overlooking the Old Town square. Rooms are a rhapsody in beige, but spacious with high ceilings and big windows. There's a communal kitchen to cook breakfast (not offered) and staff couldn't be friendlier. Book your parking space (€3) in advance.


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1. Holy Trinity Church

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The western side of Rotušės aikštė is filled by the late-Renaissance (1624–34), terracotta-roofed Holy Trinity Church.

2. St George's Church

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This 15th-century church and monastery has been ruined and rebuilt several times over the centuries, and served both Napoleon and the Soviets as a…

3. Ceramics Museum

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Features Lithuanian ceramics and porcelain from the 20th century and earlier periods, and often houses temporary exhibitions.

4. Town Hall

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Old Town's tallest tower (53m) rises from Kaunas' Town Hall, an elegant white layer-cake of a building. Built in the mid-16th century, the hall has served…

5. Maironis Lithuanian Literary Museum

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Even travellers unenthused by turn-of-the-20th-century literature will be enchanted by this museum dedicated to Lithuanian luminary Maironis (aka Jonas…

6. Statue of Maironis

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Maironis was the pen name of Kaunas priest and poet Jonas Mačiulis (1862–1932) whose writings helped to awaken the country’s nationalist longings in the…

7. Kaunas Castle

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A reconstructed tower, sections of wall and part of a moat are all that remain of 14th-century Kaunas Castle, an important bastion against Teutonic…

8. St Francis Xavier Church & Monastery

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The southern side of Rotušės aikštė is dominated by rosy-pink late-Baroque facade of the St Francis Xavier Church, college and Jesuit monastery complex…