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City
Transit On the Road
Planes Trains
and Buses
Car
Rental Travel Agents Distances
The official municipality public transport website at www.vilniustransport.lt
includes full timetables in English, and is a good place to get your feet wet. Bus and trolleybus tickets can be purchased at most newspaper kiosks for 0.80 litas a piece. Be prepared to get squashed during rush hour. You can avoid the crush by taking city mini-cabs at 2 litas a ride. You can flag them down anywhere on the street. They let you off anywhere along their designated route. Also info at
www.minibus.lt.
By post-Soviet standards, Lithuania's highways are excellent. The highway
linking Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda is double-lane and could be confused for a highway in
North America. The road to Riga is not so hot. It is divided until you hit Panevezys.
After that, it's more like a country road between villages than a highway linking two
European capitals.
Other
tips: Lithuanians drive like they have a death-wish. So be careful. Also, note
that Lithuania has a zero option for drinking and driving. If you sniff a beer cap, you're
over the limit.
Airport info at tel. 230-6666. If they can’t
answer queries, they’ll tell you who can. www.vilnius-airport.lt
Aeroflot: Pylimo 8/2, tel. 212-4189; at the
airport, tel. 232-9300. www.aeroflot.com
Air Baltic: Airport, tel. 235-6000; www.airbaltic.com
Austrian Airlines: Basanaviciaus 11/1, tel. 231-3137.
Czech Airlines: (C-4) Valanciaus 9/4, tel. 215-1503; www.czech-airlines.com
Estonian Air: Airport departure hall, tel.
273-9022. www.estonian-air.com
Finnair: (D-5) at the aiport, tel. 261-9339; www.finnair.com
Lithuanian Airlines: (A-3) Konstitucijos 12, tel.
275-2585; airport 252-5555; www.lal.lt
LOT (Polish Airlines): tel. 273-9020.
Relatively cheap flights to Warsaw. www.lot.com
Lufthansa: Airport departure hall, tel.
216-2222; www.lufthansa.com
SAS: At the airport, tel. 235-6000; www.scandinavian.net
The Vilnius train station, at Gelezinkelio 16
(E-4). For information call tel. 233-0086 or 233-0087. The train station is more user friendly than it used to be.
Oddly, there are no direct train lines to Tallinn; there are to Riga,
Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Minsk and Warsaw. Train service
from Vilnius to destinations out of Lithuania has deteriorated over
the past few years, but bus traffic has greatly improved. There are
comfortable buses to many destinations west and east. A trip to
western Europe from Vilnius is a lot shorter than from Tallinn or
Riga, and not as tiring.
The Vilnius bus station, at Sodu 22 (D-5), tel.
216-2977 or 1661 it has also improved.
The ticket-office for Eurolines Baltic International is at the
bus station, (D-4) Sodu 22; tel. 215-1377; and (C-4) Jogailos 4, tel.
269-0000; info@eurolines.lt, www.eurolines.lt.
Connects to most Western European cities, and also to Tallinn and
Riga. The quality of buses can vary.
Varita Buses: (A-3) Konstitucijos 12a, tel. 273-0219, varita@takas.lt,
www.varita.lt. Their buses only go to Germany, but they sell tickets to over 200
different European cities.
A&A Litinterp: (C-5) Bernardinu 7/2, tel.
212-3850; vilnius@litinterp.lt.
www.litinterp.lt
Autorenta: Rodunios 8-102, tel. (687) 77-258 24h. service; info@carrent.lt.
www.carrent.lt
Avis: Darius ir Gireno 32a, tel. 230-6820; at
the airport, tel. 232-9316; avis@avis.lt.
www.avis.lt
Budget: Rodunios kelias 2, tel. 230-6708, budget@budget.lt.
www.budget.lt
Europcar: (B-5) L. Stuokos-Guceviciaus 9-1,
tel. 212-0207; city@europcar.lt.
www.europcar.lt
Hertz: (B-4) Kalvariu 14, tel. 272-6940; at the
airport, tel. 232-9301; hertz@hertz.lt.
www.hertz.lt
Sixt:
at the airport tel. 239-5636; rent@sixt.lt;
Gelezinio Vilko 18a, tel. 210-9630. www.sixt.lt
Unirent: at the airport, tel. 239-5864, vilnius@unirent.lt. Also an office in Klaipeda, at
Pievu Takas 15, tel. (46) 312-613.
www.unirent.lt
AAA Wrislit: (D-5) Rudninku 16, tel. 212-2081;
and Seimyniskiu 1a, tel. 263-6150; wrislit@wrislit.lt.
www.wrislit.lt
Baltic Tours: J. Tumo-Vaizganto 9/1, tel.
266-1616; info@baltictours.lt.
www.baltictours.lt
Baltic Travel Service: (D-5) Subaciaus 2, tel.
212-0220; lcc@bts.lt. www.bts.lt
Lithuanian Holidays: (B-5) Seimyniskiu 1a, tel. 263-6064.
www.lithuanianholidays.lt
Lithuanian Student and Youth Travel: J.
Basanaviciaus 30, tel. 239-7397; info@jaunimas.lt.
www.jaunimas.lt
Lithuanian Tours: (B-5) Seimyniskiu 18, tel.
272-4154; contact@lithuaniantours.com.
www.lithuaniantours.com
Visit Lithuania Travel Agency: (G-2)
Odiminiu 5, tel. 262-5241;
info@visitlithuania.net. www.visitlithuania.net
West Express: (C-4) A. Stulginskio 5, tel.
212-2500; office@westexpress.lt.
Will deliver plane, train and ferry tickets for no added charge. www.westexpress.lt
Vilnius to Minsk—195 km (121 mi)
Vilnius to Riga—300 km (186 mi)
Vilnius to Warsaw—481 km (299 mi)
Vilnius to Tallinn—605 km (376 mi)
Vilnius to Helsinki—690 km (429 mi)
Vilnius to St. Petersburg—704 km (460 mi)
Vilnius to Berlin—1053 km (654 mi)
City
Transit On the Road
Planes Trains
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Rental Travel Agents Distances
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