Advantages: Top of the list for "Rock" tourism, lots of lovely ladies Disadvantages: Not as good as other cities in the Baltic region
...Riga was my favourite, however, Vilnius was the city I couldn't really put my finger on. Maybe it was fatigue, after all Ade and I were coming to the end of a hard week eating and drinking our way around the lesser known parts of Eastern Europe. Unusual alphabetical affectations and long strings of consonants no longer held the same amusement value. Looks of consternation and annoyance from service industry staff we not so easy to shrug off. Maybe ... ...WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Vilnius is the same and yet different from the other two Baltic capitals. There's the same sense of history through architecture. The same contrast between the ancient and modern and the same ghost of Soviet history quickly being overshadowed by a burgeoning market economy. Again, you can divide the city into Old Town and New Town, although in the case of Vilnius, the transition is far smoother as you move almost seamlessly ...
Paiceyjohn 09.05.2002
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Advantages: it's not that big as London for example but night life is great,it has lots of foreign restaurants and it's full of nice people Disadvantages: nothing
At least I can say I know this place when I think how many times I have been there. We live in Finland and I'm Finnish but my mother was born in Vilnius. Already as a baby I visited my family there, I have lots of friends in this town and my cousins live there. Of course it's a bit poorer town than Nicce is for example but it's beautiful and there's lots of old beautiful places like old town. It's kinda cheap place too, like clothes are cheap and ... ...advantage of knowing language, but I think young people there speak English. Living there in hotel is cheaper too and there's lots of cool places to visit. I love that town and country and not just because I feel it's my second homecountry but because it's lovely place with full of people that have had hard time in their life but have kept their optimism! ...
tanssi 28.07.2000
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...And so the attractions of Vilnius are not extraordinary - just interesting and attractive. You can do a bit of this and a bit of that. A bit of not enormously impressive church viewing. A bit of amber museum, a bit of linen purchasing. If you want really big experiences you have to go elsewhere. I think a couple of days would probably be enough here - but the visit could be expanded to interesting sites in the area. The worst thing were the young ... ...sniffers - weak and sick. Vilnius is a vibrant economy - there are jobs for the able bodied. But these youths haunted you at some of the main tourist sites. I was surprised that the gov allowed them - it shouldn't be too difficult to encourage such anemic looking youths to go elsewhere and leave foreign revenue earners alone. Things to do:
The Old Town is the part that tourists go for - with its cobbled streets, lovely skyscapes, eccentric features ...
kittenkong 30.10.2005 (31.10.2005)
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