- Fast and expensive
- How to get to Vilnius by train
- Another way to get to Lithuania
Vilnius, the main city of Lithuania, has long been the favorite European capital of our travelers. Those who visit Vilnius for the first time fall in love with it forever and come back here again and again. How to travel without damage to the family budget? How to get to Vilnius without any problems?
Fast and expensive
The easiest way to get to Vilnius is by plane. The advantages of this method of travel are obvious: in just a couple of hours you can be in another state. Direct flights between the two capitals are carried out by aircraft of the following companies: Aeroflot; "UTair"; AirBaltic.
The planes depart from Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. Vilnius has an international airport. It is small, but it accepts flights from a number of countries, which can be used by choosing a connecting route. You can get from Vilnius Airport to the bus and railway station, which is located a few steps from the Old Town, by a regular bus, which starts operating at 5 am. His stop is in front of the exit from the airport. In Vilnius, the majority of residents speak Russian, so it will not be difficult to clarify the location of the stop.
How to get to Vilnius by plane from St. Petersburg? During the high season, charter flights to Vilnius are organized by the Rusline company. The rest of the time you will have to get to the capital of Lithuania with a transfer. Relatively inexpensive tickets are offered by the carriers BelAvia and AirBaltic. Connections, respectively, take place in Minsk and Riga.
By the way, from Vilnius airport you can go to many European cities with the budget companies Ryanair and Wizzair. Therefore, Vilnius is a transit city for the majority of tourists from Russia.
How to get to Vilnius by train
You can also get to Vilnius from Moscow or St. Petersburg by train. Previously, direct trains ran between the main Russian cities and the capital of Lithuania. Now they have been replaced by trains going to Kaliningrad. This route goes through Vilnius. But do not rush to go to the ticket office to buy a ticket on the Moscow-Vilnius route. It will cost you about 75 euros, while a Moscow-Nesterov ticket (this is the first stop in the Kaliningrad region, to which it takes about four hours to travel from Vilnius) is three times cheaper. This illogical difference in ticket prices can be explained very simply: Kaliningrad is part of Russia, so a ticket to it is calculated according to the domestic tariff, and a ticket to Vilnius - according to the international one. Experienced travelers have long known about this trick, buy a ticket to Nesterov and simply leave the train earlier, that is, in Vilnius. By the way, you can go back and forth in the same way. To do this, you need to buy a return ticket Nesterov-Moscow (St. Petersburg) in Moscow or St. Petersburg and get on the train in Vilnius. To stay on the territory of Lithuania, you will need a Schengen visa.
The train can be used if you:
- prefer traveling on land to any flights;
- love to ride in comfort;
- want to save your money.
Another way to get to Lithuania
How to get to Vilnius cheaper than by plane? You can take the bus. The buses of the famous carrier "ECOLINES" go from the capital of Russia to Lithuania every day. These flights involve a connection in the Latvian city of Rezekne. You will have to spend about 16 hours on the road.
The same comfortable buses run from St. Petersburg to Vilnius, but they make a long stop in Riga. Since the bus station in Riga is located right in the center of the city, then, having deposited your luggage, you can go for a walk in one of the most beautiful capitals in Europe.
