Trakai Castle

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost - J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings · Trakai, Lithuania · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to Prague - 4 Lakes, castles and snow. Loads of snow We wanted to do a side ...

A short distance from Vilnius lies the pretty island castle of Trakai, which we visited for an afternoon. The weather was really wonderful, and it was really nice walking around the lake ...

On Wednesday morning we headed out to the port town of Klaipada. On the way there we wanted to stop in Trakai, the famous castle first erected in the 13th century on an island on a beautiful lake. We arrived in Trakai by mid day. It was sunny and warm, ...

After another very good nights sleep, we stared off to Trakai, one-time capital of Lithuania and site of a restored 13th century castle.  On the way we stopped for some food and a dip at a lake just outside of Ukmerge.  It was so hot even Gavin ...

... on Lake Galve, about 20 miles outside of Vilnius, is the 15th century residence of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes, called Trakai Castle. The whole place is Disneylandish in nature, as its this immacculately maintained orange/red brick castle, even though ...

... castle on an island. It is all stunningly beautiful - clear lake water, ducks, swans, rowing boats, blue sky, brick-red castle, green reeds, moorhens bobbing about and wooden bridges between the islands. We parked in the garden belonging to a local ...

... nature. Of course, it is not just a sheer chance that it happened only after, but also right after Lithuania had regained its independence. Trakai Historical National Park is allegedly the smallest park of its kind in Lithuania, but small as it may ...

Oh, this place is totally amazing. It's a tiny city 40 mins by bus from Vilnuis, the capital of Lithuania. It boasts two castles - one in ruins, one literally made me say 'oh wow.' The population is tiny, surely they could just ...

... less than ideal for taking advantage of that, but it's nice to have the options available at least. Castle museums tend to bore quickly, and Trakai's was little different. The one thing that made things more enjoyable than otherwise there though was ...

Trakai is the ancient capital of Lithuania.  Erica and I did an easy day trip from Vilnius to Trakai where 2 castles (1 ruins) sit among lakes making it very picturesque.  I would send you some pics with these blogs but i forgot to bring my USB ...