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Country Guide > Europe > Lithuania | |
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Travel - International Air The national airline, Lithuanian Airlines (TE) (website: www.lal.lt), flies from Vilnius to Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Frankfurt/M, Helsinki, Kiev, London, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Tallinn and Warsaw. Other airlines offering connections to Vilnius include Aeroflot, Air Baltic, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Estonian Air, Finnair, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa and SAS. For further information, contact Lithuanian Airlines in the UK (tel: (01293) 579 900); or Air Lithuania in Kaunas (tel: (37) 229 706; website: www.airlithuania.lt). Air Lithuania offers flights from Kaunas and Palanga to Billund, Cologne, Hamburg, Kristianstad, Moscow and Oslo. Approximate flight times From Vilnius to London is three hours, to Copenhagen is one hour 30 minutes and to Berlin is one hour 20 minutes. International airports Vilnius Airport (VNO) (website: www.vilnius-airport.lt) is situated approximately 6km (3.5 miles) southeast of the city centre. There are taxi and bus services to the city (travel time – 10 minutes). Airport facilities include duty free shop, banks/bureaux de change, refreshments and tourist information. There are also international airports in Kaunas (KUN) and Palanga (PLQ); the latter serves the whole of the Baltic coast. Departure tax Lt60. Sea Klaipeda is connected by trade routes with 200 foreign ports. There are ferry services to Denmark, Germany and Sweden. For information on ferry services from Klaipeda, contact Krantas Shipping (tel: (6) 395 111; fax: (6) 395 222; e-mail: travel@krantas.lt; website: www.krantas.lt). At present, there are services to Karlshamm in Sweden; Aarhus and Aabenraa in Denmark; and to Kiel and Sassnitz in Germany. Rail Lithuania has a well-developed rail network and Vilnius is the focal point for rail connections in the region. Major routes go to Kaliningrad, Lviv (Ukraine), Minsk, Moscow, Riga, Sczecin, St Petersburg and Warsaw. Vilnius has passenger train connections with Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Sofia through Belarus and a direct connection with Suwalki (Poland). Road Lithuania has a good network of roads connecting the country with all neighbouring states. The crossing points on the Lithuanian-Polish border are Ogrodniki (Poland)–Lazdijai (Lithuania) and for trucks at Kalvarija (Lithuania). There are numerous crossing points with Latvia, Belarus and the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. The international road Via Baltica goes from Tallinn to Warsaw through Latvia and Lithuania, thus connecting Scandinavia with Western Europe. Coach: There are passenger coaches from Vilnius to cities including Berlin, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Minsk, Moscow, Prague, Riga, Tallinn, Vienna and Warsaw. Charter buses go to all Western European countries. Eurolines, departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations in Lithuania. For further information, contact Eurolines (52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1; tel: (08705) 143 219; website: www.eurolines.com or www.nationalexpress.com). |