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Ryanair to Open Its 1st Central European Base in Kaunas Raynair announced it would open its 40th and 1st Central European base at Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, in May with 2 based aircraft and 18 routes (9 new). Ryanair's new base will deliver up to 1 million passengers yearly and sustain 1,000 jobs at Kaunas with over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over EUR 100 million at Kaunas Airport.
Ryanair is celebrating its new Kaunas base by releasing 1 million EUR 5 seats for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on over 500 routes across its European network, in March. These EUR 5 seats are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (11th Feb).
Ryanair's Kaunas routes from May 2010
New | Existing | Barcelona | Birmingham | Berlin | Bremen | Dusseldorf | Bristol | Edinburgh | Brussels | London (Gat) | Dublin | Milan | Frankfurt | Oslo | Liverpool | Paris | London (Lut) | Tampere | London (Stan) |
For more information please see Kaunas Airport's website http://www.kun.lt/index.php?lang=en
Lithuania: Palanga One Of Europe's 20 Best Beaches One of the most popular resorts in Lithuania - Palanga has been listed in the ‘Hot List" by the Sunday Times.
The list completed by Sunday Times Travel reveals Europe's 20 best beaches for sun and sea this summer. Palanga is portrayed as "a cracking little resort town with a white, sandy beach, pine forests, sand dunes and fizzing nightlife" - perfect description of Lithuania's most popular holiday destination. The article mentions the relative low prices in the country, which should be a major selling point for visitors in the current economic climate. "A terrific amber museum" which houses one of the largest amber pieces in Europe "Sun Stone" and Botanical Gardens are highlighted as the most popular cultural activities in the resort. Jewel in the crown - Curonian Spit listed in UNESCO World Heritage List also mentioned as a short drive from Palanga. Palanga resort is easy accessible with Air Baltic via Riga which flies twice a day (more information www.airbaltic.com) or SAS (www.flysas.com) flies daily via Copenhagen. Read the full article at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/beach/article6989680.ece?token=null&offset=60&page=6
NEW Vilnius City Card. Enjoy your stay in Vilnius!  A NEW Vilnius City Card is now available for Vilnius visitors who wish to gain better knowledge of the city. A card holder gets a lot of advantages: free use of public transport (both buses and trolleybuses), free admission to museums, discounts in parks and while booking tours on foot, by bus, minibus, bicycle or velomobile. Discounts are also available when booking accommodation, paying restaurant or café bills, buying souvenirs in galleries or ordering wellness services. There are two types of card: a 24 hour card (LTL 52/EUR 15) and a 72 hour card (LTL 86/EUR 25). The card is issued for individual use and takes effect at the moment of its acquisition. Vilnius city card can be ordered online (www.vilnius-tourism.lt) or at the following Vilnius Tourist Information Centres:Vilniaus St. 22 (Main Office), Didžioji St. 31 (Town Hall), Geležinkelio St. 16 (Railway Station). For more information e-mail citycard@vilnius.lt, T: +370 5 262 9660, +370 5 250 5895. New Online Training Course for UK Travel Professionals. Lithuanian National Tourism Office in UK has launched a free destination training course which is hosted by the popular training portal www.onlinetraveltraining.co.uk. The course is a practical and comprehensive travel manual for tourism industry professionals in the UK. It contains all the key selling points about organising a trip to Lithuania and highlights the major tourist attractions.By successfully completing Lithuania online training course you have a chance to win one of 5 places on a trip to Lithuania + other great prizes! To register for this new course, tourism industry professionals can visit the Online Travel Training website www.onlinetraveltraining.co.uk and register to join in. Financial Times recommends Vilnius as a new destination for 2009. “Vilnius freed from its Soviet past, this year's European Capital of Culture has emerged as happening hangout for lovers of baroque architecture, sophisticated shopping and the arts”, says Nick Haslam in a glossy FT’s lifestyle magazine How to Spend It (March 7, 2009). Read a full article at www.ft.com/howtospendit The organisers of Vilnius Marathon are glad to inform you that those who want to participate in the 6th International Vilnius Marathon can register for the event and begin training. This year the traditional Vilnius Marathon will take place on September 13th (Sunday) and will begin from the Cathedral square. The participants will have the opportunity to test their abilities and to compete with the strongest Lithuanian runners on the distances of classic marathon (42,195 km), half marathon (21,097 km) and mini marathon (4,2 km). The organisers expect that guests from 20 foreign countries as well as more than 1500 participants from Lithuania will take part in the event. The runners who finish the distances in the set time will be awarded the event medals as well as the presents from the sponsors. Please check : http://www.maratonas.lt/ New Comprehensive Guide on Lithuania's Three Biggest Cities Last month a new guide on Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda cities as well as other Baltic countries' capitals and cities was presented by Bradt Travel Guides, one of the most esteemed travel publishing companies in the world, having a reputation for being a pioneer in tackling ‘unusual' destinations, and for the high quality of its writing. Bradt's new guide features Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda in Lithuania, Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia, Riga and Liepaja in Latvia, together with Kaliningrad. Baltic Cities details each city's historic sites, from museums to churches, together with scenic walking tours and essential details of where to eat and stay. The publication ensures that visitors can make the most of their stay in every of the locations, whether on an organised tour or travelling independently. The author of the Baltic Cities guide Neil Taylor previously ran a tour company specialising since 1991 in the Baltics. He's also author of the Bradt's guide to Lithuania's capital Vilnius, published in May 2006 For more information please check : http://www.lda.lt/ Lithuania: a new railway route launched Vilnius Central Station-Vilnius International Airport 3rd of October the new railway route Vilnius Railway Station - Vilnius International Airport started. It will spread along Vilnius becoming a part of general city transport system and making the journey to and from the Airport simple. Located close to the Airport passengers' terminal, a train stop will be accessible by staircase or spacious elevator for passengers with reduced mobility and also heavy baggage. The train stop as well as the sheltered pedestrian path leading to the Airport will be equipped with CCTV for security of passengers. In the future the ticket machines will be available both at the Railway Station and the Airport. Meanwhile, tickets can be provisionally bought from the conductor on the train. One way ticket will cost 2 Lt (~50 pence). Vilnius International Airport handles up to 6 - 7 thousand passengers per day, including the airport members of staff, up to 10 thousand people travel from the city centre to the airport every day. Thus, the new railway route will be a great alternative avoiding traffic jams in the streets of the capital. The train operating hours will be from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. and the timetables could be found at www.litrail.lt.
More details:
JSC "Lithuanian railways" Passenger transportation directorate
Tel.: +370-5-269-2092 "Green holidays" promoted in Palanga Environmentally minded family entertainment in August Palanga will become a centre for environmental ideas in August, according to this article. As part of an initiative by the European Commission Representation to Lithuania and the municipality of the Lithuanian resort, under the project European Green Holiday the public will be invited to various events for children and adults, movie reviews, environmentally minded competitions and other activities. The initiative is aimed at getting people acquainted with different cultures and at the same time promoting an environment-friendly lifestyle (http://www.standbynews.info/). Birdwatching Rally „Curonian Lagoon" Every year during the last weekend of October LOD with partners is organizing the BIRD RACE ‘Curonian lagoon" on Baltic coast where due to rather mild climate most of late autumn migrants still could be recorded late October. The rally is an international, open, non-professional competition with a goal to record as many bird species as possible within the time and area indicated. Purpose of the rally is also to make Lithuanian bird watching sites better known in the neighbouring countries, increase interest to bird watching as hobby by showing of an international public passion and interest for it. Public awareness of nature conservation, bird and nature tourism and events of this type is also a goal of the rally. Ventės Ragas Peninsula of the Curonian Lagoon as well as Curonian Spit are sites where due to specific land contours are key or bottle-neck areas of well known White-Baltic seas flyway. According to many foreign bird-watchers autumn bird migration on Lithuanian Baltic coast is among the most intensive in Europe. Ventės Ragas is an ideal geographical location to catch and ring birds. One of the biggest migration routes "Via Baltica" goes by the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. More than 3 million birds flying along the coast of Lithuania is a frequent sight in the period of September - October. Having reached the end of the Cape and being aware of the wide waters of the Sea birds come back - and this is the best time to watch them. For more information please contact: info@siluteinfo.lt tel.: +370-441 77785 The bigest SPA Centre in the Western part of Lithuania was opened in Palanga Amber SPA centre, which is a part of the hotel "VANAGUPĖ" complexis is the biggest SPA centre opened in Palanga resort. SPA centre area is 2000 sq meters. AMBER SPA investment reaches 15 millions litas. Sixty guests can enjoy spa treatments at one time, and 30 more guests can enjoy wellness centre. "We believe "Amber SPA" will be a place of relaxation and tranquillity, the place where our guests will forget stress, pressure and daily city routine. Since in our SPA more and more guests are families with kids, we arranged a nice place for children of 3-14 years old. Professional nannies will look after them" - says Mrs. Giedrė Mikaitenė, General director. In addition to traditional treatments such as cleansing, peelings or skin firming, Amber SPA offers theire guests to enjoy treatments with amber, special treatments for two, aroma therapy massage with Lava stones, and facials with caviar. To find out more about Amber SPA please visit www.vanagupe.com/en/main/spa_center "Reval Hotel Neris" Conference & Event Centre opened in Kaunas City The biggest hotel in Kaunas (Lithuania) "Reval Hotel Neris" was opened on 17 March this year. Hotel has 208 modern rooms and an exclusive conference & event centre, with capacity of catering for more than 1000 people. The new hotel has a comfortable place to stay both for business travelers and tourists, as well as for participants and visitors of famous yearly events, such as "Kaunas Jazz", Pažaislis music festival, "Operetė in Kaunas Castle", modern dance festival "Aura" etc. The hotel is situated in the very heart of Kaunas - near Laisves alley, thus it is easily reached both from Kaunas bus and train station and from the airport. On-line reservations for rooms are already available at http://www.revalhotels.com/ and in three reservation centers in Vilnius, Riga (Latvia) and Tallinn (Estonia). Special offers on the occasion of hotel opening are provided.
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