From Gdansk to Helsinki through the Baltic States

Rent a car if necessary.

• Explore the historic centre of ancient port town Gdansk.

Overnight at the hotel in Gdansk.

• Vistula Delta is the lowest point in the Poland


• Old Town of Elblag


• Impressive Teutonic Knights Malbork Castle


• Frombork with Copernicus Museum


• Overnight at Frombork.

• Mazuria is Poland's lake district where hundreds of lakes connected with rivers and canals. Sightseeing boats operate. 

Overnight at Mazuria district.

• Wigry National Park established to protect the mosaic of lakes and forests which typifies this North-eastern corner of Poland. There are also interesting archaeological and cultural remains in Wigry.

Overnight in Suwalki

• Dzukija National Park include several well preserved traditional farmsteads and villages worthwile a visit. The park's is a good place where to expereince Lithuanian crafts and traditions. 


• Visotor Centre located at Marcinkonys.


• Ancient Castle Hill at Merkinė provides fine views at the rivers Merkys and Nemuna.

Overnight near Dzukija.

• Trakai Historical National Park preserves mainly monumental part of Trakai.


• Trakais Island Castle is the most popular Lithuania's tourism sites


• The Karaites' cultural heritage (ethnic group of Turkish speaking Crimean Tartars which settled here in 14th-15th cent)

Overnight at the guest houses in Trakai.

• Curonian Spit National Park is a sand-dune spit that separates Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. This is the only place in the Baltic States where there is such a vast territory of open-air sand dunes which still change the local terrain very actively because of the wind.


• Several small ethnographic villages


• Nida – prety holiday resort where memorial house of writter Thomas Mann can be visited


• impressive sand dunes


• Sea Museum, Aquarium and Dolphinarium where dolphins performances takes place


• Near Juodkrantė, bird lovers can observe the grey herons and large cormorants collony

Overnight stay at Nida.

• Pape Nature Park  is formed by the unique and diverse mosaic of nature’s ecosystems: coastal lagoon lake and wet high peat bog with transitional bogs, sand beaches and walking dunes, coastal dry and wet forests, flood-plain meadows with the characteristic flora and fauna groups.  On the shores of Lake Pape you can see wild horses, bisons and wild oxen and, from the specially built tower, migratory birds.

Overnight at Liepaja city.

• Slīteres National Park is as an open-air museum which shows the historical development of the Baltic Sea. Nowadays evidence of geological events is seen in the Blue Hills of Slītere, which stand 20 to 30 metres high above what was the shore of the Baltic lake of ice 10,000 years ago.


• Cape Kolka where the waters of Baltic Sea meet with the Gulf of Riga


• Traditional Livs' villages along the coast and tasting of smoked fish . Livs are one of the smallest ethnic groups in Europe.


• Several nature trails and Slitere lighthouse which provides fantastic panoramic view

Overnight at Ģipka.

• The Ķemeri National Park mostly involves wetlands - the shallow shores of the Bay of Rīga, an overgrown seaside lake, vast swamps, damp forests and fens, and flood-land meadows. The massive swamps are important, too, in the flow of sulphuric waters and medicinal mud.


• Lake Sloka walking trail, Kanieris Castle Mound trail and birdwatching tower


• Historic centre of Kemeri health resort.

Overnight in Riga.

• Gauja National Park - the main “artery” is the ancient Gauja River valley, 95 kilometres long, with many tributaries. deep ravines with sandstone cliffs from the Devonian period. The park also features many historic monuments – medieval castles, churches and ancient settlements.


• Ancient Gauja River Valley.


• Turaida, Sigulda and Cesis medieval castles.


• Ligatne Historic village.

Overnight at Cēsis.

• Sooma National Park is Estonian land of swamps. There are several major swamps in this area, along with rivers, lowland meadows, wetland forests, and other biotopes that are of key importance in terms of the diversity of species. We recomend tour with swamp shoes here.


• Ferry from Virtsu to  Kuivastu at Muhu island (0,5 hours).

Overnight in Saaremaa.

Saaremaa is “a land of islands” in translation.

• Ethnographic fishermen’s’ village Koguva at Muhu island.


• Koigi walking trail through marsh and forest at the Saaremaa island (2 hours).


• The Sõrve horn in the western part of the Saaremaa island. Its former military basis for Soviet army (1,5 hours). 


• Medieval Bishops Castle in Kuressare.


• Meteorite LakeViidumäe Nature restricted area with a forest trail and observation tower at the seaside (1 hour).


• Panga cliff is about 22 m high dolomite cliff at the coast (1 hour).  

Overnight in Kuressare.

• Free time in Kuressare to explore its medieval town.

Overnight in Kuressare.

• Tallinn Old Town.

Overnight in Tallinn.

• Lahemaa National Park is the first national park in Estonia and the Baltic States. It was established in 1971 to protect the area that is along the Bay of Finland – the shoreline, forests, swamps, meadow biotopes, species, natural monuments, rocks, waterfalls, cliffs and cultural monuments such as ancient cemeteries, castle hills, baronial estates, fishing villages, etc.

Overnight in Tallinn.

• Departure to Helsinki, ferry (2h).


• Time to explore Helsinki.

Overnight in Helsinki/Espoo.

Public bus or bus + train.

• Nuuksio National Park comprises the westernmost part of the so-called Nuuksio lake highlands. Dozens of endangered or near threatened species of animals, plants and fungi are known to live in the area; for instance the Siberian Flying Squirrel, the European Nightjar and the Woodlark.

Overnight Helsinki/Espoo.

• Departure