http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30600 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30600 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29205 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29205 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28858 The prison downstairs is still intact and makes for grim viewing.
One interesting point is that while the building was controlled by the Gestapo between 1941 - 1944 from where they ran the Holocaust in Lithuania with their Lithuanian accomplices, very little coverage is given to this in the museum.
Still an essential part of your visit to Vilnius.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28858 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28818 Favourites is the Svyturys brand (from Klaipeda on the coast).
Only £1 a pint in Lithuania.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28818 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28815 Vilnius is only two hours away from Kaunas by train and costs about £4 each way.
Having said that Kaunas is worth a visit itself for it's old town and Nazi era Ninth Fort concentration camp.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28815 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19195
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Highlight of the area is Tores, an initially unremarkable hilltop restaurant with an unbelievable view of the Old Town from its secluded terrace.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7912 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6223 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6223 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3858
Bilingual staff, a non-pretentious art crowd and great music make give it a really good atmosphere. It also hosts talks for the CAC and often has DJs in the evenings.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3858 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3114
Why not help a few across the road before they're killed by passing cars?

You can stop in the bar for a drink on your way back, warm in the knowledge that you've just saved a few amphibious lives!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3114 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1600 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1600 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1328 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1328