--- title: "Kaunas – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Kaunas from Vilnius, Palanga and Kaliningrad: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Kaunas is the second-largest city in…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kaunas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kaunas.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Kauno_senamiestis_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg" --- ![Kaunas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Kauno_senamiestis_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg) # Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, the fourth-largest city in the Baltic states, and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. [Plan a trip to Kaunas](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Kaunas) [From Vilnius](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vilnius&to=Kaunas) ## Every way there - Vilnius → Kaunas 91 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · €10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vilnius-to-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vilnius&to=Kaunas) - Palanga → Kaunas 212 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · €24–33 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/palanga-to-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Palanga&to=Kaunas) - Kaliningrad → Kaunas 219 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · ₽920–1,220 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Kaunas, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Kaunas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kaunas) What Kaunas has - Y Scheduled flights Kaunas (KUN), 15 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 14 timetable feeds for this country, 10 with real-time - Y Ferries Zapyškis, 15 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 54.897°, 23.886° Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of Kaunas County in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. Get in ## Getting to Kaunas 1. Kaunas International Airport 2. Kaunas 3. Kaunas bus station is in New Town 300 m north of the railway station. See ## Worth seeing City sightseeing tours are available, see Kaunas IN offerings. They also tout a Kaunastic card but this is simply a gift card for retail outlets, it doesn't grant entry to the sights or rides on the buses. 1. Kaunas Castle The first castle was built mid-14th century at the confluence of the rivers Nemunas and Neris. 2. Church of St George A wooden church was built outside the castle in 1471, then rebuilt in Gothic redbrick from 1492. 3. Cathedral of Sts Peter & Paul This is first documented in 1413, in the reign of Vytautas the Great, but construction dragged on to 1624, nicely in time to get smashed up by the Russians and Swedes. 4. Church of Vytautas the Great Do ## Things to do 1. State Musical Theatre Variety of classical opera and operettas in their original language. 2. National Kaunas Drama Theatre Laisvės al 71,. 3. Aura Dance Theatre Founded in 1980, they host a contemporary dance festival in autumn. 4. State Philharmonic Orchestra The concert hall is within the former Parliament House. 5. Žalgirio Arena Karaliaus Mindaugo pr 50, kasa@zalgirioarena.lt. Eat ## Where to eat Lithuanian food isn't easy to find elsewhere in the world so this is a good place to try it. Plenty of other cuisines are available. Hesburger is a Finnish burger chain, with outlets at Vilniaus g 43, Laisvės al 48 (within Monk's Bunk), Karaliaus Mindaugo pr 49 (within Akropolis Centre), Savanorių pr 222B, Mega shopping mall, Pramones al 6A, and more further out. They're mostly open M-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 12:00-22:00. 1. Radharanė Vegetarian Indian food at very reasonable prices. 2. Arena Pizza Offers a huge range of pizzas and side dishes at good prices. 3. Miesto Sodas 4. Moksha Fresh food with vegan options, great service. 5. Bella Italia Buon Giorno, S Daukanto g 14 (next to Bella Italia),. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kaunas), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kaunas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt