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Our tour of the Baltic cities gives you all of the sights visited by the aristocrats of yesteryear, but we promise you without the discomforts. Since their independence from the USSR in the 1990s, the three Baltic capitals, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn, have been transformed, offering their three distinct cultural identities, but now with wonderful restaurants and small boutique hotels.
Our Amber Cities itinerary will introduce you to the extraordinarily rich history of the region- from the Lithuanian Empire, which once spanned from the Baltic to the Black Sea to some of the best preserved medieval architecture of Europe in Riga and Tallinn. We’ll walk cobblestone streets and visit an ancient synagogue in Vilnius, visit the famous opera house in Riga, and take a torchlight tour of an ancient Dominican Monastery in Tallinn. Driving between each city allows us to view the bucolic countryside and the many charming palaces and castles along the way. We will focus on this region’s turbulent history as part of the former Soviet Union and its success in maintaining independent, Baltic identities.
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