International Traveller

48 HOURS IN: VILNIUS

DAY ONE

9AM: Located in a block of flats, the BACKSTAGE CAFE is the best secret coffee place in Vilnius. It’s notoriously difficult to find so you may be the only tourist mixing it with the locals. Backstage Cafe was started in 2017 by a couple of coffee-loving photographers (and their dog) in their home studio. It has since been transformed into a hip, exposed-brick minimalist space that still manages to feel like home.

10AM: Meet on the steps of the Town Hall for the YELLOW VILNIUS FREE WALKING TOUR of the OLD TOWN . For the next two and a half hours immerse yourself in the colourful stories and tragic history of Vilnius told by young professional guides who proudly share

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