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Live tours in Trakai

Explore Trakai, Lithuania, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Trakai Island Castle, Trakai Peninsula Castle ruins and Trakai History Museum on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

5 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Trakai live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Senamiestis (Old Town) is worth asking about: the narrow peninsula between two lakes leading to the island castle.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Trakai Island Castle A red-brick Gothic castle rebuilt in the twentieth century after standing as a ruin for two hundred years.
  • Trakai Peninsula Castle ruins The remains of an earlier fortress built before the island castle replaced it.
  • Trakai History Museum Housed inside the island castle, with exhibits on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  • Kenesa A wooden house of worship for Trakai's Karaite community, still in use today.
  • Lake Galvė One of around two hundred lakes in Trakai Historical National Park, dotted with small islands.
  • Trakai Historical National Park Lithuania's only historical national park, established in 1991 around the town's lakes and forests.
  • Užutrakis Park Landscaped grounds around the manor, laid out with separate French and English sections.
  • Karaimų gatvė (Karaite Street) Wooden houses each built with three windows facing the street, a Karaite tradition.

Neighbourhoods

  • Senamiestis (Old Town) the narrow peninsula between two lakes leading to the island castle
  • Karaimai the Karaite quarter along Karaimų gatvė, built with the community's three-window houses
  • Užutrakis the manor and park area on the far side of Lake Skaistis

Food to know

  • Kibinai
  • Cepelinai
  • Šaltibarščiai
  • Kindziukas
  • Smoked lake fish

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Good to know about Trakai

Do I need to be in Trakai to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Trakai, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.8 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Lithuanian, English and Russian; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.