Hill of Crosses Vilnius: Full-Day Tour & Soviet Resistance Park

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Duration9h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Drive North to 250,000 Crosses and a Monument to Resistance

You're driven north from Vilnius to two sites: first a Soviet resistance memorial park with crosses honoring partisans and historical figures, then the Hill of Crosses itself, where you spend an hour among 250,000+ crosses of all sizes. A local guide explains the cross-making tradition and what these monuments represent to Lithuanian faith and identity. Lunch at a local restaurant is included before the return drive to your hotel.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Hill of Crosses and surroundings

Pick up from Vilnius hotels
Drive to Ukmerge district
Visit park remembering Soviet resistance
Explore The Hill of Crosses
Stop at local restaurant
Return to Vilnius

The Experience

The drive out of Vilnius takes you north toward Šiauliai, climbing into the Ukmerge district where the landscape opens up. Your guide picks you up from your hotel or apartment in the city center and you head straight for the resistance park first — a quieter stop that most visitors skip, but it frames everything that comes after. Crosses here mark the partisans who fought against Soviet occupation, alongside tributes to Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan. It's a smaller, more contemplative space, and the guide walks you through the dates and names carved into the wood.

Then you turn toward the Hill of Crosses itself. The mound near Jurgaičiai holds more than 250,000 crosses of every size and design — some tiny, some taller than a person, some made from twisted wire or carved wood. You get about an hour to walk through them, and the guide explains the cross-making tradition and what these monuments mean to Lithuanian Catholics and national identity. It's not a quick photo stop; there's time to move slowly, to read inscriptions, to sit if you want. The sheer density of it — the sound of wind through metal and wood, the repetition of the same shape in infinite variation — does something that photographs don't quite capture.

Before heading back to Vilnius, you stop at a local restaurant for a meal. The full day tour runs around eight hours from pickup to drop-off, which gives the journey its own rhythm — you're not rushing through the sites. The group tour departs from Cathedral Square in the city center, though private tours are available every day if you'd rather skip the group timing.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or apartment pickup in central Vilnius, transportation to and from the Hill of Crosses and resistance park, a local and knowledgeable guide for the full duration, and lunch at a local restaurant before returning to your hotel.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Discover Lithuania

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Lithuania's most significant religious and historical site without arranging your own transport or timing — the fixed itinerary and included guide handle the logistics, leaving you to focus on the crosses and what they mean.