Kaunas Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

At the long-distance bus station (409 060; Vytauto prospektas 24), buy tickets for domestic destinations in the main booking hall and tickets for international journeys at the International Booking Office(Tarptautinių autobusu bilietų kasa; 322 222; 8am-7pm Mon, Tue & Fri, 8.30am-8pm Wed, 8.30am-6.45pm Sat, noon-8pm Sun). For bus info, consult the timetable on the wall or challenge the information desk(7am-8pm).

Tickets for Kautra (www.kautra.lt) buses throughout Lithuania and most international destinations are also sold in town at Eurolines(209 836; Laisvės alėja 36; 9am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat), inside the tourist office.

Daily services within the Baltics include the following:

Druskininkai 19Lt, two to three hours, six buses via Alytus.

Klaipėda 334Lt, three hours, 10 buses.

Marijampolė 10Lt, 1½ hours, about nine buses.

Palanga 36Lt, 3½ hours, about 11 buses.

Panevėžys17Lt, two hours, about 20 buses.

Rīga 40.50Lt, 3½ hours, one bus.

Šiauliai 22.50Lt to 26Lt, three hours, 20 buses.

Tallinn 100Lt, 12 hours, one bus.

Vilnius14.50Lt, 1½ to two hours, about 20 buses.

Visaginas 29.50Lt, four hours, two buses.

Car & motorcycle

Litinterp (228 718; www.lintinterp.lt; Gedimino gatvė 28-7) Car rental.

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Boat

By the time you read this Nemuno Linija(8-674 84898; www.nemunolinjia.lt) will operate regular boats between Kaunas and Rusnė (Nemunas Delta), and between Kaunas and Nida (Curonian Spit). Daily hydrofoils depart from Kaunas/Nida at 8am/3.30pm. Sailing time is four hours and a one-way fare for adult/children aged under six is 99Lt/48Lt.

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Air

From Kaunas International Airport (399 307; www.kaunasair.lt; Savanorių prospektas), 10km north of Kaunas, Air Lithuania(7007 0777, 399 401; kaunas@airlithuania.lt; Kęstučio gatvė 69) flies to/from Hamburg, Oslo, Billund, Munich and Cologne via Palanga.

No-frills airline Ryanair(www.ryanair.com) operates flights to/from London's Stansted Airport.

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