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Introducing Trakai
Lakeside Trakai, with its red-brick fairy-tale castle and blushing brides in meringue dresses who flock here on Saturdays to have their pic taken, is the quintessential day trip from Vilnius.
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Gediminas probably made Trakai, 28km west of Vilnius, his capital in the 1320s and Kęstutis certainly based his 14th-century court here. Protected by the Trakai Historical National Park (www.seniejitrakai.lt), spanning 80 sq km since 1991, Trakai today is a quiet town blessed with pretty lakes and filled with song each July during the Trakai Festival.
Most of Trakai stands on a 2km-long, north-pointing tongue of land between Lake Luka (east) and Lake Totoriškių (west). Lake Galvė opens out from the northern end of the peninsula and boasts 21 islands.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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