Kaunas: Getting there & around

From Kaunas International Airport (tel: 399 307; www.kaunasair.lt; Savanorių prospektas), 10km (6mi) north, Air Lithuania (tel: 7007 0777; 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.

There is a hydrofoil service between Kaunas and Nida, and sailing time is four hours.

At the long-distance bus station (tel: 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; tel: 322 222).

Tickets for Kautra (www.kautra.lt) buses throughout Lithuania and most international destinations are also sold in town at Eurolines (tel: 209 836; Laisvės alėja 36), inside the tourist office. Daily services within the Baltics include Rīga (3.5hr), Tallinn (12hr) and Vilnius (2hr).

From the train station (tel: 221 093; Čiurlionio gatvė 16) there are up to 16 trains daily to/from Vilnius (1.25-2hr) and an overnight bus to/from Klaipėda (6hr).

For car rental, try Litinterp (tel: 228 718; www.lintinterp.lt; Gedimino gatvė 28-7).

Buses and trolleybuses run from 05:00 - 23:00 . Tickets can be purchased from newspaper kiosks or from the driver. Minibuses shadow routes and run later than regular buses. The tourist office sells a public transport map detailing all routes.

To get to/from the airport, take minibus 120 from the local bus station on Šv Gertrūdos gatvė. Buses depart every five minutes between 06:00 - 23:00 .

Ordering a taxi by telephone (tel: 366 666) is safer than hopping into a car on the street.