Ginučiai Watermill

Lithuania


This 19th-century mill in Ginučiai retains its original mechanism, and you can poke around its interior and check out the ye olde farming equipment in the attic. If there are enough visitors, the curator may do a demo of how grain used to be ground. It's possible to overnight here as well.


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