🇱🇹 One Perfect Day in Vilnius, Lithuania

✈️ Airport to City ✅Vilnius Airport: Retro-chic architecture ✅Bus 88 to downtown: €0.9 (exact change appreciated) 🍯 Sweet Start at Linen Tales ✅Grikių meduoliai (€0.9): Spiced honey mushroom-shaped gingerbread – each bakery’s recipe is unique! 🏛️ Route Highlights 🌀 Gates of Dawn (7AM-7PM) – Miraculous Madonna icon 🌀 Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit – Gold-drenched interior 🌀 Town Hall Square – Pastel Baroque heartbeat 📷 St. Casimir’s Church (Closed Sat) – Pink-domed jewel 📷 Vilnius Cathedral – Neo-classical grandeur 📷 Republic of Užupis: 📍 Angel statue 📍 Bronze cat sculpture 📍 Constitution Wall (Chinese version available!) 📍 Kmyninė kepykla bakery: Try Tinginys (€0.9 "cannoli-cake") 📍 Free passport stamps at Užupio 1 postas 🌈 St. Anne’s Church – Gothic lace in brick 🌈 Palace of the Grand Dukes (€13/€6.5 student) 🌈 Gediminas Tower – Funicular €8/€4 for city views 🌈 Three Crosses – White martyr monuments 💡 Local Tips 💦Pre-dawn streets near the train station are eerily peaceful 💦Užupis’ cafés serve Kūčiukai (poppyseed Christmas bites) 💦Russian/Lithuanian/English all work here 💦"Vilnius packs medieval magic, Soviet shadows, and hipster whimsy into 24 hours." #VilniusInADay #BalticBakeries #UžupisMagic