Camino Lituano

Camino Lituano was laid out as part of the European network of pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela, and its organisers call it the first route of more than 500 km in Lithuania prepared for independent walking. It crosses the country from north to south, from the small town of Žagarė near the Latvian border to Sejny, just over the border in Poland.

The way passes through the farmland and small towns of the Lithuanian plain: Pakruojis, Rozalimas, Kėdainiai and on to Kaunas, then the baroque monastery of Pažaislis, before following the Nemunas south by Prienai, Punia and Alytus to Lazdijai and the Polish border.

The official site divides the main route into 21 stages of 12.6 to 31.9 km, about 501 km in all, and publishes accommodation lists for each one. Two further routes, Camino Lituano Žemaitija and Camino Lituano Aukštaitija, of 415.8 km and 261.2 km, cover the west and east of the country.