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City in Dzūkija, Lithuania
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Druskininkai is a town in Dzūkija, the southern region of Lithuania, with a population of 13,170 in 2023. It's a spa town with very salty spring waters.
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Rezistencijos ir tremties muziejus
Documents, photos and artefacts from 20th century oppressions.
Apverstas namas
Bright yellow wooden furnished bungalow, positioned upside down.
Miesto Muziejus
Compact museum of town life in a neoclassical villa built 1905-09. Concerts and similar events are also staged here.
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911) was a prolific composer, painter and writer, primarily in Polish. He was born in Senoji Varėna; when he was 3 the family moved to Druskininkai where his musical talent was soon noticed. He worked mostly in Leipzig and Warsaw but returned here shortly after his marriage; then he died of pneumonia aged 35. The museum displays his life and legacy, while several of his paintings are in J K Jonyno Gallery adjacent; there's a larger collection in Kaunas.
Girios Aidas Muziejus
Odd mixture of natural history museum, woodland park, and witch & goblin kitsch.
Outdoor wooden sculptures by Antanas Česnulis (b 1948).
Lithuania was dotted with Soviet monuments until 1989, when many were scrapped but some found their way to this forest park. Nice idea spoiled by the mini-zoo, where dirty cramped conditions for the animals punctures the liberation rhetoric of the park museum.
Craft studio with artists at work and exhibition of their wares.
Vandens Parkas
Aqua park with family and adult-only sections.
Winter sports complex open year round with two indoor ski slopes, a freestyle ski park, and a beginner area. An outdoor slope is open in winter.
Good pizza and other Italian staples.
Inexpensive place for trad fare.
Good menu selection and quality, often has live music and gets booked out.
Mostly good reviews for this riverside restaurant.
Clean spacious site open May-Sept.
Mixed reviews for this spa hotel with a modern and a historic section.
Upscale spa by riverside.
Some facilities worn, but overall a comfy place by the water park.
Smart spa earning all-round good reviews for comfort and service.
Old-style spa hotel, some rooms tiny.
Simple place, acceptable for what you're paying.
Large spa hotel spread over six buildings, with mineral waters and muds.
Druskininkai is 130 km southwest of Vilnius, follow A4, which continues across the Belarus border to Grodno. From Kaunas take Highway 129 south past Alytus, 136 km.
Read in the guideTown buses reach the outlying villages. Buses 2C 3 3A 3B 3C run to the forest park. Buses 3C and 4B run to Česnulis sculpture park.
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