This is just a short final video from my first short trip to #Lithuania, taken outside #Vilnius International Airport. Just shows the Arrivals and Departure gates, the Covid-19 testing site and the car rental building across the street. Hopefully helps someone with a bit of information about the airport, proximity to the city centre, car rental, airport accommodation and bus transport.

When I arrived it was a red eye flight on LOT Polish that got in from Warsaw at around 0030 in the morning so I saw nothing of the exterior of the airport and hardly anything of the drive into the city, as the city was blanketed in thick fog.

The airport is super close to central Vilnius and Old Town if you are staying in that area. I was staying in an Air BnB on Labdariu Gatve, just one street back from the main #Gedimino Prospektas or Avenue. Literally about 6kms maximum from the Airport and in thick fog with 10m visibility and never been there before, only took me about 15mins to drive there at that time and about 25mins with early morning traffic on the way back to the Airport.

There are buses to the front door of the main terminal building, literally to the steps. Also the car rental building, P4, is 150m directly across from arrivals exit, just follow the covered walkway and the main rental car lobby entrance is right on the corner of the building. All car agencies are located in there. I highly recommend Enterprise Rent A Car, I booked them through a Third Party called AutoRentalis. Enterprise was flexible, no hassles with paperwork, licences or extra forms. Just showed passport and licence, paid, signed a form and was given keys. They had someone there as promised at 0130 in the morning! Also on return if nobody is there, just drop keys in the dropbox safe.

Covid testing site is near bottom of Departures entrance ramp, 35 Euro for the Rapid Antigen which nearly all countries accept, quicker and cheaper than PCR testing if you need it urgent. My results came back in about 15mins direct to email. Europe is opening up again now its Summer but still check each countries entry and transit requirements. For example as of 1 June transiting Warsaw, you still need a Covid test taken within 48 hours. An excellent site I use is the IATA Covid Map, it has regular up to date data for all countries [ Ссылка ] .

Just a suggestion if you get to the airport super early, there is not much open or on offer in the pre-security departure check in area and limited seating. There is a small shop that had good self serve coffee machines and some sandwiches etc. Once past security a little more choice and some nice places to sit and eat, but earlyish up to 1000 many were still closed.

I enjoyed my time in Lithuania, as brief as it was, super relaxed and chilled out place, with lots of space, very clean and superb countryside with clean crisp air.

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