Getting Around

This page seeks to describe the different transport options in Vilnius, along with getting to the conference venue.

Buses

Bus 2 runs from the airport (Oro uostas), stopping close to the conference hotel (at Europos aikštė), travelling in the direction of Šeškinė: route suggestion, full route

Bus 1 runs from the airport to the railway station (Stotis) which is at the southern edge of the town centre: full route

There are ATMs in the arrivals hall of the airport for getting local currency (litas), and there's a newsstand that sells bus tickets (1.10 Lt for a single ticket). You can also buy tickets directly on the bus, but the price is higher (1.40 Lt). There are also 1 day, 3 day, and 10 day tickets, costing 6, 14 and 27 Lt respectively. There are only four places in the city where you can get buy them, and the airport is not one of them. For reference, this page tells you where you can get them, but it is only available in Lithuanian: http://www.vilniustransport.lt/lt/pages/view/?id=53

Taxis

Taxis are also available at the airport, but travellers should be aware of a few things:

  • Taxis are more expensive if hailed/boarded on the street without booking/calling in advance, even at the airport.

  • The best way to take a taxi to the airport is to ask the hotel to call one for you.

Every taxi firm has its own number. Here are prices and numbers for some of taxi firms: http://www.etaksi.lt/en/default.aspx?page=prices&companyweb=14

It is half english site so here is rough translation:

  • Vienkartinis mokestis už įsėdimą - Payment for sitting into taxi
  • Už nuvažiuoto kelio 1km mieste - price for 1 km in the town/city
  • Už nuvažiuoto kelio 1km užmiestyje - price for 1 km in the rural area
  • Be iškvietimo telefonu 1km - price for 1 km if you just sit into taxi without booking it

I do not have much experience with taxi in Vilnius but one my colleague from India had no problem using "Martono taksi" (short mobile number 1422). "Merselita" rings a bell as well for me (phone 1444). Technically you can use any 14xx combination and you will call taxi but I don't promise that you will call Taxi that is in Vilnius ;-) Here is list of 14xx serie - check numbers marked with TAXI http://wiki.partner.biteplius.lt/doku.php/lt:takenshortnumberslt

Micro-buses

You can catch micro-bus number 15 at air port. Here how micro-buses in Vilnius look like:

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On the side of it is written ORO UOSTAS - SANTARIŠKĖS (Air port - Santariškės). Santariškės is part of Vilnius.

Price 3 Litas per person.

They stop only when you ask. Drivers understand Lithuanian and Russian but shouting STOP HERE should work as well. Number 15 will take almost you to place. You should get out of it either just before the river near the White Bridge. In this case you cross White Bridge and Reval hotel is in front of you. You can't miss it. Other possibility is to climb out of microbus after crossing The Green Bridge with soviet-era sculptures on it. In that case you should cross the street and go towards Reval Hotel by climbing stairs and going forward (fast way) or by going by the river (a little bit slower).