Soviet Vilnius Walking Tour: Explore 50 Years of History and Architecture

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Step back in time and explore 50 years of Soviet rule on this engaging walking tour of Vilnius. Discover the city’s Soviet-era architecture and gain insight into life under Soviet rule.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Vilnius With Locals Tours - A local guide will lead you through the city’s Soviet history. Please be aware that there will be a significant amount of walking involved!
Gediminas Monument - This is the meeting point.
Zaliasis Tiltas - Discover the story behind the Soviet propaganda sculptures that were on this bridge until summer 2015,…

What's Included

Professional guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Immerse yourself in a historical journey, spanning 50 years of Soviet reign, with this 2 to 2.5-hour stroll around Vilnius. Wander alongside a knowledgeable guide along the city’s magnificent streets, taking in the striking architecture reminiscent of the Soviet era. Spot renowned Soviet legacy landmarks like the Palace of Concerts and Sports, the…

Location

Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas

Katedros aikštė

Look for the guide with a yellow bag/ yellow sign in front of monument to Gediminas ( a man standing next to a horse) at the Cathedral square

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Maury_n

Aug 23, 2025

Great tour and terrific guide - A lot of walking and would have been helpful to know in advance how much walking we were going to have.

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Libbyw516

Aug 15, 2025

Really helped to understand the Soviet period in Lithuania - We found this tour to be really interesting and good coverage of the Soviet period leading up to Independence. As expected, it's not all joyful but Ieva did a good job of covering the information in an interesting and entertaining way. This tour covers quite a lot of ground so be prepared to walk.

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107graemeh

Aug 12, 2025

Excellent walking tour. - Terrific guide who successfully managed our large group … fascinating , audible, enough, well paced, right distance. Complements old town tours well!

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Linda_j

Aug 2, 2025

Excellent guide. Worth doing the tour. Learnt a lot about Vilnius and how they suffered. - Excellent full.of history. Great guide. Lots of information. Took us to areas we wouldn't have found on our own.

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World_traveler_dr

Jul 23, 2025

Outstanding - An excellent, professional tour. Sarunas was an unbelievable tour guide . His knowledge and information were outstanding. A difficult subject, however it was presented with passion and personal reflection . A tour that all should experience

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Johan_b

Jul 14, 2025

Professional tour - Really good guide who took us around the old Soviet part of Vilnius. We left the old town and walked across the river and meanwhile we were described the terrible time during the occupation 1939-90. The guide was very knowledgeable and also personal in its description. Book.

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David_s

Jul 12, 2025

Be prepared to walk,... - Be prepared to walk, listen and learn. Our tour guide was quite good. We followed up the next day with a tour of the old kgb headquarters where the your ended.

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Erling

Jul 8, 2025

Very interesting tour - Sarunas was our guide. He was very competent and enthusiastic. The trip was very interesting and can be recommended. We got to know a little both about the private and political situation during those nearly 50 years.

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Elza_c

Jun 21, 2025

You must request TADAS as your guide!! - I love history and this guided tour gave me some wonderful information. Our guide Tadas, was very knowledgeable about Soviet occupancy here in Vilnius. This made the tour much more enjoyable, lots of walking so bring comfy shoes.

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Lisa_e

Aug 12, 2025

Call and make sure you are going to see what you want to see before booking the tour. - When reading the information it made it seem like we were actually going to go into the KGB museum instead of just walking past it, I mean, what good is that? We got to the meeting point and double check the guy who told us know that we are not going into the museum. We only had one day in Lithuania and really wanted to see this exhibit. Everything else he said we would cover we already covered that morning in the Jewish walking tour. I then asked him if he would kindly use his phone to call us a taxi and we would go on our own, we do not have International call our phone plan. He was very hesitant to do this until I reminded him that Viator already had our money and now his group load would be easier by two people. I offered to also give him a few USD For his efforts. At that point, he agreed to cause a taxi, and we went to the KGB museum on our own. He offered no apologies for the misunderstanding. We were very disappointed in the write up on your website and think it should be more specific.

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From $23

up to 8 guests

1 - Adult