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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Joanne_l

Nov 10, 2025

Must do tour! - It was an eye opener to see the Jewish streets and learn about the history on the way. I love the knowledge from the guide and interaction with the guide and the other tour mates.

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Dunetonp

Nov 9, 2025

Nice walk in Kaunas - Very nice walk on the Kaunas champs Elysee 1,7 km very nice place bar and restaurants and other places like drama theater

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Tomasz_n

Nov 3, 2025

An Eye-Opening Journey - A wonderful tour with an excellent guide who opened up a new world for me — an experience I believe is essential for better understanding modern Lithuania.

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X8371sstoms

Nov 2, 2025

Fun informative tour! - It was a fun, informative tour with lots of interesting information. You'll be in parts of the city that you wouldn't go to very quickly so definitely worth it.

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T4789wzmarkd

Sep 28, 2025

Great walking tour for an immersive experience, some orientation & understanding with specialist guide - Sarunas was an amazing guide - we learnt so much and got to see so many parts of the city, great thing to do on the first day to get some orientation, and to understand where the people of Lithuania are coming from. Highly recommended!

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Margaret_a

Sep 22, 2025

Fascinating walk around former Soviet ruled Vilnius. - The walk is led by a vert knowledgeable leader with direct experience of the subject and a passionate interest. He interacted well with a diverse group which only enhanced an already positive experience. The walk is long and quite tiring.

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N5570kymarieb

Sep 21, 2025

Amazing guide, incredibly knowledgeable and so interesting, 3 hours “flew” away, thank you for so much you taught me - Amazing intresting guided tour, this was the BEST I ever been on This man sooooo GOOD We were from 8 countries who joined this incredible tour, what a knowledgeable kid. WALK on this if you are in Vilnius

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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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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