grutas park

My other half has always been fascinated by the architecture and artistic style of the Soviet era...so when we heard about this place we just had to take a daytrip from Vilnius to check it out. It takes just under 2 hours to get there by car and is well worth the effort (if soviet statues is your thing).It's actually a really nice park even if huge Lenin statues don't float your boat. It was a lot larger than i expected and took us a couple of hours to walk around. Mind you we did go there on a snowy day so it was possibly a bit of a slower walk as a result of the weather. The snow really added to the look of the place though and the photos we gained of the statues, lakes and woods are gorgeous.It also had a lovely little cabin style cafe where you can grab a warming hot chocolate or similar for a bargain price. Lithuania really is a great deal for travellers as its prices for food and drink are mind blowingly cheap. It did food also but we didn't partake.My boyfriend was very happy with this place and he's the Soviet era expert so i guess he know best. Perrsonally I was just happy skipping through the gorgeous forest and snapping photos of all of the statues covered in snow. Gorgeous!

large place in a forest, with part of zoo, part soviet union monuments, most of them are occupation reminders, not the actual Lithuania's worship objects, lots to do for families, good history lesson

This was worth the drive. My kids were so happy to run free and have a playground to play on. We were told it was an Soviet area play ground lots. Maybe well over 130 soviet busts, public statues and glass works. You can up and close with them, They tried to tell use we needed a English local park guide, not needed over 75% of the write up describing the statues are in Russian, Lithuania and English. Very nice restaurant in side the park. If your kids love animals a ton of cages with every kind of animals are here too inside the park. My kids loved petting a zebra. it is about 1 1/2 hours from Vilnius. If it is raining you have four building that have have smaller displays to view while the rain stops.

An hour's stroll around these leftover communist era statues gave us a real history lesson into both communism and the impact of the Soviet Union on Lithuania. Worth a stop!

Rather expensive by comparison with other attractions in Lithunia.A beautiful setting beside a large lake and a stream running through the park. The main purpose of the park is to display the large number of Communist era statues which were removed from display in several Lithunian cities once the country got its freedom. The statues are well displayed with English translations. Each is set in a small forest glade beside the forest paths. Included in the park are a large Childers play area, a small zoo and a couple of museums. There was some local controversy at the opening of this park. Some felt that these disgraced people should not be once again on display.Tip - don't buy the map. It adds nothing and there is a large display copy of it by the cafe.

Маст к посещению. Отличное место. Эмоциональное. Это надо помнить. Это надо видеть. Молодцы они что это сохранили. Надо помнить

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