Atesninkai I: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Nature
Meteliai Regional Park protects the unique large lakes of southern Lithuania – Dusia, Meteliai and Obelija – as well as the surrounding landscape.
A 3.5-kilometre nature trail begins at the Meteliai Regional Park Visitor Centre. The visitor centre also features an interactive exhibition and information about the life of the European pond turtle.
From the Meteliai Regional Park Visitor Centre, optical equipment can be used to observe the landscape around Lake Dusia and waterfowl on the lake.
History
Atesninkų hillfort is located at the northern end of a hill. Its oval area, elongated in a north–south direction, measures 25 × 12 metres; the moderately steep slopes are up to 7 metres high and covered with a few pine trees.
Atesninkų hillfort dates from the first half of the 1st millennium.
Atesninkų hillfort is located near the village of Atesninkai in Simnas Eldership.
Culture
In nearby Simnas, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1520; it is considered the oldest building in Užnemunė and the only basilica-style Renaissance church with a cruciform layout in Lithuania.
In nearby Mergalaukis, there is a German military cemetery from the First World War; the grave of Lieutenant Ernst Wurche lies in its centre.
Atesninkų hillfort can be reached via the Simnas–Kalvarija road and the Giluičiai junction; from there, a field road in the village of Atesninkai and a path across the field lead to the hill.
Accommodation
Those who choose Atesninkai as a travel destination want to rent a holiday apartment in Atesninkai.
The Sodyba “Atesys” accommodation offers fishing as well as boat and canoe rental.
The Sodyba “Atesys” accommodation offers lake access, a boat, a pedal boat and kayaks.
The rural accommodation Sodyba “Atesys” includes lake access, a boat, a pedal boat and kayaks.
Sodyba “Atesys” is a rural tourism accommodation located at Ežero g. 15 in the village of Atesninkai, in Miroslavas Eldership.
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