Veisiejai: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Veisiejai lies between Lakes Ančia and Veisiejai and is located within Veisiejai Regional Park.

For travellers wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Veisiejai, choosing accommodation is a separate part of planning their stay.

Nature

Veisiejai Regional Park has 37 lakes. With an area of 490.8 hectares, Lake Ančia is the park’s largest lake.

Veisiejai Manor Park is a dendrologically valuable park covering 9.53 hectares and was designated a state-protected natural heritage site in 2007. It contains a circle of 21 linden trees planted in the second half of the 18th century.

Culture

The present stone Church of St George in Veisiejai was built in 1817. It is a protected architectural monument featuring a combination of Baroque and Classicist forms that is unique in Lithuania.

The Veisiejų krašto muziejus Museum presents material about the ophthalmologist and creator of the international language Esperanto, Liudvikas Lazaris Zamenhof, who came to Veisiejai in 1885 and completed the development of the Esperanto language there, as well as about the organist and composer Juozas Neimontas and the poet Sigitas Geda. The same museum also displays exhibits on the history of the school in Veisiejai, the deportation of people from this region and other local historical topics.

The Albino Jarmala Calendar Museum contains more than 4,000 exhibits, including calendars from various countries around the world. It can be visited by prior telephone appointment.

Experiences

Veisiejai Regional Park has 10 tourist routes. They run along the shore of the park’s largest lake, Ančia, through the hilly Šlavantų kraštas, in the surroundings of Kapčiamiestis and in the Petroškai Forest.

Under the name “Stebuklingų ančių”, there is a 3.7-kilometre adventure route through Veisiejai featuring six symbolic ducks, as well as a guided programme. In the form of a game, it presents the history of Veisiejai, its cultural and natural heritage, and the work of writers who lived there. Participants hear a legend and search for six ducks hidden around the town. The programme starts at Dariaus ir Girėno g. 6 in Veisiejai and takes place by prior telephone registration at +370 612 33044.

Orientation

The visitor centre of Veisiejai Regional Park presents the indoor exhibition “Gyvenimas tarp vandenų”.

Further destinations: Krosna, Bertasiunai, Meteliai.

For the overview of the wider travel area: Lazdijai District Municipality.