Veisiejai is located between Lakes Ančia and Veisiejai and lies within Veisiejai Regional Park. Those wishing to book a hotel in Veisiejai can then continue searching for accommodation.
Nature and Landscape
Veisiejai Regional Park has 37 lakes; with an area of 490.8 hectares, Lake Ančia is the largest lake in the park. Veisiejai Manor Park is also part of the townscape. The dendrologically valuable park covers 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 and History
The present-day stone Church of St. George in Veisiejai was built in 1817. It is an 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. It 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 in Veisiejai contains more than 4,000 exhibits, including calendars from various countries around the world.
Routes and Programmes
Veisiejai Regional Park has 10 tourist routes running 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. The “Stebuklingų ančių” route is a 3.7 km adventure route through Veisiejai featuring six symbolic ducks.
The guided “Stebuklingų ančių” programme presents the history of Veisiejai, its cultural and natural heritage, and the work of writers who lived there in an interactive format; participants hear a legend and search for six ducks hidden around the town.
Visitor Information
The “Stebuklingų ančių” programme begins at Dariaus ir Girėno St. 6 in Veisiejai and takes place by prior telephone reservation at +370 612 33044. The visitor centre of Veisiejai Regional Park features the indoor exhibition “Gyvenimas tarp vandenų”.
The Albino Jarmala Calendar Museum can be visited by prior telephone appointment.
More town pages: Krosna, Meteliai, Bertasiunai.
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