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Two days trip by car across the Grazutes regional park

The park is situated in the Eastern part of Lithuania: in the Zarasai and Ignalina regions. There are seventy lakes in the park. More than half of its territory is covered by woods. There are a lot of mushrooms and berries.

The inhabitants of Kaunas and Vilnius can get to it quite easily. The park is crossed by the road Kaunas-Zarasai-Daugpilis. Its eastern border goes along the road Zarasai-Ignalina-Vilnius.

The first day: Madagaskaras - Antalieptė - Vencavai - Salakas

Madagaskaras ia a homeland of M.Reinys, an archbishop. Antaliepte is a village with a monastery, a water mill and a church of the baroque style. There is a wonderful landscape, called "Switzerland" with the nearby rivulet Savasa. You can jump from stone to stone down its stream up to the river Sventoji without getting wet your shoes.

The second day: Energetic museum - Antaliepte lagoon - Sventas lake

The energetic museum was founded in the water mill in the Tiltiskes village. The bank line of the Antaliepte lagoon is winding over 160 km. The Antaliepte lagoon is a real treasure and an uncovered world for tourists. The Sventas lake is filled with a cristal clear water. Through its transparent water anyone can watch its underwater life. At the southern bank of the lake there is a sandy beach, called "a little Palanga". It is forbidden to make fire or to arrange place for rest there.