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Trakai

An island castle on a lake and the houses of the Karaim.

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Trakai is a small town between lakes, with a red-brick island castle and the wooden houses of the Karaim.

Museums in Trakai

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

The story of Trakai

Cross the wooden bridges to the Island Castle on Lake Galvė, where the Trakai History Museum tells the story of the Grand Duchy. Walk Karaimų street with its three-window houses and the Karaim prayer house, the kenesa, and eat kibinai. In summer, rent a boat and see the castle from the water.

  • c. 1409the Island Castle is completed
  • c. 1400the Karaim arrive from Crimea

Trakai through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1430Vytautas the Great dies at Trakai.See it: Trakai History Museum

What to do in Trakai

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    Trakai History Museum

    The Island Castle and its treasures.

    Trakai2 hours
Getting there

Getting to Trakai

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

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Vilnius AirportVilnius · Trakai

Getting around Trakai

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

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Hidden story

The crown that never came

Vytautas waited at Trakai for a crown.

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In 1430 the Holy Roman Emperor agreed to send a royal crown to Grand Duke Vytautas. But Polish nobles, who did not want Lithuania to become a separate kingdom, stopped the envoys on the way. Vytautas, then about 80, fell ill and died at Trakai that autumn, never crowned.