this page is constantly updated – last mayor update: July, 2022
Vilnius Bike Map – Information on cycling in Vilnius
6 bicycle routes (circuits) from the cycling map of 2020 are now – with small corrections – available on the website and the application (Apple/Android) of “Neakivaizdinis Vilnius” (Unobvious Vilnius) – in Lithuanian only.
https://neakivaizdinisvilnius.lt/studiju/ant-dviracio/
APP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lt.neakivaizdinisvilnius.app / https://apps.apple.com/us/app/neakivaizdinis-vilnius/id1572432389
here are the routes on a google map including updates 2022:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1pw6vWifqwDFToxSojruBNz5IEcI
City routes (Green Lakes, TV tower, Belmontas, Paneriai, Kairenai) – Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1pw6vWifqwDFToxSojruBNz5IEcI
MTB routes: https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1kBMYkzorrrGLZZ85be5Aao5G-MqkePAb
Trakai by bicycle: https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1cN1K8bM_F8xQrM2i91F7RbaOFbhlB7HD
Separate Pages:
Bike (repair) shops in Vilnius (full list and map)
Best MTB routes in Vilnius (2020) / Kalnų dviračių maršrutai Vilniuje
Vilnius Bicycle Route Map 2020: Easy Leisure Cycling
Trakai by bike (link)
More useful information (posts)
Google Maps with easy cycling routes, MTB routes in Vilnius, and Trakai by bicycle
Google Map with easy leisure cycling routes in Vilnius:
Google Map with routes for Mountainbiking (MTB) around Vilnius:
Map with Cycle Routes Vilnius-Trakai, around Trakai:
“Bicycle routes in Vilnius”.
The official map for city guests (2020)
for information on Easy Leisure Cycling Routes – the easy routes for everyone – on this page:
velovilnius.lt/vilnius-bikemap/city
In 2020 there’s new free cycling map: grab a paper copy in our office, in the tourism information offices in Vilnius or in most of the bike shops in Vilnius
There are 5 round routes (circuits) on the map, which can be combined (there are connected among each other)
- Violet route: To Pavilnys regional park (along Vilnelė river)
- Orange route: To Žverynas, the TV tower and Vingis park
- Blue route: Along both sides of Neris river.
- Green route: Round trip at Verkiai manor and Verkiai Kalvarija (Pilgrimage path with stations of the cross)
- Red route: Round trip in Verkiai Regional Park (to the Green lakes)
Here an overview of the planned routes on the Map:
Is Vilnius a Cycling city?
Definitively not. But it could be worse.
On the one hand, there is no consistent bicycle infrastructure or signing. Bikes paths still “end nowhere” or are made of two white lines, which pedestrians like to ignore …
On the other hand, Vilnius is very green city with plenty of forest and lakes around the city and even large Green areas close to the center (Vingis and Belmontas parks). In Summer time and out of the rush hours traffic is low compared to bigger cities in Europe.
So, despite of the sometimes lacking cycling infrastructure cycling is really fun in Vilnius.
In 2020 a free paper map version of the routes on the map above shall be published.
- More easy leisure cycling routes for everyone (eg. with family, for sightseeing, how to get to the lakes etc.)
Seperate route descriptions for Vilnius Leisure Cycling Routes
![[3] Antaviliai Lakes [4] Kairėnai Botanical Gardens](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/VTIC_antaviliai-366x400.png)
![[8] To Paneriai memorial (MTB)](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/8_Paneriai_-400x265.png)
![Neris river and Verkiai nature park routes [1] To the "Green Lakes" and Europe sculpture park](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/katedra_verkiai-400x370.png)
![Vilnius city round trip: [2] Vingis Park [9] to the TV tower](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Oranzinis_TV-400x246.png)
![[5] Belmontas](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/violetinis_belmontas-400x186.png)
Trakai Bike Map
(both the ways from Vilnius to Trakai as routes around Trakai)
There is now separate page for this (including maps, pictures and gps tracks)
http://velovilnius.lt/vilnius-bikemap/trakai
Trakai is surely one of the highlights in Lithuania: A Medieval castle on an island within lakes, an Old village with wooden houses an very special traditions and food. A very special target not far from Vilnius is the Medieval water castle and former capital of Trakai.
MTB routes /Kalnų dviračių maršrutai Vilniuje
Here, there is a seperate page for Mountainbiking in Vilnius:
velovilnius.lt/vilnius-bikemap/mtb
Areas for Mountainbiking in Vilnius (from North to South)
- North – West of river Neris
Verkiai / Green Lakes
Ozas - North – East of river Neris
Saulėtekis
Antakalnis - East
Belmontas/Pučkoriai - West
Pilaitė
Karoliniškės/Bukčiai - South
Paneriai
Seperate presentations of MTB routes in Vilnius (GPS tracks, maps, pictures …)
![(Lietuvių) [11] Dviračiu po Panerius ir Gariūnus](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-30A8IkGjAcE/UcTG2_PJDUI/AAAAAAAAA0w/5OTDl8ymQDs/s640/a.JPG)
Cycling routes outside of Vilnius (without Trakai)
(place for an overview map is here)
More treasures are hidden: Numerous cycling routes in the Nature parks not far from Vilnius.
They are:
- in Nature protected areas (see list below)
- marked and signed
- paper maps and/or route descriptions are availablel
- neither very easy nor very challenging
(more difficult routes see under “MTB routes”) - on forest paths with low traffic
(in rare cases and on short strips you have to cycle along a car traffic road – be aware if you plan to cycle with children) - most of them reachable by public transport (train or bus)
Territories:
- Neries Regional Park
- Asvėjos Regional Park
- Labanoras Regional Park
- Aukštadvaris Regional Park
- Dzūkijos National Park
- Aukštaitjos National Park
- Gražutės Regional Park
Routes out of Vilnius (get there public transport or car)
(still to be updated in 2020)
Vilnius Bike Map 2018 (Old version)
Open the map here:
Vilnius Bike Map / Trakai Bike Map – https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1pw6vWifqwDFToxSojruBNz5IEcI&usp=sharing
(If you have google maps installed on your smart phone it will open there. If not, then in your web browser)
(click on the map to get more information on each track and point)
Download the whole map – in order to use it with your own phone app or computer program:
kml/kmz (Google Map/ Google Earth, opens eg. with maps.me):
https://velovilnius.lt/uploads/WHOLEMAP.kmz
https://velovilnius.lt/uploads/WHOLEMAP.kml
https://velovilnius.lt/uploads/WHOLEMAP_withnames.kml
gpx (Most universal format for GPSnavigation):
https://velovilnius.lt/uploads/WHOLEMAP_waypoints.gpx https://velovilnius.lt/uploads/WHOLEMAP_tracks.gpx
A selection of Routes for Independent Cycling in and around Vilnius
Interactive map of Vinius bicycle routes: http://www.gpsies.com/mapFolderOnly.do?id=1908 Number are of cause only for orientation
Type — DurationTour / Route name
Short trips about 2 hrs.
#3 Vilnius cityring
# 5 Belmontas / Pavilnio regioninio parko žiedas
Standard trips about 3-4 hrs.
#7 Kairėnai ir Tapėlių / Šilo lakes
#8 Paneriai Memorial
# 9 Big city circuit / Freedom fighters’ tour Soviet Vilnius
Whole day trips — 6 hrs.
[1] To the Green Lakes and Europe Park
Trakai (2 ways to Trakai and 3 routes around Trakai)
#6 – MTB – Antakalnis
#2 – Antaviliai Lakes
interaktyvus maršrutų žemėlapis / Interactive route map / Karte mit schönen Fahrradrouten in, um und aus Vilnius:
http://www.gpsies.com/mapFolderOnly.do?id=1908
This map privides you with:
a) Recommended bicycle routes in the city of Vilnius
Which way to take and which to avoid?
As in concerns bicycles pathes: Yes, we show them on the map (the blue lines), but we know, that there conditions are very different and that most of them are not cyclable!
b) Recommended bicycle routes around Vilnius
according to the blog:povilniu.popo.lt
Their copy (numbers and interactive maps added) you may find here:
c) Sights and beaches 🙂
Targets for the city’s visitors 🙂
Map made with openstreetmap.org, Velo-City Vilnius and Liūdo Basiūlio data
Cycle routes from the “Bicycle Routes” Vilnius booklet (2015)
(published by Vilnius tourism information in 2015):
Green Lakes & Europos parkas http://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dviraciu_turizmas_EN_route1-Zalieji-Ezerai.pdf
Lakes in the North East http://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dviraciu_turizmas_EN_route3-antaviliai.pdf
Cycling in Vilnius Old Town and Vingis park (the Green lung in the City Center) / http://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dviraciu_turizmas_EN_route2-Old-Town.pdf
[tag_groups_cloud]Different types of routes
by time and distance:
1-2 hrs., about 10-15 km 3-4 hrs., about 25-35 km 5-6 hrs., about 35-50 km Routes in Vilnius (starting in the Old town) Routes out of Vilnius (get there public transport or car)
Trakai (both the way to Trakai as routes around Trakai) Routes for the whole family and unexperienced cyclist (mainly avoiding roads with more traffic). These routes usually lead to a beach (at lake or river)
Sightseeing tours (for the tourist) Mountainbiking (off road trails with a more difficult profile) ![Vilnius city round trip: [2] Vingis Park [9] to the TV tower](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Oranzinis_TV-100x61.png)
Vilnius city round trip: [2] Vingis Park [9] to the TV tower
![[5] Belmontas](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/violetinis_belmontas-100x46.png){kind=small}
[5] Belmontas
![[3] Antaviliai Lakes [4] Kairėnai Botanical Gardens](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/VTIC_antaviliai-91x100.png)
[3] Antaviliai Lakes [4] Kairėnai Botanical Gardens
(Lietuvių) Asvėjos regioninio parkos trasos
Bike routes around Trakai
![Neris river and Verkiai nature park routes [1] To the "Green Lakes" and Europe sculpture park](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/katedra_verkiai-100x93.png)
Neris river and Verkiai nature park routes [1] To the “Green Lakes” and Europe sculpture park
![[8] To Paneriai memorial (MTB)](https://velovilnius.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/8_Paneriai_-100x66.png)
[8] To Paneriai memorial (MTB)
bike route in Neris nature park
Routes from Vilnius to Trakai
Neris river and Verkiai nature park routes [1] To the “Green Lakes” and Europe sculpture park
by location:
by type:
