{"id":776,"date":"2019-07-05T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kurortuasociacija.lt\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2019-07-05T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:12:58","slug":"anyksciai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kurortuasociacija.lt\/en\/tourist-resorts-and-resort-areas\/anyksciai\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyk\u0161\u010diai"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]Anyk\u0161\u010diai will leave you impressed by the blue lakes and the fresh fragrant air of the Anyk\u0161\u010diai Grove. It is not a coincidence that this romantic town happened to be the cradle of Lithuanian literature that has raised three literary giants \u2013 Antanas Baranauskas, Antanas Vienuolis-\u017dukauskas and Jonas Bili\u016bnas. The literary aura of Anyk\u0161\u010diai has also helped to raise a disproportionally high number of other outstanding writers, poets, artists and scientists.<\/p>\n

Almost every lake, river, stream or hill of Anyk\u0161\u010diai has its own a story or a legend. The etymological roots of the name of the town itself (which has a component meaning “a thumb”) are also associated with our ancestors who, while admiring the Rubikiai Lake from the top of the hill, would remark to one another: “Gee, the lake looks like the palm of your hand”, and would compare the stream that flows out of the lake: “It looks like a thumb! ” (the Lithuanian toponym “Anyk\u0161\u010diai”has in its root the component “nyk\u0161tys”, which in Lithuanian means a “thumb”). Another legend has it that one day a daughter of one farmer was washing her laundry in the place where the Rubikiai stream flows out of the lake, accidentally hurt her thumb and exclaimed: “Ai nyk\u0161t\u012f, ai nyk\u0161t\u012f!”, which in English means “oops, my thumb, oops my thumb!<\/p>\n

The literary appeal of Anyk\u0161\u010diai is coupled by the geographical appeal of the region, the sustainable economic activities and the vast abundance of cultural objects. In the vicinity of the town of Anyk\u0161\u010diai there stretches the Rubikiai Lake (the area of which is almost 1,000 hectares) surrounded by three mounds, boasting 16 islands, in the western part of Anyk\u0161\u010diai there is the famous Puntukas Stone, the second largest stone in Lithuania, in the vicinity of the town there is the \u0160eimyni\u0161k\u0117liai Mound that is famous for its history for there used to stand the Voruta Castle of the first Lithuanian King, Mindaugas. These and other attractions of the Anyk\u0161\u010diai Town are perfect for tourist excursions, and are easily and conveniently accessible, and they equipped with numerous tourist rest sites.<\/p>\n

Anyk\u0161\u010diai is also famous for its narrow-gauge railway, which winds towards the lakeside holiday villas. The narrow-gauge railway celebrated its centenary in the autumn of 1999, and it is one of the most interesting objects of Lithuania’s technical heritage.<\/p>\n

Anyk\u0161\u010diai also boasts Lithuania’s first and so far, the only one summer toboggan run. The toboggan run can be enjoyed both in summer and in winter \u2013 no matter whether it rains or snows, whether it is warm or cold.<\/p>\n

There is no other district in Lithuania that has so many tourist attractions, museums and natural heritage sites. These heritage sites were the basis for granting the town the status of a resort area back in 2007.<\/p>\n

The most popular places of interest of Anyk\u0161\u010diai District are St. Matthew’s Church, the Puntukas Stone, Lithuania’s famous writer’s, Jonas Bili\u016bnas’, tombstone monument “The Beacon of Happiness”, and it is only a small part of the heritage sites of Anyk\u0161\u010diai that are well worth seeing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1562321175924{margin-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column]