Sunny Nights Camping

Cycling fans, get geared up for pedals out to several scenic spots: for those looking for an easy jaunt from the site, Jakiškiai Manor – a manor farmstead that's home to one of Lithuania's oldest parks – is a fine four kilometres away. If you’re a pro pedaller, then a 20-kilometre bike ride out to Hill of Crosses should be a cinch... And what might one expect from somewhere with such a name? Well, it is exactly what it’s called: it’s a spookily spectacular pilgrimage site atop a hill that’s been spiked with tons and tons of crosses, and thus a highly recommended spectacle worth squeezing in. For an urbanised day out, Šiauliai – Lithuania’s fourth-largest city – is 28 kilometres away; head here for strolls along its main street, Vilniaus gatvė, punctuated by sits in bars or on café terraces after taking a peek into one of several museums dedicated to the likes of bikes, cats, photography and trains. If you’re into your sporting history, then the basketball museum over in Joniškis, 10 kilometres from Sunny Nights, is worth the trip over to. Nature nurturers will find the Gedžiūnų Miško Biosphere Polygon Žagarė to be a tiptop spot eyeballing eagles and other such feathered specimens, or the neatly packaged eight kilometre-long Žagarė Regional Park is 40 minutes by car for views across the Švėtė valley, the Žiemgalė plains and kilometres upon kilometres of forested land.