Public Transport
When using public transport within Vilnius, you have the option of three types of busses. You have the fast busses, recognisable by the letter G after the line number. These busses do not stop at every bus stop and thus can make a long distance trip a lot faster. Besides the fast busses, there are the normal busses and trolley busses. These busses stop at most, if not all, stops they pass.
When traveling by any of these busses, you can buy a ticket from the driver. This ticket will cost you 1 euro and will be valid until the last stop on the route. Another option is to get the Vilniečio kortelė. This public transport card will cost you 1,5 euro and can be loaded with a variety of public transport tickets.
These tickets can vary from a 30 minute to a 365 days ticket. When loaded with one of these tickets, you will be able to get on and off any number of busses until the card expires. You do however, have to make sure that the ticket is activated. This can be done by holding the card against the yellow machines in the bus and wait until you hear a sound. This only has to be done once.
You can get these card at all venues with a Vilniečio kortelė sticker on the windows. An example are the Narvesen kiosk stores. One of these is located in the arrival hall of the Vilnius Airport.
The prices of the tickets depend on the time period that the ticket will be valid for. A short overview can be found below:
60 minute ticket: 0,90 euro
3 days (72 hours): 8 euro
10 days (240 hours): 15 euro
30 days: 28,96 euro
180 days: 173,77 euro
For students, there is a 80% discount. To get this discount, you will need a student card that is valid within Lithuania. For international students, this is the ISIC card. You can get this card via https://www.isic.lt. The card is about 10 euros, but the prices is depending on the type of card you get. You have the option to get a card that has an included public transport card. You also have the option to get a card that functions as credit card.
The card has a lot of perks. It comes with discounts in many stores and restaurants, as well as an incredible discount on public transport tickets. With the student card, the public transport prices will be as follows:
60 minute ticket: 0,46 euro
3 days: 1,22 euro
10 days: 2,37 euro
30 days: 5,80 euro
180 days: 34,75 euro
Find more information on the following website: http://www.vilniustransport.lt/en/
When you go out on the weekends and do not want to walk home in the early mornings, you have a few options. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, there a small amount of night busses. In these busses, you always pay one euro to the bus driver. The other option is to order a taxi. You can do this via the etaxi or the taxify app. A cab ride home usually costs no more than 3 euros. The plus side of this is that you can share a cab with your friends.