Walk in Druskininkai to see the most impressive wooden villas.

Maironio street 14. The imperial villa was built at the end of the nineteenth century. It is known to have been owned by a local businessman by the name of Frenkel, who established a restaurant and guest rooms there.The composition of the buildings reminds one of Italian villas that are typical of the middle of the nineteenth century, with a massive turret, triangular pediment, and low galleries on the sides. The décor is dominated by the Russian style.

Laisvės sq. 21. Villa Moorish is a villa that is reminiscent of the terems that are typical of the period of Ivan the Terrible in the late nineteenth century. This villa is located near the church.The most expressive of its features is the main facade with its semi-enclosed gallery. It consists of openings with semicircular arches that are covered with small ornamented carvings. Between the openings are columns with capitals.

T. Kosciuškos st. 7. he Radium villa with its romantic features, which are somewhat similar to the Swiss style and to the wooden buildings of the estates of the nobility, forms part of the architectural heritage of the Polish period. In the Soviet era, the building housed the resort’s central laboratory and currently it provides accommodation services. The building’s name comes from the name of the chemical element, radium (the Latin word ‘Radius’ means beam). Following the discovery of polonium and radium by the famous Mary Sklodowska-Curie, interest to the new chemical elements arose in the then-territory of Poland.

Šv. Jokūbo st. 9. Beautiful XIX century villa with impressive wood carvings

K. Dineikos st. 9. Villa built in 1900. The most impressive part is the tower with a terrace on top

K. Dineikos st. 12. This building used to be for kid's camp. Now it's a colourful and very impressive villa