In Vilnius, there is a road connecting the Castle of Vilnius with Poland and Russia, which later turned into the street. Currently Peles Street is the oldest and most elegant streets of the old town of Vilnius. The side streets that cross it, were small roads connected to the main path.

Yet for a long time it was the main street of Vilnius street that connects the Grand Castle to the town hall and the city gates. The street passes from the street Pyatnitskaya church in Didžioji. Peles is surrounded by beautiful and picturesque courtyards with dark corners and on both sides of it depart Vilnius alleys: Sventoji Mykolo, Scapa, Lituratu and Bernardine. The appearance of the street can be described as colorful with a harmonious combination of different historical styles from Gothic to Baroque and eclecticism with a minimum number of buildings of the second half of the 20th century.

The street's name was first mentioned in historical sources in 1530. This street was the main directions for kings, ambassadors of various countries and the papal delegates. Pilies Street was full of different houses of rich parishioners and nobles. Not far from the streets of a large block occupied Vilnius University, where university professors lived. At the end of the 18th century in one of the next to a yard it was founded by a beautiful botanical garden at the University of Vilnius. In addition, the street processions made Peles church procession. On the broad field of the street were noisy bazaars, which is also called the Great Market near the Town Hall and the fish market at the Pyatnitskaya Church.

Often on the street Peles held celebrations in honor of the holiday. For example, in March of Peles, as well as other adjoining streets, a big fair takes Kazyuka. At this time, traffic on the street is limited. On holidays and weekends just stand on the street buskers, so uplifting for all citizens and tourists in the warmer months.

As for the attractions of the street, then they can be attributed on the corner of administrative three-storey building on the right-hand end of the 19th century. Its main facade facing the street is Shvyantarage; it takes the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A three-storey house situated at the corner of Peles, bears the features of late classicism, which is especially evident in the symmetry of its facade. Pilasters between floors beautifully finished composite capitals. Built stone house stood on the site since the early 17th century. In 1748 there was a fire in the building, and the building was built again, but in 1800 it was added to a third floor. Since 1837 house has an archive and the office of the Catholic Church of Vilna. At a later time there lived Reinis Mecislovas Archbishop, Bishop Jurgis Matulaitis, and at the moment there is the Catholic Academy of Sciences of Latvia. In the first half of the 19th century, the first floor was made famous Vilna knigoizdatalem Józef Zawadzki, where he worked his bookstore. During the Soviet era on this floor it was very popular at the time, "pancake", today known as the cafe, which appeared here in 1828.

Located outside the house №10, which now takes its place the hotel has two plaques, one of which is written a line in the Ukrainian and Russian languages ​​in the memory of the poet Taras Shevchenko, who lived here from 1829 to 1830. The second inscription and bas-relief dedicated to the memory of the singer Antanas Shabanyauskasa who is a true professional on the Lithuanian stage. He lived in this house from 1946 to 1987. It is assumed that this house was built in the late 16th century.

The house is opposite the famous for the engineer, architect and historian Theodore Narbut. The upper part of the facade of the building is beautifully decorated with friezes with triglyphs and metopes with rosettes. The whole house is decorated with floral motifs of windows of the second floor.

At one of the locations from the street to Literatu Pyatnitskaya church is the house №40 - a monument to 18th century architecture. The house was acquired by the spouses Jurgis Shlapyalis Shlapyalene and Maria, who actively promoted the Lithuanian language, keeping the content of the bookstore. Now the building has a plaque with their names, and since 1994 there has found a place dedicated to their museum.