Voyage privé - Colline des Croix / 2 pays en 1 jour
Description
Hill of Crosses est un site vraiment unique qui vous coupera le souffle! C'est un site de pèlerinage datant des années 1830, lorsque les gens ont commencé à placer des croix ici pour prier pour leurs proches qu'ils ont perdus dans les batailles (soulèvement du Commonwealth lituanien-polonais contre l'Empire russe). À l'époque soviétique, cet endroit a servi de protestation pacifique contre le régime soviétique alors qu'il tentait de le détruire à plusieurs reprises tandis que les habitants revenaient sans cesse et plaçaient plus de croix tout le temps. La Colline des Croix a été visitée par le Pape Jean-Paul II en 1993 et depuis lors, cet endroit est devenu très populaire - non seulement parmi les habitants mais aussi les touristes du monde entier! Ne soyez pas intimidé par le fait qu'il s'agit d'un lieu de pèlerinage. Même si vous n'êtes pas religieux, veuillez noter que tout le monde est le bienvenu pour visiter cette belle vue tant que vous respectez tous les autres qui la visitent!
Options de l'excursion
Itinéraire
Un poste frontalier entre la Lettonie et la Lituanie - arrêt facultatif pour une photo.
Une visite guidée de la colline des croix afin que nous puissions expliquer l'histoire et les légendes du lieu. De plus, nous soulignerons des détails dans certaines croix qui changeront la façon dont vous regardez la colline par la suite.
Temps libre pour explorer les lieux par vous-même. Profitez de tout, profitez du moment et bien sûr - prenez des tonnes de superbes photos!
Points forts
Ce qui est inclus
Lieux et horaires de prise en charge
Nous viendrons vous chercher à n'importe quel endroit central de Riga.
Avis des voyageurs
Informations importantes
- Landau ou poussette possible pour les bébés et enfants en bas âge
- Animaux d'assistance acceptés
- Transports en commun disponibles à proximité
- Sièges enfants avec besoins spéciaux disponibles
- Convient à toutes les conditions physiques
Avis(48)
The Hill of Crosses has to be experienced. It evoked a feeling of admiration for the spirit of endurance. I was not spooked .
It is the most incredible, truly humbling place filled with so much emotional energy. Our guide Viesturs was wonderful, he was kind, friendly, very knowledgeable & a truly lovely young man, nothing was too much trouble. We really had a fabulous day & would HIGHLY recommend booking this trip. Krista was so very helpful with planning after we booked. A**
What an incredibly moving & emotionally charged place full of love & heartbreak. Ive never seen anything like it. Well worth a visit.
Highly recommend Latvian Gem and the private tour to Hill of Crosses. We were a group of 4 and had a wonderful guide: Viesturs. Being a private tour, we had some flexibility as to what site we visited first, where and when we stopped for lunch, and Viesturs was informative, friendly and humorous. His English was faultless and he gave us some excellent recommendations for restaurants and bars in Riga, which proved to be spot-on! The Hill of Crosses is a must-see. An amazing experience, and with snow on the ground and was just beautiful.
We booked a tour direct with Latvian Gem and was so pleased with the customer service ahead of the tour from Krista and on the day. We were kept informed of who our tour guide would be and which vehicle to look out for through WhatsApp. On the day Janis let us know he'd arrived and the itinerary for the day. As it was just the 2 of us on the tour it was brilliant as Janis shared so much h information, not just on the trip we had booked to visit The Hill of Crosses from Riga, but about Latvian life, history culture and customs. If you get Janis as your tour guide you'll be very lucky as he's knowledgeable, personable and friendly and for English speakers is English is superb. We had such a great visit as we learned so much and The Hill of Crosses is incredibly moving. Religious or not you can't not appreciate the beauty. We also visited the city of Jelgava and stopped for a photo opportunity at the border crossing with Lithuania. We highly recommend booking direct with Latvian Gem.
Wonderful private tour with VB! So knowledgeable and kind. We learned much about the Baltics and had a great time!
So what can I say that's negative? Nothing! 100% recommend. I had a great day on this tour. Our guide was punctual for pick up and easy to find. Welcoming us at the start and ensured all were on board. We did the introductions of all names and where from to break the ice and then we were off. The weather was unusually poor for this time of year apparently, rain, and he made sure the van air con was set to make it comfortable for all in the back and no "steamy" windows. The drive to the Hill of Crosses, 90mins approx, didn't seem to take that long. Great chat passed the time easily. All in the back seemed to be chatting away amongst themselves. On arrival at the Hill we had just the right amount of history of the site before an hour on our own. The hour passed quickly, there are up to 500,000 crosses to work your way around! On the way back, again it doesn't seem to take long which was good, the photo stop for the "border" photo and the most beautiful Orthodox church, worked really well. As far as monies worth 10 out of 10. Also our guide, Peter and middle name "Richard", was a great guy. I was heading to collect my race pack for the Riga half marathon and he even gave me a lift on his way home to save me on Bolt/Uber etc. big thanks for that, ran my second fastest time ever! All in all I really recommend this tour with this company!
Excellent tour through 2 countries: Latvia🇱🇻 and Lituhania🇱🇹, with the Crosses✝️ as the ultimate goal. Beautiful surrondings, villages and palaces. It was a privelege to be driven and guided by Latvian Gem colleague Janis. Many thanks, Joost from The Netherlands🇳🇱.
A bit of a depressing and crumbling place. Definitely a meaningful place for deeply religious people. Rather not for visiting with with fickle children.
I had such a wonderful day with Krista exploring Hill of Crosses, Rundale Palace, and even adding in a Riga city tour! Krista was such a patient, kind, and just all around great companion all day and I highly recommend going on any tour with her or her team! I fell in love with Riga’s architecture and quirky public art, enjoyed walking amongst the countless crosses in Lithuania (easy border crossing by the way!), and savored the blooming roses in the Rundale Palace (Baltic’s own Versailles with much less crowds!) Riga was not at the top of my list of cities to visit, but thanks to my new found appreciation because of Krista’s love of her own country, I’m excited to return one of these days!
