Siauliai, Lithuania Travel Blogs

Crosses
Oct 10, 2008 (78 photos)

... trying at least to see the capitals, and as we had earlier in the year compared Riga to Ukraine, it was time to see what Lithuania had to offer. My friends who had been said that it was the Jewboy price that you like, and luckily for us, Flyandscare fly to ...

Siauliai And The Hill Of Crosses
Jul 15, 2006 (6 photos)

... We caught an early bus to Siauliai - a town famous for its nearby Hill of Crosses. Our guidebook described Siauliai as the fourth largest city in Lithuania - which we were surprised at - it felt like a small country town! We wanted to put our luggage ...

Hill of crosses
May 31, 2008

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Arrival in Lithuania
Aug 14, 2007 (6 photos)

... straight, wide enough for overtaking and surrounding by lots of open countryside providing a wonderful feeling of space. Siauliai, the 4th largest city in Lithuania, was the first major place where we could stop. We decided to spend a couple of days ...

Enough of the rain already!
Sep 3, 2007

... Minsk! That gripe out of the way, I moved on to another new stop today: the city of Siauliai (pronounced "shyow-ley") in north central Lithuania. Conveniently located about halfway between Klaipeda and Vilnius on the rail line, it made for an ideal stop ...

Siauliai, Lithuania
Aug 14, 2006 (5 photos)

I manage to drag my sorry ass onto a bus to the 'Hill of Crosses' well a bus that stops a couple of km away and then a walk. not fun in the rain. did get chatting to a woman on the bus tho who seemed keen to speak some english - turns out she was a ...

La colina de la cruces
Aug 6, 2007

Mucho y poco se puede decir sobre este sobrecogedor lugar, no hay palabras, hay que verlo. La colina tiene mas de diez mil cruces y es el simbolo de esperanza de la nacion como lucha contra el regimen sovietico. Las cruces son dejadas por gente anonima y ...

Siauliai, Lithuania
Aug 13, 2006

... amusing as the previous mornings breakfast had been I really couldnt face another one - much to her disappointment, I made my way to Siauliai. But not without experiencing my first hole in the ground loos at Kaunas bus station. As I didn't go at the flat ...

Crosses by the thousand
Sep 14, 2006 (7 photos)

... and a bloody big sundial. Having said that, I didn't come here for the town. 10km to the north is one of Lithuania's most famous and incredible sights, the Hill of Crosses. Actually 2 small hills, the entire area is covered with thousands upon thousands ...

A Religious Experience?
Sep 17, 2007 (6 photos)

Today, I visited Lithuania's hit or miss attraction, and with me, I think it was a miss. The Hill of Crosses is just outside Siauliai (don't ask me how to say it, I don't know). Crosses began to appear on the hill in the mid-1800s, though during Soviet ...

Hill of Crosses
May 2, 2007 (7 photos)

... things at him would make it stop. Ahh, hostel life. I headed for the bus station once again and caught the 9:50 to Siauliai (pronounced something like shoe-lay). There was a mall next to the bus station in Siauliai so I went in there for lunch. Among ...

Siauliai - Lithuania
Aug 26, 2008 (8 photos)

... Lithuania is a remarkable phenomenon.  As early as 14th century, crosses were placed on a small hill outside of Siauliai in central Lithuania, and became a symbol of suffering and hope for the local people, and later for the whole country, especially ...

The Hill Of Crosses
Jul 17, 2008 (38 photos)

The first cross was laid by a father who was given a sign by God that if he laid a cross at the top of the hill his sick child would be healed. The hill later became a place were people would lay crosses to represent Christianity at a time of ...

Off to Lithuania
Sep 12, 2006

... today by bus. Going to this place called the Hill of Crosses. Its supposed to be really cool. I will spend some time in Lithuania and then its off to Poland. I was originally planning on going to the Ukraine afterwards, but its a bit out of the way ...

Hill of Crosses
Jul 10, 2005 (4 photos)

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The Mystical City of the Sun
Aug 30, 2007

... a queue and somewhat regret my hasty goodbyes to Mark and Sean. Next stop Palanga, back to the coast once more and the Lithuania equivalent of Bournemouth, not as seedy as Blackpool, not as cool as Brighton.  When I arrive I,m not too disappointed to ...

Hill of Crosses
Sep 28, 2007

My first domestic conquest out of Vilnius has been Siauliai next to which one of Lithuania's biggest tourist attractions lies. The Hill of Crosses is a massive testament to two things: religious devotion and remembrance of the deceased. It was started ...

The Hill of Crosses
Jul 26, 2009 (5 photos)

Siauliai (pronounced Show-lay) is about 140km north east from Vilnius - a further 10km from there town is a tiny place called Domanti - upon hopping off a local bus here - you have to walk an additional 2km along a single road that cuts through farmers ...

Kaimo Turizmo Sodyba Svajoklių slėnis
Jul 29, 2009 (5 photos)

Kaimo Turizmo Sodyba "Svajoklių Slėnis" Nepriklausomybės g. 96, Papilė Akmenės raj. LT-85243 8-698-45548 El-paštas: info@kaimo-sodyba.lt www.kaimo-sodyba.lt

Former Soviet base, and nearby crazy Hill of Cross
May 31, 2009 (13 photos)

A huge former USSR base and super long runway nearby, but tours are no longer given, and today the airport is used by NATO countries taking turns holding alert here with fighters. Not much to this city, but the nearby Hill of Crosses is a famous ...

Shoping
Jun 14, 2005

Bytur til Siauliai med guiding av Zivile og innlagt shoping. Før vi dro tilbake var vi og besøkte korshøyden som er et meget spesielt syn. Kl 1730 var vi tilbake til Kelme og rett på Rotary møte. Vi ble behørig presentert og jeg hilste fra Florø. De snakket om ...

Siauliai, August 22, 2005 - Monday
Nov 16, 2008 (8 photos)

After the fourth largest town of Latvia, my way led me to the fourth biggest town of Lithuania. Siauliai too was one of the places I had had no intention to visit in my original plan, but now that the things had fallen into place the way they had, I ...

the hill of crosses
Nov 24, 1998

stopped by siauliai to visit the hill of crosses.  very cool, especially in winter. missed the bus and had to walk back to town to get the next bus back to riga.