点评:I thought it was going to be a difficult day trying to do Hill of Crosses enroute from Riga to Vilnius. The sightseeing transfer bus was not running on the day we went.
It worked out way easier… essentially we took a bus Riga to Siauliai - Ollex at 0600 and arrived just before scheduled 0830. It was a minibus and experience was way better than many reviews. It drops you at the petrol station in walking distance 5 mins to Bus Stn Euro 20 each. The bus stn has luggage drop 3 euros per bag open till 7pm on a weekday. We enquired about the local bus which went at 0825 and next 1025 so just missed it. Got a bolt there for euro 10.90. Had intended to ask him to wait etc but he spoke no English and so just dropped us. There’s an info office and a machine to make coffee at Hill of Crosses. All up including walking to the Monastery it was less than an hour looking around. It was really eery with a low fog surrounding. The very helpful lady at the info centre called a taxi - euro 11.45 back to bus station. There’s a shopping centre attached to Bus station. We wandered into town to the Cathedral and a market and had a coffee. Returned to bus station, collected bags and walked the 10 mins to railway station for the 1414 train to Vilnius.
Plenty of time and didn’t feel rushed or stressed. A great stopover.
翻译:我原以为从里加前往维尔纽斯的途中要去“十字架山”会是个艰难的行程。不过在我们出发的那天,观光巴士并未运营。
结果事情变得简单多了……我们早上6点乘坐了从里加开往希奥利艾的Ollex巴士,并在预定时间8点30分前抵达。那是一辆小型巴士,实际体验比很多评论所说的要好得多。巴士会把乘客送到一个加油站,从那里步行5分钟就能到达巴士站。费用为每人20欧元。巴士站提供行李寄存服务,每个行李箱收费3欧元,工作日服务时间至晚上7点。我们询问了早上8点25分以及之后10点25分开出的本地巴士,可惜都错过了。最后我们花了10.90欧元叫了一辆Bolt网约车。原本打算请司机稍等一会儿,但他不会说英语,于是就把我们放下就走了。在十字架山那里有一个信息咨询处,还有一台咖啡机。算上步行前往修道院的时间,整个游览过程不到一小时。四周雾气弥漫,气氛十分阴森诡异。信息中心那位非常热心的女士帮我们叫了一辆出租车,车费为11.45欧元,我们因此得以返回巴士站。巴士站旁边就有一个购物中心。我们漫步进城,参观了大教堂与集市,还喝了杯咖啡。之后返回巴士站取回行李,再步行10分钟便到了火车站,赶上了14点14分前往维尔纽斯的列车。
时间充裕,我们丝毫没有感到匆忙或紧张。这真是一段很棒的途中停留经历。