Alūksne
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Understand
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phone: +371 643 22804, +371 29130280address: Pils iela 25a, Alūksne, LV-4301
Get in
1188.lv provides up-to-date bus and train schedules, route planner and prices.
See
Lake Alūksne
Temple HillAn ancient Latgalian castle mound and bridge.
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Alūksne Palace Park, Fountains and Museum
phone: +371 25665538, +371 64381321address: Pils 74, AlūksneDifferent to what tourists may be used to seeing, due to its color. Very picturesque.
Eat
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Pajumte
phone: +37127811511address: 68 Pils Street, Alūksne -
Kafejnīca "Altiņš"
phone: +371 64322784address: Pils iela 29, AlūksneLow ratings due to the interior, but sufficient for a solid meal.
Sleep
- Also, check out the local accommodation website: http://visitaluksne.lv/eng/?page_id=2276
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phone: +371 64322043, +371 29144781, +371 28650600 (reservation)Hotel, camp-site, and cabin accommodation. On-site sauna, restaurant, boat and bicycle rent, sports and recreational events.
Go next
- Gulbene – The destination of the narrow gauge railway.
- Cesvaine – This nearby village is home to the Cesvaine Palace and ruins of medieval castles.
- Lake Lubānas – In the far southeastern corner of Vidzeme. The largest lake in Latvia by area, but also one of the shallowest ones with average depth just 3 m. A great place for windsurfing and under-ice fishing in winter.
- Smiltene – Features a manor, some castle ruins, and a watch tower over the surrounding area. Not very interesting, but quite cosy and slightly larger than Valka, and not far from the Pskov highway.
- Seda – Founded in 1953 in an uninhabited area, it still embodies the pomp of Communist and Stalinist shock-work aka architecture. Nearby a vast man-made peat bogs nature area can be found, and is not to be missed. Both occurrences are historically tied to each other.