- The easiest way to get to the Hill of Crosses is either with your own car (an easy day trip from either Vilnius or Kaunas) or by taxi from Šiauliai.
- The Hill of Crosses is one of the most famous and unique tourist sights in Lithuania. Here are pictures from my visit to the Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai, Lithuania.
- Pilgrimage site - Located about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai in northern Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses is a mysterious pilgrimage site.
- And like much of Eastern Europe, that occupation would continue for a half-century. And that’s when the Hill of Crosses gained greater significance.
- Today, visitors can place their own cross on the Hill of Crosses. It takes approximately 2.5 hours by car to reach the Hill of Crosses from Vilnius.
- The Hill of Crosses is exactly what it sounds like, a hill (two separate mounds) that has hundreds of thousands of crosses all over it.
- View this classic 18th-century palace before heading to one of the most sacred and spiritual places in Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses.
- The Hill of Crosses is an interesting and very unique site of pilgrimage, which is in the vicinity of the city of Šiauliai, within the Republic of Lithuania.
- Experience the spiritual allure of the Hill of Crosses, adorned with over 200,000 crosses and symbolizing the enduring spirit of Lithuanian Catholicism.
- The Hill of Crosses is a small mount with several hundred thousand crosses located on it. There are several versions of this place’s origin.