Alūksne is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.
Understand
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Alūksne station
- 1 Tourism information centre (Alūksnes Tūrisma informācijas centrs), Pils iela 25a, Alūksne, LV-4301, ☏ 371 643 22804, 371 29130280, fax: 371 643 22804, ✉[email protected].
Get in
1188.lv provides up-to-date bus and train schedules, route planner and prices.
Get around
See
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Lake Alūksne
- 1 Lake Alūksne (Alūksnes ezers).
- 2 Temple Hill (Tempļa kalns). An ancient Latgalian castle mound and bridge.
- 3 Alūksne Palace Park, Fountains and Museum (Alūksnes pils parks un strūklakas), Pils 74, Alūksne, ☏ 371 25665538, 371 64381321, ✉[email protected]. Different to what tourists may be used to seeing, due to its color. Very picturesque.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 1 Pajumte, 68 Pils Street, Alūksne, ☏ 37127811511, ✉[email protected].
- 2 Kafejnīca "Altiņš", Pils iela 29, Alūksne, ☏ 371 64322784. Low ratings due to the interior, but sufficient for a solid meal. €.
Drink
Sleep
- Also, check out the local accommodation website: http://visitaluksne.lv/eng/?page_id=2276
- 1 Jaunsētas Recreational Centre (3.2 km north of the centre), ☏ 371 64322043, 371 29144781, 371 28650600 (reservation), ✉[email protected]. Hotel, camp-site, and cabin accommodation. On-site sauna, restaurant, boat and bicycle rent, sports and recreational events. Dorm €10, single €23, double €39-65.
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.