PLACES TO VISIT

Gintarai Hillfort

An extraordinarily beautiful cherry orchard, a manor, three ponds, and the Evangelical Reformed Church. Which place could this be? Gintarai Hillfort, also known as the Cherry Orchard, is the place where life was completely different until the 16th century. The mentioned sites disappeared long ago, but the fantastic view from the hill has not changed—it truly makes you gasp. And if you recall the legend of the landlady who was buried alive in the manor cellars and is said to haunt the hill for three hundred years, it gives you shivers. Possibly, in ancient times the manor had a great cherry orchard, which is why the hill was named Cherry Hill. It is said that when walking around the hillfort, one can find secret entrances to the cellars of the demolished manor, supposedly filled with treasures. If you fail in the search, it is worth remembering that burial mounds were formed near Cherry Hill as early as the 2nd century BC. Thus, this place was once the land where the Balts and Curonians lived.