The purpose of the visitor centre is to contribute to the protection of the Piusa caves and protected species by the year-round coordination and planned developing of tourism, also to provide the safety of the tourists visiting Piusa caves.
Piusa Visitor Centre houses a museum, a seminar room for 50 people, a cafe and handicraft room for children. We provide guiding services, educational excursions for schools, workshops and seminars. Next to the visitor centre you can find a quite unconventional children playground.
In the visitor centre you can:
take a virtual walk in the Piusa sandstone caves in the search of the altars located in the Museum cave by using a 3D computer model;
see AHHAA science centre exhibits;
watch movies about the creation of the caves and about protected plant and animal species;
take a closer look at the sands;
get acquainted with the living conditions of the bats;
compete in the exciting AHHAA cave game;
with pre-ordering make sand bottles and sand cards etc. by yourself in the handicraft room;
have a delicious meal in the Piusa cafe.
From October to April you can visit wintering bats in the closed observation platform of the Museum Cave!
Location: Tüviste Vastse-Roosa, Rõuge vald, Võrumaa, 66103
The film " Truth and Justice" was filmed here in 2017–2018. All buildings and facilities were originally built for the film only, but the complex turned out to be so unique and cosy that it was turned into a visitor centre.
At the ce...
Location: Saatse küla, Setomaa vald, Võrumaa, 64037
Saatse Seto Museum was opened in the former schoolhouse on 25 July 1974. The museum was founded by the legendary principal of Satserinna School, Viktor Veeber.
The interactive permanent exhibition of the museum that houses Setomaa's most extensive...
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