点评:As with lots of places in the villages the signs are not the best when trying to find your place of interest! You have to keep going, down steps, through passageways etc until you get to your destination! When we ultimately got to the monastery it was closed, it’s very run down and you start to think you have had a wasted journey! We followed signs for a cafe which took us along one side of the monastery and decided to head there for a coffee. The waiter was very helpful and surprised when we said it was closed. He explained that some ladies who help at the monastery had also just had coffee and had just left, so the assumption was that it would soon be open!
Great, when we walked back the door was open and we were greeted by a volunteer, it cost 3 Euro’s each to go inside and that included being shown around, which was fantastic to see the rooms, contents etc, plus the volunteer guide gave us a good history lesson. Sadly the structure of the monastery is in decline as you can no longer go upstairs as the floors are not safe and part of the roof now leaks! They don’t get any money from the Catholic Church to keep the monastery in good order and rely purely on the 3 euro entrance fee and the volunteers who give their time. You can also make a voluntary donation at the end of your tour.
So, it was well worth the effort to find the monastery from the car park and the guide was very knowledgeable and she gave us a good insight of life there until it closed, quite moving to hear the stories. FYI, THEY TRY TO OPEN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10am AND 3pm, BUT AS THEY ARE DEPENDENT UPON VOLUNTEERS, TIMES CAN VARY. Well worth the 5 Star rating.
翻译:和村里很多地方一样,这里的路标不太好找!你得一直往前走,下台阶,穿过走廊等等,才能到达目的地!我们最终到达修道院时,它已经关门了,非常破败,你会开始觉得这趟旅程白跑了一趟!我们跟着指示牌走到修道院一侧的一家咖啡馆,决定去那里喝杯咖啡。服务员非常热情,当我们说咖啡馆关门时,他很惊讶。他解释说,一些在修道院帮忙的女士们也刚喝完咖啡离开,所以我们以为修道院很快就会开门!
太好了,我们走回去的时候,门开着,一位志愿者接待了我们,每人3欧元就能进去参观,还附带导游服务。参观房间、里面的物品等等,真是太棒了,而且志愿者导游还给我们上了一堂很棒的历史课。遗憾的是,修道院的结构正在衰败,因为地板不安全,而且部分屋顶现在漏水,所以你无法再上楼!他们没有从天主教会获得任何资金来维持修道院的良好秩序,完全依靠3欧元的入场费和志愿者们奉献的时间。你也可以在游览结束时自愿捐款。
所以,从停车场找到修道院非常值得,导游知识渊博,她向我们详细介绍了修道院关闭前的生活,听到这些故事非常感人。顺便说一句,他们尽量在上午10点到下午3点之间开放,但由于他们依赖志愿者,时间可能会有所不同。非常值得五星好评。