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RIX/1 Walking tour of Old Riga (2 h)
Against with the most interesting places in Old City: Riga Castle (the Residence of the President of Republic of Latvia), the building of the Parliament, famous with one of the best pipe organs in the world -Dome Cathedral and square, St.Peters church, the Swedish Gate and the Monument of Liberty.

RIX/2 Riga city tour (3 h) (by coach + walking)
Includes RIX/1 and drives to the city district of Art Nouveau buildings of the early 20th
Century.

RIX/3 The Open Air museum (3 h) (by coach + walking)
Includes RIX/2 and excursion to the Open Air museum, one of the oldest in Europe. It is situated on the edge of Riga city in a pine forest. It shows traditional Latvian rural buildings - farmsteads, craftsman houses, churches, windmills of 18th and 19th centuries taken from all regions of Latvia. During the season in some of places …..????

RIX/4 Salaspils Memorial (3-4 h) (by coach + walking)
Includes RIX/2 and visit of Salaspils Memorial, place where from1941 - 1944 more than 100 000 people perished in Nazi concentration camp what was situated here. In nowadays 6 huge beton figures in the middle of this monument remains the past. The first Sundays of July is the official day of the victims of holocaust in Salaspils.

JUR/1 Jurmala tour (3-4h) (by coach + walking)
A sightseeing tour to holiday resort area situated 17 km from Riga. The golden send beaches, the dunes, the breathtaking pine forests, historical wooden buildings. Smoked fish or natural honey tasting.

JUR/2 Kemeri National Park (3-4h) (coach +walking)
Visit of the National Park with hiking through the bog passing specially equiped trail. Plant and bird watching. Picknic in special place.

ZEM/1 Zemgale - Southern part of Latvia (8 h) (by bus)
Bauska - town where two rivers Musa and Memele flow together, in the middle of two rivers was built the Castle of Livonia Order. Every year in July " Early music festival" take place there. Rundale with palace what is the most magnificent masterpiece of baroque architecture in the Baltic States representing the Bartholomeo Rastrelli (1700-71), the architect of St Petersburgs Winter Palace as well (option for groups lunch . Jelgava, the history of the town, and 11 Dukes of Courland and Semigalia, the Ketlers, the Medems and Herzogs are laid out there. The Baroque Palace designed by Rastrelli today is Latvian University of Agriculture.

KUR/1 The best of Kurzeme (9 h) (by bus)
Riga - Kandava - Sabile the nothernest graipyards in the world and art park of Pedvale ( option lunch in cosy Inn situated in the park) - Kudīga the city called Venice of Kurland with the widest waterfall in Europe.

KUR/2-1 South of Kurzeme (2 days) ( by bus)
Rīga -Jaunmokas castle - Kandava - Sabile with small waterfall - Kuldiga (option lunch in clean and cosy countryside Inn) - Ventspils city (overnight) - Jūrkalne coast of the Baltic sea, Liepāja - Rīga.

KUR/2-2 North of Kurzeme (2 days) (by bus)
Rīga - Ķemeri - Mērsrags - Kolka - Mazirbe - Ventspils (overnight) - Ēdole - Kuldīga - Kabile -Sabile - Rīga.

LAT/1 Pilgrims tour (12 h) (by bus)
Rīga - Pļaviņas - Līvāni - Preiļi - Aglona basilica is place where pilgrims from all over the world come to this place on the Feast of Assumption ( 15 August) each year. The object of their veneration is a picture of the Virgin Mary.

LAT/2-1 The best of Latgale (2 days) (by bus)
Rīga - Stukmani manor house - Pļaviņas -Rēzekne the cultural capital of Latgale is one of many ceramics centres in the region. The first pottery is in business for six generations. Aglona - Krāslava - around the town, doors, shutters and whole wooden houses painted bright blue are signs of historical Russian impact-7loki .

VID/1 Sigulda tour (4h) (by bus)
Sigulda and Turaida tourist most frequently visited highlight of Latvia. Picturesque Wally of Gauja River is National Park with many highlights of history and nature.

VID/2 Sigulda walking tour (6 h) (train + walking)
The best if you are fun of hiking.

VID/2-1 Vidzeme (two days) (by bus)
Alūksne the town from where stepdaughter of the first Latvian Bible translator Ernst Gluck originate and later become the Empress of Russia Katrine I. The palace of Cesvaine, what can be seen today, was built in 1879 by Duke Wolf, as an hunting palace- highest hill in Latvia Gaiziņš (311 m).

Additional travel services

THE PRICE OF TRANSFERS AND TRANSPORT WITH DRIVER (EUR)
  Code 1-3 pax
4-8 pax 9-40 pax
Airport- Riga or v.v.
  20 65 110
Railway station -hotel or v.v.   15 60 100
Riga - Tallinn or Vilnius or v.v.   120 200 490
3 hours   30 50 130
5 hours   65 125 160
8 hours   90 160 270
Per day (12 houres)   125 330 420

GUIDE SERVICES (EUR)
English, German, Russian, Finnish, Swedish Code 1-8 pax
9-40 pax
2 hours
  25
40
3 hours   30 60
5 hours   50 100
Per day   100 150

MEALS (price per person) (EUR)
  Youth
Adults Business
Breakfast
3 5 10
Lunch 5 10 15
Packed lunch/ picnic kit 4 8 15
Dinner 5 10 20


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