Country Holidays

Catering

Saloons, cafes and other places in small towns and the countryside which offer tasty dishes made of local products and on the basis of traditional Latvian recipes – ones which differ from region to region.

  • Special programmes are offered to visitors, with meals, stories about holiday and everyday traditions, and songs. Sometimes visitors are involved in preparing the food.
  • Menus use local names for dishes along with explanations and a discussion of the local dialect.
  • Providers of Latvian foods also use ethnographic styles for interior design, as well as dishes, furniture, textiles, etc., from local craftspeople.
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Estonia

Traditional café JUULAMÕISA

The café welcomes guests with healthy, local, ecologically clean food. Here you can also get acquainted with cultural heritage, learn various legends, as well as purchase snacks and souvenirs.

Latvia

The “Pils” café

The café is in the “Pils” guesthouse, near the Knight Castle Hill and Gunpowder Tower of Kandava. These can be seen from the café’s terrace.

Latvian cuisine: Pea soup, homemade dumpling soup, cream of mushroom soup, chilled beet soup, roast pork, homemade steak haché, stuffed flounder, potato pancakes, stacked rye bread.

Distance from countries capital city94 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accommodation available
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Latvia

Hotel and restaurant MALPILS MANOR

The restaurant is located in the Mālpils manor building that was renovated in 2008 and is a classicism architectural monument of the 19th century. The restaurant's menu changes and is updated according to the season. Combination of exquisite flavour nuances with an elegant manor interior.

Seminars For parties Distance from countries capital city50 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Must register in advance Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accommodation available
Facilities appropriate for children

Latvia

KRODZINS RANCO

Krodziņš "Rančo" atrodas Rīgas - Liepājas šosejas 136. kilometrā, un saviem apmeklētājiem piedāvā gardus ēdienus un omulīgu atmosfēru. Ēdienkartē iekļauti latviskie ēdieni, ir iespējams pasūtīt banketus.

Latviešu virtuve: Skābu kāpostu zupa, skābeņu biezzupa, aukstā zupa, asinsdesa, pelēkie zirņi ar speķi, siļķe ar biezpienu un kartupeļiem, kartupeļu pankūkas, plānās pankūkas.

Distance from countries capital city136 Active season months1-12

Latvia

The “Marijas kafija” restaurant

The restaurant is situated in the centre of Rezekne city, alongside the Rēzekne University College in a building with vaulted cellars. The restaurant has an interesting interior design and its menu is developed according to the seasons of the year.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, crepes, potato pancakes, roast pork, pork ribs, veal cakes, sautéed mutton, baked cod or trout.
Special foods: Goat’s cheese salad.

Distance from countries capital city238 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers

Latvia

The “Liepkalni” café

The café is on the banks of the Daugava River between Stukmaņi and Pļaviņas, offering a bakery, shop and café. There are dozens of types of bread, biscuits, tortes, cakes and other baked goods.

Latvian cuisine: Dumpling or sorrel soup, farmer’s breakfast, eggs sunny side up, pork ribs, grey peas, potato pancakes with salmon, crepes, blackberry crème.

Special foods: Liepkalni rye bread, bread kvass.

 

Distance from countries capital city118 Active season months1-12 Optional meals Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities appropriate for childrenBoat tourNature watching

Latvia

The “Rivas krogs” saloon

The saloon is alongside the Liepāja-Ventspils road (P111), alongside the restored wooden bridge across the Rīva River. The interior design is based on the sea. During the autumn, the large windows open up a view of salmon leaping across the dam of the windmill.

Latvian cuisine: Chilled soup, baked potatoes in their jacket, baked filet of flounder and cod, baked herring in a sea buckthorn marinade, pork chop with mushrooms, sausages with marinated onions, grey peas with bacon, mashed potatoes, stacked rye bread, oatmeal with whipped cream.

Distance from countries capital city205 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups
Facilities appropriate for children

Latvia

Kafejnica, sporta bars "Rauda"

The cafe is situated in the guest house Zitari on the first floor, in the town of Roja, alongside the road, 500 m away from the sea.

Distance from countries capital city120 Active season months5-9 Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities appropriate for children
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Estonia

Mulgi Tavern

Mulgi Kõrts (tavern) in Abja-Paluoja, the centre of Mulgi area, has a cosy atmosphere, local dishes and swift service. The tavern is in a house over 100 years old.

Distance from countries capital city194 Active season months1-12
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Latvia

Restaurant JONATHAN

The restaurant is located in the first five-star hotel located outside the cities in Latvia, in a beautiful place with a story and a future - in Amatciems.

 Chefs use local, natural products to prepare meals and serve them with a contemporary interpretation and an emphasis on taste and quality.

Distance from countries capital city88 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available SPA This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance