No 50153
Self drive tour
Self drive tour Independent travel Latvia

Fruit gardens and regional authenticity

Aknīste – Nereta – Sauka – Vārnava – Daudzeva – Jēkabpils

  • “Riekstiņi” is a farm 6 km away from Nereta at which the outstanding Latvian writer and painter Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877-1962) spent six years of his childhood. The people of the farm became prototypes for characters in his “White Book”, in which he called this farm “Mūsmājas.” A museum was opened at Riekstiņi in 1967, and it is in an authentic single-family Selonian farm with a specific spirit and scent.
  • Lutheran Church of Nereta

  • Sauka Nature Park with Boriskalns Tower (renovated)

  • Vārnavas Wine Hill "Rudzīši" - Evalds Pūpols has been engaged in grape growing and breeding for over 40 years. In the hill covered place of the forest, an appropriate environment for the cultivation of warm-cutting grapes in the wild was created and developed, and today almost 80 hectares of vineyards grow 80 different varieties of grapes. This garden is one of the largest and has the most variety of grapes in Latvia within the North-Atlantic area.

  • Sunākstes Church - Old Stender places

  • Blackberry garden "Bānīši" islands occupy more than 3 ha, and the owner of this holding has for many years been practicing a popular method from abroad, that the fruit and berry creators themselves arrive on the farm and collect the necessary amount of berries for their own needs.

  • Fine garden "Gundegas" - Beautiful, harmonious and, of course, incredible - that is in few words the Daudzeses parish  "Gundegas" gardens. Farmer Agrita Laizane devotes much of her day, and most of her attention to her dearest possesion, which requires the most attention in spring, when with inspiration she has sown, spiked, planted; and in autumn, when sketching next year's work, collecting seeds and preparing the garden for winter.

  • Jēkabpils city sightseeing

For accommodation in Jēkabpils we suggest:

- Hotel „Hercogs Jēkabs”

- Camping „Radži”

Distance driving 157 km