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Through national parks to the cliffs of Estonia's northen shoreLatvia, Estonia (7 days, ~1000 km)Recomended time: April - October Your tour will start with one-night stay in Rīga. Next morning, you will drive to Sigulda, where you will see the ruins of the Livonian Order’s Turaida castle. You will also visit two lovely towns – Cēsis and Valmiera. Further you will head to the Otepää Nature Park in Estonia, where you will spend one night. You will visit Estonia’s second largest city, Tartu, the castle ruins in Rakvere and then continue to the oldest national park in the Baltic States – Lahemaa. It stretches along the northern seashore of Estonia. There you will see massive rocks, small and authentic fishing villages, and lovely baronial estates with their parks. Your tour will continue to the Estonia's capital Tallinn, where you will spend one night. On your way back to Riga you will visit one of Estonia’s most popular spa towns, Pärnu. Along the way you will see lovely and quiet beaches – some of them wild and rocky, others with white sand and a chance to take a swim.
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Read more about protected nature areas en route in the description below. |
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1st day / Arrival in RīgaArrival.Optional: pick up the hired car. Rīga city sightseeing. Overnight the hotel in Rīga. |
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2nd day /Rīga – Sigulda - Otepää (~225 km, 100% asphalt)Breakfast.Sites and attractions en route: •Sigulda medieval castle ruins and baronial estate •Turaida museum reserve with the ruins of a Livonia Order castle. There is an observation tower and a sculpture garden on the banks of the Gauja river •Sightseeing of the town of Cēsis with its Livonia Order castle ruins and the Medieval Old Town •Sightseeing in Otepää- the castle mound and Pühajärve lake. Overnight in the hotel in Otepää. |
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3rd day / Otepää - Tartu - Lahema-National park (~210km, 100% asphalt)Breakfast.Sites and attractions en route: •Tartu Old city with university, observatory and Toomemägi hill •Peipsi lake with villages •Rakvere city sightseeing Overnight in the manor-hotel in Lahemaa-National park. |
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4th day / Lahema-National park - Tallinn (~100 km, 100% asphalt)Breakfast.Sites and attractions en route: •The castle ruins in Rakvere •Road leads along the northern Baltic sea coast of Estonia throught the oldest Baltic national park- Lahemaa. Huge stones at the seaside and small fishermen’s villages are typical. En route can visit Sagadi manor (18th century) with forest museum, Palmse manor (18th century) and Kolga manor (17-18th century) Overnight in the hotel in Tallinn centre. |
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5th day / Tallinn - Paldiski- Haapsalu (~136 km, 98% asphalt, 2% gravel road)Breakfast.Sites and attractions en route: •Sightseeing of the Tallinn medieval Old Town, the port district and the ethnographic open-air museum •Keila nature park with hiking trail through a forest to Keila waterfall which is 4m high •Sighteeing in Haapsalu Overnight in the hotel in Haapsalu. |
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6th day / Haapsalu - Pärnu - Riga (~299 km, 100% asphalt)Breakfast.Sites and attractions en route: •Pärnu city sightseeing •Rannametsa- Toluse bog nature trail with viewing tower •Ainaži seacosta meadows and lagoons, overgrown with reed are favourite rest stop for migratory birds •Forest hiking trails of the Baron von Munchhausen in Dunte •Nature trail over the dunes and through the pine forest in Saulkrasti Overnight the hotel in Rīga, closed to the city center. in Rīga, closed to the city center. in Rīga, closed to the city center. |
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7th day / RigaBreakfast.Individual departure or extra days in Riga or in the countryside in Latvia. |
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Package price per person: from 315.00 EUR**Minimum number of persons - 2.*A price of the tour can change in case the planned guest houses/hotels are fully booked and we have to choose other accommodation sites. *Prices may change due to changes in national tax legislation or other independent reasons. Services included in the package price:
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| Information & booking - tel: +371 67617600, e-mail: lauku@celotajs.lv | |
