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Photo	Name	Description
	The Amatnieki wood processing workshop	The workshop manufactures household products such as benches, tables, hangers, kitchen equipment, sauna barrels, other barrels, outstanding souvenirs of wood, etc. You can commission or buy the products, and tours are also available.
	SIA Licisi LTD	Līcīši organic goat farm is set in Jelgava region, surrounded by woodland and the Misa River. Established in 1992, it is one of Latvia’s pioneering and still one of its largest goat farms and goat’s milk producers. Cheeses Feta-style cheeses: Fresh Līcīši Goat’s Cheese, Matured Līcīši Goat’s Cheese and Matured Līcīši Goat’s Cheese in Oil. Soft goat’s cheese: Līcīši Soft Goat’s Cheese, available plain or with herbs and spices. It is particularly popular with restaurants, which use it both as a cream cheese and as a base for cheese balls. The farm also produces smoked and fresh cheeses. Other products: pasteurised goat’s milk and Pienenīte goat’s milk kefir. How the Cheese is Made The farm has a modern milking parlour equipped with a ramp and milking machines for 12 goats. Immediately after milking, the milk is transferred to a cooling tank and rapidly chilled, helping to preserve its quality and freshness and giving the cheeses their distinctive flavour. Production is seasonal, reflecting the natural cycle of goat’s milk production. For Visitors Līcīši welcomes families, school groups and organised tours. Visitors can meet more than 70 goats and kids, as well as chickens and a Latvian Blue cow. The goat’s milk processing facility can be viewed from outside. Tastings include goat’s milk, kefir and a selection of cheeses, with the opportunity to buy products made on the premises. Consultations, cheesemaking workshops and other events can also be arranged. Guests can make use of a picnic area, camping pitches and a small sauna. Where to Buy Līcīši products are available directly from the farm, from specialist shops and by private order.
	Cheese from Inita Medne Object Inactive	Ms Medne is famous for her cheeses, which have specific tastes at the pan-Latvian level. She offers information about cheese making an offers treats to visitors, producing Summer Solstice cheese, sweet cheese with raisins, cheese with sunflower seeds, and alder-smoked cheese. She also bakes honey cakes and biscuit cakes. You can purchase cheese, as well.
	Dzintarlase	The owner produces honey and related products such as pollen and propolis, honey wine, and an alcoholic beverage called “Bee’s Kiss.” You can take a tour of the beekeeping operations and purchase the products.
	The Amatnieki country home Object Inactive	A beautiful farm which offers tours of the garden and purchase and tasting of various berries, including sea buckthorn.
	The Berzini (Labirinti) farm	The farm grows grains and raps, and organises informational seminars and tours for children and adults. There is a collection of antique tools and dairy processing equipment which can be put to use. An attraction park is available to one and all.
	The Duminu winery	Tour groups with at least ten people can enjoy tastings of various homemade wines (23 types in all) that are made of fruits and berries – three types of wine each time. The owner will tell you about winemaking technologies and ways to drink and enjoy wine.
	The Ausekli windmill	The venue features tools, farm machines, mechanisms and everyday objects that are typical of Latvia’s countryside. These are both in the yard and in the buildings of the enterprise. You can help to bake bacon rolls and loaves of bread in areal country oven. The owners will be happy to provide you with an informative tour. Water mill that is used for grinding grains: coarse milling, pearling, and making groats. At the annual Sowing Festival and Harvest Festival, the exhibited steam-powered machine and threshing machine can also be seen in action. During festivals, countryside markets and tastings also take place.
	“Mama Dagmara’s Park” Object Inactive	The owner breeds red deer, fallow deer, wild sheep and various fowl. You can take a tour to view and learn more about the animals.
	A crafts centre and ceramics workshop in Svete	This crafts centre is located at the former Svēte Estate, and it organises creative workshops. You can purchase ready-made or commission original ceramic ware.
	The Tervete agricultural firm	AS Agrofirma Tērvete is the largest multi-sector farming company in Latvia, operating in crop farming, dairy farming, horse breeding, public dining, biogas manufacturing and brewing of beer. Visitors can tour a brewery and the farm. The brewery produces popular Tērvete beer and kvass. Visitors can taste the products and take a small tour of the facilities. All of the types of beer can be tasted with delicious snacks. The Tērces farm is a dairy farm with modern technologies and 3,000 dairy cows. Visitors can tour the facility and have lunch at the company’s dining hall.
	The Pilsmuizkungi rabbit village	There are attractive and miniature structures and pastures here for 65 different types of rabbits. Children can look at the bunnies and form contacts with other animals such as goats and sheep.
	The Ciruli farm	The farm produces homemade wine made of rhubarb, birch juice and apples. Tour the winemaking facilities and examine the process. You can taste and purchase products.
	Mini-ZOO: Zemgale Ponies	Here you can watch ponies, donkeys, dwarf sheep, dwarf goats, dwarf rabbits, dwarf pigs, a llama, chickens and other fowl. Children can take rides with a pony or donkey, and they can feed fish in the local pond. There is a playground, along with a picnic location, “Paradise for dwarves.”
	The Dobele Crafts House	The Dobele Crafts House is to the East of Market Square at Baznīcas Street 8 in Dobele. Enthusiasts use it to preserve ancient traditions from the Zemgale region. Workshops to teach crafts are organised here five days a week.
	Rukisi Tea	The Rūķīšu tēja farm is one of the leading producers of medicinal plants in Latvia. The company ensures the quality by growing and harvesting plants that are dried, stored and packaged very carefully. The farm uses no aromatises, no preservatives, dyes or thickeners. Group tours will enjoy tasty teas and recommendations on those that should be purchased. Products are sold at very attractive prices. The farm offers a wide range of medicinal plants from which teas can be produced. Pay a visit when the plants are blooming and each little area has a unique and typical colour.
	Svete Bread Object Inactive	This bakery has a wood-fired stove, and it uses old recipes and local raw materials (with no GMO) to bake bread, biscuits and other treats. Small groups can take tours, learn about baking, and taste and purchase the bakery’s products.
	A vineyard	This is one of the largest vineyards in Latvia, with more than 50 types of grapes. The owner will take you on a tour and offer consultations about growing grapes, tastings of grapes and an ability to purchase the plants.
	The Dzintarlaci farm	Beginning in late August, you can pick and taste your own sea buckthorn berries and purchase healthy juices made from them. Between late April and early June, you can tour a collection of tulips (more than 200 different types) and purchase their bulbs.
	The gardens of Ilona Stanga Object Inactive	This farm is worth visiting when plants and vegetables are ripening. You can purchase tasty vegetables, as well as plants, including decorative ones. The owner will provide you with valuable advice as she offers you a tour of her greenhouses.
	Peteris Upitis’ lilac garden	The Gardening Institute is the leading scholarly centre for fruit and vegetable research in Latvia. The institute specialises in selection and introduction of plant cultivars that are suitable for cultivation under the agro-climatic conditions in the Baltic countries, have high nutrition value and are rich in fibre content.
	The Dobuli mini-zoo	This zoo features sheep, goats, large Chinese pigs, rabbits, various exotic animals and birds. Children love contacts with the various animals, particularly the Japanese macaque which is called Nilsons. The farm has been nominated as a family-friendly place.
	The U&A smithy Object Inactive	There are fewer and fewer locations where practitioners of ancient crafts such as blacksmithing can be found. Visitors to this smithy can watch the blacksmiths at work and commission or buy products which represent artistic and decorative design.
	The Sutras travertine processing workshop Object Inactive	This is the only travertine processing workshop in Latvia. The rocks come from the nearby Vecsaule Parish, which is one of the few places where Latvian travertine can be extracted. The craftsman manufactured decorative materials. You can watch him at work and also examine and energetic pyramid of travertine.
	The Zalenieki tree farm	This is one of the most ornate and beautiful tree farms in Latvia, with some 1,000 types and forms of plants. The owner will take you on a tour, and you can purchase coniferous trees, decorative bushes, plants for fencing, ivies, and outstanding grafted trees and bushes in containers (1-200 litres). A colourful arboretum is also on offer, along with garden consultations. This can be used as a venue for events and photo sessions.
	Malkalnu Sieri (Bludzi Farm)	The Blūdži farm was established in 1993 and is run by farmer and cheesemaker Ināra Mālkalne. The farm’s cheeses are therefore widely known as Mālkalnu cheeses. Alongside cheesemaking, Blūdži also bakes bread and makes preserves from organically grown vegetables. Its homemade tomato juice, made from tomatoes grown in the farm’s own greenhouses, is particularly popular. Cheeses Blūdži produces around 30 varieties of cheese, with the selection changing and expanding with the seasons and the rhythm of farm life. The range includes: Baltais siers – White Cheese Siers ar sēklām – Cheese with Seeds Siers ar ķimenēm – Cheese with Caraway Siers ar sierāboliņu – Cheese with Fenugreek Siers ar dillēm un ķiplokiem – Cheese with Dill and Garlic Siers īpašais – Special Cheese, flavoured with a blend of herbs, mustard seeds and garlic Spāņu siers – Spanish Cheese with sun-dried tomatoes Ukru garša – “Ukru Flavour”, with green and red peppers and garlic Čempions – “Champion”, with dried dill, parsley, dried spring onions and garlic The range also includes two marinated cheeses: Marinated Cheese and Homemade Cheese in Chilli and Honey Sauce, among others. Most of the cheeses are also available smoked. How the Cheese is Made Every cheese is handmade using traditional methods and natural ingredients. For Visitors Blūdži is an open farm welcoming visitors and groups. Visitors can learn about the cheesemaking process and take part in cheese tastings. Where to Buy Cheeses can be purchased directly from the farm and at Vidzemes Market in Riga.
	The Vaidelotes farm	This is a farm which popularises Latvian lives, organises traditional rituals, and provides guests with tasty country foods such as porridge, dumplings, pierogi and pastries made of grain and roughly ground flour that are produced at the farm itself. You can purchase teas, herbs and country goodies. Latvian cuisine: Soups, porridges, desserts, pierogi, sheet cakes and country tortes. Special foods: Dumplings made of roughly ground whole wheat flour with cottage cheese and bacon.