No 50176
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Culinary Route "Flavours of Livonia" - Light's road


  • Holiday house „Melderi” - Located close to the Vidzeme highway, on the bank of the River Vaidava near the Grūbe mills. Meals with Lightly salted, light smoked, grilled Grūbe trout.


  • Taste store and café “Gustiņš” - A family-owned company that makes culinary and confectionery products in Jaunannas Parish, Alūksne Municipality. Delicious meat roulettes and rolls, prepared using Grandmother's recipes, and other meat products in a wide assortment, as well as special "Gustiņa" confectionery products can be purchased in Alūksne - taste store "Gustiņš". In the café “Gustiņš” you can enjoy a delicious and rich homemade meal, and taste the special dishes characteristic to the locals of Alūksne – malēnieši.




  • Café “Pajumte” - Inviting and cosy café in the very heart of Alūksne, with a wide menu for different tastes. Special dishes of the Alūksne area are also served here – salad “Temple Hill”, main course “101 Steps until the Moment of Pleasure” and the dessert “Marienburg Lake Islands”. We offer business lunches and monthly specials, as well as a children's menu.




  • Hotel “Benevilla” - Small hotel - café, located in the historical center of Aluksne, 10 minutes walk from the castle ruins of Livonian time. Nearby is the Aluksne Castle, or Mary's Island; from here you can reach the Temple Park in the pedestrian bridge. Prepares fresh berry ice creams, cakes and custom meals. Seasonally offers variety fruits and berries: strawberries, apples, pears. There is fruit garden 3 km from the city with 1000 fruit trees.




  • The Ernst Glück Bible Museum - Established in 1990 as the only museum of its type in Latvia and the Baltic States.  Glück (1652-1705) was a pastor and educator who was the first to translate the Bible into Latvian.  The exhibition features various editions of the Bible from 1694 to the present day in 38 languages, along with books of sermons and other examples of Christian literature.




  • Café „Sonāte” - This spacious and cosy café is located in a picturesque place between two lakes near Stāmeriena Castle, in an old stone building.




  • Pastry shop „Gardums” - The pastry shop is near the Gulbene narrow-gauge railway station - the basic principle of this café is “just like home-made". Pastries are made with local eggs, home-made jam and natural products.




  • Pub „Kantes Krogs” - When arriving in Gulbene, visit a beautiful wooden building, which has a specially designed atmosphere for relaxation and well-being; here skilful chefs offer home-cooked food and a chance to enjoy delicious and filling Latvian dishes.




  • Hotel and restaurant „Vecgulbenes muiža” - Four-star hotel and restaurant of Vecgulbenes manor is located in a beautiful historic place, in a renovated horse arena building that was the largest closed arena in the Baltics.

     Offers a wide seasonal menu and business lunches.




  • Cheese producer “Pakalnieši” - Production of various flavors of cheeses, both salty and sweet, cheese balls and butter with greens or hemp. This cheese is a handmade natural product. Offers tours, tastings and purchase of products.




  • Natural chips factory “Latnature” - Food producer in Vidzeme, preparing healthy snacks from vegetables, fruits and berries, without adding sugar and flour. Offers tours with tasting, master classes preparing vegetable truffles and healthy cakes, involving guests in all activities.




  • Sparkling birch sap production plant “Birzī” - The plant is located halfway between Rauna and Smiltene. Visitors are able to visit the premises of the production plant with a basement, where sparkling birch sap is produced and stored, listen to stories about birch sap, view existing videos about the process of gathering birch sap during spring. Tasting of fresh birch sap, sparkling beverages and birch juice syrup. You can also try dandelion wine here. Birzī products are certified organic products.




  • Café and bread museum „Kukaburra“ - The café with Latvian style interior offers produce from local farmers and producers. Bread museum, where you can get to know the bread baking process. Farmers’ market.




  • Holiday home and organic farm “Indrāni” - The family farm grows and processes organic products - vegetables, fruits, jams, syrups, candied fruits, dried herbs, teas.




  • Farm „Gusts Apinis” - The first company in the Baltics growing quinoa, amaranth, millet, lentils. Flour and pasta are produced from grown products.




  • Restaurant “Kannas” - About an hour's drive from Riga, in the territory of the old Annas manor, is the internationally recognised design hotel "Annas Hotel". Inspired by the old traditions of Latvian cuisine, the chef creates a new menu every day, allowing you to enjoy a special and extraordinary meal.




  • Farm „Ozoliņi” - For more than 17 years the brand "Lauku tēja" has found a stable place in market. Knowledge of herbal teas, gained through many years, is shared in seminars and workshops. The farm is surrounded by countless centuries-old oaks and biologically valuable meadows with up to 50 plants per square meter.




  • Vecpiebalga - There are many important cultural objects in this territory – the Vecpiebalga Lutheran Church, the Vecpiebalga castle ruins, the Vecpiebalga baronial estate, as well as locations where several distinguished figures from the Latvian world of culture have lived and worked.  Memorial museums have been established to commemorate them.  The lakes are great for fishing, and cross-country competitions are traditionally held in the area of Lake Alauksts during the winter.  The Sproģi nature reserve has been established on the islands and peninsula of Lake Inesis.




  • "Piebalgas medus" - Using only Latvian vertical hives. Beekeeping, apotherapy and narration "About bees". Visitors can participate in candle workshop, tastings and purchase bee and honey products.




  • Brewery “Cesvaines alus” - In the vicinity of Cesvaine Castle, in the manor complex building, natural live beer is brewed according to ancient methods. The 150-year-old tradition of beer brewing, inspired by the first city brewery in 1865, has been revived here. Offers excursions in the brewery and tasting.




  • Beekeeping farm “Kalnu medus” - Possibly the highest bee apiary in the Baltics, about 300 m above sea level. Organic beekeeping products are harvested in Gaiziņkalns and its surrounding area. We offer excursions in the farm, bee apiary workshops, tasting of beekeeping products.




  • Farm “Jāņkalni” - This beautiful farm near the hillocks of Lake Kālis grows raspberries, strawberries, cranberries and blackberries. During the season, you can pick, taste and buy the berries. Informational tours are also available.




  • „Dinner on the Lake” - An exclusive dinner on the water, in the middle of Kāls lake, enjoying the sunset. For each „Dinner on the lake” event there is a different chef.




  • Goat’s cheese farm “Līvi” - The Vidzeme highlands, between Madona and Ērgļi, are home to one of the largest goat herds in Latvia (about 300 goats). The landlord's fascinating story about the goats and experience in the farm. The farm produces 6 types of soft cheeses. You can enjoy tasting them.




  • Madona is probably the only town in Latvia, in whose area a lake settlement was located around the 9th century. Its residues are preserved in the northern part of Salas Lake (Baznicezers) under water. Until the end of 19th century, a small estate with the same name (Madona) was located in place, where present town is located, Latvians called the place Bizi. In 1898 construction of narrow gauge railway between Stukmani (Plavinas) and Valka was started. The development of railway helped the development of the town. Today Madona is well maintained Vidzeme town with its own charm typical for small town. Interestingly that it can also be considered as one of the most highly placed towns in relief of Latvia.




  • Herbs and teas „55 mārītes” - Offers natural herbal teas and spices. All of the ingredients come from Latvia, and the company manufactures more than 70 kinds of teas that are made of a single herb, as well as teas with several herbs.  The company has patented a series of medicinal teas and a set of medicinal herbal teas. Groups can sign up for tours, as well as master classes related to the preparation, identification and use of teas.




  • Guest house „Apiņu kalte” - Offers Madona's ancient dishes (group catering), culinary master classes (ancient dishes, etc.), self-grown berries, produce from own farm. The guest house is in an ancient building.




  • Bakery - café „Māmuļa” - The farm uses ancient recipes from grandmothers to bake aromatic sourdough and rye bread on maple leaves, with the crunch crust being processed with flax oil. You can help to bake the bread and then taste and buy it. There is a café - Latvian cuisine, group catering, a wide menu, table setting. Outdoor terrace, picnic area, grill, fireplace, tent places.




  • Goat’s cheese farm „Burkānciems” - This is an organic goat farm and cheese-making plant that is located in the wilderness far from civilisation between the nature resorts of Krustkalni and Teiči.  Production - goat’s and cow’s milk cheeses. Offers excursions in the farm and cheese-making plant, tasting.




  • Guest house “Mauriņi” - The guest house is located about 6 km from Sigulda. "Mauriņi" was built in such a way that one of the ancient oak trees is visible from each window. Latvian home-made food from local produce.




  • Hotel and restaurant „Mālpils muiža” - 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.




  • Herbal tea farm “Doles tējas” - The farm offers premium, locally grown products from herbs found in Dole Nature Park and those that are self-grown. A family-owned company that respects and keeps traditions.




  • Liberts’ birch sap products - Wine cellar in Ikšķile. We offer exciting stories about birch sap, product tasting. Visitors can enjoy everything that can be made of fresh birch sap - syrup, lemonade, wine.




  • Café „Panna” - In the centre of Lielvārde, just a 5-minute walk from the Daugava, there is a fast-food café with a varied menu of dishes.




  • Bakery “Zelmas maiznīca” - "Zelmas maiznīca" bread is fermented with natural leaven in wooden bowls and baked in a wood-burning oven. Guests are introduced with bread-making technology and can make their own loaves of bread.




  • Beekeeping farm “Lienas medus” - A family-owned company that cares for a clean environment, organic produce and design. Offers tours in the bee apiary and farm, tasting.