The owner of the guesthouse produces homemade wine from blackberries, black currants, lingonberries, oak leaves, birch sap, strawberries, gooseberries, apples, cranberries, cowslip, and 20 other raw materials. You can taste the wines, learn about how it is produced, and purchase some to take along with you.

The café is at the edge of the Cēsis-Valmiera road. It is in a log building with a Latvian interior design. Vegetables and fruits are bought from local farmers.

Latvian cuisine: Crepes, potato pancakes, cold soup, wild mushroom soup, sorrel soup according to a recipe from granny, porridge, grey peas, baked herring, filet of cod, beef sautéed in Brenguļi beer, sautéed rabbit, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: "Glendeloka".

The Amata is one of Latvia's swiftest river, and water tourists congregate there each spring to engage in extreme activities. From the Rīga-Veclaicene highway, the Amata flows into a deep valley, with an average drop of more than 3 m/km or, downriver, as much as 8-10 m/km. Water tourists usually use the segment of the river between Melturi and the Zvārte cliff or the Veclauči bridge that spans the Līgatne-Kārļi road. Please remember that the Amata is not a friendly river for beginners. After lengthy rainfall, the river can be navigable during other times of the year, as well. The surrounding valley is attractive because of impressive sandstone and dolomite cliffs, among which the best known are the Vizuļi cliff (which can be the site of beautiful frozen waterfalls in winter), the Ainavu cliff, the Ķaubju cliff, the Dzilna cliff, the Zvārte cliff, and the Lustūzis cliff. Between Melturi and Veclauči, there is the Amata geological trail, which is marked with orange paint on tree trunks. There are three segments to the trail – from Melturi to the Kārļi fish farm, from the fish farm to the Zvārte cliff (both segments can be extreme!), and from the Zvārte cliff to the Veclauči bridge. You can hike the trail at any time except when there is deep snow. The most impressive views will be found when the trees are bare. If you boat down the river, you will not have time to look at or photograph the cliffs, because all of your attention will be focused on the river itself and the obstacles therein.

On the 141st km of the Riga-Jekabpils highway you can rest and have a meal in the motel Sapnis. There is a cafe on the 1st floor as well as the hall for celebrations.

Nīcas siera ražotne atrodas zemnieku saimniecībā “Birzmaļi”, kas ir viena no lielākajām piena ražotājām Lejaskurzemē. Ideja par amatniecības siera ražošanu radās 2017. gadā, un tā tika īstenota, ar LEADER programmas atbalstu izveidojot ražotni. Ikkatrs siera ritulis ir siera meistaru roku darbs, veidots ar lielu atbildību un rūpēm par augstāko kvalitāti.

Sieri

Svaigais siers – mocarellas tipa svaigais siers ar dažādām piedevām, piemēram, ķimenēm, baziliku un papriku, kā arī citām rūpīgi piemeklētām garšām.

Puscietais siers – gatavots pēc Nīderlandes siera metodes, kas piešķir tam maigāku, nedaudz saldenu garšu un elastīgu tekstūru. Siers tiek nogatavināts no trijiem līdz pat divpadsmit mēnešiem.

Cietais siers – recepte balstīta Itālijas siera tradīcijās. Tas izceļas ar izteiktu garšu un raksturu un tiek nogatavināts sešus vai divpadsmit mēnešus, iegūstot bagātīgu un niansētu garšas buķeti.

Kā top siers

Siers tiek gatavots no nepasterizēta rīta slaukuma govs piena, ko sāk apstrādāt vēl siltu. Šāda pieeja ļauj saglabāt piena dabisko garšu un raksturu, padarot sieru izteiksmīgu, niansētu un dzīvu. Sieru gatavo meistare Dace Vecbaštika, apvienojot tradīcijas ar rūpīgu roku darbu.

Apmeklētājiem

Ikdienā apmeklētājus ražotnē neuzņem, taču siera degustācijas ir iespējamas, iepriekš vienojoties. Nīcas sieru iespējams nogaršot arī kafejnīcā “Dzintariņš” Bernātos, kā arī restorānos “Parka Paviljons” un “Spīķeris 53” Liepājā.

Kur iegādāties sierus

Nīcas sierus iespējams iegādāties tirdzniecības vietās: LATS veikalos Nīcā, siera stendā Liepājas Pētertirgū, mājražotāju veikaliņā “Martas kiosks” Grobiņā, mājražotāju tirdziņos Liepājā, Rožu laukumā, atpūtas kompleksa “Rāmkalni” veikalā, kā arī pēc iepriekšēja pasūtījuma.

Established in 1900 at the place where the Pērse River flows into the Daugava (now the reservoir of the Pļaviņas hydroelectric power plant), the park offers a look at 17^th century Swedish cannons and monuments from Medieval graves.  Next to the high school in the park is a restored fountain, “Head of a Faun,” which was near the legendary Pērse waterfall during the 1930s.  The waterfall is now underwater, but its location is indicated by a stone sculpture, “Girl of Pērse,” which was created by the sculptor Juris Zihmanis.  A path leads to an 11 metre high wooden sculpture, “For Eternity,” by the sculptor Ģirts Burvis, and another sculpture, “Little Owl,” which is the work of the Rurāns brothers, both of whom are sculptors of wooden sculptures.

Traķu pussalas pils austrumu mūrim pieguļ ar mežu apaudzis iespaidīgs pilskalns (uzved koka kāpnes) – t.s. Upurkalns, kurā pirms mūra pils celtniecības stāvējusi koka pils. 1779. g. dominikāņu mūki sagrautās Pussalas pils vietā uzsāka baznīcas celtniecību. Jau vēlāk – 1822. – 1823. g. vienā tās daļā uzcēla dominikāņu klosteri, bet otrā – kapelu. 1990. g. šeit izvietoja Traķu vēstures muzeja administrāciju, bet 2005. g. kapelā izveidoja Sakrālās mākslas izstādi. 2011. g. ēku kompleksā notika vērienīgi rekonstrukcijas darbi.

The historic stone, on which there is carved over 200 years old boundary-mark, sets the border between the Duchy of Courland and the Russian province. Nowadays, it sets the Babīte and Jelgava district boundary. The stone lies to the East of Kalnciems–Peat road (the south of the swamp Labais purvs) at the edge of a forest firebreak and it can be hard to find. To this end, the description of the road map may help: around 400 m south of the car parking lot at Lily Lake from Kalnciems-Peat road to the right (in the east) turns a forest road which leads down from hills Krāču kalni. It should be around 170 m to go until it abruptly turns to the right (to the southeast). Then you must go in this direction until after ~ 0.5 km to turn to the northeast where after further ~ 0.4 km of the current forest road intersection turn to the north. After ~ 0.4 km turn right (to the east) on a big firebreak, on the left (the north) side of which behind the drainage ditch during the non-leaf period there can be seen a rounded stone. Due to the poor condition of roads, the stone can be reached only on foot.