These homes are located near well equipped ski hills and cross country skiing trails. Many of them also offer skating on backyard pond, riding in a horse drawn sleigh, or skidooing, sledding or tobaggoing and even ice-fishing. Supper and a sauna are also possible.
What do you need to know about skiing in the Baltics?
The first snow in the Baltic States arrives in November, but the real skiing season begins only around Christmas time and lasts till the end of March. The average temperature in winter is -2C0 with January being the coldest month. The heaviest snowfall in the Baltics occurs in southern Estonia and northeastern Latvia – and that’s where the most popular ski hills are located. These hills have well groomed ski runs of varying difficulty, tows, night lighting and snow-making equipment. Cafes or snack bars and equipment rental shops where you can rent skiis, boots, snowboards and other gear are nearby.
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DZILLEJAS (Kamparkalns)On the foothills of Kamparkalns, the highest hill in Kurzeme, a well appointed cottage with a fireplace room and sauna. In the winter - two ski lifts and skiing equipment rentals.
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RuzasGuest house in the nature park - Abava Senleja. The guest house has 8 rooms - 4 smaller, 2 larger double and 2 larger rooms for families or a group of friends. There is also a sauna and a hot tub. Guests have access to the guest house’s kitchenette and fireplace hall for both quiet evenings and friends ’parties, and there is also an outdoor fireplace. |
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SAKNESIn Ventspils, not far from the Kids’ Town, the guest house offers 5-bed rooms. Car parking, a shed and a picnic spot in the yard.
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REKU KALNS8km from Madona. Services for meetings up to 60 persons. Party rooms for 100 persons, in summer - outdoor terrace and a tent for up to 130 persons. Skiing slope and ski gear rent nearby. |
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from 35 LVL / DBL
RUBINIGuest house not far from the centre of Ventspils. A cabin in the yard: a bedroom, a living room with a coach bed, a kitchen corner. Two rooms for guests also in the hosts' home, on the 2nd floor. Shared WC/shower and a kitchen corner.
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from 20 EUR / DBL
VECLIEPASRight on the bank of the Venta river, a cottage with 3 bedrooms for guests (2 of them with a loggia). Extra beds in the mansard room. A sauna. Two camping cottages.
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DZINTARJURAA hotel in the centre of Ventspils. The hotel has a restaurant, infrared sauna and a swimming pool. |
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DENDERIA cottage on the shores of Lake Vaidava. Behind the host’s home, fieldstone house for weddings, dances, seminars. Country sauna, billiards, golf, trout fishing. Nearby the Gauja national park.
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Annas HotelThe ancient manor house has been turned into modern hotel where an unspoiled environment is combined with natural materials and elegant design. In the world of Annas everything has been raised to the level of art. Each apartment is different, some with mezzanines. |
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from 121 - 165 LVL / night
BUSELISA guesthouse located close to Turaida. Open-fire room for 15 persons, kitchen, sauna. Four triple bedrooms with WC and shower available on second floor. Close to the skiing slope “Reiņa trase” In wintertime tubing, snowboard and slalom skiing for beginners. In summer we rent bicycles. |