No 50158
Self drive tour
Self drive tour Independent travel Latvia

Variety of the garden world

Brukna - Nereta – Daugavpils



  • Blackberry garden "Bānīši" islands occupy more than 3ha, and the owner of this holding has for many years been practicing a popular method from abroad, when fruit and berry creators themselves arrive on the farm and collect the necessary amount of berries for their own needs.




  • Fine garden "Gundegas" - Beautiful, harmonious and, of course, incredible - in such a few words, the Gardens of Gardens of the Daugsees pag-gaut "Gundegu". Farmer Agrita Laizane devotes much of her day to her, and most of her concern is her springboard, when inspirational, sown, spiked, planted, and in autumn, sketching next year's work, collecting seeds, preparing a garden for winter.




  • Vārnavas Wine Hill "Rudzīši" - Evalds Pūpols has been engaged in grape growing and new breed breeding for over 40 years. In the hill covered place of the forest, an appropriate environment for the cultivation of warm-cutting grapes in the wild was created and developed, and today, almost 80 hectares of vineyards grow 80 different varieties of grapes. This garden is one of the largest and have most various of grapes in Latvia within the North-Atlantic area.




  • “Riekstiņi” is a farm 6 km from Nereta at which the outstanding Latvian writer and painter Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877-1962) spent six years of his childhood. The people of the farm became prototypes for characters in his “White Book,” in which he called the farm “Mūsmājas.” A museum was opened at Riekstiņi in 1967, and it is in an authentic single-family Selonian farm with a specific spirit and scent.




  • Kaldabruņa is a unique place for art in Latvia - the Shed art gallery. The Siena Museum and the story of this all are also interesting.




  • At the house of the painter Paula Sukatnieka "Apsites", you are invited to get acquainted with the numerous collections and talents of P. Sukatnieks, to get acquainted with the secrets of growing grapes, to look at garden plants in the summer, to taste various varieties of grapes and to attend events.




  • Dvietes manor - The manor's residential building has not survived till nowadays. Today in the park of Dviete manor you can see the manor reeve house and three-stone farm buildings. 19th century a park with a boulder masonry bridge was created.





Accommodation in Daugavpils and surroundings:



- “Latgola Park hotel”



- Hotel “Good stay Dinaburg”



- Guest house „Rudzupuķes”



- Self-catering cottage „Pakrasti”

Distance driving 200 km