Rīga - Jūrmala - Ķemeri - Roja - Kolka
- The spa town of Jūrmala is the most popular seaside spa town in Latvia. The Ķemeri National Park, where you can hike along a special trail of wooden platforms that will allow you to enjoy the scenery of local swamps (2-4 km).
- The Ragaciems fish market is one of the most popular vendors of smoked and other types of fish.
- The Ragaciems fishing location is a very interesting historical monument where there were once piers and little huts in which fishermen kept their equipment. The place was of social importance, with men coming together to discuss their work while women and children prepared the nets.
- In Roja, you can enjoy a banquet at a fisherman's homestead, where you will learn more about the work of fishermen and enjoy a fine meal of fresh fish. You can join the fishermen in their boats and then eat together with them (fish soup cooked on a campfire, rye bread, smoked fish, beer or kvass and pastries). You will learn local songs, dances and games (only for groups of 15 or more)
- Cape Kolka is Latvia's largest cape, the place where the waves of the Baltic Sea and the Bay of Rīga collide. During storms, the waves can be as much as seven metres in height. The cape is made up of underwater shallows that stretch to the Kolka lighthouse, which is 5 km from the shore.
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Distance driving 170 km
