No 50132
Self drive tour
Self drive tour Independent travel Latvia, Lithuania

Kurzeme – Zemaitija: fishing and fish food heritage by the Baltic Sea

Kolka-Ventspils-Jūrkalne-Pāvilosta-Liepāja


  •  A tour of the Slītere National Park will offer a look at ancient fishing villages.  Back in the day, the territory of the park was populated by Livonians, one of the smallest ethnic minorities in the world.  Andris in Pitrags will demonstrate the process of smoking fish, as well as traditional Livonian fencing.

  • The Irbene radio telescope was once used for anti-espionage purposes, and there were several military institutions and objects in the village that have now been abandoned.  The campus of the telescope is now managed by the Latvian Academy of Sciences for scientific purposes.

  • Ventspils offers a look at the old town, the castle of the Livonian Order, a promenade, a narrow-gauge railroad and the Piejūra Open Air Museum.

  • Visit the Bērziņi homestead for particularly tasty wheat and barley flour bread based on ancient recipes.  The perfect aroma and taste of the bread are based on a special bread oven that is more than 70 years old.  Contact the venue in advance to take part in kneading and baking your own loaf of bread or to buy bread.

  • The steep shores of Jūrklane on the shores of the Baltic Sea, and the small Pāvilosta fishing village.













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Distance driving 205 km