The Gauja National Park, Gulf of Parnu and Saaremaa

Arrival.
Optional: Transfer to the hotel.
Receive from the hotel reception the tour information pack with maps and detailed description of the routes, sites and overnight places.

Overnight in Riga.

Breakfast.
Free time in Rīga. Sightseeing of the Hanseatic Old Town, the Art Nouveau district, the Pārdaugava district and the Ethnographic open-air museum is recommendable.

Overnight in Riga.

Breakfast.

In the morning pick up the bicycles in hotel.

Cycling: hotel – train station (~0.5 h)

Take the train: Rīga – Sigulda (55 km)

Cycling: Sigulda – Turaida – Ragana – Igate – Surroundings of Limbazi (~60 km, 99% asphalt).

The route leads through the Gauja national park which is located on both sides of the ancient river valley of the Gauja river. Sandstone cliffs and caves, hilly landscapes and deep forests and castles are characteristic for the park. Visit the Turaida castle complex en route where there is a museum, castle tower with observation platform and a sculpture park.



Overnight in the surroundings of Limbazi.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Surroundings of Igate – Limbaži – Salacgrīva (~64 km, 80% asphalt).
The road goes through the Limbaži, which is a typical Latvian provincial town. Further you will go towards the Baltic Sea cost to Salacgriva town, which is famous for its fishing traditions. Here you will cross  the river Salaca, which flows into the Baltic Sea in Salacgriva town.

Overnight in Salacgrīva. 

Breakfast.
Cycling: Salacgrīva - Ainaži - Häädemeeste - Võiste (65 km, 98% Asphalt)
The road leads along the Baltic Sea coast. Outside Salacgrīva town, on the left side of the road, the seacoast meadows and lagoons,  overgrown with reed, are a favourite rest stop for migratory birds. Tourist information and nature trail. The seacoast here belongs to the North Vidzeme biosphere reserve. After crossing the Latvian-Estonian border point, the road winds through old coastal villages - Ikla, Treimani, Kabli, Häädemeeste, and join the Via Baltica road at Rannametsa. There is a signpost to Rannametsa-Tolkuse bog nature trail (Rannametsa - Tolkuse Õpperada). It is worth climbing up the viewing tower to enjoy the view over the bog from the highest spot of the Rannametsa dunes.

Overnight in the surroundings of Võiste.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Võiste – Pärnu (~30 km, 99% asphalt).
Sightseeing of the Pärnu town – the most popular spa resort of Estonia. The Old town, the Ruutli pedestrian street, the old fortifications.
Privat transfer: Pärnu – Virtsu (~80 km, 1.5h)
Take the ferry: Virtsu – Kuivastu (0,5h).
Cycling: Kuivastu - Hellamaa – Liiva - Koguva (Muhu island) (~21 km, 100% asphalt). The route leads through the small island Muhu where the landscapes with juniper fields are typical to the ethnographic fishermens’ village Koguva. The Muhu island tour can be prolonged by ca 17 km (37 km alltogether) and see the northern part of the island through Kuivastu - Hellamaa - Nõmmaküla - Viira - Koguva (12 km of gravel road). The scenic road leads through juniper fields. Before Nõmmaküla there is a unique nature attraction - Üügu pank (signposted) - an impressive dolomite steep bank.

Overnight in Koguva.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Koguva – Valjala –  Pihtla – Kuressaare (~ 70km, 86 % Asphalt).
The route leads from the Muhu island to the Saaremaa island over the dam. En route sightseeing „Valjala maalinn’’ – one of the most attractive hill forts in Estonia, the Valjala church, one of Europe’s biggest meteorite craters in Kaali. 

Overnight in Kuressaare.

Breakfast.
Free time in Kuressaare.
A visit to the bishop castle where there is a museum is recommendable.

Overnightin Kuressaare.

Breakfast.
In the morning take the public bus: Kuressaare – Tallinn (216km, ~4.5 h, max. 3 persons with bicycles in 1 bus!).
Free time in Tallinn.

Overnight in Tallinn.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Tallinn - Tabasalu - Muraste - Turisalu - Keila-Joa - Paldiski (~67 km, 100% Asphalt)
Take the train: Paldiski - Tallinn (45 km, 1.10 h)
In the evening drop - off the bicycles at the hotel reception.

Overnight in Tallinn.

Breakfast.
Optional: Private transfer from the hotel to airport or extra days in Tallinn or in the countryside in Baltic.