| No | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Uļjanova Old-Believers Prayer House was built in 1875. The house
is a modest building where everyone can come to confess. The Prayer House is not rich in decorations.
|
||
|
The venue features tools, farm machines, mechanisms and everyday objects that are typical of Latvia’s countryside. These are both in the yard and in the buildings of the enterprise. You can help to bake bacon rolls and loaves of bread in areal country oven. The owners will be happy to provide you with an informative tour. Water mill that is used for grinding grains: coarse milling, pearling, and making groats. At the annual Sowing Festival and Harvest Festival, the exhibited steam-powered machine and threshing machine can also be seen in action. During festivals, countryside markets and tastings also take place. |
||
|
A park of exotic animals in Dundaga features alpacas, llamas, ostriches, a camel, a blue cow, etc. |
||
|
This craftsman produces beautiful ceramics and uses the so-called black or smoke-based technique. You can try your hand at the potter’s wheel and watch as the kiln is opened. You can commission or purchase ceramics. You can also tour the beautiful garden and receive services related to flower design. |
||
|
The most important aspects of this park are a shallow lagoon-type lake – Lake Pape, with its flood land meadows, the shore of the Baltic Sea, the Nida swamp, and the more than 270 different types of birds that have been spotted here. The oldest bird ringing station in Latvia (est. 1966) is found between Lake Pape and the Baltic Sea. Birds and bats are caught and ringed there. Lake Pape is the first place in Latvia where so-called “wild” horses (the “Konik” breed) were released with the aim of managing the flood land meadows.
|
||
|
A small beer brewery and shop in Lielvārde that organises tastings and offers to taste Latvian delicacies on-site and to purchase them for take away. |
||
|
An all-encompassing view of the urban environment next to the Daugava River valley is offered at the car park which is at the start of Augusta Street on the boundary of Krāslava. The unique wooden buildings of the area (the Kaplava Street region) can also be seen on the bridge which crosses the Daugava. Climb Karņickis Hill and hike through the park of the Plāters family of nobles. From there, you will see more local scenes.
|
||
|
Valkas novadā esošā saimniecība "Kurģi" ir vieta, kur braukt atpūsties gan ģimenēm, gan draugiem. Viesiem tiek piedāvātas izjādes zirga, ponija mugurā, pajūgs gan ģimenēm, gan kāzām. |
||
|
Ethnographic and household storage in Sarkaņi offers craft tools collection, furniture and household collection, 19th and the end of the 20th century living room furnishings, and the exhibition dedicated to Madona countrymen. (Source: Madona TIC) |
||
|
Go horseback or wagon riding all year long, find contacts with goats, sheep, chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks, and taste smoked goat cheese. The owner also produces Christmas and other decorations. |
||
|
The projector buildings of the former border guard facility have been preserved at Labrags, but they are privately owned.
|
||
|
Netālu no augstākā Latgales augstienes paugura – Lielā Liepukalna atrodas zemnieku saimniecība, kuras darbnīcā amatnieks Jānis Kuzminskis taisa mūsdienīgas ģitāras u.c. mūzikas instrumentus. Apmeklētāji var iepazīt Jāņa veidoto ekspozīciju, vērot amatnieka darbošanos, pasūtīt sev jaunu instrumentu, kā arī muzicēt pie bagātīgajā kolekcijā savāktajiem instrumentiem. Saimniece stāsta par Latgales kulinārā mantojuma ēdieniem un rāda, kā gatavo gulbešnīkus. |
||
|
Находятся в 100 м к юго-востоку от Приекульского замка. Символ Приекуле, изображенный на гербе города. Ворота (1688 г., отреставрированы в 1954 г.) служили в качестве сторожевой башни сквозных ворот Приекульской господской усадьбы, где проводился досмотр торговцев (таможня), отправляющихся или приезжающих из Литвы. Интерес представляет родовой герб баронов Корфов выполненный в XVIII веке из голландского песчаника, с серебряным ядром и своеобразный маскарон в центральной части фасада. Во времена баронов в нишах по обеим сторонам стояли двухметровые, выполненные в камне, грозного вида фигуры стражников - солдат. Сегодня на их месте стоят деревянные фигуры стражников. |
||
|
The flat surface of this large hillock (247 m above sea level, ~60 m above the surrounding area) offers one of the most beautiful landscapes in Latgale, complete with Lake Rāzna. During the 13th century, the Livonian Order built the Volkenberga Castle on the hillock, and it was thought to be practically impenetrable. Fragments of the castle’s walls remain visible today. |
||
|
Meklējams Zirgu salas dienviddaļā – uz t.s. Golodova dambja. Tornis pieejams kājāmgājējiem un velobraucējiem. Automašīna jāatstāj pie Ezermalas ielas. No torņa redzams plašs skats uz daļēji aizaugušo Liepājas ezera ziemeļdaļu. Laba putnu vērošanas vieta. Ietilpst Liepājas ezera dabas lieguma teritorijā. |
||
|
This is a territory which regularly floods when the Lielupe River crosses its banks. These are flood-land meadows of importance to birds. The area can be surveyed from the Rīga-Liepāja highway and the Kalnciems road which runs along it. |
||
|
One of the oldest towns in Latvia, about which data can be found already beginning from 1378. As a populated area it formed at the banks of the Tebra River (the side of Riga-Prussia road), where once the fortified wooden castle Beida of the Cours Land Bandava was located. In the medieval times Aizpute was the centre of Kurzeme bishopric. After joining Kurzeme to Russia in 1795, Jews settled for living in Aizpute. Today travellers in Aizpute are most attracted by the ancient city environment that is still alive here, as well as by the historical centre of the city and the castle ruins. |
||
|
The memorial site with a 1936 monument produced by the sculptor Kārlis Zāle is located in Smārde near the Smārde-Tukums road. It commemorates 38 soldiers who fell during World War I. Between 1915 and 1917, the front line was near Smārde. Many men were killed, and they were buried at the local swamp. It was only after the war that they were reburied in Smārde, Kūdra, Ķemeri, and Sloka. |
||
|
Sauna Museum is a private open-air museum founded in 2008. It is located 40 km from Riga by the Murjāņi - Saulkrasti road. The exhibition consists of six historic and one newly built sauna. They all work, but the hosts recommend to enjoy the black sauna. |
||
|
The cafe is situated in Sabile, where you can eat fast and tasty food. Banquets up to30 people. |
||