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Birch sap for Labanovski family is a popular drink already for a long time. Sap is tasty when it’s fresh, but in order to maintain its refreshing and valuable qualities,  during many years family has developed new recipes.  Moving away from the traditional spices, drink was supplemented with mint, which made the sap more refreshing, fresh for a long time and with a pleasant flavor.

 


DabaLaba is in one of the places in Latvia that has the very lowest population density per square kilometre.  There are huge forests around our venue with lots of animals, clean rivers and lovely forest lakes.

DabaLaba launched operations in 2010 by renting boats.  The next season we set up an archery range and started to offer guided tours of the surrounding environment – hikes, safari trips down the forest roads of the “Ance Swamps and Forests” restricted area, interesting, merry and lovely moments outdoors, hunting with your camera, as well as special trips for schoolchildren.

Boats and SUP boards can be rented in Irbe, Rinda, Stende, Engure and Lonaste (or elsewhere on the basis of a separate agreement).

Since August 2018, DabaLaba has offered the restaurant #Mežā during the summer months.  It is in the centre of the forest and offers pure, tasty and healthy dishes made of local ingredients and no preservatives or additives.  The menu has dishes for vegetarians and vegans, as well as dishes with no gluten and no lactose.

We also have a country sauna where two people can spend the night after taking their sauna.

     

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This is a chance to learn about the life of a beekeeper.  You’ll be given an appropriate costume to watch bees in their hive, walk down the trail of bees, and climb a tree with the help of a hoist.  You can make was candles and buy beekeeping products such as honey, pollen, etc.  A café is open during the summer, and there are spots for picnicking.

Latvian cuisine:  Bean and dumpling soup, pancakes with jam, homemade lemonade, herbal teas.

A special dish:  “Bukstiņi porridge that is enjoyed by fairies.”

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Guests have access to three two-person glamping tents in a unique place in the Veclaicene Parish, which is right by the border between Latvia and Estonia.  The tents are well-equipped with a hardwood bed with a comfortable mattress, two pillows, two large blankets, bed linens, two towels, two duvets, a chest for visitors’ things, two easy chairs on a terrace, and a little table with a bench.  Each tent is hooked up to electricity, with available plugs and lights.

The territory has a common-use summer kitchen with three lavatories.  Spend some time glamping, and you’ll feel the healing power of nature, relax from your everyday rhythm, watch the country landscape, enjoy yourself and your partner or friend.  You can go for walks, rent bikes, swim in the pond, sunbathe, enjoy a jacuzzi, grill, and read books from the Muuski community library.

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The name of the house is ‘Ārpus Laika’ and it means ‘Beyond Time’. The family has created a landscape park and they practice green living in a dome house designed by themselves. The family also manufactures garden furniture and hammocks. The buildings are surrounded by a beautiful park and a pond full of frogs and fishes. The surrounding landscape of the park with a pergola, a bridge, a forest and fields creates a very tranquil countryside atmosphere that can be experienced just a short drive away from the capital city. The hostess makes wines and offers tasting of different sorts. She also demonstrates cooking of traditional Latvian desserts. The place is also popular for weddings and post-wedding photo sessions.

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Brantu manor is located in Smiltene county, Brantu parish. The manor was built in the 19th century, currently it is managed by Ilze Briede, who is a well-known bread baker in Latvia, and Nauris Zutis - the owner of "Pirts skola" ("Sauna school").
The manor offers workshops with hostesses, excursions, Latvian traditional meals and "Pirts skola" workshop, which includes visit to the sauna, herbal ABC, herbal scrub, tea workshops and "Pirtsslota" ("Bath broom") workshop.
Brantu manor also offers various camps for the whole family, to learn about the Latvian way of life and perception of the world.

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This farm produces herbal teas and satchels of tea from lemon balm, raspberries, tansy, lady's mantles, plantago and linden blossoms as souvenirs and gifts, as well as honey from local hives.  The lady of the house will be happy to tell you about life in the countryside and take you on an educational tour featuring medicinal plants, beekeeping and fence buildings.  She will also offer tastings of products from the farm.  It has a biological farming certificate, so much attention is focused on the popularisation of a healthy lifestyle.  Clients can purchase teas made of raspberries, blackberries, linden blossoms, meadowsweet, yarrow, birch leaves, white nettles, etc. 

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The “Baldone Sauna for Friends” weekend house offers families, couples, good friends and small groups rooms for leisure amidst a mighty forest of beautiful fir and pine trees during the summer and the winter.  Fans of sauna rituals can enjoy a sauna according to the Latvian style, with aromatic herbal teas, a salt or coffee scrub, and a bucket of cold water for contrast.  Outside is a tub of hot water for leisure and conversations during which the tops of the pine trees, the moon and the stars can be watched.  Guests have access to a large living room with a fireplace and a well-appointed kitchenette.  There are four bedrooms – a yellow one with six single beds and a double bed, a lavatory and a shower; as well as violet, reddish and green rooms with double beds that share a lavatory and a shower.  There is room for as many as 18 people in all.

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This winery produces wine from fruits and berries from its own garden, as well as from wild fruits and berries – raspberry, apple, gooseberry, blackberry, strawberry, red bilberry, rowanberry, blueberry, red currant, elderberry, shadberry and dandelion wine.  The main product is sparkling wine from raspberries that is similar to Champagne.  The wines can be tasted at the cosy winery, which has a garden terrace.  During the summer, visitors can tour the garden, which is partly landscaped and partly wild.  Talk to the owner in advance, and he will prepare a campfire on which you will be able to cook food that you bring with you and enjoy it with the wine.  There are also fruit and berry juices for children.

 

 

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In 2015 owners of ''Zeltlejas'' started to develop the first sea buckthorn plantations, but in 2018 the area where the sea buckthorn is grown for berry extraction was 24 hectares. Only one breed of sea buckthorn trees with high oil and carotenoid content is grown in the garden. But strawberries are grown in the greenhouses, that's why they are ripen already in the spring.

Various events on different topics like healthy eating, cooking, gardening are also organized.


After viewing the lovely scenes that are a part of the Drubazi nature trail, which runs along the banks of the Ancient Abava River Valley, the owner offers tastings of homemade wine. He produces wines from 12 different berries, including raspberries, black currants, blackberries, lingonberries, grapes, sea buckthorn, and others.

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The “Upenite” country house is located on the southern shore of Lake Ciritis. This farm nurtures Lettigalian traditions, serves Lettigalian foods, produces dairy products (including cheeses), grows local plants (which you can purchase), and offers a chance to visit a proper Lettigalian black sauna. The owners themselves will serve as the sauna masters. Master’s classes in the baking of tortes are offered.
Latvian cuisine: Farmer’s soup, potato dumplings, potato sausages (grated green potatoes with dried pork and onions), black currants with whipped cream, caraway seed sticks, herbal teas, cottage cheese with cream, curdled milk pancakes.
Special foods: Oven-baked carp or tench from the local pond.

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The recreation complex "Pazust Priedēs" is a newly created recreation area in the village of Bernāti - a 7-minute walk from the beach. Two holiday homes are available for recreation - "Saulrieta" and "Saullēta" houses and a separate bathhouse. Each holiday home has a separate bedroom, an equipped kitchen and a loft floor with additional sleeping places. The recreation complex can accommodate up to 12 people in total. Picnic areas are available near each house and in the territory. SPA services are offered with sauna sessions and a selection of essential oils, with mental health improvement options and meditative tools. An outdoor hot tub is available. Retreats are organized during the summer season, and meditative/exploratory books are available in each house.

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Guest-house for vacationers and celebrants. 7 well equipped bedrooms, room for seminars, tent and trailer sites. Fishing and swimming in the pond. Sauna.

 


Environment-friendly and well equipped guesthouse. Guestrooms ar located in the building of bathhouse complex, celebration hall, massage rooms. Theatricalised nature trail, horoscope park. Playground for children with domestic animals and playhouse. Sauna, Russian bath with beating, bathhouse attendant, masseur, bath tub, Jacuzzi massage bath. Ecological kitchen, Latgale district traditional cuisine, bread baking (degustation).


Guest House & Campsite "Pizā" is located in Kurzeme region, close to Miķeļbāka lighthouse. Guest house can accommodate 20 people, there are 7 rooms. Available place for tents in camping area, picnic tables and bonfire places.

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Kaņiera ezers ir viens no putniem bagātākajiem Latvijas ezeriem, tādēļ Lapmežciemā var novērot desmitiem dažādu, tai skaitā, retu putnu. Katru atpūtas māju nosaukta un arī veidota saistībā ar kādu no apkārtnē sastopamajiem putniem.

Jau no 2021. gada aprīļa Baložu ģimenes uzņēmums piedāvā   arī naktsmītnes – 3 labiekārtotas atpūtas mājiņas Lapmežciemā, kur klusā meža ielokā, 600 metrus no jūras patīkami pavadīt laiku ar ģimeni vai draugiem. Mājiņās ir visas labierīcības un virtuvīte, iespēja iznomāt arī kublu un pirti.

Atbraucot Pie Putniem pavasarī, blakus atpūtas mājiņai būs bērzs, no kura tecēs sulas, ar ko veldzēties un attīrīties. Vasarā varēsiet lasīt mellenes, vēlāk izbraukt ar riteņiem pretim krāsainajam rudenim un slēpot vai slidot pa Kaņiera ezeru, ja Latvijā uznāks kārtīga ziema.

Kaislīgiem kalnu slēpotājiem Milzkalns ir 20 minūšu braucienā ar mašīnu. Savukārt putnu vērotājiem būs ko darīt visu cauru gadu, jo pie Kaņiera ezera ir 2 putnu vērošanas torņi.

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This small log cabin is in a quiet place by the forest at Dūmele in the Dundaga Administrative District.  It is on the edge of the Slītere National Park and 7 km from the sea.  The cabin offers four rooms, a living room, a kitchen and a sauna.  Sauna services, SPA procedures, classical massage, a special Dūmele plant massage, and other services are available.  You can go fishing and then smoke your catch.  We lease out boats and bikes.  You will be able to pick berries and mushrooms in peace and quiet, thus relaxing both in mental and in physical terms.

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Laikas is nestled in the centenarian pine forest which is part of the Grinu Strict Nature Reserve. It is made from environmentally-friendly materials and set only a 3-minute walk from the Baltic Sea. Featuring wooden interiors, the house offers a living room, a bathroom with a shower and a kitchen on the ground floor. There are 2 bedrooms upstairs. The kitchen at Laikas comes with dining area, a stove, a refrigerator and essential kitchenware. Barbecue facilities are available free of charge.

Guests have a 24-hour front desk staff at their disposal and are welcome to use the free Wi-Fi around the reception area. The youngest can enjoy themselves at the children’s playground.

The lighthouse in Akmeņraga is 7 km to the Laikas. The distance to the town of Pavilosta is 34 km.

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OTTO Hotel & Sun offers small rooms with a TV, Wi-Fi and a minibar. The rooms are suitable for couples, families and groups of friends, as some of them can accommodate another bed. It is also possible to connect three pairs of standard rooms, making them more suitable for larger companies. Almost all rooms have a balcony or terrace. The hotel has a spa area, a swimming pool and 2 saunas, as well as a rooftop terrace.

The hotel’s restaurant serves dishes made with local ingredients and farmed produce from the surrounding area. The location on the shores of the Baltic Sea also provides fresh fish from local fishermen. In good conditions, meals can be enjoyed on the garden terrace. The hotel has a special Wine Hour offer.