Baltic Country Holidays новости

To promote countryside travelling and to give a presentation of what a visitor would experience and enjoy in the countryside we have produced 7 new videos http://www.celotajs.lv/cont/about/video_en.html. Each one is about half a minute story about a particular topic: seasons of a year, open farms and craft shops, Latvian symbols, etc. The videos are presented in our web site, social networks, and they will be demonstrated in rural tourism promotional events.

Check our 7 new videos and get inspired for holidays in the Latvian countryside!  http://www.celotajs.lv/cont/about/video_en.html All nature seasons, good country food, open farms, attractive crafts - simple and true things to enjoy. Watch the videos - and enjoy visiting!

 Summer time is busy and packed with lots of events all across Latvia. We have selected our top of the events:

On 5th June in Brussels, the president of the Latvian Countryside Association "Lauku Celotājs", Asnāte Ziemele received an award Best Life-Environment Project for POLPROP-NATURA  project in EU LIFE programme. The project took place in the SlītereNational Park as a demo territory from 2009-2012. "Lauku Ceļotājs" executed the project together with the people and organizations of Slītere. The sustainable tourism development model was created by attracting local entrepreneurs, inhabitants, local authorities and administration of SlītereNational Park. This experience was used for making proposals for environmental protection and tourism development policy. 

День летнего солнцестояния (Янов день) — это самый популярный праздник в Латвии, когда солнце достигло своей наивысшей точки в небе, и за самым длинным днем следует самая короткая ночь. Приглашаем вас принять участие в праздничных мероприятиях, чтобы испытать традиционное празднование Янова дня и насладиться праздником в латышском стиле.  

The new Executive Committee will lead and manage EuroGites during the period of 2013-2016: Andy Woodward, FARMSTAY UK - President (UK), Klaus Ehrlich, RAAR - Secretary General (ES), Asnāte Ziemele, Latvian Country Tourism Association, Jan Tjosaas, HANEN (Norway), Panos Poulos, Hellenic Agrotourism Federation (Greece), Linas Zabaliunas, Lithuanian country tourism association, Patrick Farjas, GITES DE FRANCE (France), Hans Embacher, Urlaub am Bauernhof in Österreich (Austria).

The Hermitage, St. Isaac's Cathedral, The Peter & Paul Fortress, The Summer Garden and Palace are only few highlights of the Russian jewel on the Baltic Sea - St. Petersburg. We are freshly back from our inspection trip and ready to share with you our discoveries.
After popular demand we have put together a tour with the Baltic States plus St. Petersburg. The tour is focused on castles and manor houses in the Baltic States, St. Petersburg with its surrounding palaces. Apart of this tour St. Petersburg can be added to any other our tour, combined with Tallinn and Helsinki or bought on its own. There is excellent train connection from Helsinki and Riga which both we recommend and can help to book the tickets. We also offer cruise connections - St. Peter's Lines http://www.celotajs.lv/cont/cntr/ferry_en.html .
In terms of accommodation, we're cooperating with some small, cosy hotels in convenient locations to explore the city. For selection click on this link.

 Welcome to St. Petersburg!

The people of the Baltic have a close relationship with nature and its annual cycle. Each season has its own specific activities like mushrooming, berry picking, collecting herbs, ice-fishing and different agricultural jobs as well as traditional and seasonal celebrations. The country is a haven for the tourist who loves nature, respects traditions and would like to experience the countries and their cultures more deeply.
Baltic Country Holiday's well-researched tours and sites are based around small-scale accommodation, open farms, local producers, living traditions and sincere people. For many years we have carried regular inspections of our accommodation and sites, have closely cooperated with national parks and nature experts, researched and developed new routes. We' re always looking for local farms and producers and encourage the development of new products. Since we ourselves like to explore and be active, we have tried all the routes in various different ways: cycling, walking, canoeing, by car and by public transport. We feel we can honestly call ourselves the Baltic experts.

In this issue(download): 

- Our new tour manual GO LOCAL! is out (EN,RU,DE)

-Sample spa packages in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania 

- New tours:

• From Gdansk to Helsinki through the Baltic States, 19 day 
• Castles and Manors from Riga to St.Petersburg, 12 days
• Winter in Northern-Latvia, 3 days
• Guided Day Tour at Kemeri National Park, 1 day

Info on our new publications.

We look forward to see you in ITB Berlin and MITT in Moscow!

«Лауку целётайс» (Lauku ceļotājs – Сельский путешественник) составил карту «Стоит увидеть» - карту со 150-ю интереснейшими местами в Латвии и Эстонии, где унаследованные традиции поколений вливаются в современную жизнь: будь то бабушкины драники, в процессе приготовления которых не подсчитывались калории, или прозрачное домашнее варево с требуемой нынешней реальностью акцизной маркой и биркой гордого хозяина - производителя, или традиционный юмис (колос-двойчатка) в коньке новостройки.

Карта - это приглашение к посещению ремесленников и ремесленнических центров, приготовителей местных и традиционных блюд и напитков, небольших производителей сельских продуктов питания, рыбаков, мест празднования традиционных времен года (например - солнцестояния), дворов, где можно попробовать свои силы в сельских работах, а дети могут увидеть и познакомиться с домашними животными, биологических и здоровых хозяйств, кабачков, музеев и коллекций, исторических центров городов, этнографических сёл и территорий, связанных с историей тематических мероприятий и реконструкции событий, сакральных мест и строений, отдельных замков и господских усадеб, мест приобретения традиционных сувениров, троп и маршрутов. Карта создавалась при сотрудничестве «Лауку целётайс» и Эстонской Ассоциации сельского туризма (Eesti maaturism),  доступна на латышском, русском, английском, немецком, эстонском и финском языках.  

Электронная версия карты здесь.