This little building is on the left bank of the Venta River beyond the ancient brick bridge.  It is located at Pils Street 4.  The hut was built in 1735, using rocks from the damaged castle of the duke, and it was built on a terrace that is the last fragment of the walls that surrounded the castle.  Also known as the Hangman’s hut, the building was rebuilt during the 19th century.  It can only be viewed from the outside.

This territory is meant to protect the “green zone” of Rīga. Most of the park is covered with pine forest and dunes with shrubs on them, but Lake Beberbeķi is found at the southern end of the park. The area around the lake has been improved.

The G.F. Stender Museum is at the former Laši pastoral estate, 500 m to the Northeast from the Nereta-Ilūkste road. Gotthard Friedrich Stender (1714-1796), also known as Old Stenders, was the author of the first broader Latvian language grammar book (1761), the first Latvian-German and German-Latvian dictionary (1789), the first Latvian primer (1782), and the first illustrated primer, “ABC of Pictures” (1787). He worked as a pastor in Sēlpils and Sunākste and was born at the Laši pastoral estate, at which one of the buildings now contains a small museum. A memorial stone (sculptor I. Folkmanis, architect N. Tamane) is alongside the Nereta-Ilūkste road.

The saloon is alongside the Ieriķupīte River in the centre of town. There is a nature trail to look at local waterfalls and a windmill. The saloon offers homemade baked goods.

Latvian cuisine: Valmiera salad, cold soup, bean soup, sliced pork, baked cod, sausages, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: “Ieriķi salad” – tomatoes, cured meat, mushrooms.

This estate is an unexpected surprise in this place and date.  Work on the castle began in themed-18th century, and it was rebuilt one century later.  During the first half of the 20th century the castle hosted an elementary school, and during the Soviet occupation it was an apartment building.  Today the castle has been reborn in terms of form and content in the direct and indirect sense.  The Mountain Holiness Community works here.  During the summer, there are children's camps and other events.  The old stairs, window shutters and brass door hinges are all original.  A church is being built on the site.  The Renaissance-style garden can be visited.  Contact the estate in advance for a tour of the interior of the castle an church in the company of local residents who will tell you all about the history of the estate and its garden.  300 m to the south-west of the estate is the Brukna Castle Hill, which is hard to see in situ and even harder to access. 

Plavinas and Stukmani region was inhabited already in the third century. During the Polish-Swedish War (1600-1629) at estuary of Aivekste in the Daugava River the Swedish war camp was formed, from which are preserved fortifications - bastions. They are one of the most impressive military formations of this kind in Latvia. Plavinas as a larger populated area started to develop in the nineties of the 19th century and in the beginning of 20th century after the construction of railway. Today Plavinas are more commonly known with dolomite production sites and spring flood area.

Līgatnes vēsture ir nesaraujami saistīta ar Līgatnes papīrfabriku. 19. gs. beigās un 20. gs. sākumā te uzcēla strādnieku dzīvojamās ēkas, skolu, dzemdību namu, slimnīcu, klubu, viesu namu un citas ēkas, kas ir saglabājušās līdz šodienai. Padomju laikā Līgatnes papīrfabrikā ražoja g.k. skolu burtnīcas, kuras sūtīja uz visām PSRS republikām. Mūsdienās galvenā izejviela ir makulatūra, no kuras ražo ietinamo papīru. Līgatnes papīrfabrika ir vienīgais šāda veida funkcionējošais uzņēmums Latvijā, un to var iepazīt vietējā gida pavadībā. Līgatnes papīrfabrikas vēsturiskajam centram ir piešķirts kultūras pieminekļa statuss. Līgatnes ziemeļdaļā – Gaujasmalā ir jāuzmeklē vienīgā mūsdienās funkcionējošā Gaujas pārceltuve un vienīgā upju pārceltuve Baltijā, kas darbojas ar straumes spēku. Pārceltuve ir vietēja mēroga transporta līdzeklis. Rietumos no Līgatnes atrodas Līgatnes dabas takas, kur dabiskai videi pietuvinātos apstākļos (Baltijā labākais šāda veida objekts) dzīvo staltbrieži, stirnas, mežacūkas, lapsas un lūši. Līgatnes dabas taku teritorijā ir izveidots blīvs pastaigu taku tīkls un asfaltēts auto – velomaršruts, kas ziemā top par distanču slēpošanas trasi. Te pieejams moderns apmeklētāju centrs. Austrumos no Līgatnes – Līgatnes rehabilitācijas centrā meklējama Eiropas mērogā unikāla vieta – bijušais slepenais padomju laika bunkurs, kas bija veidots kā galvenā Latvijas augstāko militāro un civilo personu dzīves un darba vieta kodolkara vai ķīmisko ieroču pielietošanas gadījumā. Bunkuru atvēra 2003. g., tādēļ tas neskartā veidā ir saglabājies līdz mūsdienām. Pa ceļam no Augšlīgatnes uz Līgatni ir jāiegriežas Vienkoču parkā, kur var iepazīt tā veidotāja Riharda Vidzicka darinātos vienkočus, apskatīt dažādu ēku maketus, Smilšu māju, kā arī piedalīties tematiskos pasākumos.

Sens kursenieku zvejniekciems, kas vēstures avotos ir minēts 1429. g. Pirms 2. pasaules kara Jodkrante bija Eiropas mērogā iecienīts kūrorts, kas savas tradīcijas nav zaudējis arī mūsdienās. Par to liecina sakoptā vide un izcilā ainava (Kuršu kāpu ciemi Baltijas mērogā unikāli ar savu arhitektonisko vidi!) ar savdabīgajiem mazstāvu koka namiem, kuros izveidoti nelieli viesu un atpūtas nami. Jodkrantē var apmeklēt vairākus interesantus objektus – lielisku promenādi Kuršu jomas krastā, kas stiepjas visa ciema garumā ar akmens skulptūru brīvdabas ekspozīciju „Zeme un ūdens" (tapusi 1995. g.), Lietuvas mākslas muzeja izstāžu zāli, luterāņu baznīcu (1885. g.), vēja rādītāju galeriju un Raganu kalnu.