Viens no retajiem piedāvājumiem Latgalē, kur tūristu gids ekskursijas laikā dzied latgaļu valodā. Interesants, atraktīvs un izzinošs stāstījums par vēsturiskajiem notikumiem, kas saistīti ar Preiļu muižu un pilsētvidi.

Zoltners ir vieta, kur laika plūdums kļūst nebūtisks. Miers un atmosfēra, ko veido apkārtnes lauku ainava un pārdomātā arhitektūra, ir izcila vide, kurā aizmirst pilsētas rūpes un steigu. 

Šis gads iesācies ar pārmaiņām Zoltners restorānā. No februāra garšas piedzīvojumus turpinām ar jaunu šefpavāru Nauri Malāhovu.

Nauris ir svaiguma un vietējo produktu piekritējs – spēj radīt esenci no labākā, ko var sniegt katra sezona. Baudu no garšas uzskata par savu misiju. Ēdienkarte veidota no atlasītiem ēdieniem, lai katram var pievērsties kā mākslas darbam. Garša ir dabiska - tīra un īsta, papildināta ar akcentiem, kas saskan, nekā lieka.

Kad virtuvē darbojas jauns pavārs, tad viesošanās restorānā ir pavisam jauna pieredze. Tas ir tikpat kā apmeklēt jaunu restorānu. 

This tour has a very summery feel since it never wanders too far from the sea. Latvian sea resort Jurmala attracts with characteristic wooden cottages from the 19th century, Dzintari concert hall and a lively beach. Cape Kolka is located in Slitere National Park which also includes the traditional villages of the smallest ethnic group in the world, the Livs. Enjoy empty beaches and locally smoked fish. Ventspils is an immaculately maintained town with a medieval castle and well equipped beach. Pavilosta is Latvia's unofficial windsurfing capital, while Palanga in Lithuania has an excellent amber museum. Lithuania's pearl is the Curonian Spit and its lagoon which attracts with its vast sand dunes and Nida, a charming village with a Thomas Mann Museum. Back in Latvia, Liepaja is an exciting city with a historic quarter, beach, lively restaurants and clubs and a distinctive millitary heritage in the form of former naval forts and a military zone. Kuldiga is loved by artists due to its picturesque little cobbled streets with wooden houses and the Europe's widdest waterfall on the Venta river.

This section of the seacoast of Vidzeme is of outstanding scenic beauty with a lot of rocky capes and boulders in the sea alternating with small, sandy coves where the small streams and rivulets, which dry out in summer, flow into. Occasionally, the beach is completely covered with the gray backs of stones. In Zvejniekciems you need to make a detour around the estuary of the Aģe River and the Skulte port. In some places, small patches of reeds appear, while near Tūja you will see the first sandstone outcrops. Some part of the route can be covered via the beach or via a trail meandering through the dune forest with old pines. At the end of the route, you can see the unique lamprey fishing method - Svētupes nēģu tacis.

The first wooden Catholic church in Dagda was built in 1705, while the church that is seen today was built in the Baroque style during the latter half of the 18^th century, the work financed by a local nobleman.  Important interior elements include the altar, the pulpit, the organ, a monument to the Hilsen dynasty, etc.  To the North of the church is historical Dagda itself, with typical red brick buildings from the early 20^th century that are known as the former homes of Jewish merchants.

В хозяйстве выращивается около 400 кроликов, а также клубника. Продажа племенных кроликов, кроличьего мяса, рассады клубники (3 - 4 сорта) и ягод. Весной предлагают салат, а осенью - овощи. Провезут по хозяйству и поделятся советами с кролиководами.

Находится около моста через Салацу. Предлагаются блюда традиционной латышской и европейской кухни.

Латышская кухня: Килька с яйцом, рыбный суп, крестьянский завтрак, жареные масляные бобы, цыплячья печень с картофельным пюре, бефстроганов по-курземски, крестьянская похлебка в горшочке, тонкие и картофельные блины с варением, слойка из черного хлеба.

Особое блюдо: Открытый пирог от нашего дома.

One of the highest dunes in Latvia, located between Bernāti and Jūrmalciems villages. It is 37m high and offers a magnificent view of the sea and natural pine forests. The highest dunes in Latvia stand to the South of Jūrmalciems village: the Pūsēnu hill, the Ķupu hill, the Mietragkalns or Tiesas hill, the Pāļu hill, the Garais hill, the Ātrais hill, the Lāvas hill. The Pūsēnu dune is the highest of these dunes which are all called hills by the local people. The Pūsēnu hill developed between 1785 to 1835 when shifting sand became extremely dangerous. Several homesteads were buried in sand, among them „Pūsēni”, where a forester’s family lived. The family is said to have moved to Bārta. The dune was named after the buried homestead.

Jēkabs Janševskis, a Latvian writer, wrote in his book „Nīca”: “In olden times, large pine trees were growing in the dunes on the coast of Nīca and they stood steady and firm. But i Swedish times (around 1650), the Swedes built a large kiln for charcoal and tar. Pine wood and stumps provided an excellent material for this. Once a big fire rose, and the charcoal kiln burned down as well as the whole pine forest. The remaining stumps and bare trunks in the vast burnout could not hold the storm-driven sand; it flew further and further burying not only the burned-out forest, but also the nearest fields. In wintertime, when the vast, low marshy grasslands were covered with ice, jets of sand drifted further over its surface, and soon most of the grasslands and large meadows turned into sandy heath-land and dunes.”

To reconstruct Liepāja, severely damaged during WWII, a silicate brick factory was built in the town. The main raw material was white sand and it was taken from the Bernātu forest. In the 1960-ies they started to dig off the Green Dune and the White Dune, later also the Pūsēnu hill. The excavators used to work day and night, in three shifts. The work stopped at around 1980, as there was no more sand suitable for production of brick.

A trail is set up to facilitate walking in the Pūsēnu Dune in the Bernātu Nature Park.

Деревянный амбар в Авинурме является центром местного деревянного промысла. Здесь самый богатый в Эстонии выбор изделий из щепы, огромное количество банных принадлежностей и предметов домашнего обихода из дерева. Деревянный амбар организует различные учебные мастерские: плетение корзин, валяние, выпечка домашнего хлеба, изготовление свечей, роспись галош и т. д.

Avinurme Puiduait ‒ это туристический центр, где можно ознакомиться с местными деревянными изделиями.  Здесь также открыто кафе, где предлагаются блюда, характерные для окрестностей озера Пейпус, и хлеб собственной выпечки, а в сервировке используется деревянная посуда.