Gauja National Park and Sigulda

A national park along the Gauja River valley, with sandstone cliffs, caves and forests, called the 'Switzerland of Latvia'. In Sigulda, see the red-brick Turaida Castle and the Gutmanis Cave, and ride the cable car across the valley.

Canoe down the Gauja, try the Olympic bobsleigh track, or cycle. In autumn the forests turn golden. Cēsis has another medieval castle. Sigulda is about 1 hour by train from Riga.