Historic sites
Riga Old Town and Art Nouveau District
Riga
The largest city in the Baltics, with a UNESCO-listed medieval old town, including the House of the Blackheads, St Peter's Church, whose tower you ca…
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Natural features
Gauja National Park and Sigulda
Sigulda
A national park along the Gauja River valley, with sandstone cliffs, caves and forests, called the 'Switzerland of Latvia'.
Natural features
Jūrmala Beach
Jūrmala
A long resort town on a 33 km sandy beach along the Gulf of Riga, lined with pine forest and wooden villas from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Buildings
Rundāle Palace
Pilsrundāle, Bauska
A magnificent baroque palace designed by Rastrelli, the architect of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, for the Duke of Courland in the 18th century.