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Old Riga walking tour

One could easily stroll about Old Riga’s meandering streets and ancient alleyways for days, but for most travellers time is at a premium and a long journey is a luxury few can afford....
Taxis

Unless you’re a cash-strapped backpacker or an incredibly frugal traveller, chances are that you’ll use a taxi at least once while visiting Riga....
Road trip to Rundāle and Bauska

It may surprise you to know that after visiting Riga in December of 1991, the editor of this publication swore he would never return to the place where the military police robbed tourists at gunpoint, street thugs jumped foreigners for no apparent reason and real toilet paper was incredibly scarce....
The long road to Salaspils

It was a sunny late October afternoon when we decided to visit the former concentration camp at Salaspils....

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Spring festivals in Riga

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When the grey slush and sludge of March is eventually swept away from Riga’s streets, the birds begin to chirp and the city’s parks are miraculously transformed from brown to green. The city truly comes into its own and its canal no longer looks like a forlorn drainage ditch. It becomes a cool waterway where small wooden pleasure boats ferry tourists and citizens from place to place. Old Riga’s squares once again become populated with huge summer terraces and beer gardens as well as buskers and amber and souvenir touts. The sun returns some colour to the pale Latvian faces that were drained of their vitality by the long, dark days of winter. It’s also the beginning of the festival season when Riga is inundated with celebrations from the annual Riga Marathon to Museum Night and, our favourite, the Latviabeerfest. The first ever Riga Freedom Film Festival will also take place in May, not to mention the 17th International Ballet Festival that will bring the world’s top dancers to the Latvian capital. The sunny spring days also remind the city’s residents that the summer resort of Jūrmala is only a half an hour away by train. Take a short trip to the Baltic Sea coast for a day at the beach, a massage at a spa or an alfresco lunch at an outdoor café. The more adventurous can also make the journey to Latvia’s third largest city Liepāja for a hip, bohemian atmosphere, excellent medieval and Soviet sights and great nightlife by the sea.