Riga Indoor Go-Karting
Bets can be laid and boasts made while you are being driven to the track, and on the drive home, plenty of time for the winner to gloat and the gallant or not so gallant losers can eat humble pie. This makes a great event to start of a fun filled day in Riga. The event is available all year round.
From Riga: Rundāle Palace, Bauska Castle & Ķemeri Bog Boardwalk
A ten-hour day excursion - Rastrelli's baroque palace, medieval Bauska Castle, the Great Ķemeri Bog boardwalk, food & drinks tasting in the van - women led tour with live commentary.
The architectural highlight of the day is Rundāle Palace, designed by Francesco Rastrelli. It’s often called the Versailles of the Baltics. I accompany you through the palace myself and fill you in with the palace gossip from the 18th century, supported by a digital audio guide provided by the palace.
Then Bauska Castle, a 15th-century Livonian Order fortress at the meeting of two rivers. The atmosphere is completely different from the palace — stone, wind, and a turbulent borderland history
We make our way to the Great Ķemeri Bog, one of the largest and best-preserved raised bogs in the Baltics. rom the boards you’ll see soft sphagnum moss, dwarf pines that may be 200 or 300 years old, and dozens of small dark bog pools. I’ll point out the carnivorous round-leaved sundew right beside the boards.
Sigulda Cesis and Gauja National Park Tour From Riga
Cēsis Medieval Castle, the 13th-century Livonian Order fortress walked by candlelight with a lantern in your hand.
Emperor's View (Ķeizarskats), the cliff edge where the Gauja Valley opens beneath you. Tsar Alexander II stood here in 1862 and gave the spot its name
Award-winning artisan rye-bread bakery visit, a hands-on tour with a tasting of fresh-baked breads (spelt, rye, heritage grains)
Turaida Castle & Museum Reserve, the red-brick fortress on the ridge — tower views over the Gauja, the Folk Song Hill sculpture garden, and the “Nature’s Pearls” outdoor conservation trail (insect hotel, heritage trees, hermit beetle)
Cēsis Old Town walking tour, the surviving Hanseatic core — Vienības laukums, the wooden lanes, St John's Church, the German guild marks if you know where to look
Sigulda Medieval Castle, the 13th-century Livonian Brothers of the Sword stone ruins (1207), with a view across the Gauja valley toward Turaida