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Latvia is one of Travel Today TV's Top Travel Destinations of 2016
Latvia is a country on the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Estonia known for its strong national identity, diverse culture, modern cities and landscapes ranging from wide beaches to dense, sprawling forests. Latvia’s capital is Riga, home to museums and churches, notable wooden and art nouveau architecture, a vast Central Market and a medieval Old Town.
Latvian Switzerland. Cable Car. Exploring Sigulda, part 2
Latvia. The view from the cable car and walking in the forest to the Cave and to Turaida Castle. Sigulda is situated on a picturesque stretch of the primeval Gauja river valley. Because of the reddish Devonian sandstone which forms steep rocks and caves on both banks of the river, Sigulda has been called the Switzerland of Vidzeme. My travel vlog: Trip to Latvia.
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Camping Zanzibāra, Ķekava, Latvia, HD Review
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Camping Zanzibāra offers accommodation, featuring cottages built on water, in the beautiful surroundings just off Via Baltica, that lies 1.2 miles away, 1,000 feet off the A5 motorway, and 9.3 miles from Riga’s city centre. Guests can relax in the countryside and spend their time actively.
The cottages available at the camping are floating on the water of the canal, giving a guests unique chance to enjoy wildlife from up close, and feature a seating area and a mosquito net. Shared bathroom facilities and a kitchen are available. The meals can be ordered at an extra charge.
Guests can go swimming, fishing or canoeing. There is a children’s playground and barbecuing area, as well as squash courts and table tennis facilities. There are 12 rabbits in the campground, that children will love.
The family-run Camping Zanzibāra is 1.2 miles away from the nearest village with shops and restaurants and 0.6 miles from the horse stables.
First Snow in Latvia - Winter is Here 2016
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Kempings Videnieki, Liepene, Latvia, HD Review
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Offering an outdoor pool and an indoor pool, Kempings Videnieki is located in Liepene, 2,650 feet from the beach on the Baltic Sea.
The accommodation will provide you with a minibar and a seating area. There is a full kitchen with a microwave and a refrigerator. Private bathrooms also come with a shower.
At Kempings Videnieki you will find a communal sauna, barbecue facilities and a terrace. Other facilities offered at the property include meeting facilities. An array of activities can be enjoyed on site or in the surroundings, including hiking. The property offers free parking.
Bastejkalns park
Come and join ''The Celotajs'' take a stroll through Bastejkalns park. Bastejkalns, which is on the site of the former Sand Bastion, is a surviving remnant of Riga's ramparts, which were leveled in the late 1850s. The beautiful gardens, which opened in 1863, were developed by A. Vendt, the architect of Lubeck City gardens. In 1898 the park was redesigned by Georg Kuphalt, Director of Riga City gardens, who built the stone embankments with small cascades and waterfalls to resemble a mountain river. The canal, which is three kilometers long and two meters deep, was originally part of the town defenses and was some 90 meters wide. Both ends of the canal, which was restored and strengthened in 2001, terminate in the Daugava.
As we stroll through Bastejkalns park and its many foot paths, we will come across numerous memorials, monuments, sculptures dedicated to famous political people, arts, writers, sciences conductor, teacher and composer. You will also find the famous sculpture called Peace Dance created by Parsla Zalkalne in 1970, this is a sculpture of three young nude women dancing in a circle. You will also find breathe taking and well maintained flowerbeds and well trimmed lawns. We will even see a replica of a mountain stream that flows from the Bastion to the canal that runs through the parks. There are five reddish memorial stones dedicated to the five Latvians who were killed on the night of 20 January 1991 when the Soviet Black Berets stormed the Latvia Minister of Interior building. These memorial stones are dedicated to Vladimirs Gomanovičs who was a Latvian police lieutenant, to Edijs Reikstinš who was a Latvian student, a similar memorial stone to Raimonds Salminš, whose van was machined-gunned by Soviets in August of the same year, to Sergejs Konoņenko was a police lieutenant, to Andris Slapinš 1949-1991, was a member of the film crew who was documenting, to Gvido Zvaigzne 1958-1991 was a member of the film crew who was documenting the events of 20 January 1991.
On the corner of Brīvības bulvāris and Aspazijas bulvāris we can see the famous The Laima clock has been a meeting place ever since it was erected in 1924. The word laime, which means 'happiness', is the name of the Latvian goddess of human destiny, whose job it is to determine whether ones life will be short or long, fruitful or poverty-stricken, carefree or worrisome, as well as the moment of a person's death.
Estonia - Latvia Road Trip / Zvārtava
About 200 Estonians and Latvians got up early on September 20 to catch their bus for Estonia -- Latvia Road Trip, an event intended to showcase the examples of successful cooperation between the two countries and to celebrate the second European Cooperation Day. Four busses departing from Tallinn, Tartu (pickup also in Valka), Rīga and Alūksne (pickups also in Ape and Voru) drove a total of 1830 km and took participants through Estonia and Latvia. The Road Trip ended with European Cooperation Dinner & Celebration at Zvārtava Castle in Latvia that is located only 5 km from the border with Estonia.
The bus trip participants enjoyed various activities at altogether 17 different places. Estonia -- Latvia Programme part-funded projects exhibited their achievements over the last seven years. Races with model cars, participation in autumn biathlon, trying hand in firefighter craft, tasting local food products, playing autumn hockey, learning how joint prototyping helps with innovative products and showing their artistic skills were just a few activities that the participants could try out during the trip. Throughout the day people could collect stamps for special achievements in their Estonia -- Latvia Road Trip passports, which turned out to be one of the most popular pastimes during the trip on September 20.
In the evening all four busses arrived at Zvārtava Castle -- a location only 5 km from the Estonian border on the Latvian side that previously had been kept a secret from the road trip participants. Participants were served a gourmet meal, prepared by Tallink Hotel Rīga restaurant Elements and chef Svetlana Riškova, as well as had a chance to share their impressions with people from other busses and brainsrorm about new ideas for cooperation. After European Cooperation Dinner's dessert and with the arrival of darkness they also enjoyed the art installations in the Zvārtava Castle and surroundings, prepared by Alexander and Alexander from Tartu, and some music from DJ Ivars from Rīga.
All road trip participants arrived at Zvārtava on one of the busses on four wheels (although Alūksne bus broke down half way and had to be exchanged), but four lucky participants had a choice how to go back home. It came as a big surprise to all the stamp hunters that the main prize for the most successful ones were four bicycles, purchased as used in the Estonia -- Latvia Programme territory, but nicely repaired for the occasion. Marija Novada (Alūksne route), Franciska Maier (Tartu route), Anu Altmets (Tallinn route) and Māra Melbārde (Rīga route) could actually decide after the celebration, how they wanted to get back home -- they had a choice now between the bus and the bicycle.
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Latvia - Riga | 2015
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Riga, Latvia - Beautiful City
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Riga, Latvia - Beautiful City 05/2013