General information
CONGRESS SITE:
Reval Hotel Latvia Conference and Events center 4*
Elizabetes 55, LV – 1010 Riga, Latvia
Phone: + 371 67772222
Fax: + 371 67772221
The 27 storey Reval Hotel Latvija is one of the landmarks of Riga, the capital of Latvia. This is the largest Conference and Events center in Latvia, largest hotel with Conference and Events centre in the Baltics and also one of the largest in Northern Europe. The business area, tourist sights and Riga museums, major attractions and theaters are easily accessible by taxi or even by foot.
Conference center highlights:
- 15 conference rooms
- Over 2000 sq. m total conference space
- Largest meeting room is Omega with meeting space of 962 sq. m and maximum seating capacity of 1100 theater style
- Over 2000 sq. m of exhibition area
- Free wireless Internet throughout the hotel
- High quality catering during your breaks
- Professional conference services and follow-up
LATVIA
Latvia is a small country on the Baltic Sea with ancient history and traditions. Moving into its second decade of renewed independence, Latvia looks forward to an increasingly prominent role in the new Europe. By working together with the EU and NATO, Latvia is helping shape the 21st century. Latvia today is renewing the old, creating the new and proudly displaying a revitalized national presence on the European scene.
RIGA
Eight hundred years have shaped the city’s unique appearance and rich traditions. Due to its geographical location on the Baltic Sea (where East and West meets), Riga has been an important center of trade, finance and culture for centuries. Riga has hundreds of ways for enticing visitors – its rich history, architecture, spacious gardens and parks, museums, art galleries and world-class opera…and daily treats like a walk in the enormous colorful central market or going to a cozy café, club or pub. Impossible not to be loved in Riga, because of its given inspiration to everyone – both for them which are delighted with ancient and which craves for new impressions.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
How to reach the hotel and the conference center
Taxi:
Taxi the available outside the arrival. The official fee is till 0,50 Ls/km during the day (approx 0,71 Euro per km). The embarkation charge is till Ls 1,50. (approx 2,13 Euro). Getting to the center of the city would cost about 8 LVL (approx 12 Euro). Taxis can almost always be found, day or night. Company “Riga Taxi” Phone: + 371 8001313
Public transport:
Riga public transport system consists of bus, tram, trolleybus and taxi bus routes, which are running daily from 5:30 up to 23:30. During the nighttime there are several tram and trolleybus routes running once an hour. Bus passengers can acquire the tickets in the transport from driver. The fare of the ticket costs 0,40 LVL. Tickets for trams and trolleybuses can be obtained in “Narvessen” and “Preses Apienība” stores, as well as in “Rīgas Satiksme” offices. Fare of a one-time ticket that is purchased at the above mentioned vending points is 0,40 LVL. They can also be purchased by the driver for 0,50 LVL.
Money:
The unit of money in the Republic of Latvia is 1 Lat (1 LVL = 100 santims). The Lat is freely convertible currency. The exchange rate set by the Bank of Latvia: 1 EUR = 0.7028 LVL. You can get 5-, 10-, 20-, 50-, 100- and 500- lats banknotes, and 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 20-, 50- santims and 1- and 2- lats. www.bank.lv
Credit card:
Credit cards can be used in Latvia, and the most common ones are VISA International, Euro card and MasterCard. Less commonly found are American Express, Diner’s Club and Eurocheque. All of the aforementioned cards can be used to withdraw cash advances from ATMs
Shopping:
General stores: Alfa, Domina Shopping, Galerija centrs, MC2, Mols, Origo , Sky & more, Spice, Stockmann.
Markets are in each Riga part. There you can buy groceries and manufactured goods as well as peasants grown products (cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, pork, and beef e.g.). Prices proximately are the same everywhere. Some places haggling possible. Main and the biggest is “Centrāltirgus” located in the Riga heart few minutes walk from the Old Town.
Souvenirs:
Typical souvenirs of Latvia:
- Dolls in national costume
- “Riga Black Balsam” – a historical and traditional liqueur prepared from herbs, flowers, juices and medicinal roots. This balsam you can purchase in most food stores or spirit shops
- Latvian linen – linen textile, linen clothes
- Baltic jewelers made after ancient models
- The products of “Laima” – sweets, chocolate bars, candy bars, sweet boxes
- Amber – very symbolic Latvian souvenir called “Baltic Gold” www.li.lv
- Woolen sweaters, mittens and socks.
Menu:
Riga’s lovely cafés and restaurants turn the city into a gastronomic paradise of Northern Europe. The large number of cafés and restaurants in the city will satisfy every visitor’s tastes and desires.
Riga wakes up to a cup of coffee and some wonderful bacon-stuffed buns, pies, which have been baked overnight. There are also other pastries, including apple bread. No one will look at you strangely if you accompany these treats with a small glass of Black Balsam liqueur. It will help you to wake up or to feel better if you are suffering.
Web site: www.li.lv
Night life:
The people of Riga love to have a beer at one of several Irish pubs, go a bit crazy at one of many dance clubs, perhaps shoot some pool or play darts, and perhaps find one’s own true love. Perhaps you enjoy a quieter atmosphere, with fine cognac and a cigar? The largest state-of-the-art casino in the Baltic States – Olympic Voodoo Casino – is located at Reval Hotel Latvia. Entering the casino, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the unique interior design with a waterfall, exotic masks and cozy atmosphere.
We offer for your entertainment not only 24 gaming tables with the most popular table games, such as Poker, Blackjack, American Roulette, 3-card Poker, Let It Ride, Draw Poker and Open Poker, but also 115 of the latest slot machines! At weekends, the most popular Latvian DJs perform on the Voodoo stage.
Restaurant “SHOGUN” offers a plentiful menu from traditional Japanese cuisine – hot meals, sushi and sashimi – to present-day Japanese cooking for you to savor 24 hours a day. We guarantee that the freshest products are used for preparation of our dishes and that you’ll receive the highest quality waiting and service. At “SHOGUN” you have a chance to taste genuine Japanese flavors in the very heart of Riga – Olympic Voodoo Casino!
HOW TO GET TO RIGA
You can get to Riga by air, train, ferry and bus
By air:
AirBaltic
http://www.airbaltic.lv/
From Aalesund, Almaty, Athens, Baku, Barcelona, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Chisinau, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Gothenburg, Hannover, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hurghada, Istanbul, Kaliningrad, Kiev, Kuopio, Kishinev, Liepaja, London, Milan, Minsk, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Odessa, Oslo, Oulu, Paris, Rome, Simferopol, Sochi, Stavanger, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Yerevan, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius,Zurich - Riga
Aer Lingus
Dublin - Riga
http://www.aerlingus.com/
Aeroflot
Moscow - Riga
http://www.aeroflot.lv/
Czech Airlines
Prague - Riga
http://www.czechairlines.lv/
Finnair
Helsinki - Riga
http://www.finnair.com
FlyLAL
Vilnius - Riga
http://www.flylal.com
Germanwings
Cologne - Riga
http://www.germanwings.com/
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Amsterdam - Riga
http://www.klm.lv/
LOT
Warsaw - Riga
http://www.lot.com/
Lufthansa
Frankfurt - Riga
http://www.lufthansa.com/
Norwegian
Oslo, Trondheim, Bergern, Stavanger - Riga
http://www.norwegian.no/
Ryanair
Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Milan, Stockholm, Tampere - Riga
http://www.ryanair.com/
Turkish Airlines
Istanbul - Riga
http://www.turkishairlines.com/
Uzbekistan Airways
Tashkent, New York - Riga
http://www.uzairways.com/
RIGA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
13km from the center of Riga
Airport connections: Bus No. 22.
Driving time about 30 minutes, fare - 0,40 LVL
Express minibus line from airport "Riga" to the city center. Ticket price - 3 LVL
Taxi Driving time about 15 minutes, fare ~ 10 LVL
Information: +371 67207009
www.riga-airport.com
Air tickets online
http://www.etravel.lv/
By bus:
RIGA INTERNATIONAL BUS STATION
Pragas Street 1, Riga
www.autoosta.lv
Information pay-phone +371 9000009
Ticket reservation pay-phone +371 9001111
Ticket booth for international routes +371 67212402
Ecolines
www.ecolines.lv
Routes
Eurolines
www.eurolines.lv
By train:
Railway traffic (without transfer) connects Riga with Moscow, St.Petersburg, Truskavets, Simferopol.
CENTRAL TERMINAL STATION
Stacijas laukums 1 (Railway square), Riga
www.ldz.lv
Imformation phone: +371 6723 1181
Booking phone +371 6721 6664, +371 6723 3397, +371 6723 2133
By ferry:
Tallink Silja operates 7 routes with a fleet of 18 ships. Onboard luxurious vessels you can reach all main sea ports and capitals of Northen part of Baltic Sea.
www.tallinksilja.com
Destination: Stockholm – Riga
For participants coming to STROKE CONFERENCE in STOCKHOLM.
RIGA PASSENGER PORT
Eksporta Street 3a, Riga
Information phone: +371 67326200
Booking phone: +371 67365320
E-mail: agris.nipers@expresstravel.lv
TOURIST INFORMATION
For any other touristic information, please, visit Tourist office (address: Rātslaukums 6; phone: +371 67037900) or web site:
www.rigatourism.com
www.tava.gov.lv
www.latvia.lv
