Tourist information

RIGA CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR (3 HOURS)
23 May 2009
EUR 30 per person

This tour unites both Old Town's beauty and more distant Riga’s districts and places of attraction. You will be invited to view the most significant sights of Riga: central streets and boulevards of Riga, the Bastion Hill, The University of Latvia, Latvian Opera House, Passenger Terminal and Daugava River, Brethren cemetery and Art Nouveau architecture. After the driving tour, a walking part through the Old City will follow. A walk through the labyrinth of cobble-stoned streets, The Convent Yard, St. Peter's Church, The Dome Cathedral, The Powder Tower, Great and Small Guild, Cat House, Dominican monastery, House of Blackheads, Roland's statue, St.Jacob's Church, St. John's Church, Riga Castle, Swedish Gate, Three Brothers - all those ancient buildings will make you feel like in the Middle Ages. This open museum contains over 150 architectural monuments. There is also a plenty of cafes, bars, souveneer shops.

RUNDALE TOUR (6 HOURS)
24 May 2009
EUR 75 per person

The Rundale Palace ( 80 km South of Riga )is one of the most outstanding monuments of Baroque and Rococo art in northern Europe. Rundale Palace was built between 1736 and 1740 as a summer residence of theDuke of Courland Ernst Johann Byron. The major part of the interior was made in theperiod between 1765 and 1768. The famous Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed Rundale Palace and supervised construction work. The Italian masters from St. Petersburg, Francesco Martini and Carlo Zucchi created the paintings on the ceilings and walls while the sculptor Johann Michael Graff from Berlin and his team made stucco decorations on the background of artificial marble. Rundale Palace is a Baroque mansion filled with paintings, furniture, silk tapestry, painted ceilings and porcelain.
The Baroque garden at the back is an intricate labyrinth of alleys, clipped trees, pergolas and green hedges.

SIGULDA AND TURAIDA TOUR (6 HOURS)
25 May 2009
EUR 55 per person

Sigulda is located 53 km away to the East from Riga in the Gauja River valley. This small town is one of the most picturesque towns in Latvia and is often referred to as "the small Latvian Switzerland” because of the beautiful mountainous region. The past of the town is rich in historical events. There were castles built in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knight's Order and Riga's Bishop. Only Turaida Castle ruins has remained.

Nowadays, Sigulda is a centre of the Gauja National Park. Hilly riverbanks, sandstone caves, ruins of the medieval castles make it so very unique and make Sigulda a favourite resort for tourism and relaxation throughout the entire year. Sigulda is the most popular tourist and leisure destination as well as a famous place for winter sports competitions with a bob sleight route, which is one of the best in the world, and the downhill skiing routes. The places to visit:

Sigulda Church, New Sigulda Castle and Old Sigulda Castle. The new New Sigulda Castle was built for the Kropotkin family in the nineteenth century. Krimulda Castle and the Gauja River Turaida Museum Reserve Turaida in the language of Livs, ancient inhabitants, means “Garden of God”. Everybody who arrives in Turaida is convinced of the harmony of nature and creative work of the man and its inimitable impression. The territory of 42 ha of Museum Reserve is rich in the monuments of archeology, architecture, history and art which tell us about the events in the course of 1000 years starting with 11th century.

JURMALA CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR (5 HOURS)
25 May 2009
EUR 40 per person

The Baltic Sea famous spa-resort Jurmala is located only 25 km to the West from Riga in theGulf of Riga. It has many charms and natural curative features : mild climate, golden sandy beaches, endless pine forests stretching along the coastline, curative medical mud and spa mineral water.

The natural curative features of this place had already been well known more than one hundred and fifty years ago. During the tour you will see small wooden houses and summer cottages plunged into parks and forests, spa health centres and hotel. You will have a chance to have a stroll along the sand coast and along a famous central pedestrian Jomas Street where you will find plenty of souvenir shops, cafes.

PLEASE NOTICE that tours must be booked in advance. You can book tours in Registration form.
If you have questions regarding tours, contact Сongress Organizing agency Express Travel.

TOURIST INFORMATION
For any other touristic information, please, visit Tourist office:

Express Travel
Address: Lačpleša 13 str., LV-1010 Riga, Latvia
Tel.: +371 67365326
Fax: +371 67286161
E-mail: incoming@expresstravel.lv
www.expresstravel.lv
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