It is a historial city with a lot of beautiful buildings and the largest city of the Baltic states.
Some call Riga the world capital of Art Nouveau and its historical city center is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Top ten things to do in Riga
- Take a walk in the old town and admire the beautiful buildings.Take a picture of the Maingaivju (Blackheads) house and the house of Three Brothers, some medieval residential houses. Pass by Smilšu Street 2 and see the goddess figure. It is considered to be the most
beautiful Art Nouveau sculpture of a woman in Riga. - Buy amber and traditional russian wooden dolls on the market in the old town
- Visit the Latvian Museum Occupations and get some insight to the history
- Visit the Riga Cathedral
- Take a walk around the Riga Castle built in 1497 and check out the home of the President.
- Have pancakes / crépes in the old town
- Get a fab view of Riga from the tower in the St. Peters church or from the TV-tower.
- See the Victory monument (a Soviet monument)
- If you like Wagner visit the Wagner Concert Hall where he used to have concerts when he lived in Riga.
- Visit the central market, a large food market to see the local food
And if you like opera, there is an opera house - The Latvia National Opera- with great prices and operas.
If you are a spa-lover take go to one of the Spas in Riga, maybe the ESPA Spa. Or take the short trip to Jurmala. A spa retreat by the sea. The hotel Jurmala spa looks nice.
Where to stay?
- Clarion Collection Hotel Valdemars
- Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel Riga
- Reval Hotel Ridzene
- Grand Palace Hotel
- De Rome Hotel
- Fine dining at the Vincents
- Medieval dinner at Rozengrāls
- Finest meat at the Restaurant C.U.T.
- Fine dining at the Grand Palace Hotel restaurant