Sign in with Facebook"Riga - biggest town in Baltic States" Top 5 Page for this destination Riga by Raimix
Riga Travel Guide: 1,492 reviews and 3,648 photos
It was long time ago I first started to think about going to Riga - not so far, good communication, so on...but I had not much time and money and didn't know any person in Riga. The things changed after joining HC club and when in September's few days I planed what to see, what HC members to meet. So, from October 1 morning I sat to bus and at 12:00 I was in Latvia's capital Riga. I had 3 days to see Riga, till October 3 evening. It was enough to see main sights. First day I have just walked around and have visited Riga's ZOO, had salsa party; second day was the tour of old part of Riga; third day - centre, jugendstill buildings...
Old town and the centre are not so much walking time from the bus station - I walked just 5 minutes to meet locals and see Riga. So, I started to take a walk watching Riga old town's gothic spires of churches, narrow streets...
I should say it is nice town with great old town, green parks, charming centre, very wide river Daugava.
It was my first travel alone, but I enjoyed it and felt like at home – languages a bit similar, not far from Lithuania, food like the same too :) I am sure to come back to capital of Latvia sooner or later to see and feel more!
I hope to show Riga to you as well, and maybe you will make any opinion about this city too, just take a look at other tips.
- Pros:Small, but cosy and beautiful old town, big centre, jugendstil, great river Daugava
- Cons:Not much crosswalks in town :)
- In a nutshell:It is like mix of Budapest and Vienna to me!
Reviews (48)
Daytrips to Jurmala and Sigulda
Off The Beaten Path
(1)
When I was second time in Riga (April 2006), I decided to make day - half days trips into Sigulda and Jurmala. Sigulda... more travel advice
Latvian War museum
Things to Do
(33)
I usually like going to War type museums to see the main difference of war techniques, items used for that and more... more travel advice
Riga's History and Navigation museum
Things to Do
(33)
This kind of museum that is near Cathedral depicts all the history of Riga from the ancient times till nowadays. What... more travel advice
Brivibas bulvaris\iela
Things to Do
(33)
This street, I should say, is the main and the most famous in central Riga. It starts from the old town (Livu square)... more travel advice
Travelogues (2)
-
Written Oct 31, 2005
5 photos
Jugendstill and parks
-
Written Jan 13, 2007
7 photos
Various Riga photos
- 1
Raimix's Related Pages
-
Sigulda
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Cesis
-
Aglona
-
Valmiera
-
Ventspils
-
Kraslava
-
Kuldiga
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Liepaja
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Daugavpils
-
Vilnius
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Veliuona
-
Siauliai
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Klaipeda
-
Kaunas
-
Kedainiai
-
Birzai
-
Druskininkai
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Palanga
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Birstonas
-
Trakai
Top 5 Page for this destination
Riga Travel Guide
Member Travel Pages
- "A few days in Riga"
- "Riga - biggest town in Baltic States"
- "Riga - the capital of Baltic's"
- "Riga Latvia"
- "Riga"
- "ART NOUVEAU RIGA!"
- "RIGA"
- See All...
Categories
- Things to Do in Riga
- Hotels in Riga
- Transportation in Riga
- Nightlife in Riga
- Restaurants in Riga
- Shopping in Riga
- Warnings and Dangers in Riga
- See All...
Nearby Travel Guides
- Riga Travel Guide
- Salaspils Travel Guide
- Mangalsala Travel Guide
- See All...
Explore the World
- Member Rank:
- 0 0 0 9 5
- Forum Rank:
- 0 1 4 9 1
- 1,552 Reviews
- 3,009 Photos
- Add Friend
- Follow
- Send Message
Badges & Stats in Riga
- 48 Reviews
- 72 Photos
- 3 Forum posts
- 20 Comments
- 5,368PageViews
- See All Stats
- See All Badges (34)
Have you been to Riga?
Share Your TravelsLatest Activity in Riga
- Posted in Travel Vilnius Forum "Re: The easiest way to the airport"
- Commented on one of angiebabe's Riga travel pages
- Uploaded a Photo to "St. Peter's church"
- updated a Riga Travel Page "Riga - biggest town in Baltic States"
- Wrote a Review Daytrips to Jurmala and Sigulda in Riga Off The Beaten Path
Top 10 Pages
-
Istanbul
Intro, 80 reviews, 147 photos
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Vilnius
Intro, 70 reviews, 133 photos, 5 travelogues
-
Prague
Intro, 70 reviews, 125 photos
-
Barcelona
Intro, 55 reviews, 120 photos
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Lviv
Intro, 52 reviews, 123 photos
-
Europe
Intro, 81 reviews, 84 photos
-
Warsaw
Intro, 54 reviews, 96 photos
-
Krakow
Intro, 49 reviews, 76 photos, 2 travelogues
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Tallinn
Intro, 43 reviews, 77 photos, 1 travelogue
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Riga
Intro, 48 reviews, 72 photos, 2 travelogues
Friends
See All Friends (38)
Travel Interests
See All Travel Interests (5)
Hiking and Walking
Historical Travel
Castles and PalacesLatest Riga hotel reviews
- Reval Hotel Latvija
- 332 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 24, 2013 - Hotel Viesturs Riga
- 191 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 23, 2013 - Hotel Riga
- 145 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 8, 2013 - Nordic Hotel Bellevue
- 81 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 23, 2013 - Best Eastern Victorija Hotel Riga
- 27 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: Apr 4, 2013 - Konventa Seta
- 146 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 22, 2013 - B & B Riga
- 25 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: Feb 8, 2013 - Hotel X-dream
- 100 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 20, 2013 - Hotel Anda
- 9 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 19, 2013 - Royal Square Hotel & Suites Riga
- 37 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 21, 2013 - Balta Kaza
- 4 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: Jul 11, 2006 - Radi Un Draugi
- 99 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 23, 2013 - Elizabetes Nams
- 8 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 27, 2010 - Hotel Garden Palace
- 100 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 23, 2013 - Toss Hotel
- 14 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: Feb 19, 2013
Comments (20)
Excellent page, Raimundas! It brings me back to the Soviet times when I used to visit it several times on business and on holiday. Hope to come back again someday and see all the changes...
very interesting city I would like to visit one day (it is the only Baltic capital I don't visit among former Soviet republics). really funny to see the remains of Berlin wall here...
thx for visiting my Buyukada page. I liked your pages too. I'll visit them.
Very helpful tips! We are looking forward to visiting Riga in September!
Simply excellent! I like Riga a lot and sometimes transited through there with one night in between.
Beautiful page and tips about Riga!! Thanks for comments on my Chelmno and Torun pages! There is no so nice cities in Estonia like they, only Tallinn is:)
Excellent page! Riga seems to be a fantastic place and I really look forward to it! Interesting fact about part of the Berlin Wall there!
A very detailed Riga travel page ~~~ And a nice city, Riga ! Your travel page helps me prepare the trip to Riga. Thank you so much !
Wonderful city! I have really nice memories of it. Wish to visit again. Bye bye.
Excellent page about Riga, Raimundas! I'm looking forward to visiting the Baltic states from 2007 or 2008.