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#1 of 153 hotels in Riga
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#1 of 8 B&Bs and inns in Daugavpils
#1 of 1 B&Bs and inns in More
#1 of 29 B&Bs and inns in Ventspils
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Great Art Nouveau and architecture in general, many excellent museums, pretty Bastejkalns Park, good selection of available walking tours, plenty of history to explore, nice churches (Dome Cathedral, St Peter's, St John's, Russian Orthodox), moving visits to Brother's Cemetery, Ghetto Museum and only remaining Jewish synagogue, scenic boat cruises on Daugava River. Lido restaurants provided good food at very reasonable prices for a solo traveler like me. Public transport is easy to use and inexpensive, even to outlying areas outside the city center. Was lucky enough to be in Riga for the Summer Solstice national holiday.
Best are the unending, sandy beaches with dunes right behind. The pedestrian street was a little difficult to find but worth the effort. Great choice of restaurants. Important to have an up to date GPS, or detailed car map with you.
Old town is fantastic, both red brick and wooden houses. Overall impression is positive. The sea - you can walk from almost every point to the see in 15 (?) minutes. Lots of places to eat - this time we went only to Pastnieka māja and Boulangerie, but there are many good others. Liepaja theater is very good, I would suggest "Pūt vējiņi" even to people not understanding Latvian.
Ventspils is not a big city, but is filled with children's amusement parks and facilities - perfect for families. Free parking everywhere. Beach has some entertainment installed too, enough toilets. I haven't noticed any cozy bars or restaurants open for an evening drink, I don't think it's a city for that kind of leisure :) Fun thing we did was visiting all the cow statues! Unfortunately, due to its location it can be pretty windy to the point of beach being hardly enjoyable - you wouldn't want sand in your eyes and mouth. But maybe it was just our 'luck'.
castles were very interesting, there was also a paper-making class the day we were there in Sigulda. Turaida is fascinating. Walking by the river also quite wonderful as was the cable car. The information bureau was fantastically helpful.
We spent a half-day in Stalkers park, where we had a lot of activities. After it we visited Rothko art-center, a modern exhibition hall, which is really worth of attention. We had a dinner in restaurant Gubernator's.
