Latvian Tourism Newsletter
June, 2013
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Active and sports tourism
This summer, the world’s largest joint sailing and yacht regatta "Tall Ship Races 2013" will dock in Riga from July 24 to 28.
Organized by "Sail Training International", Riga has been included on the "Tall Ship Races 2013" route – Arhus (Denmark) – Helsinki (Finland) – Riga - Szczecin (Poland).
Every summer, the "Tall Ship Races" regatta usually features 80 to...
"Līvu akvaparks", located between Riga and the Latvian coastal resort city of Jūrmala, is the largest indoor water park in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, with a total area of 11,500 square meters.
The water park features an additional 6,500 square meters when the outdoor recreation area is in operation during the summer months. The water-park offer guests over 40 different...Cultural tourism
The European Capital of Culture creative information space "Esplanāde 2014" will once again open by the Rainis Monument in Esplanāde Park in downtown Rīga for the summer season this June, and will stay open until September.
Organizers of the European Capital of Culture year have set up "Esplanāde 2014" as a publicly accessible space, hosting creative workshops and presentations of...
Throughout the month of July, in the heart of Old Town Riga, the International Organ Music Festival "Rīgas Doms" offers a spiritual and emotional adventure to all classical music enthusiasts. The festival will take place at the Riga Dome Church, one of the oldest churches in Old Riga. The world’s top organ musicians will once again participate at this year's event playing both...
After a substantial renovation, the Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace has re-opened its doors to the public. The building, which is one of the Riga’s Art Nouveau gems, will once again serve as one of the city’s most important cultural centers.
Next year, when Riga will become European Capital of Culture, the Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace will host the World Choir Games, as well...Entertainment tourism
Latvian national airline "airBaltic" is offering special flights deals for foreign guests wishing to attend this summer’s "Positivus" music festival in Latvia.
As the official "Positivus" festival airline, "airBaltic" is offering Nordic, Baltic and London based travelers a limited travel package to Riga – a special e-voucher offer that includes a roundtrip flight to Riga and...
The annual Sea Festival (in some places known as Fishermen's Festival) in Latvia is the second largest summer festival after Midsummer’s Night on the Latvian summer calendar. Even though this festival is celebrated in coastal towns and villages throughout the country, people from all over Latvia flock to the coast during the festivities to honor fishermen for their work, the sea for...
During the last weekend on July, the charming Latvian town of Sabile will once again celebrate its annual Wine Festival, which has become the town’s main cultural event of the year.
This festival is one of the most popular annual events not only in Talsi Region, but has become well-known throughout the country, with guests from near and far flocking to Sabile for the festival.
The...Health tourism
Located in downtown Riga, right across from Vermanes Park, a delicious, aromatic and unbelievably healthy new SPA has been opened – Beer SPA.
Here you will be able to immerse yourself in a warm beer bath, the aroma of beer, bubbles and sensation simultaneously quenching thirst with a glass of cool beer; to have a rest in a "breathing" and natural straw bed, enjoying interesting and...Tourism industry news
Anyone interested in seeing the beautiful and historical Latvian town of Cēsis has the opportunity to take a virtual tour of the town on-line and see a 360-degree angle of the town’s various landmarks.
The virtual tour allows people to view the sites of one of Latvia’s most popular tourist destinations right from the comfort of their homes.
Included on the virtual tour of...
As of April, electronic communications operator "Lattelecom" offers free Internet to any person in 2,000 locations all over Latvia.
The best places for "Lattelecom" free Wi-Fi hotspots were determined by popular vote - each such place had at least 100 local residents' votes. More than 260,000 residents participated in the voting overall, which is 25 times more than "Lattelecom"...
A special beach area has been set-up for the blind in Jūrmala’s Kauguri, which will cater specially to the needs of guests with sight problems, as well as offer recreational opportunities.
For safer swimming, special floats that beep have been set up. Meanwhile, the Jūrmala City Council has gifted the beach two tandem bicycles, as well as balls that also give off sounds.
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The Latvian coastal city of Liepāja has won the "European Destinations of Excellence" (EDEN) competition and named the European Destination of Excellence in Latvia.
This year's theme for the European Destinations of Excellence Awards is "accessible tourism" or tourism for people with disabilities. Five tourism destinations from Latvia applied for the project this year - Jūrmala,...
