Top Latvia Food & Drink

Discover the flavors and foodstuffs of Latvian cuisine on a private, 3-hour walking tour of Riga Central Market. Comprising five huge pavilions dedicated to Meat, Fish, Dairy, Vegetables and Breads, this bustling foodie temple is stuffed with tantalizing stalls, stands and restaurants. With a local guide, explore all the pavilions to discover and learn about Latvians’ favorite staples, and enjoy the gourmet tidbits offered by the vendors. Check out smoked artisanal meats, fresh Latvian buttermilks and traditional cheeses, and be tempted by delectable local cakes, beers and breads, and more.

Pedal through Riga’s gracious parks and historic neighborhoods on a bike tour that explores some of the city’s top landmarks. Riding a bike takes you beyond the compact Old Town to see parts of the city that aren’t easily walkable and many visitors miss; the option to upgrade to an e-bike makes this a good fit for riders of all fitness levels.

Enjoy the ultimate tour in Riga to see the old town and the central market in just one tour. See all of the major highlights of Riga's old town. Climb the tower of St. Peter's Church for a fantastic view of Riga. Explore the amazing architecture from wooden, cozy buildings to art nouveau and from Modernism to Gothic. Walk through the famous central market of Riga to see its food culture, and try authentic samples. Learn about the famous German Zeppelin hangars and their functions in war history.

Riga Pub Crawl team invites you to discover Riga's nightlife together! Meet with other travellers so you can party together and who knows - maybe find some friends to share other activities with while in Riga! During the tour, you will be visiting 3 different bars and the local dance club at the end with 1 welcome drink (a beer or a shot depending on the place) in each of these 4 places. Apart from the welcome drinks, you will be able to order more drinks by yourselves - all reasonably priced. We're not interested to take you to expensive places! Only to the ones where we would go ourselves! There will be a bar with a place where to sit down and chat so you can get to know each other, there will be karaoke to practise your singing for the public, and of course - there will be live music and a dance floor! Let's say the tour gives you a great start for the best night out! Please note that tour would be cancelled only if there are less than 4 people in the group.

Riga Central Market is one of the largest in Europe, located at the heart of Riga’s UNESCO-listed Old Town. On this guided walking tour, immerse yourself in local life as you explore the lively market, learn about Latvian cuisine and cultural traditions from your guide, and tuck into a variety of local specialties like smoked meats, seasonal soups, cheeses, dumplings, pastries and more.

Get to know the Latvian towns of Sigulda and Cēsis on this full-day private tour. With a dedicated guide for just you and your party, enjoy personalized attention and a flexible itinerary while learning about the local culture and tasting traditional Latvian cuisine. Stop at a local winery to try the vintages, visit local castles, and snap photos of the scenery in Gauja National Park. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Riga included.

The Old Riga, Art Nouveau, and Central Market districts are three highlights within the city of Riga. On this small-group walking tour, visit all three and hear about the history and cultural heritage of Latvia. Learn about local culture from your guide as you stroll Riga’s scenic streets. Take time to sample traditional Latvian food.

All gourmets and sweet lovers - we invite you to indulge in this adventure of discovering Old Riga's favorite cafes, chocolate and ice cream shops while tasting mouth-watering delicacies and learning more about Vecriga (Old Riga) in the most memorable and delicious way. During this 3-hours walk, you will discover the cutest small cafes in Old Riga and sample a range of some of the best and must-try sweets including traditional "Vecriga" pastry, famed honey cake, melt-in-mouth chocolate truffles, full-flavored eclairs and gourmet ice-cream. In between tastings, your expert guide will show you the beautiful and charming Old Riga, one of the UNESCO Heritage sites with rich and fascinating history. There is no better way to discover Riga than spending a cozy afternoon with a friendly local over the cup of coffee and delicious treats! Book this exciting food tasting adventure to explore Riga in a warm and wonderful way!

This authentic Riga City tour shows the best that city can offer in enjoyable sequence, combining comfort of tourist vehicle and picturesque walks in company of knowledgeable, enthusiastic and experienced guides sharing the love for their city.

A professional chef will guide you and share with own cooking tricks! You will Learn Latvian cuisine traditions and secrets, Taste of local delicacies and Find out the best places to buy souvenirs.

• Guided tours in more than 15 languages (Latvian, English, Russian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.). • Professional guides who will be happy to create the best and most interesting route for you. • Quality day out, combining enjoyable experiences with valuable opportunities for knowledge-sharing. • Learn about Latvian cuisine and cultural traditions from your guide.

We invite you for a short trip in the traditional and modern world of Latvian flavors! This will be a slightly different journey than usual; it will mainly focus on Latvia's culinary heritage from ancient times to the present day. This will be a great opportunity to discover something new, have a good time, relax, indulge in the unusual taste and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy…During the tour, we will enjoy tasting beer, wine, cheese, baking traditional rye bread, enjoying a live fire cooked meal and visit a candy factory where everything remains as it was in the 1950s. The program provides you with the opportunity to meet people who know their craft well. They are professionals in the field who maintain Latvian traditions, realize and implement their culinary heritage and create new products.

More than 8 years of experience organizing sightseeing tours in Latvia and Baltic states makes or clients fully satisfied. Only experienced and professional guides speaking on different languages. Riga – capital city of Latvia and the pearl of the Baltic States. The city, which is more then 850 years old. The largest city in the Baltics. There are many cafes and restaurants and a number of interesting sights, such as the Dome Cathedral, Blackheads House, bringing luck watch “Laima” (in Latvian – “happiness”), parks and museums. In Riga, you will also see, hear, remember: – Unique architecture: Art Nouveau, as well as Gothic, Classicism, Baroque, etc .; – Riga Old Town historic district; – Riga Central Market – the largest market in Eastern Europe;

Enjoy an amazing tour in Riga! Together with the local professional guide, you will discover the history of Riga while having a yacht trip. After the trip, you will go to the unique medieval restaurant! In one of the 5 halls, in a medieval atmosphere, you will try traditional dishes prepared according to old recipes. After lunch, you will visit the magical medieval cellar in the heart of Riga. From the first moment, you will feel an incredible atmosphere. Local monks will reveal the secrets of producing Latvian wine. You will hear fun facts and mystical legends. What a strange process is required before wine tasting? What local products do Latvians use in winemaking? You will discover surprising and even shocking combinations of flavors. In order to escape from the basement, you will have to guess all the ingredients! Are you ready for an exclusive experience?

There are many legends and stories hidden in the walls of the old Central Market building. You will find out how this market became the largest and most modern market in all of Europe. Your guide will tell you how the pavilions of the Central Market were used during World War II and hear what was the purpose of this building in Soviet times. You will also see interesting cellars of the market and the places around it. At the end of the tour, you will have a chance to try many different kinds of delicious Latvian food: fish, cheese, meat, specific jam, drinks and more. You will also discover interesting and unexpected product combinations.

Latvia boasts an amazingly wide selection of exciting beers and a thriving beer culture. It's like "Mojito" in Cuba or tequila in Mexico- must try when you are in the country! Did you know that Latvia’s long and rich beer culture most probably started by accident? You will visit 2 trending traditional beer bars with a large selection of beer. In the first bar, you will try 3 kinds of beer accompanied by traditional Latvian snacks. One of them- rye fried bread is extremely popular in Latvia and works perfectly with the beer. It's a match! What the unusual ingredients were used to make a beer? In 1-hour open-air tour, you will learn how did the beer influence the city and the culture. What is a ‘green spoon’? Why were the Latvians adding rocks to the beer mixtures in wooden casks? You will finish the tour in the bar and will try 3 more kinds of beer. Everyone will find their favorite one. And which one is the most popular in Latvia?

You will visit the magical medieval cellar in the heart of Riga. From the first moment, you will feel an incredible atmosphere. Local monks will reveal the secrets of producing Latvian wine. You will hear fun facts and mystical legends. What a strange process is required before wine tasting? What local products do Latvians use in winemaking? You will discover surprising and even shocking combinations of flavors. In order to escape from the basement, you will have to guess all the ingredients! Are you ready for an exclusive experience?

This combined 6h walking and minivan tour covers all the main sights in Riga Old Town, explores the Art Nouveau district and other most interesting suburbs of Riga. You'll hear about the history of the Old Town while walking around. Our guides are experts in telling stories, so this will be the perfect introduction to Riga and its people. Then we take a minivan and start to discover Riga behind the scene. With a stop for the Art Nouveau District we head to Mežaparks. It’s one of our favourite places in Riga – a beautiful district of old villas, located in the peaceful environment of pine forests. To receive energy for the rest of the day, we will have lunch in an absolutely fantastic café on the lakeside. After that we go on with the tour, visiting some of the most interesting, locally known spots in Riga, the Central Market Area and the platform of the Academy of Science. The tour ends in the Old Town. Now you’re ready to explore on your own.

The event will take around 2 hours and during the night there will be soft drinks provided in addition to the beer that has been drunk. As your table has been reserved there is no need to worry that you will be separated from your friends. Once you are fully fed and have had something to drink, you will be able to venture forth into the night and continue enjoying yourself in the more modern surroundings of other city centre venues.

You will go into at least 3 pubs during the tour and there will be 3 free beers lined up for you while you are there – 3 a night not in each pub. The guide will speak English so can tell you about the pub you are in and also a little about the drinks on offer. As there are drinks provided, it is important that you turn up sober or there may be concerns about providing you with the free beverages and that will not do.

A female guide will pick you up and take you to the brewery. You will spend 3 hours touring the Basuka brewery building and learning all about the process of beer making and then you get the chance to try some of the beers before being returned to your hotel. The guide speaks English so there will be no problem understanding what is being said about the beer production. Tours are run all year long and as with many of the other attraction there needs to be 8 people to book. Once you have finished the tour, you will be ready to go out on the town and enjoy the rest of the day in a happy frame of mind.

The Riga Beer Bike carried 15 people and you don’t have to pedal for the full hour you are aboard. 10 will pedal while the other 5 can sit back and enjoy a drink. During the hour long ride, each person will have 2 pints. There is a driver who will be staying totally sober, but a bit of an effort needs to be put into the pedalling. There cannot be a better way to see the beautiful City and find out a lot about the place, than travelling on this bike with an English speaking driver. There is a difference between this trip and others, and that is that you have to get there and back by yourself.

If you are on a weekend away in Riga, it is more than likely that there will be plans to sink a fair few pints. When you are in Riga, there is the chance to mix that desire with a beer tasting session meaning that you can discover beers that you would not find any other way. You will be taken to the best pubs that Riga has to offer and as part of the session you can try 4 different Latvian beers.

Have an afternoon of bonding and quality time on one of the days of your Riga stag weekend when you and the lads book an interesting and exciting Riga Tea and Shisha (Hookah) experience. It won’t be like anything you’ve tried before and we have a strong feeling that you’re going to want to do it again real soon!

The good thing about having a reserved table is that you can go on dancing or explore the club without having to worry about losing your table to other guests. There will also be a bottle waiting for you when you arrive so you can start drinking immediately and have a good time! Book this event and enjoy a great evening we have planned just for your group. You are guaranteed no queuing on your night club entry! This is a guided night out and your guide will ensure that your evening will be more enjoyable than you have ever dreamed of!

The city center restaurant is an genuine medieval restaurant complete with a vaulted banquet room and is fully decorated with ancient mark and medieval elements. The dining room’s ambiance will take you back to 1293, the period wherein these facilities were first used as a festival place and wine- vault for the ancient City Council of Riga. The restaurant’s menu provides a fusion of good food and interesting history. You can try cedar nuts and rabbit meat with prunes that were served in 14th century or have a taste of the barley cake that King Philip I used to eat way back in 11th century. The medieval table can seat up to 15 persons which is ideal for larger groups going out for a stag weekend in Riga.

Our experienced guide will take care of all your needs to make sure you and your friends will enjoy a great time and make your stag party a memory to cherish even when you are on a budget. Organizing a stag weekend can be a scary proposition for some but for others who excel in doing this type of thing, finding the right stag activity for the night where an exciting event is to be expected is the hardest part of all. Book this event on your stag weekend and we will make sure you will have the most exciting and intoxicating happy our stag weekend you will ever experience.

Before and while the pub crawl is ongoing, you may suggest with your guide the type of pubs you want to go. Your options with this guided pub crawl that range from old Irish and Latvian pubs to hardcore party and dance bars. You can visit up to four bars on this guided pub crawl which is more than enough to familiarize yourself about what a true nightlife in Riga is.

This two-hour activity for parties of 4 or more will be hosted by a hands on, experienced guide that will take care of everything for you. You just need to show up prepared to relax, sit back and get your drink on. You are sure to feel like you’re walking on air once you’ve had a masterly crafted cocktail or two. We will teach you the six things you need to know to become a master bartender at home. You can take your newly crafted skill home and impress everyone you meet. If you don’t remember a thing we teach you, who cares? The experience is what mattered and you won’t want to miss this one. Let’s the fun, good times, conversation and laughter begin. This is one of those experiences you’ll want to bottle up and re-create later.

Let’s be honest though- chances are you are there for reasons other than the history of the wine. We know, we get it. We’ll just throw some history in there to appease the intellectuals- really; we’re just all about the wine. This is a great activity to try some new flavors and relax with those you are closest to. Kick back and relax and let your worries melt away as we bring you some of the best wines in the country. We will teach you all about the different varieties and we’ll let your senses go wild. There are five basic steps in wine tasting: color, swirl, smell, taste, and savor. Don’t worry though if you skip a couple steps and go straight to the gulping- your secret is safe with us.

This is a guided tour and our informative guide will pick you up from your hotel and walk with you all the way to the pub. As said before, this activity is the most ideal way to jump start your evening while having a pint of good brew!

Visiting some of the popular breweries in Riga is also an exciting adventure you can add to your stag weekend activities. During the visit, guests are given the chance to take the tour on the best breweries in the district. One of the best ways to prepare for an exciting night tour in Riga is to have a VIP beer tasting experience in the morning. Riga is famous for its hodgepodge of pubs and bars so it’s no wonder if the city its own brewery. Book this activity and enjoy a guided tour at one of the most popular breweries in the city center and have the opportunity to try and taste up to three beers. This is the best way to better understand the beer culture in Riga. For the uninitiated, Latvia is popular for its wide array of tasty beers. This day time activity is your chance to taste it yourself. This is the perfect activity for beer lovers or anyone who is simply interested in getting a peek and know a little more about the famous Latvian beer and how it is produced.

Have you ever imagined that it is possible to grow grapes in Latvia and make delicious wine from them? Have you ever tasted quince or rhubarb sparkling wine made in Latvia? Now is your opportunity to discover the wine region in Latvia and that's not it. Before wine tasting, you will have a chance to visit the first barefoot trail in Baltics and experience something unique. All our tours can be amended to your budget and preferences, just ask and we will be happy to help.

Kuldiga is known as one of the most romantic towns in Latvia. Historical architecture and the widest waterfall in Europe makes it worth spending 2,5 hours on the road.

2 hour guided private tour around one of the largest marketplaces in Europe with tasting of many different local goods. Located in the heart of Riga, in just a few minute walk distance from Old Town, Riga Central market is one the largest marketplaces in Europe. It was built in the 1920s, inside several large hangars from World War I originally used for military airships, now serving as food pavilions. During the tour you will have degustation at five different sections: Fish: rye bread with sprats, lightly salted herring, local beer or soft drink. Vegetables: different kinds of salted cucumber (1 day, 1 week, 1 month), marinated cabbage (with beets, cranberry, curry), sauerkraut, marinated wild garlic, spicy carrot. Hemp: rye bread with hemp butter. Cheese: different kinds of Latvian cheese - smoked, with cumin, with cranberries. Meat: ham, different kinds of sausages (smoked, with berries, from turkey, pork, chicken), smoked chicken.  

One of a kind Beer Bike in Baltics. Easy to pedal with comfy chairs, neon lights, music and roof, just in case if it is raining. Sober driver/guide will meet you and guide to the Riga Beer Bike.

Riga is a very diverse city with different architectural style buildings and even different culture areas! If you feel like you can cover the Old Town by yourself, but you'd also love to see surroundings with a local guide, this is perfect! We'll take you through some of the main sights around the Old Town. We'll tell you stories, funny legends, show you some beautiful architecture and point out weird and charming things so you get to see our city from a different point of view! Tour is quite flexible, so if you have something else in mind that you'd like to see in the central circle of Riga, we can easily customize this tour. Let's go for a ride, shall we?

Is your cruise ship stopping in Riga? Excellent! You have a chance to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Riga historical center! We will go on a walking tour of Riga Old Town where you will hear many legends and fun stories of our city. Apart from the Old Town, you will also get to visit Central Market and art Nouveau district! Between all locations, we will take care of private transportation (as big as the group size requires). The driving tour gives a great chance to see Riga from different angles - impossible to do on feet in such a limited time. Our priority is our client so we will be happy to rearrange things to meet your interests! For example - you do not wish to go to the market, but you'd like to see more of wooden houses - we will customize the tour for you. If you would like to stop for a beer or a cup of coffee to enjoy the Old Town vibe - it is not a problem! We are happy to go off the path to make your time in Riga relaxing and enjoyable!

Visit the pearls of Gauja National park - Gutmana cave and the magnificent surrounding of it, Turaida Castle and mount Dainu, Krimulda Castle winery and Malpils manor restaurant. Enjoy local wine tasting, see the beautiful Gauja river valley from the top of Turaida Castle tower. At the end - head to Malpils manor and enjoy 3 course dinner made by one of the best chefs in Latvia - Aija Gabrane!

Latvian food tour by Rigatrips is tour in local gastronomy in largest open air market in Europe, that will give you understanding of Latvian local food traditions and provide selection of traditional local food samples - meat, bread, cheese, fish, local fermented vegetables, non-achocholic drink and sweets.