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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

Firstly, after selecting most suitable transport – passenger car or minivan your tour will start along the central boulevards of Riga to Art Nouveau district.  You will be able to discover one of the largest and best-preserved collections of Art Nouveau buildings in the world. After that district excursion will continue to the Riga Central market, where on the way you will be able to enjoy City Canal parks, the Fine Arts Museum, the Freedom Monumen and Daugava river with its bridges. Reaching the Riga Central market you will enjoy the diversity of typical national food. Secondly, you will have the opportunity to leave your transport and continue with a walking tour through Riga Old Town seeing most famous sights like St. Peter's Church, St. Jacobs Church, Dom Square, and St. Dom Cathedral. You will be introduced with a secretes of Cat House and will see Town Hall Square with beautiful and elegant Blackheads House.

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.

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.

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?

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;

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.

Latvia has a long history of beermaking and with breweries located all around the country, there is an impressive variety of Latvian beers to try. This tasting tour offers the perfect introduction—visit two bars in Riga’s Old Town, learn all about Latvian beers and local traditions from your guide, and sample up to six different beers, accompanied by typical Latvian snacks.

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.

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?

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.

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!

Riga can be very different depending on which part of it you're in. On this tour you'll see all the various districts and hear about how they came to be and what they are now. Starting from the early 20th century's Art Noveau and garden city, wooden houses, little gardens on an island in the river, through soviet occupation with it's monumentalism, but also scant functionalism, then back to the independent Latvia's modern architecture - this tour has it all. You'll get from place to place in a comfortable vehicle driven by your guide, but keep in mind - there's still quite a bit of walking involved. If you've already seen (or just don't want to see) the Medieval Old Town, this is the best choice. Most of the places in this tour are less or non touristy, so you'd get a better perspective on what Riga really is. Alternatively - if you haven't seen the Old Town yet, but only have one day, we can pop it in the itinerary as well - the tour is highly customisable. Just let us know!

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.

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.

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 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.

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?

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!