Things to do in Latvia
Riga is Latvia's natural base – a UNESCO-listed Old Town with the largest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture anywhere in the world, putting the country's biggest draws within easy reach.
Riga, Latvia's capital, pairs a UNESCO-listed medieval Old Town with the largest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture found in any city, plus a market built inside repurposed World War I Zeppelin hangars and a Stalin-era skyscraper with the best view in town.
A guided walking tour covers the Old Town's core landmarks, and a canal boat tour sees the same area from the water instead. The Central Market food tour tastes its way through Europe's biggest market, while the House of the Blackheads and the Panorama Riga observation deck cover two of the city's most distinctive buildings. Further afield, a day trip reaches Lithuania's Hill of Crosses, a pilgrimage site that survived repeated Soviet demolition.
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Base yourself in Riga – its UNESCO-listed Old Town, Central Market and a Stalin-era observation deck are all in the city itself, with a day trip across the border to Lithuania's Hill of Crosses reachable the same way.