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14 Days in Latvia

• Immerse yourself in the • Look out for bears
warren of narrow streets and elk in Gauja
in Rīga’s Old Town. National Park.
• Appreciate the • Explore the picturesque
marvellous Art Nouveau waters of the Latgale
architecture of Rīga’s Lakes region.
Quiet Centre. • Visit the stunning
• Relax on the windswept 18th-century Rundāle
beaches of Latvia’s Palace, one of the finest
western coast. in the Baltic States.

Lahemaa
National Park
Ontika Rīga’s Art Nouveau Architecture, Latvia
Coast Sillamäe The Quiet Centre in Rīga has the finest
Palmse
Narva collection of Art Nouveau buildings in
Kohtla Underground Europe, including this elaborate edifice
Mining Museum
designed by Mikhail Eisenstein in 1905.
ESTONIA Mustvee
Raja
Lake
Peipsi
14 Days in Lithuania
Tartu
Rannu
• Lose yourself in the
Lake
Võrtsjärv Kiidjärve- labyrinthine streets of
Taevaskoja Area
Vilnius’s Old Town.
• Investigate the quirky cafés
and galleries of Vilnius’s
artists’ republic of Užupis.
• Step back in time at Trakai
Cēsis
Island Castle and then drift
Līgatne past it in a pedalo.
• Enjoy a day of being pamper-
ed and pummelled in the
LATVIA Lake
Lubāns spa resort of Druskininkai.
Ludza
• Discover unspoilt nature at
Rēzekne Aukštaitija National Park.
Jēkabpils
• Stand atop the shifting
Lake
Aglona sands of the Curonian
Ežezers
Spit’s giant dunes.
Daugavpils
Aukštaitija
National Park
Ignalina
Vilnius
Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania
During the 15th century, this cas tle
was the impenetrable strong hold of
the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Today
its pictur esque reconstruction is the
coun try’s biggest tourist draw.