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Where to Stay in Latvia

Baltvilla €€ Monika Centrum Hotels €€
Rīga Spa hotel Modern Street Finder C2
Senču prospekts 45, Baltezers, LV-2164 Elizabetes 21, LV-1010
Art Hotel Laine € Tel 6784 0640 Tel 6703 1900
Guesthouse Street Finder E2 ∑ baltvilla.lv ∑ monika.centrumhotels.com
Skolas 11, LV-1010 On the edge of Lake Baltezers, Housed in an attractive Neo­
Tel 6728 9823 15 km (9 miles) from the centre, Gothic building in the main
∑ laine.lv Baltvilla specializes in spa and Art Nouveau district, this
Housed in an Art Nouveau build­ medical treatments. Good spotless hotel offers spacious
ing, this bright hotel has spotless facilities for disabled guests. and cosy rooms.
en­suite doubles and cheaper
rooms with shared facilities. Europa Royale Rīga €€ SemaraH Hotel Metropole €€
Historic Street Finder E3 Historic Street Finder D4
Elizabeth’s Youth Hostel € K Barona 12, LV-1050 Aspazijas bulvāris 36/38, LV-1050
Hostel Street Finder E4 Tel 6707 9444 Tel 6601 0300
Elizabetes 103-2, LV-1050 ∑ groupeuropa.com ∑ semarahhotels.com
Tel 2701 0611 Remarkably plush, this 19th­ Open since 1871, this is one
∑ youthhostel.lv century building features high of the city’s oldest hotels.
This large, clean hostel has mixed ceilings, huge doors, stained­ The renovated interior is
dorms and rooms with shared glass windows and a casino. thoroughly modern but there
facilities. It is located close to the is no air­conditioning.
train station and the Old Town. Hotel Garden Palace €€
Historical Street Finder C4 Wellton Centrum Hotel & Spa €€
Guesthouse Jakob Lenz € Grēcinieku 28, LV-1079 Spa hotel Street Finder D4
Guesthouse Street Finder D1 Tel 6722 4650 Kalēju 33, LV-1050
Lenču 2, LV-1010 ∑ hotelgardenpalace.lv Tel 6713 0670
Tel 6733 3343 Indulge in old­fashioned elegance ∑ wellton.com
∑ guesthouselenz.lv at this well­priced hotel. Rooms This is an unusually central Old
In the Art Nouveau district, this are opulently furnished and Town location for such a well­
well­kept lodging has bright some have terraces. equipped spa hotel. Note that
doubles with shared bathrooms use of the spa is not included in
and a few en­suite family rooms. DK Choice the standard room­rate. The
service is excellent though.
Hotel B&B Rīga € Hotel Justus €€
Guesthouse Street Finder E3 Historic Street Finder C4 Astor Rīga Hotel €€€
Ģertrūdes 43, LV-1011 Jauniela 24, LV-1050 Modern Street Finder D3
Tel 6727 8505 Tel 6721 2404 Z A Meierovica bulvāris 10, LV-1050
∑ bb-riga.lv ∑ hoteljustus.lv Tel 6721 7777
A short walk from the Old Town, Occupying the 14th­century ∑ astorrigahotel.lv
this family­run B&B overlooks a dormitories of the cathedral, Opened in 2012, this grand hotel
courtyard. Most of the spacious this enormously atmospheric in the Old Town acquired an
rooms have cooking facilities. Old Town hotel has distressed excel lent reputa tion in a very
period features and exposed short period of time. Standard
Hotel Edvards € brick walls, some with murals rooms are a little on the small side.
Modern Street Finder E2 painted by the once­resident
Dzirnavu 45/47, LV-1010 monks. Tastefully styled rooms Dome Hotel & Spa €€€
Tel 6743 9960 have antique furniture along Luxury Street Finder C3
∑ hoteledvards.lv with air­conditioning and Wi­Fi. Miesnieku 4, LV-1050
An immaculate hotel with plain Tel 6750 9010
rooms in a 19th­century building. ∑ domehotel.lv
There’s a good choice at breakfast This five­star boutique hotel in a
and free tea and coffee all day. 17th­century Old Town mansion,
which was renovated in 2009 by
Albert Hotel €€ Latvian designers, is an absolute
Modern Street Finder D2 treat. Rates include use of the
Dzirnavu 33, LV-1010 ham mam, but the spa and
Tel 6733 1717 wellness treatments are extra.
∑ alberthotel.lv The service is impeccable.
This central hotel towers over its
neighbours, offering superb city Gallery Park Hotel €€€
views from its rooftop bar and Luxury Street Finder D2
many of its rooms. K Valdemāra 7, LV-1010
Tel 6733 8830
Apartments – Laipu €€ ∑ galleryparkhotel.com
Apartments Street Finder C3 In an imposing 19th­century
Laipu 1, LV-1050 building that is part of the
Tel 6781 4680 Châteaux & Hôtels Collection,
Fully equipped apartments have this opulent five­star hotel has an
elegant, high­ceilinged rooms. The blue façade of Wellton Centrum Hotel & indoor pool, secure underground
Great service; immaculate rooms. Spa, centrally located in Rīga’s Old Town parking and a great restaurant.
For key to prices see p296; Rīga Street Finder see pp164–5; Road Map see back inside cover
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