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LIEPĀJA: Pie Jāna € SABILE: Firks Pedvāle €
Hostel Road Map B4 Historic Road Map C4
Raiņa 43, LV-3401 Pedvāle, LV-3295
Tel 2036 4552 Tel 6325 2249
∑ hotelpiejana.lv This manor house in the grounds
There is a choice of private rooms of Pedvāle Open-Air Museum (see
or beds in spacious dorms at this p182) has basic, but atmos pheric,
characterful, central hostel. rooms with shared bathrooms.
LIEPĀJA: Libava €€ TALSI: Martinelli €€
Modern Road Map B4 Guesthouse Road Map C3
Vecā ostmala 29, LV-3401 Lielā 7, LV-3201
Tel 6342 5318 Tel 6329 1340
∑ libava.lv ∑ martinelli.lv
This serene canal-side hotel in a A tiny lodging with taste fully
converted 18th-century customs furnished rooms. The restaurant
house has seven stylish rooms serves delicious Latvian cuisine as
with contemporary decor, and a well as hearty breakfasts (see p323).
first-rate restaurant.
TĒRVETE: Pūteļkrogs € Cosy wood-panelled room at Lacu Miga,
MEŽOTNE: Mežotnes Pils €€ Guesthouse Road Map C4 “the Bear’s Den”, in Gauja National Park
Luxury Road Map D4 Zaļenieku parish, LV-3001
Bauskas district, LV-3918 Tel 2925 5010 DAUGAVPILS: Leo €
Tel 6396 0711 ∑ puteli.lv Modern Road Map E4
∑ mezotnespils.lv A few minutes’ drive from Tērvete Krāslavas 58, LV-5401
This exquisitely restored 19th- Nature Park, this converted dairy Tel 6542 6565
century manor house with a offers snug rooms and a café- ∑ hotelleo.lv
Neo-Classical interior is set in acres restaurant with a pretty garden. A well-established motel-style
of grounds (see p170). Stately hotel in the centre of town, Leo
rooms come with heavy antique TUKUMS: Hotel Tukums € has reasonably sized rooms that
furniture and woodland views. Modern Road Map C3 are spotless and comfortable.
Pils 9, LV-3101
NĪCA: Nīcava € Tel 6312 5747 DAUGAVPILS: Villa Ksenija €€
Guesthouse Road Map B4 ∑ hoteltukums.lv Guesthouse Road Map E4
Nīcas parish, Nīcas district, LV-3473 On a quiet street a short walk Varšavas 17, LV-5400
Tel 2921 4661 from the centre, this pleasant Tel 6543 4317
∑ nicava.lv hotel has en-suite rooms that are ∑ villaks.lv
The large rooms are dated but small but adequate. This beautifully restored 19th-
comfortable at this lakeside villa century mansion, with an elegant
set in charming gardens. It has a TUKUMS: Jaunmoku Palace €€ interior, has smart, spacious rooms
good restaurant with a tree- Historic Road Map C3 and a lovely shaded garden.
shaded terrace (see p323). Tumes parish, Tukuma district
Tel 2618 7442 GAUJA NATIONAL PARK:
PĀVILOSTA: Viga € ∑ jaunmokupils.lv Eglaines €
Guesthouse Road Map B4 This one-time aristocratic hunting Guesthouse Road Map D3
Viļņu 3, LV-3466 lodge has five rooms, one of them Kārļi, Drabešu parish, LV-4139
Tel 2642 4389 reputedly haunted, and twenty Tel 2917 2332
In a quiet neighbour hood near more in the manor next door (see ∑ hoteleglaines.lv
the sea, this wonderful guest- p175). Popular for weddings. With just two rooms, this
house has cosy rooms. Free tea enchanting forest retreat is often
and coffee throughout the day. VENTSPILS: Kupfernams € booked up. An exceptionally
Guesthouse Road Map B3 charming place and great value.
ROJA: Rēderi € Kārļa 5, LV-3601
Modern Road Map C3 Tel 6362 6999 GAUJA NATIONAL PARK:
Kaltene, Roja, LV-3264 ∑ hotelkupfernams.lv Lacu Miga €
Tel 6322 0558 A charming property with a Guesthouse Road Map D3
∑ hotelrederi.lv traditional wooden façade and Gauja 22, Līgatne, LV-4110
A contemporary wood-clad hotel interior decor that blends modern Tel 6415 3481
with bright, spacious rooms and style and period features. ∑lacumiga.lv
sea views. Meals can be taken in Lacu Miga is a snug log cabin
the adjoining café-restaurant. with spacious rooms, deep inside
the park. It is also home to an
RUNDĀLE: Baltā Māja € Eastern Latvia army of teddy bears.
Historic Road Map D4
Pils Rundāle, LV-3921 AGLONA: Aglonas Cakuli € GAUJA NATIONAL PARK:
Tel 6396 2140 Guesthouse Road Map E4 Karlamuiza Country Hotel €€
∑ hotelbaltamaja.lv Ezera 4, LV-5304 Historic Road Map D3
Housed in the old servants’ Tel 2933 3422 Kārļi, Drabešu parish, LV-4139
quar ters of Rundāle Palace (see ∑ aglonascakuli.lv Tel 2616 5298
pp172–3), rooms have shared Friendly, family-run guesthouse ∑ karlamuiza.lv
bathrooms, original paved flooring with a rustic feel on Lake Ciriša. Large rooms have vintage furni-
and tiled stoves. Open out of Breakfast includes home-made ture and basic kitchens at this
season only by prior arrangement. pancakes. Bikes and boats for hire. manor on a forested estate.
For key to prices see p296; Road Map see back inside cover