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GAUJA NATIONAL PARK: Spa some with self-catering facilities, SAULKRASTI: Medzābaki €
Hotel Ezeri €€ on Lake Cirma. There is a common Guesthouse Road Map D3
Spa hotel Road Map D3 kitchen and living area with sauna. Medzābaki-2, Lilaste, LV-2163
Siguldas parish, LV-2150 Tel 2009 6060
Tel 6797 3009 LUDZA: Lucia € ∑ lilaste.eu
∑ hotelezeri.lv Modern Road Map E3 A wonderful thatched-roof guest-
A well-run spa hotel set in several Kr. Barona 20-1, LV-5701 house on Lake Lilaste with bright,
acres of gardens. Guests can Tel 2625 3535 spacious rooms facing the water.
enjoy a wide variety of wellness ∑ lucia.lv Holiday cottages are available too.
treatments as well as the chance One of the few central options,
to plunge into an icy pond this brightly decorated hotel has SAULKRASTI: Pie Maijas €
following their sauna. large, clean rooms, a café serving Guesthouse Road Map D3
light meals, and helpful staff. Murjāņu 3, LV-2160
IKŠĶILE: Spadrops € Tel 2940 5480
Modern Road Map D3 PREIĻI: Pie Pliča € ∑ hotelmaija.lv
Rīgas 18 , LV-5052 Historic Road Map E4 An idyllic spot with self-catering
Tel 2643 0430 Raiņa bulvāris 9, LV-5301 cabins tucked away in the trees,
∑ spadrops.lv Tel 2912 1689 just a short walk from the beach.
A well-appointed hotel and This peaceful establishment was Rooms are adequately furnished
recrea tion centre outside Rīga, the town’s first hospital. Today it’s and there’s a large garden with a
with a good restaurant (see p324), a well-regarded guesthouse with children’s play area.
a pool, a sauna, cycling, hiking characterful rooms and a sauna.
trails and croquet. STĀMERIENA: Vonadziņi €
RĀZNA: Rāzna Hotel € Guesthouse Road Map E3
KOKNESE: Orinoko € Modern Road Map E4 Skolas 1, LV-4406
Guesthouse Road Map D4 v. "Astici", Kaunata parish, LV-4622 Tel 2922 5805
Beģēni, Kokneses parish, LV-5113 Tel 2999 4444 ∑ vonadzini.lv
Tel 2663 7918 ∑ razna.lv This thatched-roof hotel has
∑ orinoko.lv On Lake Rāzna, this large pleasant rooms overlooking Lake
This small guesthouse in a recreation centre has smartly Ludza. It offers a wide range of
picturesque location has bright, furnished rooms, self-catering recreational activities.
airy rooms with river views. villas and excellent facilities.
Activities include motorboat VALMIERA: Wolmar €
trips, badminton and volleyball. RĒZEKNE: Kolonna Hotel € Modern Road Map D3
Modern Road Map E4 Tērbatas 16a, LV-4201
KRĀSLAVA: Priedaine € Brīvības 2, LV-4600 Tel 6420 7301
Guesthouse Road Map E4 Tel 6460 7820 ∑ hotelwolmar.lv
Klusā 2, LV-5601 ∑ hotelkolonna.com A large, central hotel that’s a short
Tel 2643 0798 An unpretentious hotel with a walk from the main tourist sights,
A popular guesthouse on the good restaurant (see p325) and Wolmar offers spacious rooms
banks of the Daugava river, just summer terrace overlooking the with walk-in showers. Facilities
outside the town centre, Priedaine river, and attentive service. There include sauna and Jacuzzi.
has spotless rooms with basic is a generous breakfast buffet.
furnishings and river views. VALMIERA: Dikli Palace Hotel €€
SALACGRĪVA: Kapteinu Osta €€ Luxury Road Map D3
Guesthouse Road Map D3 Dikļi parish, Kocēnu district, LV-4223
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Pērnavas 49a, LV-4033 Tel 6420 7480
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LIMBAŽI: Bīriņu Pils IMBAŽI: Bīriņu Pils €€ €€ Tel 6402 4930 ∑ diklipalacehotel.com
Road Map
Luxury
Luxury Road Map D3 D3 ∑ kapteinuosta.lv Housed in a beautifully restored
Bīriņi, LV-4013
Bīriņi, LV-4013 A seafront complex with spotless, 19th-century manor in wooded
Te
Tel 6402 4033l 6402 4033 nautically themed rooms, self- parkland, this hotel offers
∑ birinupils.lv birinupils.lv catering cabins, and a campsite. opu lent rooms, a pool, relaxing
∑
Sur
Surrounded by acres of park-rounded by acres of park- Guests can use the yacht club’s spa treatments and a stunning
land, Bīriņu manor house is a
land, Bīriņu manor house is a living area and sauna. restaurant (see p325).
stately Neo-Gothic building
stately Neo-Gothic building
dating from the mid-19th
dating from the mid-19th
century. Book a comfortable en-
century. Book a comfortable en-
suite room in the neigh bouring
suite room in the neighbouring
Gardener’s House or splash
Gardener’s House or splash
out on a regal room in the
out on a regal room in the
castle itself, though it’s often
castle itself, though it’s often
booked up for weddings and
booked up for weddings and
other events. There is an
other events. There is an
excellent restaurant (see p325).
excellent restaurant (see p325).
LUDZA: Cirmas Ezerkrasts €
Guesthouse Road Map E3
Zvirgzdenes parish, Ezernieki, LV-4600
Tel 2833 2523
∑ cirmasezerkrasts.lv
This is a secluded complex of
smart log cabins of varying sizes, Façade of Kupfernams Guesthouse with traditional shuttered windows, Ventspils
For more information on types of hotels see pp292–5