ONE DAY TOUR / LATVIA / TUKUMS

 

• Jurmala – The town of Jurmala is proud of its unique natural resources – therapeutic thermal waters, peat mud, pine forests, healthy maritime climate, dunes and beaches covering 32.8 kilometres;

 

• Ragaciems - this is a very interesting monument to the history of fishing in the region.  These areas had docks and areas where fishermen built huts to store their nets and other inventory.  The areas also had a social role – men came together to discuss work that had to be done, while women and children wove nets.  The huts at Bigauņciems were eventually washed into the sea, and the areas at Ragaciems have been partly destroyed;

 

• Slokenbeka manor  - is an ancient ensemble of fortified manor buildings, the construction of which began in the fifteenth century. The manor is located only five kilometres from Tukums. It houses the Latvian Road Museum, which is dedicated to the history of Latvian road construction and technology;

 

• Jaunmokas palace - combining Neo-Gothic shapes with elements of Art Nouveau is a special place among Latvian architectural masterpieces. It is situated in Tukums District, was designed by an architect, Wilhelm Bockslaff, and built in 1901 as a hunting palace for George Armitstead, a Mayor of Riga City;

 

• Movie Town Cinevilla - if you want to witness a film being shot outdoors and live the part of heroes of the days gone by, then the Cinevilla Movie Town in scenic Kurzeme is the place for you. Cinema and Weaponry Museum;

 

• Tower of St.Trinity Church - the historical record of 1522 testifies that there was a small wooden church in the place of the current tower of the Holy Trinity Church. In 1574 Gotthard Kettler, the Duke of Courland and Semigallia, ordered a new masonry church to be built, believed to have been designed by Dutch building master Joris Joriszn Frese;