ONE DAY TOUR / LATVIA / KULDIGA
| KULDIGA / VENTA WATERFALL / RIEZUPES CAVES / EDOLE CASTLE |
About 9 hours
1 day, 350km
PRICE (one person)
THE PRICE INCLUDES
•Travel by transport along a route
•Services of a guide or a group leader
•Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
•Excursion accompaniment
•Organization of the itinerary
ADDITIONAL COSTS
•Meals
•Medical insurance
•Admission tickets
•Personal expenses
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
•Travel Agency reserves the right to change the order of the excursions, keeping their number
La description détaillée
• Start from hotel (Riga, Jurmala) at 9:00am;
• Riezupes cave - the third longest labyrinth of underground caves in the Baltic States (about 2 km, available for viewing - 460m). The caves are not of natural origin, they were excavated by men;
• Venta waterfall - the widest waterfall in Europe (249 m) . There are many legends and historical events concerned to it. The idea by Duke Jacob the creels on Venta waterfall – made Kuldiga in ancient times as the town where it is possible to catch salmons in air;
• Brick bridge over Venta - this bridge is one of the oldest brick arch bridges in Europe, build in 1874, restored in 2008. It was built according to the Tsar time road traffic standards, 500 feet long, 36 feet wide, enough for two carriages to pass;
• Kuldiga - is a small and attractive town in Kurzeme which has always been admired and praised by poets and painters. The city centre, which developed in the 17th –18th centuries, has still preserved the old wooden buildings which form small and narrow streets;
• Lunch time in tavern;
• Edole castle - is situated in a park on the banks of Edole Lake. It is still inhabited. Edole Castle was built in the period from 1264 to 1276 and has been rebuilt several times. The permanent exhibition of this medieval castle consists of the white, red and green halls, the library, the round tower room, and the children’s toy room;
• In the evening return to hotel (at 18:00)
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