Daugavpils

Daugavpils
Daugavpils, once Dinaburg for Germans, Borisoglebsk for Russians and Dvinsk for Poles, the second largest city in Latvia, has developed as a result of the separate city parts amalgamation. The buildings of the 19th century have remained in the centre between the Daugava River and the railway station. Daugavpils has its own theatre - the […]

Krāslava

Krāslava
Kraslava is located in the land of the blue lakes Latgale at a bend of the Daugava River in a picturesque valley not far from the border with Belarus and 40 km from the second largest Latvian city Daugavpils. There are three lakes by the town (Zirgu ezers, Perstena ezers and Manalezers) and three small […]

Preiļi

Preiļi

Regional centre and town of Preiļi is 206 km from Riga in the southeast area of Latvia. The region has 84 lakes and the area of the city is 5 square km. The present surrounding area of the town is one of the earliest settled places in Latvia. For the first time the name Preiļi […]

Rēzekne

Rēzekne
Rēzekne itself is noted for its unique location among seven hills in the very centre and crossroads of the Latgale region. The town is built on the Rēzekne River, and its southern part is near the lovely Lake Kovša. The oldest street in Rēzekne is Latgales iela, which features the buildings constructed according to the […]

Balvi

Balvi
Balvi is the centre of northern Latgale. Bolupe, the river flowing through the town, lacks the power and width of a large river; its stream is sluggish as it finds its course through the shallow, grassy banks. Balvi possesses its own peculiar beauty which is hidden in its parks and squares, the hilly terrain of […]

Ludza

Ludza
Ludza is situated in the eastern part of Latvia. The District of Ludza borders on Russia and Belarus. Ludza is one of the oldest towns in Latvia - mentioned in manuscripts already in 1177. Several thousand years ago the Ludza District was a border region between the Finno-Ugric and the Baltic tribes. Later […]

Alūksne

Alūksne
In the north-eastern corner of Vidzeme, at the Lake Aluksne there is the town of Aluksne. Aluksne Lutheran Church (1781 -1788) stands in the midway between the lake and Pils Street; it was built in the early classicism style on the ground of natural boulders. Usually, the walls of the churches in Latvia are plastered, […]

Gulbene

Gulbene
Gulbene is a small provincial town in Vidzeme. Here you can visit Vecgulbene historic estate complex where most of the estate buildings have been preserved including the classicism style White Palace (Balta pils, 1763), and the Red Palace (Sarkana pils). The surrounding park was originally embellished by many sculptures, artificial ponds, trees and plants of […]

Madona

Madona
The northern part of the district is taken up by the Vidzeme central highlands, including the highest point in Latvia Gaizinkalns. In the East we find Silenieku hill, where the hills of Vidzeme yield to the Lubana lowlands a unique natural history area. The Krustkalni and Teici nature reserves give wide scope for ecotourism you […]

Ogre

Ogre
Ogre has a unique architecture of late 19th1 and early 20m centuries, many green areas and it is not far from Riga, so it is an attractive destination for many tourists. There are two rivers in the Ogre District the Ogre River, which is a popular water tourism route during the spring floods and during […]