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General travel tips for Latvia
Submitted by Maximus on 2008-12-22 03:56:56 (via www.europeanexplorer.com)
The Latvian climate is humid, continental and temperate owing to the maritime influence of the Baltic Sea. Summers are warm, and the weather in spring and autumn fairly mild; however, the winters can be extreme due to the northern location.
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 05:10:12
Great advices!!! Can anyone suggest me some nice places to visit?
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 08:21:57
Vecrga, Gaujas Nacion lais parks, Rund is also a very beautiful palace!!!!
 
Submitted by Kristaps on 2008-12-22 08:51:12
1)Rundāles pils - http://www.pilis.lv/tulk/view.php?id=855&prop_id=211
2)Vecrīga - http://www.riga.lv/media/VecrigaInfo/en.html
3)Jūrmala un SPA centri - http://www.jurmala.lv/en/home/default.aspx

And many more here - http://www.nb.lv/?pane=nxt&lang=3&gid=15&n=0 (there you can find info of places in Riga )
Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 05:10:28
What is Latvian traditional food?
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 07:13:24
Latvia is a beautiful country. If you like nature: lakes, forests and sea or wonna to enjoy eco tourism - it's the best choice for your travelling. Surely you can see a special architecture in the main cities - mostly it's jugend (modern) style.
If you want to know more about Latvia, feel free to contact me at zanchika@inbox.lv or in myspace!
 
Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 08:38:22
bread of rye. it's quite good and healthier than white bread. also brown peas and latvians eat potatoes a lot
Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 06:12:46
I do not agree with the statement about winter. It used to be cold but now with the Global warming its almost not snowing even...which was a usual phenomena here...now its about 0 centigrades during the winter...so, is it cold???
the rest is more or less true
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 07:34:36
When you visit Latvia, you should now that there are many beautiful places you can go, it's even hard to tell them all, some of them are Vecriga, Kurzemes town Talsi wich is on 9 hils(more than Rome:D), Ventspils (the biggest port city in Latvia), Valdemarpils where grows the biggest oak tree In Baltic states. Of course i named these places because myself live close to them, but there are a lot more to see when you visit Latvia. We latvian have differnt traditional food, but it's pretty hard to explain them.
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Submitted by Gurkis86 on 2008-12-22 08:42:22
This information in quite closefisted!!! Actually there are very many interesting and fascinating things in Latvia to see!! Old Riga's architecture..Seashore..different cities and towns - Liepaja, Ventspils, Valmiera..etc. To understand what to visit..you need to read many books!!:))) Then you can choose what to visit...because you know what you are interesting in!!
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 09:28:30
About the Latvian food! We have place that called Lido, there you can enjoy latvian food.
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Submitted by sintux on 2008-12-22 09:56:36
About weather I can agree! ;)but in summers sometimes there is very hot not only warm, but sometimes - fairly coldish! And winters can be quite mild, but sometimes very, very cold.
I would advice to visit Sigulda- there is castle tower, park, Gūtmaņu cave- very, very beautiful and other things to see! I went there in summer and I liked it all a lot!
And then there is Rundāles castle. It's very big, pompous and beautiful castle! :)
And about Old Riga's architecture- it is amazing! :)Interesting place is Cinevilla
http://www.cinevilla.lv/

And there are many interesting and wonderful places too! :)
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Submitted by piper88 on 2008-12-22 11:15:52
Actually i can pretty much agree with the previous advices, but here are some mine:
*as a true my native town's patriot ;) i advice to check www.cesis.lv - it's wonderful, little bit antique and beautiful in every season :)
*i advice to check www.sigulda.lv - Sigulda is the most beautiful in autumn, but there are really much to see also other seasons (one of the best thing - Aerodium - if you've seen the Olympic Games 2006 closing show, you will know them ;) )
*one interesting and nice place if you want to walk, walk and walk again :p for free-minded persons - www.pedvale.lv
*also place to see is Ligatne - http://www.vidzemescels.lv/object.php?id=9 :)
*our Baltic sea's beach is also really nice in summer
*nice and historical place to see - ĀraiĊĦi - http://www.vidzemesmuzeji.lv/araisi/page/?cat=2
*place to get absolutely fresh-baked bread - http://www.laci.lv/
*great place to rest and have fun - http://www.hotelraksi.lv/ :)

and that's not all.. ;)
well, if i remember more, i'll let you know :)
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 13:14:31
http://turisms.latgale.lv/en/objects/list?c=14
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-22 14:19:11
weather is very unpredictable. but in Latvia some very beautiful and interesting places. not only Riga, Riga is the smaller part of beauty in Latvia.
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Submitted by myrcha on 2008-12-23 08:53:23
it's allmost true when you speak about weather in Latvia, because it's very changeable. it's hard to discribe it in few words.
here is one website that could be usefull: http://www.aboutriga.net
there's different things discribed in english (not only about capital city but in main to) :D
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Submitted by liga.k on 2008-12-23 13:33:20
Latvia has hundreds of interesting things to see. one of my favorite place is Sigulda where you can do many things, for example: Horse riding, Exciting walk in clouds over Sigulda and Turaida with air-balloon, Bunjee jumping, AERODIUM - vertical wind tunnel, Mountain bike tour around Sigulda, Adventure park Tarzans, Bobsleigh and sleight track, Ferris wheel, Katapult, Toboggan track...
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Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-12-24 14:52:35
I guess that I can agree with this article. But I think that there could be more information about places to visit, about something particular for Latvia...
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