It was established as a national park in 1997 in order to protect its nature, but also for its mineral water springs, as well as its therapeutic mud. It’s Latvia’s first natural field to h[...]
At first, they were small fishing towns, they were then united in 1959 to make Jurmala. Check out 716’s photo album Everything started in Kemeri: someone started offering treatments, and soldier[...]
Tukums is a little town located an hour away from Riga by car (60 km), it might be interesting to visit it to delve into the Latvian small town atmosphere which is not without charm. Check out 716R[...]
I enjoyed Valmeria a lot, probably because I got along with the tourism office person, she really understood my needs for 716, and she drove me to many places; Valmeria is best enjoyed with a car for [...]
I was there on a rainy day, so I didn’t see it under its best light. This medieval town hosts many summer concerts and festivals, and is known for being an artist haven. Walking around the city,[...]
Sigulda is the city with the most tourism out of all the cities I visited in Latvia. I arrived there tired, under the rain, and I left the next morning. I therefore didn’t get the chance to real[...]
It’s a coup de coeur because I thought that the food was really excellent, which wasn’t always the case on this journey when it came to finding average/ fine dining food, but this place is[...]
Fazenda is a quality restaurant chain in Latvia, the ingredients are good, the dishes “manquent d’a propos” but the service and the atmosphere is nice.
This is a brewery that shouldn’t be skipped, it’s definitely one of those places that you have to see when in Valmeria. It was built in 2005, but the first beers didn’t come out unti[...]
There’s actually the remnants of two castles : the Sigulda Castle (1207-1226) and the Turaida Castle (13th C) At the 49 km mark on the Riga-Sigulda road, a pit stop is necessary at the “Se[...]
You absolutely have to go, Helena is an extraordinary character and her farm “breathes” her passion for organic fruit and vegetables.
Here’s an atypical place, an art gallery and spot where local products are sold, the father and daughter are running it. You don’t expect coming across something of this magniude in Valmer[...]
I had a coup de coeur for the little town Dobele. For your information, when I organized this trip with the Latvian National Tourism Office, they gave me a list of cities that were ready to receive me[...]
The Curonian Spit is a long island which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site; located in front of Klaipeda, it’s northern part belongs to Lithuania, and its southern part to Russia, the fa[...]
A tapas restaurant in Italy, now there’s a novel idea. Tapassoto opened in 2014, so it still has to iron out a few things, not everything is figured out yet. However, the staff is friendly for s[...]
Verona is a beautiful city, but it’s also a conservative and rich one, which is important to know. My friends from Verona are very different, and therefore I was able to take in a friendly and o[...]
Luca Talarico Via Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, 17 80134 Napoli Tel : 3484120644 the website Naples is known for its leather work. Here is an artisan in Old Naples, one of the oldest Neapolitan families to [...]
Klaipeda is a big commercial port with a population of 100 000, it’s the second riches city in Lithuania, after Vilnius, the capital. Lithuania has five distinct ethnographic regions: Suvalkija [...]