Riga City Tour + Rundale

Riga Old Town
A walking tour through Riga Old Town by visiting the most remarkable sights like Dom Square and St. Dom Cathedral, where is placed one of the world's most valuable historic organs. Attend St. Jacobs Church and St. Peter's Church. The tour will take visitors to Riga Castle, which was founded in 1330 but today serves as the official residence of the President of Latvia as well as home for Museum of Latvian History and the Museum of Foreign Art. Great and Small Guild Halls, the fortification wall of Riga, the Swedish Gate, the building of Parliament, the Monument of Liberty. The Powder Tower and city walls will make you feel the breath of the medieval. But beautiful and elegant Blackheads House will delight lovers of glory.

Rundale (60 km one way)
Rundale is one of the most visited sights in Latvia. Rundale Palace, known as Summer Residence of the Duke of Courland Ernst Johann Biron, is one of the most outstanding monuments of Baroque and Rococo art in Latvia built 1736-1740. The palace was designed by outstanding Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the creator of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The splendid interior of the palace dazzled the contemporaries. Crystal chandeliers, silk wallpaper, sculptures, luxurious tiled fireplaces, mirrors, elegant galleries and refined colors and frescos were made by Italian artists Francesco Martini and Carlo Zucci. Free time for lunch in Palace. Late afternoon return and overnight in Riga.

Entrance tickets in St.Peters Church Tower (4.5 €), Art Nouveau Museum (4.5 €), Latvian Ethnographic Museum (5 €), Sigulda (5 €), Rundale (5 €)

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