Old City Riga (Vecriga)

Riga , Latvia
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    184 reviews 23 travel blogs 16 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Neighborhood, Town center/square/plaza

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    1of 25 attractions in Riga

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  • 1

    Art Deco

    111 photos

    ... Russian. Da, Nyet, Spacebo. Enoughs enough, lets get going !!!   Arrival   We grabbed a bus and headed into the old city and straight away there was failure. I tried my Russian and the reply was in Latvian followed by English. Yes, my ...

  • 2

    The meat of the Baltic sandwich

    21 photos

    Riga, Latvia - Some call it the 'Paris of the North', some 'The second city that never sleeps', for everyone, this is Riga. A city with some of the most impressive art nouveau architecture in Europe. Gargoyles and praying goddesses line the buildings ...

  • 3

    Refused Boarding In Transit!!!!

    7 photos

    Here we are in the beautiful city of Riga, Latvia -  by default. Now you might be thinking there has to be a story to this! Our motto is "Whatever happens travel gives you a story to tell". So hear is the story.... It has been quite a harrowing 24 ...

  • 4

    Latvia?!?

    12 photos

    ... so I thought, what the heck, I’ll go into town and see a little bit of the city.  Let me tell you, Riga is a beautiful, old city, but 4 hours there was more than enough time to see all the sights, have some lunch, and I even got a little bit ...

  • 5

    Loving Riga

    3 photos

    ... those abandoned building. When we arrived in the old downtown, the rain started again so, after some short seen of some feature (old city wall, cat house...) we head to the Occupation Museum which I had already visit but could spare some more of ...

  • 6

    Reflections on Russia

    2 photos

    ... and should be flying on a broom.  Most everyone else has been much nicer.  Today, we just walked around the Old City and will do some heavier touring tomorrow and Tuesday.  We have just spent about three hours on the internet updating ...

  • 7

    The better half of Europe

    ... in 2005. The bike tour was also well worth the money paid, as it provided some picturesque views of areas outside of the old city. Other remarkable feats in this time included climbing to the top of a 125m spiral staircase, to the top of the tallest ...

  • 8

    Riga

    9 photos

    ... it is not a bad place. Where Tallinn was very medieval, Riga seems to more 17-18 century. There are some medieval houses in the old city but not that many. Some of them were destroyed in the war and have been rebuilt but they as so shiny and new that it ...

  • 9

    By bus to Latvia and then Tartu, Estonia

    5 photos

    I'm at in Internet booth here at the bus station in Riga, Latvia. Henrikas took me to the bus station and off I went up to Riga.  The trip is four and a half hours and I have a four and half hour layover and then another four and a half bus ...

  • 10

    LATVIA!! LATVIA!! LATVIA!!

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    ... felt like you were getting dirtier the longer you were in the washroom... We spent the first day exploring the old city... The city itself is definitely beautiful, old buildings, cobblestone streets around the old town, trams, trolleybuses, etc... ...