Turaida Castle Sigulda

... everything. We did have a nice picnic lunch near the cave in an open field which was nice. Next stop on the hike was Turaida Castle which was charging something stupid to get in so we decided to sneak into the grounds via the woods that run along the ...

... , which is the main tourist attraction.  The reserve is a fairly large park, the grounds of which were part of Turaida Castle back when.  There's a brief museum inside the granary with little english so we just looked at pictures and items on ...

... (of course, completely opposite from its entrance) and wander around the defense walls until come around to the front. The castle is Turaida Castle built in the 14th century, it's a red bricked monster, fully intact (mostly due to tourism) and all the ...

... I had thought stopped me in my tracks. After all, even the sun shone under an entire different angle now. I realised I'd never reach the Turaida Castle like that. If I wanted to go there, I had to really hurry up. But first, it would take all the fun ...

... buses run at quite inconvenient times) and had I not been to so many museums in the past few days. Turaida Castle is also connected with Latvia's greatest love story... In 1601, the baron of Turaida Castle found a baby girl, alone and crying outside ...

... (along the road this time) to take a look at Gutmana-ala (Gutmanis Cave). The Gutmanis Cave lies halfway between Sigulda and Turaida Castle and has a little creek flowing from it, supposedly containing magical powers of health and well-being. It is ...

... .  A good use for the site.   From here I could get good views across the valley of my next destination Turaida castle.  Sigulda is a very green leafy kind of place. The town seems to be hidden behind parks that line the main roads. It ...

... Ligatne Nature Trail where I saw bears, an elk, lynxes, wild boars etc. in an "openair zoo". Sigulda In Turaida Museum Reserve I visited the medieval Turaida Castle which was built nearly 800 years ago. A lot of what you see today is reconstruction and ...

... Rose, a story where she sacrifices herself for love using a magical scarf.  Then the climb up continues until we reached Turaida Castle which also housed the sculpture park and its surroundings, offering once again lovely views of the valley. ...

... a 13th century town where we visited the old castle ruins. After lunch we drove to Gauja national park to the Turaida Castle an ancient fortress., the wooden (1750) Lutheran church that has been maintained with mininal restoration. We then visited the ...