How to get out Riga
Sigulda - a resort town just over an hour from Riga by train, featuring a wooded river valley containing forest walks, cable car, bobsleigh track, and three castles, all of which is manageable as a day visitor on foot.
Ligatne - a small picturesque town deep in the forest between Sigulda and Cesis, ideal base for a visit to both tourist centres. Just over an hour from Riga by car or train. Attractions are forest walks, tethered ferry, and disused Soviet bunker.
Liepaja - city on the Western coast of Latvia, (capital of music and culture, fantastic white soft sand beach)
Jūrmala - seaside resort that was popular amongst citizens of the USSR (the word literally means seaside or beach in Latvian.)
Valka
Tartu, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia
Parnu, Estonia
Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda in Lithuania.
Stockholm, Sweden - You can take a ferry there
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