Few words in Latvian
by ealgisi
Below few words that you can use while traveling in Latvian:
Arrive: Pienâk
Depart: Atiet
What is the time, please?: Trîs biletes uz Tallinu, lûdzu
Where i can pick up my luggage?: Kur es varu sanemt manu bagâpu?
Where is the closest money exchange point?: Kur ir tuvâkais valûtas mainas punkts?
I would like to order a taxi please: Es gribçtu pasûtît taksometru, lûdzu
Please take me to ... hotel: Man, lûdzu, uz viesnîcu ...
How much does it cost?: Cik tas maksâ?
Hello: Sveiki
Good day: Labdien
How are you?: Kā tev iet?
Yes: Jā
No: Nē
Goodbye: Uzredzēšanos
Please: Lūdzu
Thank you: Paldies
My name is...: Mani sauc ...
Sorry: Atvainojiet
Right: Pa labi
Left: Pa kreisi
Straight: Taisni
Street: Iela
Dauda waterfall
by Inguuna
Before going here, I just wanted to say, that here in Latvia you won't find high waterfalls like on other places in Europe. This waterfall, which one can see here, falls from two meters' height and you can get to the waterfall closely. Of course, it's very beautiful.
You must go via road A 2 to Sigulda, through it. As you drive out from city (road A 2), you must turn on the first road to the left. You must cross the rails and turn to the right. Before the river you must stop, leave car, and on the left you must follow small river.
Turaida Castle
by Lilasel
Artefacts of war, from the 11th century are stored within the massive baked-brick walls of the castle. Riga`s archbishop Albert commenced construction of this fortress (initially christened Toreida - The garden of the god Tora) in the year 1214 and it was later used as a strategic stronghold by the crusaders who occupied Livonia.
Knights Stronghold
by Dabs
There's not much left of the Knights Stronghold. It was built between 1207 and 1226, by the Knights of the Sword.
In 1207 after the Germans conquered this area, the Gauga Valley bacame the boundary between these German Knights and the Archibishop of Riga who had a castle on the other side of the valley at Turaida which can be seen across the valley from this point.
See the next tip for a photo.
Gutmanis cave - impressive one
by Raimix
This cave looks really impressive - thats why it is is the largest cave in the Baltic States. Talking about numbers, cave is 18,8 metres deep, 12 metres wide and 10 metres high.
Nice paintings can be found in cave, but, pity, everyone, who visits this place, wants to fix it writing his name, date, impressions. Thats why cave and sand walls around are damaged by quite new writings like "I have been here".
There are legendary story about Gutmanis Cave too - Liv warrior ordered that his beautiful but cheating wife be entombed in the wall of a local cliff. The woman’s tears turned into a clear stream of water, which later carved the massive cave into the wall of rock.
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Ruins of the medieval Sigulda castle
Turaida Castle
Sigulda Lutheran Church
Krimulda Medieval Castle
