More and more tourists fly to Europe with a transfer in Riga. However, don’t try to get to the final destination as soon as possible: if you have a chance, we recommend you take a day or two before starting a long trip.

We’ll tell you how to make days in Riga really memorable.

Day 1.

Check into a hotel and look around in the old town

The old town in Riga it’s a very cozy mix of cobbled streets, hotels, shops, and small toylike cafes. These bright houses will amuse any Instagrammer for at least a couple of hours. Photos can be taken absolutely free.

Buy a Gift for Mom at Dzintars

“Intrigue”, “Secret of the Riga Woman”, “Riga’s lilac” were the salvation of soviet fashionistas, who didn’t always can get french perfumes. It still can be found on Dzintars stores shelves, among other iconic (and new) fragrances.

Price
About 6 euro per bottle

Take a walk in the trendy district and buy souvenirs at the flea market in the quarter Red Barns

Red Barns is a hipster quarter, where you can walk from the center of the old city. You will find here music festivals, parties and night movie screenings under the cold northern stars.

Price
Admission is free and then everything depends on your bargaining ability

Try the local cuisine

After a long walk, you will have a good appetite and you can return to the city for dinner. Riga offers many options here:

Lido

A place where you can eat and not go broke: basically it’s a canteen, which is full of delicious homemade food. They offer traditional Latvian dishes – for example, buberte – a semolina dessert with cranberry sauce, as well you can eat here familiar fried potatoes.

Average check
15 euros for two

Ezītis miglā

The name of the cafe is translated as “Hedgehog in the Fog”. It’s a small cozy bar with an extensive selection of alcohol, a fast-food snack and a bunch of stuff with hedgehogs.

Price
Cocktails – 4-6 euros, a burger – 5-10 euros, a slice of apple pie – 2.50 euros

Rozengrāls

Not just a restaurant, but a real costume show — Rozengrāls is a time-travel restaurant. The building itself has existed since 1293 when it was a wine cellar, and it still has several elements of the interior of that time. All the waiters are dressed in medieval outfits, the dishes are served according to old recipes, and musicians play folk melodies.

Price
Soup 5-7 euros, hot – 10-20 euros, beer – 5 euros

Day 2

Take a bike ride to Jurmala

What to do in Latvia in the summer? If the weather on the second day of your Riga vacation would be clear and warm, we recommend you spend the day in the fresh air. Moreover, for followers of a healthy life eating Riga prepared a surprise — bikeway to Jurmala. It’s a 13 kilometers of very picturesque places: the road, that past the Riga airport (you can make beautiful stories with airplanes), the botanical garden, a pine forest, and the seashore. And at the end of the journey, the prize is a resort Jurmala.

How to get there?
Bike rental points are near St. Peter’s Church in the old town. The bikeway itself begins in the Imanta area, across the river from the old city.

Price
Bicycle rental per day – about 13 €

And if you suddenly realized, that you have overestimated yourself and no longer able to ride a bicycle to Riga, you can use our transfer service: just order a transfer from Jurmala to the center of Riga or directly to the airport.

Order — 34 €

Oulu is a place characterized by technology, surrounded by nature. It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for a digital detox in the woods, going on a business trip, or just thinking where to go on a vacation in Oulu — you will find all the necessary options.

1. Look at the beautiful majestic animals

What to see in Finland first? Try to feel that you are in the fairytale of Hans Christian Andersen: dress warmly and go to one of the many farms that breed rein deers.
To be honest, this particular attraction is not located in the city itself, you need to drive about 40-50 minutes from Oulu. Nonetheless, you can always take advantage of the chauffeur service and drive where you want.

Order now — 247€

P.S. Please note, that the farm only accepts visitors upon prior request.

Price
Upon request

Phone for booking
+358 40 0388268

2. Spend an hour with the husky

Once again, we suggest going to a farm, but this time the husky farm. It’s a place where these animals are a real part of the family. Going here can be both a romantic pastime and a vivid impression for children.
Tours are available from January to April.
The minimum age for excursion: 12 years

Price
Wandering around the farm and hugging a husky dog – € 10 per person/hour
Ride on a husky-cart – € 25 – € 30 per person/hour

3. Look at the northern lights

What is the main attraction in Lapland? Of course, northern lights, but in the south of Finland, it can be observed only about 10-20 days a year. However, Oulu is in the northern part of the country and polar lights can be visible here from September to March.
We recommend using the services of professional guides, who know the most picturesque observation points.

4. Visit a crazy event (available only once a year)

If you are in Oulu in the summer, you should go to the imaginary guitar championship. Every August, since 1996, the most expressive masters of an invisible instrument compete in a fair fight.

Price
Want to take part in the show? Pay a fee of 35 € and show, how you learned in the bathroom to pretend to be a lost member of Led Zeppelin.

Where?
The place is currently being specified. Follow the information here.

5. Go to Tietomaa Science Centre with kids

The first science center in Finland with interactive exhibitions and open lectures for family.
Entertainment for the family a walk along with the moon, flights by planes, a holographic hall, an observation deck at a 35-meter height are waiting for everyone.

Work schedule

Entry cost
Adult ticket 17 €
Ticket price for children from 6 to 17 years old, students, retirees, military personnel and civil servants of military units – 12 €
Ticket for children under 6 years — free

Travel around the world and don’t forget, that we are ready to meet you anywhere!

It’s hard to believe, but beside The Castle of Count Dracula, you can find other places worth seeing in Romania. Let’s figure out what’s interesting in unofficial capital of the region, Cluj-Napoca.

What can you do in this city:

1. Mix the healing potions according to the old recipe in the first pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca

What were the medicines like before? No pills, just decoctions from little-known plants, magic potions, and powders. In Cluj-Napoca, you can see all this on a highlight tour of the history of medieval medicine.
For especially romantic people: there is a recipe of a love potion (we don’t guarantee a 100% result).

Opening hours

Price
A ticket costs 6 lei (1,26 eur)
An excursion with an English-speaking lecturer costs 30 lei (6,28 eur)

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2. Search for ghosts in the Hoia forest

The place is famous as the most haunted forest in the world. It is even called the “Hungarian Bermuda Triangle”.
There are legends about:

• missing shepherd with 200 sheeps
• a girl who was lost in the forest and emerged from it after 5 years, not remembering where she was
• seeing of UFO

If the afterworld vibe is strange to you, then don’t forget that this is a place, that is perfect for taking a walk

3. Enjoy the best city view from Cetățuia Park

The overlook of the historical part of the city is amazing, but if you are not ready to walk upstairs, don’t go there.
On top of the hill is a place, where often held concerts.

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4. Drink Romanian wine at Crama Noastra

Blood for vampires, wine for people. And you can find it in this excellent wine boutique, where staff will pick up wine for every taste, mood or zodiac sign. A wide selection of local drinks will delight people, who wish to bring home a couple of bottles to their collection.

Price
Price range started from 23 to 55 lei (from 4,81 to 11,50 eur) per bottle

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5. Look to infinity and even further at the observatory

Put your childhood dream into reality and get closer to the stars thanks to the huge telescope.

On the negative side is that fact, that if you are an individual traveler, you have the opportunity to visit the observatory only on Friday evening. For groups of 15 people and more, visits are possible on other days.

A visit is free for children under 5 years.

Price
10 lei (2,09 eur)

Opening hours
Fri: 20:00 – 0:00

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Which first location you want to see from the list? Decide for yourself, but do not forget that i’way will always provide you a comfortable meeting from the airport.

Transfer in Cluj-Napoca — 22 EUR