Riga Inside - What's Happening - Patricia Tourist Office

Current recommendations

Jurmala - fun and excitement for all ages

Riga restaurants: Ham - Cheese Sandwich shop and ethic Armenian restaurant called AKhtamar

located on Merkela street (street going North from Train Station clock tower) and the restaurant is directly across the street from the Riga Circus. It is located in the lower floor just below ground level. Entrance is by stairs from the street. map

The food is very tasty and priced at a very good value. English speaking and English menus too!

wave logo from website www.jurmala.lv

Be delighted - adventure outside of Riga City Take a train or bus or rent a car and visit the Sigulda area just one hour East of Riga. We especially recommend:

Krimulda church
Krimulda village
Ragana Witch Cafe (wonderful for all ages)
Turaida Castle grounds
Cat House Cafe half block North of Hotel Sigulda

Need assistance visiting Sigulda, contact the friendly, helpful staff at Patricia Tourist Office. 371-728-4868 map

Update 16 July - Visit Jurmala beaches - especially West of Majori district We found the beach near Kemeri on Saturday 15 July to be clean and wonderful. The wind was strong but still a lot of fun. There was improved quality of service and food at the nearby Neptuns Restaurant complete with a playground for the children.

more information www.visitjurmala.com

Background

Coming Soon

How about a mobile phone and or Latvia SIMM chip?

contact Patricia Tourist Office. Daily, weekly rentals phones and SIMM chips available at low rental rates - more information

Tourist & Visitor Advisories

Watch the street crime. Pickpockets and lookouts with mobile phone communication will spot you at the Stockmann store or using the ATM machine. They will surprise you later on the street.
Jurmala is having some trouble with bad restaurants, bad service and bad food. The beaches are not as clean as normal. One car with luggage was reported stolen in front of their hotel.
Watch out for the crowds in late November as the NATO members invade Riga. Hotels will for sure be booked solid and complete areas of the city closed. Plan ahead.

more information - is Riga Safe?

If you have questions, feel free to POST them on one of our sites:

Riga Expat or Visit Latvia or

use our SEARCH feature

This is a new site created 13 July 2006 to provide lots of inside information known only to those in the know; which, we hope to be the staff of our tourist office.

Riga is an exciting place to visit but not free of controversy, intrigue, ordinary street crime and surprises everywhere.

Some have encouraged us to create a Riga nightlife site; but, we are resisting as we believe there is much more to see and do in Riga and the Riga Region (about 1.5 hour radius). For the most part, one can explore the nightlife aspects of Riga on their own.

Keep coming back and back as we promise to update this site weekly at least!

Also you may subscribe to the Riga Tourist office RSS News Feed and see the latest information as soon we post it.

Coming soon

will be a paid advertising site called www.rigadirectory.info. This site will accept advertising from various companies, service organizations, restaurants, tourist attractions and shops, cafes and more. There will be a searchable index directory of where to find those goods and services you are looking for. Expect this directory to be live by the end of July. As you may have noticed, all of our sites are advertising FREE and all but this site will remain this way.

That's all now... but much more to come ... check back again!

Best regards, Mike Johnson, General Manager,

... your friend in the Baltics ! who?


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13 July 2006	Introduction, Travel warning NATO conference in November
16 July 2006	Visit Jurmala recommend west of Majori