Our program is to personally greet your group at your apartment, hotel or at the Riga pier. 

We will proceed by minibus to first visit the historic Art Nouveau buildings on Elizabetes and Alberta streets. 

Continuing on through the streets of City Center our guide will point out various special locations including: The Latvian Art Museum; Congress Meeting hall; Riga City Hall; embassies and the wonderful parks and canal  in the Center of Riga.

We will also pass the Freedom Monument and the historic Riga Opera House along the way. Our minibus will stop near the Opera House and Riga Hotel where you will disembark.

With our guide, we will walk through the Old City stopping in several places for photos and discussion. One of the most famous places is historic Domes Square home of the 800 year old Domes Church with the worlds' second largest pipe organ. 

Also, Domes Square is the home to the annual Christmas Market. The first documented use of an evergreen tree in a Christmas celebration was in Riga in the year 1510.

We will also stop at St. Peters Church another ICON of Riga's famous skyline.

We will proceed through the cobblestone streets of the old city for about 45 minutes to one hour meeting up with the minibus again on the river side of the Old City near Riga Castle.

On completion of the Old City part of the tour, we will continue by minibus and proceed across the Daugava River to provide a marvelous view of the Old City from the West bank of the river. This provides for an excellent photo opportunity of the city and its historic landmarks. 

We will then head south along the river and past an Historic Russian Orthodox Church for the short drive to the LIDO Krasta Centers.

We will also point out some of the new housing districts of the city along the way. You will get a sense of Riga's Daily life!

Arriving at the LIDO Krasta Recreation Center where as an option, your group may have lunch or dinner or just stroll around the grounds. Our guide will point out the specifics of the restaurant complex and where food and beverages are served.   At this point our guide and minibus will leave you at the LIDO Krasta Centers.

They will also handout up to five (5)  prepaid taxi coupons for the groups trip back to the city center (each taxi holds one couple or 3 to 4 persons).