Best Of Riga Walking Tour: Explore Old Town's Rich History and Vibrant Contemporary Life
4.6
14 Ratings
Rīga
Step back in time and explore the rich history of Riga's Old Town on this engaging walking tour. Discover the city's historical landmarks and vibrant contemporary life. Get insider tips on dining and bars along the way!
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Riga Town Hall Square - Story about Brotherhood of Blackheads, The Town Hall, view to the river Daugava.
- Riga Cathedral - The Dome Cathedral, The house of Latvian National Radio, The Art Museum Riga Bourse.
- Swedish Gate (Zviedru Varti) - The story about Swedish time in Riga
- Livu Square - The Great and The Smal Guilds, The Cat’s House.
What's Included
- All fees and taxes included.
Additional Information
This journey offers an immersive time travel experience, presenting you with the vast historical richness of Riga.
Starting at the most archaic section of the Old Town - The Convention Yard, we then proceed to The Town Hall Square. Here, the statue of the Knight Roland signifies the city’s heart. Afterwards, we make our way to The Dome Square to witness the remarkable change in street levels over many centuries. We then move towards the vivacious Livonian Square, where we’ll spot a cat perched on a rooftop, a shepherd, and a young boy engrossed in a book.
Despite its historical layers, Riga’s Old Town also embodies modernity. This fascinating parallel between old and new helps us comprehend not only Latvia’s history but also its inhabitants.
Throughout the tour, I’ll recommend excellent dining spots and bars while also addressing all your inquiries.
Location
Kalēju iela 9/11
Kalēju iela
Infront of "Hotel Konventa seta"
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(14 Ratings)
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Victoria_m
Feb 29, 2024
Great Tour - Inga was our tour guide and she was so knowledge and kind! We learned a lot of cool stories about Riga and saw a ton of beautiful architecture. She gave us really good recommendations for what to do for the rest of our trip. I absolutely recommend this for your first day in Riga!
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Michael_h
Oct 1, 2023
Great tour - Inga was a great guide and well worth booking the tour. Riga old town is a fascinating area and learning about it from a local was very interesting.
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Larry_g
Oct 1, 2023
Good overview - Good overview of Tallin. Walked around the entire old town. Inga was very knowledgeable. Lots of uneven cobblestones
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Ahmad_m
Jul 29, 2023
Excellent - Excellent tour guide love the tpur summarized it highly recomended to all thank you for the tour ......
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Jani_v
Jun 1, 2023
The best old town tour with a good price! - We had a tour on the special day for Latvian people!! Many people were at the meeting point so we met at Opera house! She contacted me before we met so that it was easy to find her! She was such a nice friendly person and of course she was such a knowledgeable person too!!! We learned a lot about history and life of Latvia!! Tour was 1.5-2hs but time went so fast!
I 120% recommend you to take this tour!!!
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Patrick_i
Dec 15, 2019
Excellent tour - I was the lone customer for my tour and it was great. Comprehensive, and guide took her time despite small group and poor weather.
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Gegso4
Dec 15, 2019
Great walk - Zane is a terrific guide - like walking around town with your interesting friend who knows how best to show it off. Very professional & enjoyable.
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Frequentflier561547
Aug 4, 2019
Best of Riga walking tour - Inge was a fabulous guide. She judged the pace of the tour really well given our daughters and their attention spans! We learned a lot and she was happy to answer questions. I really recommend it. It was a great thing to do on our first day in Riga and gave us a context for the rest of our visit. Thank you, Inge.
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Krystal_s
May 9, 2023
Well organised and informative tour with Inga - I enjoyed my time with Inga as we explored Riga. I had done a group tour earlier which was quite large and felt some info got lost in the big group. The personalised experience meant that Inga could show me other things not necessarily covered on the standard free tour and it felt more like friends going for a stroll and catching up with me getting alot of information that I hadnt before. I would recommend Inga for your old town Riga tour
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Jennifer_w
Dec 19, 2023
Do not recommend - Not very good at all. A little information about history and disbanding the military, but overall did not provide a lot of cultural information. Tour walked around a couple of parks and an old brewery. Guide was boring.
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