Places with audio guides - Latvia
Castles, chateaux, and historic places across Europe
Riga Stock Exchange Museum of Art
The historic building of the Riga Stock Exchange with displays of Asian, European, and silver art. A striking landmark on Dome Square.
Ruins of Sigulda Medieval Castle
The extensive ruins of a commandery castle above the Gauja, with preserved towers, a chapel, and a history reaching back to the early 13th century.
Ilgas Manor
A historicist hunting residence from the 1890s in Silene Park, now home to Daugavpils University and a protected natural area.
Latgale Upland
The most extensive upland in Latvia, with lakes, deep depressions, and a distinctive glacial landscape in the eastern part of the country.
Church of Saint John the Baptist in Vyats
This wooden church, built in Vyats between 1932 and 1934, recalls the interwar Catholic revival, wartime damage, and its return to the parish after 1990.
Dzegužkalns
The highest natural hill in Riga, a ridge dune with a history as a cemetery, park, and place of urban recreation. It offers a view of both the landscape and the city’s development.
Strazdumuiža Estate
A former manor estate in Jugla with a surviving park and wooden buildings, linked to the history of Riga’s countryside and to care for the blind.
Ruins of the Sēja Manor estate
The ruins of the former manor house near Saulkrasti recall the noble history of Vidzeme, 19th-century rebuilding, and later Soviet use.