Want to celebrate New Year in one of fabulous seats Peace? Go to Riga - this is a truly magic corner of the Baltic. The capital of Latvia will be able to get out of their spells of any traveler. Stepping on a narrow winding street of the Old Town, you will plunge into a real magic fairy tale. On the eve of the main holiday of the year, a special magical atmosphere reigns here, erasing all the verge of reality.
Festive events
In our company you can book the following excursion tours For the new year in Riga 2017:
Celebrate New Year's holidays in Riga
For the new year in Riga, especially many tourists from different countries World. The city envelops the indescribable New Year's atmosphere: the inhabitants are decorated to the holiday of the house, the streets are illuminated with flickering lights, in the squares there are amazing christmas trees with figures of snow-white touching angels, you can hear Christmas melodies everywhere. Guests of Riga are glad to visit local fairs, where they sell souvenirs from amber, clay dishes, local gifts of nature and much more. Here you can try delicious bread, Riga balsam, Latvian beer and various sweets.
To celebrate the holiday, local residents And tourists gather in the old town near the waterfront of the Daugava River. Here you set the scene with the screens, on which artists act. For children, various entertainment events are held and attractions work. Great drinks, songs, dancing, delicious treats - this is how they meet the New Year in Riga. And at midnight guests of the city are watching beautiful fireworks over the river.
IN new Year holidays 2017 must be visited by local attractions. The old Riga is especially popular - central part Cities where vintage cathedrals, castles and houses are located. Rising on overview St. Peter's Cathedral, you can see a panorama of Riga from a bird's eye view. Tourists are also often visited by the neighboring city, such as Jurmala - Pearl Baltic Sea, Sigulda - Treasury of medieval castles, Rundale - a storehouse architectural style baroque.
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Outside the window in a slow dance snaps snow. Winter envelops the city with a white blanket and lights Christmas lights in homes. At such a time, each person dreams of a New Year's miracle, which will take him into a magical country. Now you can fulfill your dream and meet the new 2017 in Riga - fabulous city From children's dreams! The capital of Latvia can charm the traveler - only one day to stand on a narrow winding street of the old city. And in order to plunge into a fairy tale with your head, make a walk through the streets of Old Riga. On the eve of the New Year, a special magical atmosphere reigns here, which erases all the verge of reality ...
Riga will give a New Year's fairy tale to all its guests
New Year's events Riga
According to tradition, in Riga are not installed alone, but at once a few main: at the house of the Blackheads at the Town Hall Square, the Esplanade, on the house and Privinal squares, on Brivibas Boulevard ... A whole rabbit town unfolded on Esplanad, where real animals live! And local Christmas fairs work from the beginning of December and until mid-January.
They are located on the Doma Square and Bastion Gorka, Liva Square and Esplanade. Souvenirs from amber, dishes, clothes are sold in wooden New Year's houses. The custom of organizing Christmas fairs has been many years. In the shops of folk craftsmen you can always buy many different goods. You can also try the famous Riga bread, Latvian beer and various sweets.
For small visitors, entertainment events are held and attractions work. Most of the Riga and Guests of the city meet New Year At the monument of freedom and on the waterfront of the Daugava River. Here you set the scene with the screens and entertain people with songs and dancing. Exactly at midnight over the river rattles salute. This is the only day of the day when officially allowed to drink alcohol on the street.
Entertainment establishments of the capital of Latvia welcome visitors New Year in Riga Restaurants
Vividly spent new Year's Eve You can in the "RozenGrals" institution. The restaurant is located in the basement of wine cellars on Rosen Street, not far from the Doma Square, and stylized under the Middle Ages. The menu shows the XIII century dishes, and the musicians play on vintage tools.
Luxury Restaurant "Le Dome" will like the connoisseurs of exquisite cuisine. Guests of the institution offer lobist tails in a special sauce, confidently from duck legs, fua gras with Savoy cabbage. And the gourmets are waiting for pineapple with coconut ice cream, as well as mint panna-cott and alcoholic jelly from Roma. Not all restaurants of Riga work on New Year's Eve. Therefore, the table in one of them is better to book in advance.
Romance of an ancient city
Old Riga - the most visited tourist place in Latvia. Here are vintage castles, houses and cathedrals. At the inspection of attractions you will spend one or two days, periodically stopping in tiny local cafes to warm up. Be sure to visit the survey site of the Cathedral of St. Peter. From there the wonderful panorama of the city opens.
Local streets of Riga hide a lot of interesting and unusual Catholic and, as well as on the eve of the New Year, in the Dome Cathedral traditionally conduct concerts of organ music. Those who are interested in the history of the Baltic States can visit ethnographical museum. In his halls are exhibitions of applied art. And the Academy of Arts presents the works that can be purchased.
In the old Riga, the Christmas mood is particularly felt. So great to walk along the covenant streets of the streets and go to the secluded coffee shop where the candles flicker in the dusk and the aroma of coffee with the Riga Balsam! And the bells of the Riga Town Hall, knocking off festive melodies, will take you to the New Year's fairy tale.
Excursions in Riga and the surrounding
If weather conditions allow, go to admire the castles of Rundale and Cēsis, and also breathe Jurmala's sea air. The resort has a wonderful Water Park "Livu", which works on holidays. Go there if you have a couple of free days in Latvia. The weather here is the period is unpredictable. Just falling snow can change the rain and the plus temperature. Most often in the January Riga snow and cool: -1 ... -4 degree.
Mysterious castle Cēsis will open you another side of Latvia Due to the strong humidity and wind, the feeling of cold is enhanced, and it is necessary to dress warmly. It is advisable to use clothes that does not wet and is not blocked by the wind. If you do not succeed, you can order sightseeing tour on the tourist bus. It lasts one and a half or two hours. Excursion buses depart from the building of the National Opera.
Accommodation in Riga
Get to Riga is simple and inexpensive. The accommodation options are also a lot - these are hotels that have been located in ancient buildings in five minutes walk from the historic part of the city, and modern hotels that are a little further from the center. All establishments offer a good level of service, comfortable rooms and a delicious breakfast. For a fee, you can join the festive dinner.
Take the opportunity to taste in Latvia national cuisine. As a rule, the banquet is accompanied by an entertainment show program, lottery and contests. In any case, New Year's Riga will definitely strike you with its medieval charm, a rich choice of entertainment and hospitality of local residents!
Last weekends before catholic christmas I spent in a fabulous Riga: inspected the new Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, found out in which restaurant is tastier than all who cooks the best mulled wine on the Christmas market, where they make the best coffee, and where are excellent cocktails. In short, this post is my little Riga guide.
1. Riga has many advantages, but one of the main things is its proximity to Moscow. To fly only an hour twenty. This time I traveled to the AirBaltic business class. People on the flight were a bit, the service is attentive, and the cheesecake with caramelized nuts is simply magical.
2. My home on the weekend was recently an outdoor five-star hotel. Grand Hotel. KEMPINSKI RIGA. it important opening For the city - there were no hotels in this level in the capital of Latvia. Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga is building former hotel Riga is my dad, for example, often happening in the city in Soviet times, I immediately understood what hotel I stopped. Riga was known even former times. The hotel was for reconstructions for almost four years - now he is new, with a needle, cozy and luxurious at the same time.
3. In the lobby guests meets the most beautiful Christmas tree in Riga. I really liked that the color gamut Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga immediately sends to Yantary, the stone, which in Latvia is very proud of. Here are the balls on the Christmas tree warm amber.
4. Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga is very lucky with the location. He stands in front of the National Opera, on the stake of Old and New Riga. The old center begins in fact behind the threshold of the hotel; At the same time, here is unusually spacious for the hotel located in medieval city, rooms, the minimum area of \u200b\u200bwhich is as much as 35 meters.
5. Spacious, elegance, respectableness is Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga.
6. From the old hotel Riga, the best, for example, is these bas-reliefs with views of the city in the lobby.
7. Chandeliers and first hung in this hotel. And in the foreground - the GRAND Hotel Kempinski Riga layout in the form of a gingerbread house.
8. Process to the National Opera (it is literally opposite!) Recently underlined in the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga - here, for example, notes above the headboard of my room.
9. All rooms have mandatory and bath, and shower. And everything is sustained in warm amber tones, of course!
10. To stay together in the midst of the most skid month of the year - invaluable. Honestly, I am waiting for a new year with a huge impatience - I really want to finish all things and take a horizontal position.
11. Well, while - December, needles, candles.
12. There was a very happy to discover the Amber Restaurant on the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga in the wine map of the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, the wine of his friends, Tenuta Di Bibbiano. Remember, I told you about?
13. If you come to Riga and stop not even in Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, please do not miss anyway excellent Grand. Bar operating on the first floor of the hotel.
14. It is here, in the bar (first in Latvia!) The then hotel "Riga" was invented by the first alcoholic cocktails in the USSR. They are in front of you! I chose a combination of Riga Balzam, Tsmin Liqueur, and so-called. "Riga champagne" (sparkling wine, whose grapes are purchased abroad, but wine itself is done in Latvia). The husband preferred a stronger version, where the traditional Riga balm protrudes in a pair with vodka. Well, salty - precisely salty! - Cucumbers as a savory accent. We question everyone asked Chef Barman Oskars - he told us in detail how he consulted with Yazep, preparing a cocktail card, and the sake of the sake of preserving the very taste was precisely salty cucumbers (marinated then there was no!) And it was Riga sparkling wine. , not concoct.
15. We really liked Grand Bar. We gladly had a whole Saturday evening there.
16. It seems if you fly to Riga to the National Opera, which is opposite the hotel, you need to start the evening here.
18. The Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga has a huge and very beautiful spa.
19. Here is, for example, a spacious swimming pool. Behind him is a whole cascade of saunas and baths.
20. Air croissants for breakfast.
21. And very good pashota eggs with Baltic salmon and red caviar.
22. View by old city. See how everything is close!
23. If you are going for the new year in Riga, keep in mind that the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga will be a holiday evening.
24. What else to do in Riga, except the bar, spa and sleep in the new hotel? Do not miss, for example, the Riga Center of Yighdestil - a wonderful small museum dedicated to the Riga Modern. In the photo - the ladder of the museum, the most, probably photographed in the city.
26. And this is a staircase in the Dome Cathedral. Listen to the authority here - part of the mandatory Riga program. Check the schedule of concerts.
27. Be sure to raise looking platform Church of St. Peter. The view of the old city from there is wonderful - all Riga as on the palm and looks absolutely toy.
34. A Christmas Fair works on the Domskaya Square. Music sounds almost all day - it plays jazz, then national motives. The legs themselves are started into the dance, especially if you pre-warm mulled wine.
35. For the first time I visited Riga in December 1990. The most vivid impression was the unusual yellow light of lanterns and large snow flakes. Healthy return!
37. This gentleman is the most delicious Mulled wine on the whole christmas market. Great, by the way, that almost everything here, at the fair, prepare on live fire, from which the entire center of Riga smells smoke and firewood.
38. Tubes with condensed milk! Well, is it not charm? Nearby were sandwiches at Riga Dark Bread with Scheoccular Soluba and Marinated Cucumbers.
39. One of the best coffee places in the city is a cozy little Parunasim cafe.
41. The spiers of Riga churches decorate the cocks. Previously, one side was gold, the other was black. Depending on how the wind blew, they turned to the merchants from arriving on the water in Riga, then the other party, letting it understand whether the weather will go to the port and whether the transaction will be held. Sugar Cockerels are sold at the Riga Christmas markets.
42. And knitted mittens are also sold. And socks, and hats, and scarves with national ornaments - too. I even saw the Mini Countryman with the national pattern instead of the usual stripes!
44. If you get tired of Riga gingerbread (although how it can bother?), Select outside the old center and go to coffee in the concept storing imagehouse. First, there is a very beautiful interior. Secondly, wonderful coffee and very tasty desserts. Thirdly, there is a small, but engaged selection of clothing stamps like Walk of Shame or Mother of Pearl. Fourthly a good choice Accessories for home. Literally, the scraching from imagehouse is working a wonderful linen store and homemade clothes Amoralle. This is a Latvian brand with stunning beauty with shirts, peignoirs and dresses, very beautiful linen.
45. On Sunday, many Rijans go to Brunch to the Biblioteka restaurant. I do not like a buffet format, but I know that he has a lot of fans. If you are of them, write down this place.
46. \u200b\u200bBest, for my taste, Restaurant Riga - Fish Le Dome. Chef, charming Sergey Shiporov, of course chooses products in the Riga market. This, for example, pike perch, caught the Latvian police officer engaged in the time-free fishing time and being the permanent supplier Le Dome. Sudak with flasher, you can say. And very, very worthy. I also liked that Sergey organically enters light Asian accents in the menu. Salaka with Vasabi and Eastern sauce was very good! Do not miss!
47. Modern bistro with an emphasis on local products - Muusu. Not so refined kitchen, as in Le Dom, but the visit is worth. Here I have Baltic salmon, yolk, mashed potatoes from Celery.
48. Another modern Riga restaurant is a new ST Petrus. Also recommend! All these institutions entered the new production of the Gastronomic Guide White Guide on the Baltic States. Restaurant Number One in Latvia is called Vincents there. Unfortunately, I disappointed me - the chef, Martin Rytynish, moved away from the affairs, the kitchen looks like an anachronism (Norman oil, French oysters, Japanese beef, tuna from the Pacific Ocean - Why is this all right?), The emphasis is on the submission, and Do not taste. The service is still good, but I will not recommend a restaurant to recommend. In the photo - salmon (I love fish!) In St Petrus.
49. Do not miss the Riga market, especially his fish pavilion. How many are all here! And fresh fish, and dried, and smoked, and salted - eyes scatter. The list of compulsory purchases includes smoked eel and smoked or salted salmon, which you do not care under vacuum without any problems.
50. One of the best stands in the market - with a moonshine. Excellent, by the way, the idea. You can try (40 ml worth 1.2 euros) and then buy a bottle, but you can simply use the counter as a bar - drink a glass and run. I don't drink a moonshine, but Pasha tried and said that he was excellent. Design, idea, incarnation - all for five!
51. In the neighboring welcome sell the herring under the fur coat. And even though the Riga market is far from the glamorous and fashionable Moscow markets, I advise you to choose time and look here.
52. And necessarily, be sure to take time and get to Jurmala and stroll around the Winter Sea.
Come to the sea in no-season
in addition to motley benefits,
has one more reason
that it is temporary, but the output
for the brackets of the year ... -wrote Brodsky.
Agree? For this very track, I think first reached the Jurmala Beach of December 1990. For my back - the house of creativity of the Writers of the USSR, where we stayed up with mom. I was seven, the sea I saw not for the first time, but the winter sea - yes, for the first time. The building still stands - I am every time I come to Jurmala, I go to spend it. I think maybe there is somewhere my childhood? No, not there.
53. I go to Jurmala by taxi (half an hour and 20 euros), but we can get to the train - it leaves from the main Riga station. Jurmala - I think you know about it - this is a series of small resortceneThe most popular of which is Majori and Dzintari. In winter (at least in December on a weekday) there is quite deserted. You can get to Mayori, walk along the central street yomas, go to the sea and go through the beach until you get bored. How tired - go to the road, call a taxi and go for lunch. Traditional place is the restaurant "36 line", I also praised new faces.
54. Wonderful, wonderful Jurmala. It is impossible to leave Riga without having been here.
55. How much time do you need to Riga? Three days is quite enough. A couple of days - to walk around the city, watch the old center and the buildings of the AR-Nouveau, have dinner at Le Dome, drink in Grand Bar, soaring a little bit in the spa, getting together at the Christmas market, go to several museums and a concert in Dome Cathedral. The third day - Jurmala for half a day and the market. And home! In Riga is great new airportwhere there is not only a business room with black furniture, but also a lot of pretty cafes and shops and even Barbershop.
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So guys. On this weekend, the christmas was in Riga. I decided to spend the Christmas holidays in the capital. Prepared for you a small photo report from the pre-holiday Beauty of Riga. Came for two days. The purpose of the first day was to visit the SPA Center Opera Hotel & Spa. I was already here, so I liked that I decided to come back.
Well, now let's go walking on the festive Riga!
In Old Riga, as in the whole city, everything shines and shines:
It is strange that there are so few people on the street, time eight in the evening, the midst of the holiday, a week ago, it was not to push around:
The whole city in the Christmas trees and installations on the festive topic:
We were going to get around them all, but I realized that it would take too much time. Wooden Christmas tree on Liva Square:
Here and there festive fairs and the New Year's Judge:
Russian Theater Riga in his "Festive Frace". Styles!
The city is all lit by lights:
Some installations remained from the festival Staro Riga 2016:
About the monument of freedom, too, did not forget:
Nearing our hotel, too, paints are raised by a buoy:
One of the most beautiful trees is installed in the park at the building of the Latvian National Opera:
Verper Park all in the stars:
The Riga Channel has a few more installations in the form of a Christmas tree:
Just a plane door:
Another tree-installation in Town Hall Square:
Another one, the main tree-record holder. On the Town Hall Square in Riga, one of the most complex records was installed for the Guinness Book of Records - with the help of a Goldberg Ruba Machine from 421 elements was lit with Christmas tree:
No one can pass by without photographs and Selfie:
House of the Blackheads in all its glory and the spire of the cathedral of Peter and Paul:
Parsoi lighten right in the Christmas tree, Milot:
And on the second day of Christmas, we went to an organ concert in one of the oldest churches of Riga, the Church of St. John. The first time was on an organ concert, recorded a small video excerpt, here he:
