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Jurmala is a very lively place. Thanks to the centuru-old traditions of health improvement, wide range of possibilities for entertainment and rest, Jurmala has deserved to be named “the heaven on earth”. Exactly here the thousands of holiday-makers come every year from around the world, to improve the health and spent complete of harmony weekends.
There are a lot of natural sites of state value in Jurmala, witch You can visit on a bicycles following the bicycle routes or walking along the natural paths.
Those who like active rest can go in for sports at the beach, sail on yachts and water motor cycles, as well as enjoy riding.
Those who like music will enjoy the shows of the world level stars, but the gourmets – the refined restaurants and cosy cafes of Jurmala.
The description of the most interesting tourist attractions and excursions in Jurmala is presented for Your convenience:
Jurmala City Museum
Jurmala City Museum was founded in 1962 as the local history museum. The museum has almost 50 thousand exhibits in different historical and artistic collections, as well as exhibits of underwater archaeology. The works on creation of permanent historical exposition "History of Riga seashore and Kemeri resort in the 18th – 20th century" have been begun.
For details, click here.
Jurmala Open-Air Museum
Jurmala Open Air Museum was created to show the life of a Latvian fishermen in the 19th and early 20th centuries with characteristic for that time buildings – old home, barn, workshop for fishing nets, smokery for fish, bath-house and other buildings. Buildings were brought to the museum from different fishing villages of Jurmala. It is possible to take part in classes of laying and tying of sailor's knots, as well as to taste local smoked fish if to make a preliminary appointment.
For detais, click here.
Nature Park "Ragakāpa" (Horn dune)
The general area of the natural park "Ragakāpa" makes 84 hectares. The dune was created by wind and it is one of the highest dunes in Latvia, 800 m long and 100 m wide. The nature park is unique for its old pines, as some of them are even 350 years old, as well as for 5 rare types of plants and 4 protected types of birds. An eco-trail was created on the territory of the natural park and consists of 4 separate trails: "Nature trail", "Insects trail", "Pine trail" and "Plants trail".
For detais, click here.
Kemeri National Park – Trail of the Kemeri raised bog
Mosses have created a thick turf bed 8 m deep, in the top part of which they continue to live and grow. All the water getting in the bog with rain and snow, does not flow away, but accumulates in the mosses. There is no "normal soil" with sand and stones in the bog. Bog is like a big ocean of mosses, where You can walk only on special paths built on moist and soft swamp. The total area of the bog makes more than 6000 ha.
For detais, click here.
Memorial Museum of Rainis and Aspasia
Jurmala is a place, where the legendary Latvian poets Rainis and Aspasia lived during different periods of their life. This place played its role in their life. The Memorial Museum of Rainis and Aspasia is created in the summer residence bought by Rainis in the autumn of 1926. Poets lived here in summers from 1927 to 1929. The museum consists of a complex of buildings being a typical example of wooden architecture of that time and historical monument of state value. The summer residence of poets and the garden cottage were built at the end of the 19th century. The nearby building was built at the beginning of the 20th century under the influence of the jugendstil. The museum was opened in 1949, but the complex of museum expanded – in 1969.
For detais, click here.
"Livu Aqua Park"
The largest in the northern Europe Water Park built in the Caribbean style, offers more than 40 water attractions and types of entertainment for children and adults. Attractions work the whole year round and accessible for people with limited abilities. The Water Park offers a possibility, both to purchase and lease towels and swimming accessories.
For detais, click here.
For organization of an excursion and visiting of these or other tourist attractions, apply to the reception of the hotel or call: +371 6777 1400.
There are a lot of natural sites of state value in Jurmala, witch You can visit on a bicycles following the bicycle routes or walking along the natural paths.
Those who like active rest can go in for sports at the beach, sail on yachts and water motor cycles, as well as enjoy riding.
Those who like music will enjoy the shows of the world level stars, but the gourmets – the refined restaurants and cosy cafes of Jurmala.
The description of the most interesting tourist attractions and excursions in Jurmala is presented for Your convenience:
Jurmala City Museum
Jurmala City Museum was founded in 1962 as the local history museum. The museum has almost 50 thousand exhibits in different historical and artistic collections, as well as exhibits of underwater archaeology. The works on creation of permanent historical exposition "History of Riga seashore and Kemeri resort in the 18th – 20th century" have been begun.
For details, click here.
Jurmala Open-Air Museum
Jurmala Open Air Museum was created to show the life of a Latvian fishermen in the 19th and early 20th centuries with characteristic for that time buildings – old home, barn, workshop for fishing nets, smokery for fish, bath-house and other buildings. Buildings were brought to the museum from different fishing villages of Jurmala. It is possible to take part in classes of laying and tying of sailor's knots, as well as to taste local smoked fish if to make a preliminary appointment.
For detais, click here.
Nature Park "Ragakāpa" (Horn dune)
The general area of the natural park "Ragakāpa" makes 84 hectares. The dune was created by wind and it is one of the highest dunes in Latvia, 800 m long and 100 m wide. The nature park is unique for its old pines, as some of them are even 350 years old, as well as for 5 rare types of plants and 4 protected types of birds. An eco-trail was created on the territory of the natural park and consists of 4 separate trails: "Nature trail", "Insects trail", "Pine trail" and "Plants trail".
For detais, click here.
Kemeri National Park – Trail of the Kemeri raised bog
Mosses have created a thick turf bed 8 m deep, in the top part of which they continue to live and grow. All the water getting in the bog with rain and snow, does not flow away, but accumulates in the mosses. There is no "normal soil" with sand and stones in the bog. Bog is like a big ocean of mosses, where You can walk only on special paths built on moist and soft swamp. The total area of the bog makes more than 6000 ha.
For detais, click here.
Memorial Museum of Rainis and Aspasia
Jurmala is a place, where the legendary Latvian poets Rainis and Aspasia lived during different periods of their life. This place played its role in their life. The Memorial Museum of Rainis and Aspasia is created in the summer residence bought by Rainis in the autumn of 1926. Poets lived here in summers from 1927 to 1929. The museum consists of a complex of buildings being a typical example of wooden architecture of that time and historical monument of state value. The summer residence of poets and the garden cottage were built at the end of the 19th century. The nearby building was built at the beginning of the 20th century under the influence of the jugendstil. The museum was opened in 1949, but the complex of museum expanded – in 1969.
For detais, click here.
"Livu Aqua Park"
The largest in the northern Europe Water Park built in the Caribbean style, offers more than 40 water attractions and types of entertainment for children and adults. Attractions work the whole year round and accessible for people with limited abilities. The Water Park offers a possibility, both to purchase and lease towels and swimming accessories.
For detais, click here.
For organization of an excursion and visiting of these or other tourist attractions, apply to the reception of the hotel or call: +371 6777 1400.
