Art Nouveau and Jurmala beaches. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Riga

Best months: May, June, July, August and September.

What to see in Riga

1. Vieille ville & Maison des Têtes noires
   Riga's old town packs merchant facades, medieval spires and squares made for aimless wandering into a few cobbled streets.
2. Quartier Art nouveau (rue Alberta)
   This street in central Riga packs together early twentieth-century buildings whose facades are covered in masks, figures and sculpted ornament.
3. Marché central de Riga
   Housed in former zeppelin hangars, this market gives you the measure of Riga right away: a city where people still shop in proper halls, amid conversations in Latvian and Russian.
4. Cathédrale de Riga (Dome)
   It is the largest medieval church in the Baltic states, and you feel it as soon as you step inside: a vast, plain, resonant nave that carries eight centuries of alterations.
5. Église Saint-Pierre (tour)
   The spire of St.
6. Jūrmala (plage)
   Jūrmala is a very long stretch of fine, pale sand on the Gulf of Riga, backed by dunes and pine forest.
7. Musée de l'Occupation
   This museum tells the story of the Soviet and Nazi occupations that Latvia lived through in the 20th century, using objects, documents and personal testimonies.
8. Vincents
   Opened in 1994 by chef Mārtiņš Rītiņš, Vincents was for a long time Riga's grand address for fine dining.

A sample itinerary for Riga, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €93 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Riga itinerary, hour by hour

Road trips through Riga

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.