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Lake Peipsi

Heading north from Tartu, our furthest point east was Lake Peipsi, which forms a stretch […]

Sleek, smooth tarmac on a well-marked road announced the twin-border town of Valka in Latvia […]

Romantic Cēsis, home of the Livonian Knights who built a stronghold to defend and a […]

Set alongside the green waters of the Gauja river, Sigulda is Latvia’s castle country. The […]

Latvia’s capital and the Baltic State’s largest city, Riga, has known hard times and good […]

Stretching along a wide sandy strip of the Gulf of Riga, the stylish beach resort […]

The picturesque ruins of Bauska Castle dominate a fortified hillock squeezed prosaically between two lush […]

A derelict and rusting customs post complex marks the point at which you leave Lithuania […]

Far north of the magical setting of Vilnius’ turrets, spires and towers, another of Lithuania’s […]

The Gates of Dawn are a suitably grand way to enter the Baroque Beauty of […]