Heading north from Tartu, our furthest point east was Lake Peipsi, which forms a stretch […]
Category: 2018 Around the Baltic
Tartu
Sleek, smooth tarmac on a well-marked road announced the twin-border town of Valka in Latvia […]
Cesis
Romantic Cēsis, home of the Livonian Knights who built a stronghold to defend and a […]
Sigulda & Gauja National Park
Set alongside the green waters of the Gauja river, Sigulda is Latvia’s castle country. The […]
Riga
Latvia’s capital and the Baltic State’s largest city, Riga, has known hard times and good […]
Jurmala
Stretching along a wide sandy strip of the Gulf of Riga, the stylish beach resort […]
Bauska Castle
The picturesque ruins of Bauska Castle dominate a fortified hillock squeezed prosaically between two lush […]
Rundale Palace
A derelict and rusting customs post complex marks the point at which you leave Lithuania […]
Hill of Crosses
Far north of the magical setting of Vilnius’ turrets, spires and towers, another of Lithuania’s […]
Vilnius
The Gates of Dawn are a suitably grand way to enter the Baroque Beauty of […]