Estonia’s largest national park was also the Soviet Union’s first, created by careful lobbying of […]
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North East Estonia
Private investment is bringing much of Estonia to life, including in its farthest flung corners. […]
Lake Peipsi
Heading north from Tartu, our furthest point east was Lake Peipsi, which forms a stretch […]
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 […]