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The tour provides an insight into the history of Rakvere the countries through experience of castles and manor houses, starting from massive medieval BALTIC SEA CASTLES AND MANORS ROAD: stone walls through to exquisite Baroque and Art RUSSIA RIGA – TALLINN – HELSINKI Nouveau masterpieces. Dikļi Gulf of Riga Bīriņi Cēsis RĪGA Sigulda LATVIA

WWW.TOURS.COUNTRYHOLIDAYS.LV Riga - Sigulda - Bīriņi - Cēsis - Dikļi- Sangaste - Tartu - LITHUANIA 6 NIGHTS / 7 DAYS Rakvere - - Tallinn - Helsinki WWW.BALTICSEA.COUNTRYHOLIDAYS.INFO VILNIUS

Overnight in Bīriņi manor hotel manor (18th century) HelsinkiPOLAND city tour and free time in the city. DAY 1: Arrival in Riga, Latvia www. www.celotajs.lv/en/e/kanepju_seta_ DAY 6: – Lahemaa National Park – http://palmse.ee/en is cultivating hemp from which is one of the most beautiful and grandest The Helsinki Cathedral and the Senat birinupils.lv/en/. adzelviesi – – Tallinn it produces hemp butter, roughly ground Baroque buildings in Estonia. Square, the Parliament, the Old Market DRIVING DISTANCE 110 km. Riga city tour.The Dome Cathedral with seeds, hemp oil. Tallinn city tour. The tour combines walking Hall and Market Square, the Esplanade PROGRAMME DURATION 8h one of the world’s largest pipe organs, Sangaste castle www.sangasteloss.com is and bus. The walking tour includes the park, the Kamppi Chapel of Silence, the St. Peter’s Church with magnificent views The route leads along the northern , the 13th century Dome Temppeliaukio church, the Design District of the city from its steeple, the old Guild Baltic Sea coast of Estonia through the church, the 19th century Russian orthodox Helsinki, the Suomenlinna Sea fortress. Houses, the Swedish Gate, the architectural oldest Baltic national park – Lahemaa. Cathedral of Alexander Nevskij, the 15th ensemble Three Brothers, St. Jacob’s Huge boulders at the seaside and small century Town Hall square, the Old Guild Church, the Parliament House, Old Riga fishermen’s villages are typical landscapes built to celebrate Tallinn’s membership in the Castle, Art Nouveau area. The Historic there. In traditional fishing village and Hanseatic League, and St. Olaf’s church. Centre of Riga is a UNESCO Heritage Site. tavern, visitors can taste Estonian food The bus tour includes Tallinn’s suburbs Overnight in a hotel in Riga. DAY 3: Bīriņi – Igate – Limbaži – Straupe – www.palmse.ee/en/restaurant/altja-tavern. and Song Festival Grounds, St. Brigitte’s Cēsis – Dikļi Sagadi manor (18th century) monastery and Pirita area. Overnight in a DAY 2: Riga – Sigulda – Turaida – Bīriņi DRIVING DISTANCE - 150km. hotel in Tallinn. DRIVING DISTANCE ~114km. PROGRAMME DURATION with 3 visits: 9h. PROGRAMME DURATION 9h. one of the best examples of Historicism in DAY 7: Tallinn – Helsinki The timing allows for a combination of the Baltics. Overnight in a hotel in Tartu. The Gauja National Park with medieval maximum 3 visits. There are the following Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki (2h). castles and great views to the Gauja river options en route to choose from: DAY 5: Tartu – – Rakvere – Vihula valley below. Sigulda medieval castle ruins 1) The Igate Manor (19th century) www. DRIVING DISTANCE - 190km. Departure. and baronial estate. igatespils.lv/index.php/en/ is built in the PROGRAMME DURATION 9h The Vienkoči Park www.vienkoci.lv features style of Neo-renaissance, surrounded by one-log boats and other wooden objects a romantic park and an old water mill with Short city tour of Tartu - a university town carved in log according to ancient methods traditional Latvian taverna. and city of youth. (18th – dating back to the 9th century. Interactive 2) An outdoor exhibition of medicinal herbs 19th century) www.alatskiviloss.ee/eng/ programmes offer visitors to try their own at farm Avotiņi in Limbaži region www. with a beautiful park. hand at woodcraft. celotajs.lv/lv/e/veselibas_augu_ekspozicija www.sagadi.ee hosts a forest and manor The Turaida museum reserve www.turaida- introduces a visitor to a “green pharmacy” - museum and a nature school. Palmse muzejs.lv with the ruins of a medieval more than 300 different plants. Livonian Order castle. An observation 3) The Ungurmuiža manor www.facebook. tower reveals a beautiful panorama over the com/Ungurmuiza in Pārgauja region is the ancient Gauja river valley. oldest wooden Baroque manor in Latvia with some surviving wall paintings.

Avinurme Wooden Handicrafts Centre www.puiduait.ee - local woodcraft, woodworking workshops, Estonian traditional foods. Castle ruins in Rakvere with a theme park www.rakverelinnus.ee/en where visitors 4) Sightseeing in Cēsis – the Old Town and Castle Complex with impressive medieval Farm Gundegas www.celotajs.lv/en/e/ Livonian Order castle ruins and the so called gundegas.The farm cultivates cranberries new castle (18th century) where a museum that were bred in Latvia. Farm excursion, is located. products for sale. Overnight in Dikļi manor hotel www. diklupils.lv. The Dikļi Manor (19th century) is built in the style of Neo-baroque. It hosts a collection of valuable antique furniture, fireplaces and interior articles.

DAY 4: Dikļi – Valmiera – Latvia/Estonia border – Sangaste – Otepää – Tartu DRIVING DISTANCE - 210km. can experience everyday life of the 16th PROGRAMME DURATION 12h. century. Overnight in Vihula manor hotel The Valmiermuiža brewery saloon www.vihulamanor.com. www.facebook.com/valmiermuiza/ Vihula manor (19th century) is in Lahemaa popularises Latvian beers and uses beer in National Park. It is surrounded by a nice This project is part-financed by the European Union (ERDF various dishes. park; the estate has an interesting pond Interreg Central Baltic). The Bīriņi manor complex and the park Adzelviesi hemp farm in Burtnieki region system. This publication reflects the views of the author(s). The (18th-19th century) www.birinupils.lv/en/. Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.