Tourism Agencies in Latgale That Deal with Issuance of Visas for Travelling
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Bella Dvina and Baltic Country of Lakes www.visitlatgale.com www.belladvina.com www.vitebsk-region.by Estonia Russia www.balticlakes.com www.utenainfo.lt Baltic See www.antour.lt www.zarasai.lt /tic Viļaka municipality Balvi Rugāji municipality Byelorussia municipality Baltinava municipality Poland Kārsava district Viļāni Cibla municipality municipality Ukraine Ludza municipality Līvāni municipality Riebiņi municipality Rēzekne municipality Zilupe Vārkava municipality municipality Preiļi municipality Aglona Dagda municipality municipality Ilūkste municipality Krāslava municipality Daugavpils municipality Verkhnyadzvinsk District Rossony Rossony District Verkhnyadzvinsk Zarasai Braslaw Zarasai district Miory Anykščiai district Polotsk District Utena district Braslaw District Miory District Polotsk Anykščai Utena Vitebsk District Vitebsk Region Vitebsk 1 While travelling, man becomes spiritually richer, acquaints himself with new cultures, traditions and people, enjoys the beauty of nature and receives energy for further work and dreams. In this booklet one may find information about incredible and unique regions - Baltic Country of Lakes and “Bella Dvina”. The Baltic Country of Lakes is the richest with lakes in the Baltics – more than two thousand lakes are located here. Next to the Baltic Country of Lakes lies a tourism regions with a poetic and beautiful name “Bella Dvina”. It is located in the area where the river Dvina – Daugava flows, which is well known since ancient times for the trade route “from Varangians to Greeks”. The advantages of the Baltic Country of Lakes and Bella Dvina regions are thir landscapes, nature, clean air and wonderful people. Active tourism throughout the year, fascinating cultural events, and picturesque sceneries – all of this comprises a unique mosaic, which provides true visual and aesthetic enjoyment. The aim of this booklet is to acquaint with the Baltic Country of Lakes – Latgale in Latvia, Aukštaitija in Lithuania, as well as the “Bella Dvina” region, which includes Latgale in Latvia and part of Vitebsk region in Belarus. In order for you travels, Traveller, to be more convenient, information of each county and district is provided in separate blocks, highlighting the top objects of each county/ district, those, which You just have to see. Descriptions of the objects can be found right after the introductory information of each county/district. May your holidays in the Baltic Country of Lakes and “Bella Dvina” region be exciting, sunny and memorable! Gunārs Upenieks, Chairman of the Latgale Planning Region Development Council 2 Content Contact information of Tourism Information Centers . 3 Useful information . 5 Aglona County . 8 Baltinava County . 16 Balvi County . 19 Cibla County . 26 Dagda County. 32 Daugavpils . 41 Daugavpils County . 50 Ilūkste County . 62 Kārsava County . 67 Krāslava County . 74 Līvāni County . 88 Ludza County . 94 Preiļi County . 105 Rēzekne . 110 Rēzekne County . 116 Riebiņi County . 135 Rugāji County . 143 Vārkava County . 147 Viļaka County . 153 Viļāni County . 158 Zilupe County . 161 Anykščiai District . 165 Utena District . 179 Zarasai District . 193 Braslaw District. 203 Miory District . 214 Polotsk District . 228 Rossony District . 243 Verkhnyadzvinsk District . 249 Vitebsk District . 259 Tourism Information Centers in Latgale 3 Aglona County business support center Līvāni County TIC Somersetas Street 34, Aglona, LV-5304 Phone: +371 653 81856, +371 29157669 GPS: 56. 0752, 27.0025 GPS: 56.3551772, 26.1630076 Phone/Fax: +371 653 22100, +371 29118597 Domes Street 1b, Līvāni, LV - 5316 [email protected], www.aglona.travel [email protected],www.livani.lv Balvi County TIC Ludza and Cibla Counties TIC Brīvības Street 46, Balvi, LV-4501 Baznīcas Street 42, Ludza, LV-5701 GPS: 57.130859, 27.257162 GPS: 56.547569, 27.725286 Phone: +371 645 22597, +371 29272948 Phone: +371 657 07203, +371 29467925 [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] www.visit.balvi.lv www.balvi.lv www.ludza.lv, http://turisms.ludza.lv http://www.facebook.com/LudzasTIC Dagda County TIC https://twitter.com/Ludzas_TIC Daugavpils Street 8, Dagda, LV-5674 http://www.draugiem.lv/ludzas-tic/ GPS: 56.0955429, 27.5398364 Phone: +371 656 81420, +371 26244209 Preiļi County TIC fax: +371 656 81421 Kārsavas Street 4, Preiļi, LV-5301 [email protected], www.visitdagda.com GPS: 56.2952, 26.7273 Phone/Fax: +371 653 22041, +371 29100689, Daugavpils County TIC +371 29116431 Rīgas Street 22a (entrance from the Gimnazijas [email protected], www.preili.lv Street), Daugavpils, LV-5401 GPS: N 55 52.258 E 26 31.031 Rēzekne culture and tourism center Phone: +371 654 22818, skype: visitdaugavpils Rēzekne, Krasta Street 31, LV – 4600 [email protected], www.visitdaugavpils.lv GPS: 56.5027620, 27.3341528 http://www.facebook.com/Daugavpils.novada. Phone: +371 26425756 TIC https://twitter.com/daugavpilstic [email protected] www.draugiem.lv/daugavpilstic www.rezekne.lv www.rezeknesnovads.lv Daugavpils Fortress culture and information centre Rēzekne, Rēzekne county Nikolaja Street 5, Daugavpils fortress and Viļāni County TIC Daugavpils, LV-5401 Krasta Street 31, Rēzekne, LV – 4600 Phone: +371 654 24043 GPS: 56.5027620, 27.3341528 [email protected] Phone: +371 26332249, +371 26337449 Twitter: @Daugavpils_fort [email protected] http://www.daugavpils.lv/lv/280 www.rezeknesnovads.lv, www.rezekne.lv Kārsava County TIC Rugāji County TIC Vienības Street 53, Kārsava, Kārsava County, Kurmenes Street 36, Rugāji, LV-4570 LV-5717 GPS: Lat: 57.0020762, Lon: 27.1293442 GPS: 56.786985, 27.675123 Phone: +371 645 46674, +371 26355954 Phone: +371 29327265 www.rugaji.lv [email protected], www.karsava.lv Zilupe County tourism organizer Krāslava County TIC Raiņa Street 13, Zilupe, LV-5751 Brīvības Street 13, Krāslava, LV-5601 GPS: 56.3889235, 28.1263058 GPS: 55.896404, 27.167624 Phone: + 371 28656530 Phone: +371 656 22201, +371 26395176 [email protected] fax: +371 656 22266 www.zilupe.lv, www.pierobeza.lv [email protected], www.visitkraslava.com 4 Tourism Information Centers in Utena Anykščiai TIC Zarasai TIC Gegužes St. 1, Anykščiai, LT-29106 Phone: +370 682 40988 GPS: 55.527042, 25.098854 phone/fax: +370 385 37171 Phone: +370 381 59177, 370 659 00319 Seliu St. 22, Zarasai, LT-32110 [email protected], www.antour.lt [email protected], www.zarasai.lt/tic Utena TIC Stoties St. 39, Utena, LT-28134 GPS: 55.494129, 25.582172 Phone: +370 687 21938, phone/fax: +370 389 54346 [email protected] www.utenainfo.lt Tourism Information Centers in Vitebsk Region Braslaw City TIC Verkhnyadzvinsk City TIC Krasnoarmeyskaya St. 2, Braslaw Mira St. 6, Verkhnyadzvinsk Phone: + 375 2153 22735 Phone/Fax: +375 2151 57338 [email protected] [email protected] www.belladvina.com Miory City TIC Komsomolskaya St. 28, Miory The department for physical education, Phone: +375 2152 41533 sport and tourism of Vitebsk City [email protected] Phone: +375 2123 69229, +375 2123 65830 www.miorysport.vitebsk.by Zamkovaja St. 4, Vitebsk [email protected], www.vitebsk.gov.by Polotsk City TIC F. Skoryny Avenue 8, Polotsk Tourism Information Centre “Ilva” Phone/Fax: +375 214 42 30 62, Phone: +375 2123 73163, +375 2123 59977 phone: +375 214 42 69 49 Lenina St. 53, Vitebsk [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] www.polotsk-turizm.by Tourism Information Point of Vitebsk Rasony TIC District Komsomolskaya St. 13, Rasony Phone: +375 2122 03233 Phone: +375 2159 41008, fax: +375 2159 42860, Smetanina St. 16А, Novka, Vitebsk district [email protected] [email protected] Useful information • Largest cities of tourism destination Bella Dvina and Baltic Country of Lakes. Vitebsk (346 000 people), Daugavpils (101 057 people), Novopolotsk (101 000 people), Polotsk (84 000 people), Rezekne (31 000 people), Utena (44 935 people) • Time • Language The region is part of East The official language of Latvia is Latvian (Latin alphabet), European Time zone, two in Lithuania – Lithuanian (Latin alphabet), hours ahead of Greenwich in Belarus – Belarusian and Russian (Cyrillic alphabet). Meridian Time (GMT+2). Useful information 5 • Holiday calendar Latvia January 1 – New Year May 10 – Mother’s Day March 29 – Good Friday June 23 – “Līgo” March 31 – Easter Sunday June 24 – “Jāņu diena” April 1 – Easter Monday November 18 – Independence Day May 1 – Worker’s Day, Day of establishing the December 24 – Christmas Eve Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Latvia December 25 – “First Christmas” May 4 – Day of declaration of independence of December 26 – “Second Christmas” the Republic of Latvia December 31 – New Year’s Eve Lithuania 24. June 24 – “Joninės” January 1 – New Year July 6 – Statehood Day February 16 – Independence Day August 15 – “Žoļines” March 11 – Day of Restoration of Independence November 1 – All Saints’ Day Second weekend of April - Easter December 24 – Christmas Eve May 1 – Worker’s Day December 25 – “First Christmas” First Sunday of May - Mother’s day December 26 – “Second Christmas” First Sunday of June – Father’s Day Belarus January 1 – New Year May 1 — Labour Day January 7 – Christmas (Orthodox) May 9 — Victory Day March 8 – Women’s Day July 3 – Independence Day 9-th day after the Orthodox Easter – Radunitsa of the Republic of Belarus (commemoration of the dead) November 7 – October Revolution Day December 25 – Christmas (Catholic) • Emergency telephone numbers: Latvia Belarus 112 – universal emergency telephone number 101 – fire and rescue service 113 – emergency medical service 102 – police 103 – emergency medical service Lithuania 199 – information about emergency 112 – universal emergency telephone number telephone numbers • Traffic regulations The traffic in Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia is right-hand. Speed limits: in population centres no more than 60 km/h in Belarus and no more than 50 km/h in Latvia and Lithuania, except as otherwise stated by the road signs; outside of population centres – 90 km/h. In all 3 countries - Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus - it is strictly forbidden to drink and drive (any alcoholic beverages, including beer). Radar speed control is quite common. It is not allowed to use radar detectors. Most road signs in Belarus are in Russian (Cyrillic alphabet), not in English.