Riga is a kind of otherworld. Surrounded by neighbors on the Baltic coast, this sister of the three is the kindest, the brightest, the most cheerful and open. Here, according to Anna Delianidi, nothing ever happens just like that: behind any changes, both in the country and in the menu of individual restaurants, there is a logic and a desire to receive even more guests and tourists.
Last fall, the portal Menu.ru I created and conducted a special program to get acquainted with the new Riga — interesting, diverse, delicious and airy. Now you can use the main points of this journey to see, feel and experience everything for yourself.
Fly: by Air Baltic aircraft. There are a lot of flights, and the pricing is amazingly logical: if you don’t need an option, you don’t pay for it.
Live: depending on the number of days of stay and children in the company — from Riga to Jurmala, from the quiet hotel Naiburgs or boutique Dome Hotel& Spa in the old part of Riga to the Jurmala crossroads, where there is a huge Jurmala Spa and a modern family Amber SPA Boutique Hotel.
Walking: everywhere and everywhere, in the rain and under an umbrella, with the sun and wind, running into any shops that come along the way. Be sure to walk through the streets where Eisenstein created the houses, sit in the high bars of hotels with panoramic views of the city, walk along the city canal, go to the opera or the Russian theater, find unusual jewelry made of amber and metal, created as copies of archaeological finds in the region. Go to the Dome Cathedral to listen to the organ, go up to the observation deck of the Church of St. Nicholas. Peter… And then go to Jurmala and wander around the town stretched along the sea to the point of stupor and look, look, look at the wooden, carved, old and worn, new and polished window frames in the low, friendly landscape houses.
Lunch and dinner: Riga is not a place to think about dieting. Forget it and enjoy it, because it’s been so nice at the table for a long time!
We go to the “Library” – chef Maris Jansons creates from local seasonal vegetables, creating a unique mix between classic and modern approach. For dinner, we move to the fish Le Dome, where Salvis Putans cooks fish the way you always wanted. An elegant restaurant in the heart of the old town with huge photos of fishermen on the walls and a good wine list — just what you need for an evening meal. The next day, go to the medieval Rozengrals, where all the lighting is created only by candles, and in the middle of the hall there is a real medieval well. Then-to everyone’s favorite Garage, a restaurant where it is delicious and pleasant to sit with friends, trying various snacks and the same perlotto under a bottle or two of good wine. Don’t forget to watch and participate in the main culinary experiment of Riga this autumn — go to the restaurant “Three Cooks”, where there is no menu, and the starters draw you on paper. It’s worth it!
Discover new things, discover delicious things: if you want something sweet — then you can go to a small cafe V. Kuze, because it is there that you can enjoy hand-made sweets. And if there are not enough sweets — it’s time to try handmade chocolate from Emil Gustav. And you also need to bring bread from Riga. Laci bread, which has nothing to do with the well-known “Riga”bread. The small family-owned production company eventually became the most famous bakery in the country, providing bakery products not only to Riga and Latvia, but also to the countries of Northern Europe.
But all this is not the main thing. The main thing is that you will still come back. Go back to this city for that table in that very restaurant, buy a gift of Laima candy, take a walk around the old town, leave all your worries somewhere far away, then come back again. And that’s great!