Hotels in Riga

Riga is Latvia's Art Nouveau capital and the largest city in the Baltics — a Hanseatic port turned architectural showcase where UNESCO-listed old town lanes lead to Europe's finest Jugendstil quarter, then out to gritty warehouse districts turned market halls and craft breweries. The pastel gabled facades of Livu Square, the House of the Black Heads, and Riga Cathedral define the medieval heart.

Away from the old town, Alberta iela is a two-block open-air museum of Mikhail Eisenstein's Art Nouveau. The Riga Central Market fills five old zeppelin hangars with cheese, smoked fish, and berries, and beach town Jurmala is 30 minutes away by train. Riga's location makes it a natural hub for Baltic tours.