national park
Gauja National Park
Latvia's largest and oldest national park with forested sandstone cliffs, medieval castles, caves, and the scenic Gauja River valley.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Cēsis Municipality, Latvia · Europe
Cēsis works well as a base: 10 minutes from Priekuļi, 13km from Gauja National Park.
Cēsis is a town located in Cēsis Municipality, Latvia. With a population of 15,020, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Cēsis sits in Latvia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Riga time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Cēsis to your route.
Cēsis (Latvian pronunciation: [tseːsis] ; (German: Wenden, Livonian: Venden, Estonian: Võnnu, Polish: Kieś) is a town in Latvia and the center of Cēsis Municipality, located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river,Read more
overlooking the woods below.
Cēsis was selected to be one of the candidate cities for the title of the European Capital of Culture 2014 (Riga was the Latvian city that won the title), as well as for the European Capital of Culture 2027 (Liepāja took the title).
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Cēsis is located in Cēsis Municipality, Latvia, Europe. The coordinates are 57.3119 latitude, 25.2746 longitude.
Cēsis has a population of approximately 15,020 people, making it a town in Latvia.
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national park
Latvia's largest and oldest national park with forested sandstone cliffs, medieval castles, caves, and the scenic Gauja River valley.
13 km · about 25 min drive
museum
A 2,000 m² nuclear command bunker 9 m beneath an innocuous rehabilitation centre in Gauja National Park, built for Soviet Latvia's elite and classified until 2003: original 1980s equipment, canteen and all. Guided tours only.
14 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A striking red-brick medieval castle rising above the wooded Gauja valley near Sigulda, its round tower offering sweeping views over Latvia's 'Switzerland'. An easy, scenic drive from Riga.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
The widest cave in the Baltics, a sandstone grotto with centuries of carved inscriptions, beside the Sigulda–Turaida road with parking.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Olympic-standard bobsleigh and luge track in Gauja National Park offering public rides, with its own access road and car park.
30 km · about 35 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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