The Gauja River has carved a valley so deep and green through the Latvian sandstone that locals call this corner of the country their Switzerland. Sigulda sits above the river, where the ruins of Turaida Castle rise from a forested ridge like a fairy tale forgotten by time. In autumn, the deciduous trees ignite in […]
Gauja National Park is Latvia’s largest and oldest national park, a deeply picturesque landscape of the ancient Gauja River valley, Devonian sandstone cliffs, dense forests, and three magnificent medieval castles (Turaida, Sigulda, and Krimulda) scattered across the park’s 917 square kilometres. Known as the “Switzerland of Latvia” for its unusually hilly terrain in an otherwise […]
