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Required travel documents for Latvia

Required travel documents for Latvia: passport/identity card [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...]

Area code to Latvia

Area code to Latvia: +371 [...]

Stamps in Latvia

A stamp which has been bought in the country which is a part of the EU can
be used only within the area of this country. Even if it has been paid for
in euro.

Sending a postcard to another country, which is also a part of the EU, you< [...]

Always have cash

In Latvia you have to pay for everything. [...]

Post office

Post office ( pasts ) opening times are generally Monday to Friday 8am-7pm. For telephone calls there are modern digital call boxes operated using magnetic cards - which come in 2, 5 and 10Ls denominations and can be bought at the post office and most [...]

Driving and hitching

If you're driving in Latvia you'll soon notice that road conditions can vary dramatically. There's no highway apart from a brief stretch linking Riga and Jurmala. Roads linking major towns are usually in a reasonable state, but off the beaten track condi [...]

Trains and buses

Train tickets should be bought in advance - stations have separate windows for long-distance ( starpilsetu ) and suburban ( pirpilsetu ) trains. Long-distance services are divided into the following categories: "passenger" ( pasazieru vilciens ) and [...]

Salaspils

The Jewish Concentration Camp at Salaspils is now marked by monumental sculptures and a museum commemorating the 100,000 people who died here. [...]

Jurmala

Jurmala - the Baltic Riviera - is only about thirty minutes south of Riga by train. It was once a favourite haunt of Boris Yeltsin and also of the Tzarist nobility. Today its sandy beaches backed by dunes and pines are teeming with pleasure-seekers, espec [...]