Stays & Getaways in Latvia

An unrestored manor on the Dubna river in a historic park that keeps its original look; guests stay in the “gentlemen’s rooms”. On the riverbank is an old-style smoke sauna.

A national cultural monument on the Zemgale plain, with hotel rooms in the renovated stable building and breakfast included. The restored manor park has a children’s playground.

A Neo-Baroque palace built in 1896 for Baron Paul von Wolff, a four-star hotel since 2003, with antique furniture, fireplaces and tiled stoves. A nature spa with massages, saunas and a pool, and a castle restaurant cooking with local produce, including fish from the castle pond.

A campsite on the Gulf of Riga between Roja and Kolka, where barrel cabins stand right by the beach looking out to sea.

The only surviving manor complex in the Daugavas loki nature park. For families there are swings, a playground, a climbing wall and outdoor fitness equipment, with morning coffee and Latgalian dishes. The manor also rents touring kayaks (for 2–3 people) for trips down the Daugava, such as Krāslava–Lielborne (15 km) or Lielborne–Elerne (25 km); transport for the boat and paddlers to and from the manor is included in the price.

An Art Nouveau manor built in the early 20th century near Rāzna National Park, originally conceived as a place for art and music; it later served as a school, military headquarters, parish office and library. Today it hosts exhibitions and tours, and rooms can be rented.

A restored Neoclassical manor and architectural monument, now a design hotel with 22 rooms, a restaurant and bar, massages and a conference room. Walk or cycle in the park, or take a boat out on the manor pond.

Glamping at the former Ērgļi railway station in the Vidzeme Upland: seven types of Latvian-made cabins, guided hikes, kayaks and e-bikes.

A manor near Kandava with a Neo-Gothic manor house built in 1876; in the late 19th century owner Edgar Lyra added a Renaissance-style veranda with a grand staircase. The restored estate has guest apartments in the former stables and servants’ house, a restaurant in the old coach house, and a park with ponds and a bridge to a small island.

A manor on the bank of the Venta beside the Riga–Liepāja highway, with hotel rooms in the main house and a separate building, banquet and conference halls and a park. The restaurant cooks with produce from local farmers; spa in a separate building.

A manor whose history goes back to 1484, one of the few fortified medieval manors in the Baltics and the only one that survives in Latvia. It has a 15-room budget hotel and guided tours, and the interiors reflect the road-building firms that ran it.

A Swiss-style summer manor in a park in Kuldīga, the town’s only wooden manor and a local architectural monument since 2014. It now has 22 design rooms, each in a different style.

Four seaside holiday homes in South Kurzeme, about 40 km from the Lithuanian border, open all year round.

A campsite on the Daugava at Slutišķi in the Daugavas loki nature park: 2 holiday cottages, 10 cabins and 10 glamping tents, plus pitches for tents and campers. Saunas and hot tubs overlooking the river bends, kayak, raft and SUP hire, and the Oi, Gords café.

Barrel cabins looking out over Lake Sasmaka by Valdemārpils, about 140 km from Riga, with a sauna on site.

A two-storey boathouse on Lake Alūksne looking towards the ruins of the Livonian Order castle; sleeps up to 4, with a boat included. Fishing and swimming on the doorstep; pets allowed.

Latvia’s State Forests glamping in a pine forest by the Tērvete reservoir: 7 treehouses and 6 underground lodges (two adapted for guests with reduced mobility), each for up to 4 with a kitchen and bathroom. From €150 a night, including entry to the LVM Tērvete Nature Park and 2 hours of boat, pedalo or SUP; floating anglers’ cabins, tent pitches and camper spots too.

Two treehouse cabins 5–6 m up in the pines on the shore of Lake Ninieris, just 3 km from Cēsis. Forest trails for walking and cycling all around.

A campsite by the yacht piers in Pāvilosta: tent and caravan pitches with water and waste connections for motorhomes, plus four sea-view rooms in the main building. Sauna, laundry, guest kitchen, boat hire and a sports ground.

Floating cabins on the Saka river in Pāvilosta: six separate cabins, each sleeping up to 4 with a river-view terrace. The sea is within walking distance.

A campsite in Ventspils on the Baltic coast with 43 well-equipped cabins (172 beds); some cabins can be used in winter too.

Five nature houses by lakes in the Veclaicene protected landscape area in Latvia’s far north-east, each with information on the local nature, animals, fish and birds. Several hiking trails nearby.

A manor in Zaļenieki parish that presents itself as a retreat for the creative industries and team building. Its celebration barn holds up to 150 guests, with halls of 70 m² and 35 m², a 400 m² granary, a restaurant, ponds and a park, plus accommodation for more than 70.

A family-run complex by Gaiziņkalns, Latvia’s highest hill. There have been ski runs here since the early 1960s; in the 2025/26 season four runs were open, with snowmaking from November. Café, guest house, saunas and winter equipment rental. The complex used to be called “Golgāts”.