Day 2 · Essence of Latvia — 5 Days
Riga — Art Nouveau & Central Market
A full day with a private guide covering Riga's two most remarkable features. Morning: the Art Nouveau quarter, centred on Alberta iela and Elizabetes iela. Riga has over 800 Art Nouveau buildings — more than any city in the world — and the concentration along these streets is extraordinary: mythological figures, screaming masks, floral garlands, and geometric patterns in an architectural language that ranges from the decorative exuberance of Mikhail Eisenstein to the sober rationalism of the Latvian national romantic school. Afternoon: Riga Central Market, housed in five colossal hangars originally built for Zeppelin airships. Each hangar specialises — fish, meat, dairy, vegetables, bread — and the market is one of the largest and most atmospheric in Europe. Evening at leisure to explore the city's bar and restaurant quarter.
- Art Nouveau walking tour — Alberta iela and the Eisenstein façades
- Over 800 Art Nouveau buildings in one district
- Riga Central Market — five Zeppelin hangars
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