Vecrīga · Riga · Latvia
Eight centuries
of cobblestone
outside your door.
Smilšu iela is a street in the oldest part of the old city. Not the tourist strip — one block away from it. Red rooftops, a cathedral spire, and the Daugava river within ten minutes on foot in any direction.
Quiet
street.
Loud city.
Vecrīga — Riga's medieval old town — is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the best-preserved historic centres in Northern Europe. Smilšu iela runs through the Old Town, close to the city's main squares, but somehow stays calm. You'll hear church bells, not tuk-tuks.
Within a few minutes' walk: the best coffee in the city, a market hall open since 1930, a cathedral with organ concerts on Thursday evenings, and a riverbank that turns amber in the afternoon light. The kind of neighbourhood where you plan one thing and end up somewhere else entirely.
What's nearby
Two ways
from the
airport.
Riga International Airport (RIX) is one of the best-connected airports in the Baltics, with direct routes from most of Europe. Getting to us from arrivals is straightforward.
We walked out the door and found ourselves in the middle of eight centuries of history. The street is quiet. The city is not. It's the perfect place to land.