Kuldiga is believed to stand on the site of an original Cour settlement dating from Viking times, and is one of the oldest, best-preserved and most picturesque towns in Latvia built on the banks of the Venta River in Kurzeme. The city is also known as for one of Europe's widest waterfalls with a span of about nine hundred feet.

The Rundale Palace is one of the most outstanding monuments of Baroque and Rococo art in Latvia, built between 1736 and 1740 as a summer residence for the Duke of Courtland Ernst Johann Biron. It was designed and supervised by Russian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (sounds Russian?). The palace contains some of the finest examples of Baroque and Rococo art in the country.

Riga castle is intentionally located on the banks of the Daugava form where one can oversee all the ships coming into the port. This was built in the year 1330 as a residence for the Livonian order governing body. Riga Castle later served as the seat of the secular powers, and was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century. Now the President of Latvia has a residence in one of the castle's wings.

Gauja National Park located 32km north of Riga between Sigulda and Valmiera, is the country’s biggest national park. It covers a huge area featuring caves, rocks and dense woods. The park was created to protect the river valley and its home to number of historic towns and buildings as well as its wonderful landscape. It’s an ideal location for walking, hiking, horse riding, canoeing, biking and boating, and in the winter you can go cross-country skiing and bobsledding

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