Free tour

Riga Old Town Free walking tour in English & Spanish

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Riga

Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Languages: English and Spanish

Guru: Free Walking Tour Riga

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Registered on 30 April 2021

"Free Walking Tour Riga" was developed to show you the best of Riga - our home city. All our guides are locals from Riga with a good knowledge base and friendly personality. Some of them are also members of Latvian Professional Guide Association. It will be our honour to show you around Riga!

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

Welcome to Riga Old town tour with informative and friendly local guides!

By joining this tour, you will learn main historical facts about Riga, explore top sights in Riga Old town and listen to nowhere else to read engaging stories about them!

Tour starts with House of the Blackheads and then takes you inside the Old town to see the centuries-old buildings - Town hall, St. Peters church, St. John’s church, Great guild, Small Guild, House of cats, the Three brothers buildings, St. Jacobs cathedral, Swedish gate, Parliament building and more... Tour will finish at the Livu square.

During this 1,5 h long walk, you will also hear about:
• Art nouveau architecture in Riga
• Facts about Riga city today – its political, religious and economic landscape

• Fun stories about Latvians living here
• What local foods to try

Finally our EXCLUSIVE tips on what to see, do and where to eat, also what else to explore outside Riga, we will give you at the end of the tour.

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Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Grēcinieku iela 18, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia

We will wait for you at the corner of Grecinieku street 18 with the Riga guide sign on the neck of the guide.

Outside visit

House of the Black Heads

We will the amazing House of the Blackheads from outside, y. You will learn about the building here, but also wh were Blackheads and how they spent time in the building.

Outside visit

St. Peter's Church

We will see the tallest church tower in Riga.

Outside visit

Cat House

We will see a huse with a decoration of a cat and here the most famous urban legend here.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).