Āķagals

Latvia


By night, listen to the surf crashing just over the dune from your room, which is finished in all-natural wood. By day, enjoy stacks of delicious Latvian cuisine on varnished picnic tables made from thick logs. There’s a large swing set, windswept dunes and a lookout tower out the back to keep you busy while you await your meal.


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1. Apriki Lutheran Basilica

13.56 MILES

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2. Alsunga District Museum

16.02 MILES

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3. Šķēde Dunes Holocaust Memorial

20.85 MILES

The beauty obscures the horror. Some 10km north of Liepāja, off a long dirt coastal road, is a memorial at a place of death. Amidst a flawless white sand…

4. Ēdoles Pils

21.7 MILES

The namesake castle is the centre of everything in this hamlet. It’s part manor house, part fortification dating to 1264. It has a park-like setting and a…

5. St Nicholas Maritime Cathedral

24.07 MILES

The stunning cathedral, with its bulbous cupolas, shines like a precious stone through the grey concrete of the decrepit Soviet apartment blocks that…

6. Karosta Prison

24.42 MILES

Gluttons for punishment will get a bellyful in this creepy old Soviet-era prison, which operated right up until 1997. Built in 1900 as an infirmary, it…

7. Liepāja Museum

26.98 MILES

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8. House of Craftsmen

27.09 MILES

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