Riga Day Tour: Palaces, Castle & Hill of Crosses

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Embark on a private day tour from Riga and explore the stunning Rundale Palace, Hill of Crosses, and Bauska Castle. Customize your trip with optional visits to a motor museum, winery, or beer brewery. Enjoy a comfortable ride in a premium van or business class 4WD. Book now!

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Bauska Castle - Medieval castle surrounded by a picturesque scenery is located in the territory of Bauska town, on the land strip between the rivers Mūsa and Mēmele, not far from the city center.
Enjoy fantastic views from outside (free of charge) and/or visit castle museum at additional cost of 4 EUR.

What's Included

Driver/guide speaking in several languages
Entrance fees Tower in Bauska castle
Transport by air-conditioned minivan or business class 4WD
Live commentary on board
Entrance fees Rundale palace

What's Not Included

Lunch from 6 EUR/person (30 min.) A’la carte can be presented and table reserved on the day of tour
Gratuities

Additional Information

Embark on an extraordinary day trip from Riga to explore three remarkable landmarks. Begin with the iconic Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, a profound site adorned with thousands of crosses representing faith and hope. Then, visit the magnificent Rundale Palace, often referred to as Latvia’s “Little Versailles,” where you can wander through its opulent…

Location

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Pbarnes2014

Feb 20, 2025

Amazing! Well organised and very informative. - Our tour guide Thomas was friendly, welcoming and really knew the facts about each place. We never felt rushed - lots of time for each place with good recommendations regarding food options. Would totally recommend and will definitely book with this company on any future trips to Riga.

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Ghughes69

Jan 2, 2025

3 venues, 2 countries and 1 brilliant guide - Wow, what a great day out. 3 venues, 2 countries and 1 brilliant guide. The 3 venues are all totally different and all great, Well worth the money...

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David_k

Dec 1, 2024

Awesome - from beginning to end - Awesome experience. We thought this was a “small group”….it ended up being just the two of us…..so, it was a personal experience. A little long time in the car, but that was expected since you travel from Riga all the way into Lithuania. We even stopped for fresh strawberries on the way back. We would definitely recommend this tour!! Although it says July 2024, we went in July 2022…I’m just now reviewing this trip.

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Doreen_w

Nov 3, 2024

Awesome tour - We were the only couple on the buss so this was basically a private tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and happy to share the stories of Latvia. The castle was cool as they are renovating it using the traditional methods, the Palace was stunning and the gardens there amazing. Then the hill of crosses. they don[t tell you how big it is, spread out over an acre full of rabbit trails with all the crosses commemorating various groups and people. Truly amazing.

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Davidso2024

Oct 24, 2024

Interesting and exciting trip - Our guide was compotent and told us alot of intersting facts about our stopping points. The Hill of crosses was wonderfull place with a nice view

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Mary_r

Oct 16, 2024

Wonderful experience - I absolutley loved touring the palace! And the Hill or Crosses was an extra bonus. We had plenty of time to explore and hear information about both location. And with transportation it made life easier. Highly recommend.

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Andrewb

Aug 25, 2024

Great way to these sites plus some countryside. - A great day. Paul was an excellent guide and he made the trip fun and very informative. The schedule was flexible so we never felt rushed and were able to ask lots of questions and see everything that we wanted to.

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Baldwin_k

Feb 28, 2025

Rundale saved the day - Rundale: stunning as beautiful palace is filled with authentic furniture etc; excellent iphone app + interactive screens in each space. also nice restaurant, with good food and nice ambiance. Hill of Crosses: amazing, original, but a long ride to it... Bauska: dispointing: we saw the inner court only, no visit of the interior. Driver told us, it's just medieval - and that the stop was only for climbing the tower for the view (this limitation should be highlighted in the trip explanation), but nobody was interested in the flat winter landscape and Tom did not show any enthusiasm to encourage us. The van: fine but driver could not be heard from our third row -- I told Tom this was unacceptable for an expensive trip, but he didn't take my comment seriously (easy to buy: simple portable micro and loudspeaker). Tom turned his head at my request sometimes when he spoke but, for safe driving, he looked mostly straight ahead and we didn't hear a thing! -- I was angry!! I had expected that 4 hours in the van would be richly filled with a presentation about Latvia (and Lithuania, for the Hill of Crosses!), Riga, the 3 destinations, anecdotes, etc; Tom more or less answered our questions, that's all. He did his best but he is a (bright) law student, not a guide (in all reviews that I read his name was never mentioned); he told me his van was owned by his uncle, so maybe he was just a stand-in; maybe we had been unlucky by getting the wrong subcontracting van company. Conclusion: the day trip is worthwhile on paper but we encountered 3 serious weaknesses: no professional guide, no sound system and no visit of the castle. Also: winter time was great for this trip as we had the destinations (almost) only for us!!

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Thomas_r

Sep 3, 2024

The trip to nothing - The guide tried his best to make unmemorable sites a good adventure, but save your money and go to local museums. If guide offers a 30 euro pp private boat trip, do not do it. There are group trips in same area for a fraction of the cost.

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Ukpanda

Sep 4, 2024

Unreliable operators - Booked this trip a month in advance but did not receive pick up information. Chased the operators the day before for pick up details three times and eventually received a confirmation they would pick up from our hotel the next day. 2 hours later they cancelled due to breakdown of their vehicle. No alternative offered. Very disappointing as we were looking forward to it and we’re not able to make alternative arrangements at such short notice.

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