Cesis Castle in the Vidzeme region is one of the medieval castles and notable cultural tourism objects in Latvia. Like most other fortresses of that time, the castle has survived to this day in the form of ruins, which, nevertheless, give a good idea of the scale of the structure.
Riga is known as “the Pearl of the Baltic States”. Here, perhaps, is the most unusual architectural cocktail in Northern Europe: from medieval churches, masterpieces of Art Nouveau, to Socialist realist architecture and present-day high-rise buildings.