Mara’s tips
Food scene
Magnificant location almost on the beach with local menu and cozy atmosphere (8km from our cottage).
23 locals recommend
Kūriņš
47 Kaugurciema ielaMagnificant location almost on the beach with local menu and cozy atmosphere (8km from our cottage).
A cozy pizza place with locally made pizza, desserts and coffee in real Italian style (~ 4km from our cottage).
Stacija Vaivari Pizza
15 Laimdotas ielaA cozy pizza place with locally made pizza, desserts and coffee in real Italian style (~ 4km from our cottage).
The Armenian cuisine restaurant "Nojan Tapan" is located in Asari. The restaurant has a friendly atmosphere inside the restaurant and on terrace, small playground for children. The restaurant owner says that a real Armenian is characterized by a generously abundant table and it offers you food and drink diversity.
Nojan Tapan, restorāns
The Armenian cuisine restaurant "Nojan Tapan" is located in Asari. The restaurant has a friendly atmosphere inside the restaurant and on terrace, small playground for children. The restaurant owner says that a real Armenian is characterized by a generously abundant table and it offers you food and drink diversity.
Very good fish restaurant located in one of the small fish villages in Ragaciems (18km from the cottage) with outstanding interior! Recommended to book a table and try Fish Soljanka, very rich soup!
Bermudas, Ģimenes restorāns
Very good fish restaurant located in one of the small fish villages in Ragaciems (18km from the cottage) with outstanding interior! Recommended to book a table and try Fish Soljanka, very rich soup!
Offers freshly baked bread, pastry as well as breakfast menu. Opens at 9 am
31 locals recommend
Madam Brioš
9 Mellužu prospektsOffers freshly baked bread, pastry as well as breakfast menu. Opens at 9 am
Apkaimes
Asari
Beautiful beaches for swimming, spectacular sunset and sunrise views.
Apskates vietas
One of the largest National parks in Latvia with bog trails, includes also long distance walking trails - Jurtaka and Meztaka. The park has multiple rare natural values – untouched raised moss bogs, moist black alder forests, floodplain meadows with wild horses and cows, as well as coastal lakes rich in water birds, while the depths of mires retain stocks of health elixir.
In total there are 8 different length, difficulty and surface trails out in the nature.
39 locals recommend
Ķemeri National Park
Meža ielaOne of the largest National parks in Latvia with bog trails, includes also long distance walking trails - Jurtaka and Meztaka. The park has multiple rare natural values – untouched raised moss bogs, moist black alder forests, floodplain meadows with wild horses and cows, as well as coastal lakes rich in water birds, while the depths of mires retain stocks of health elixir.
In total there are 8 different length, difficulty and surface trails out in the nature.
Discover new feelings on your feet - Pebbles, boulders and millstones, moss, cones, seashore sand, Ķemeri healing mud, Pranamat lotus flowers, reeds, wood chips, rough pine trunk, clay, refreshing river water… Rain soaked soft peat in the shade of spruce, gravel warmed in the sun… The richer the experience for the feet, the more noticeable the effect.
11 locals recommend
Valguma Pasaule / Baskāju taka
Discover new feelings on your feet - Pebbles, boulders and millstones, moss, cones, seashore sand, Ķemeri healing mud, Pranamat lotus flowers, reeds, wood chips, rough pine trunk, clay, refreshing river water… Rain soaked soft peat in the shade of spruce, gravel warmed in the sun… The richer the experience for the feet, the more noticeable the effect.
Park is intended both for the fans of active and relaxing leisure activities. You can spend the time with your children, family and friends, exercise and enjoy the air filled with the scent of pines. Here you can find a viewing tower, playgrounds for children of various ages, pavements for roller skaters and pedestrians, skate park, streetball courts, cafes, parking lots, and bathrooms are located in the park. The park is open all year round. Cross-country skiing is available in winter. In winter, the forest park turns into the Park of Light offering a magic atmosphere created by thousands of LED decorations.
From spring to autumn, there are two popular adventure parks: "Jūrmalas tarzāns" and Net Adventure Park.
39 locals recommend
Dzintari Forest Park
Park is intended both for the fans of active and relaxing leisure activities. You can spend the time with your children, family and friends, exercise and enjoy the air filled with the scent of pines. Here you can find a viewing tower, playgrounds for children of various ages, pavements for roller skaters and pedestrians, skate park, streetball courts, cafes, parking lots, and bathrooms are located in the park. The park is open all year round. Cross-country skiing is available in winter. In winter, the forest park turns into the Park of Light offering a magic atmosphere created by thousands of LED decorations.
From spring to autumn, there are two popular adventure parks: "Jūrmalas tarzāns" and Net Adventure Park.
The area of the park is 150 hectares. Ragakapa Nature Park is a specially protected natural area formed in order to preserve the dunes covered with an ancient pine forests and biodiversity on the sea coast. Ragakapa, with the height of 17 meters, has been protected by the state since 1962. In order to introduce visitors with the natural values of the territory, two nature trails have been established in the park. One of the trails runs through the pine forest, is about 2 km long and mostly consists of wooden boardwalks. There are also information stands and benches, and in its steepest places - stairs. Located near the Jurmala Open-Air Museum.
12 locals recommend
Ragakapa Nature Park
The area of the park is 150 hectares. Ragakapa Nature Park is a specially protected natural area formed in order to preserve the dunes covered with an ancient pine forests and biodiversity on the sea coast. Ragakapa, with the height of 17 meters, has been protected by the state since 1962. In order to introduce visitors with the natural values of the territory, two nature trails have been established in the park. One of the trails runs through the pine forest, is about 2 km long and mostly consists of wooden boardwalks. There are also information stands and benches, and in its steepest places - stairs. Located near the Jurmala Open-Air Museum.
Jūrmala Open Air Museum is located in Buļļuciems, nearby the Ragakāpa Nature Park, and is the largest and most attractive museum in Jūrmala. The museum reveals a coastal fisherman’s household from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century - a fishnet hutch, a dwelling house, a barn, a fish smokehouse, bathing hut. The museum has an extensive collection of anchors and fishing boats, as well as Latvia’s richest collection of tools and materials for wreathing ropes.
9 locals recommend
Jurmala open-air museum
1A Tīklu ielaJūrmala Open Air Museum is located in Buļļuciems, nearby the Ragakāpa Nature Park, and is the largest and most attractive museum in Jūrmala. The museum reveals a coastal fisherman’s household from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century - a fishnet hutch, a dwelling house, a barn, a fish smokehouse, bathing hut. The museum has an extensive collection of anchors and fishing boats, as well as Latvia’s richest collection of tools and materials for wreathing ropes.
City/town information
Centre of Jurmala - one of the oldest and central streets of Jūrmala with restaurants, summer terraces, hotels and cafés with live music. The name of the street in Latvian means parallel lines in the sand of dunes. Nowadays there is a tradition to celebrate the first Jūrmala’s pedestrian street - Jomas street festival.
Majori
Centre of Jurmala - one of the oldest and central streets of Jūrmala with restaurants, summer terraces, hotels and cafés with live music. The name of the street in Latvian means parallel lines in the sand of dunes. Nowadays there is a tradition to celebrate the first Jūrmala’s pedestrian street - Jomas street festival.
Shopping
The closest local shop, small shopping place, but offers wide variety of things, from food until pet food and washing powder. Opening hours can vary from 8 - 21.
Indra 7
31 Piekrastes ielaThe closest local shop, small shopping place, but offers wide variety of things, from food until pet food and washing powder. Opening hours can vary from 8 - 21.
Closest local area offering different shops - RIMI, MAXIMA, LIDL, local markets etc. Mainly for food shopping.
Kauguri
Closest local area offering different shops - RIMI, MAXIMA, LIDL, local markets etc. Mainly for food shopping.
Spice shopping centre is located on the way to the Riga airport and is home to more than 180 brands, including food and catering part. It also features a subsidiary brand Spice Home which embraces various home, interior, lifestyle and hobby stores.
69 locals recommend
TK Spice
29 Lielirbes ielaSpice shopping centre is located on the way to the Riga airport and is home to more than 180 brands, including food and catering part. It also features a subsidiary brand Spice Home which embraces various home, interior, lifestyle and hobby stores.
A shopping mall with unique concept and architecture with no counterparts in the Baltic States. A multi-brand, open-air outlet town!
Via Jurmala Outlet Village
A shopping mall with unique concept and architecture with no counterparts in the Baltic States. A multi-brand, open-air outlet town!
Apkaimes
The landscape of resort park with a network of winding tracks along Versupite river was projected in 1839 by Karlis Heinrich Vagner. This beautiful part of Jurmala city is located ~10km from the cottage.
The development and improvement of the park was continuous during hundred years. After the erection of Kemeri hotel in year 1936, a symmetrical parterre with lawns, flower plantations and alleys was created in its western part. Walks in the park were deemed to be one of prerequisites for recovery of patients. Across the river Versupite there are multiple small bridges created with a names given such as: The Bridge of “Sighs”, Bridge of “Whims”, “Musical Bridge” etc. The Kemeri park is one of the oldest and major public parks in terms of covered area in Latvia outside Riga. In 30’s of the 20th century the total length of the walkways reached 15 km, and it was even possible to cross the river Versupite and canals with small dinghies.
In 2023 in the international competition "European Garden Award", Ķemeri Historical Park received the second prize in the category "Management or development of a historical park or garden".
There is a water tower available to visit, showing history of Kemeri and beautiful view over the city.
Ķemeri
The landscape of resort park with a network of winding tracks along Versupite river was projected in 1839 by Karlis Heinrich Vagner. This beautiful part of Jurmala city is located ~10km from the cottage.
The development and improvement of the park was continuous during hundred years. After the erection of Kemeri hotel in year 1936, a symmetrical parterre with lawns, flower plantations and alleys was created in its western part. Walks in the park were deemed to be one of prerequisites for recovery of patients. Across the river Versupite there are multiple small bridges created with a names given such as: The Bridge of “Sighs”, Bridge of “Whims”, “Musical Bridge” etc. The Kemeri park is one of the oldest and major public parks in terms of covered area in Latvia outside Riga. In 30’s of the 20th century the total length of the walkways reached 15 km, and it was even possible to cross the river Versupite and canals with small dinghies.
In 2023 in the international competition "European Garden Award", Ķemeri Historical Park received the second prize in the category "Management or development of a historical park or garden".
There is a water tower available to visit, showing history of Kemeri and beautiful view over the city.
Traveler advice
Getting around
Vehicle entry fee of the city centre except electric cars
The entry fee in Jūrmala from 2024 is EUR 3.00 and it must be purchased on the day of entry at any time (including after entry) before 23:59. On the day of purchase of the pass, the number of entries into the Jūrmala special regime area is unlimited until 23:59.
After 23:59 on the day of entry, the pass is valid until departure from the special regime area.
More information on visitjurmala dot lv
NB! Our cottage is located outside this area!
Getting around
Train is the most convenient way to get to Riga
Train station "Asari" is the closest to our cottage ~ 3km. To Riga it takes 45min with the train. It goes aprox. every 30 minutes, but to be sure check the schedule on internet at vivi 'dot' lv
Tickets can be bought both online or in the train by conductor.