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Home8-Hour Rundale Palace Museum, Bauska Castle & Jelgava Tour From Riga
Description
Travel from Vilnius to explore the Bauska Castle, a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska. Continue to the Rundale Palace Museum, one of the two major baroque palaces built for the Dukes of Courland in Latvia, whose 18th-century interiors will leave you spellbound. End the tour with a visit to Jelgava, the largest town in the region of Zemgale in central Latvia, about 41 kilometres southwest of Riga.
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Pick up from the hotel in Riga and travel towards Bauska.
Visit Bauska Castle that sits quaintly amidst the picturesque strip of land between Rivers Musa and Nemunelis, not far from the place where they flow together, forming the Lielupe.
Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Travel to Rundale Palace Museum, the summer residence of the Duke of Courland set amidst the fertile Zemgale Plains in the south of Latvia.
See the interior decorations created between 1765 and 1768 by a sculptor from Berlin, Johann Michael Graff and the Italian painters named Francesco Martini and Carlo Zucchi.
- Explore 138 elaborate rooms, a lovely French garden and a museum dedicated to the history of Latvia.
- Continue to Jelgava city for a short sightseeing tour.
Return to the hotel in Riga.
What's Included
English speaking guide
Transportation
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Excluded
Personal expenses
Entrance tickets
Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Price Details
| Adult | |
| 1 To 1 | EUR 80 Per Person |
This is a group tour | |