Ligatne
Ligatne (Latvian: Līgatne) is a town in Gauja National Park in Latvia.
Get in
By bus
From Riga, take a coach from the main bus station to Augsligatne, about 90 minutes (on the way to Cesis). A local bus takes you the last 6 km to Ligatne.
By car
From Riga, take the Cesis road (Brivibas iela) out. Augsligatne is 17 km after Sigulda, and Ligatne is 6 km down a road to the left after Augsligatne.
Get around
Everything in Ligatne is basically within walking distance, although you may wish to take a taxi to the ex-Soviet bunker at Skalupes (5 km).
See
- Līgatne nature reservation. In the nature reservation you may encounter bears, lynx, moose/elk, European bison, roe deer and red deer as well as many species of birds.
- Teathered Ferry across the Gauja River. (closed in winter).
- Līgatne village. with peculiar 19th century wooden architecture
- Līgatne paper mill. in operation since 1816
- Secret Soviet bunker, ☏ +371 64161915, ligatne.info@gmail.com.
- Vienkoču Park and the Woodcraft Museum, ☏ +371 29329065, info@vienkoci.lv.
Do
- Hiking
- Canoeing
- Skiing
Eat
See the Sleep section.
Drink
See the Sleep section.
Sleep
- Lacu miga (the bears' den), Gauja iela 22, ☏ +371 64153481, info@lacumiga.lv. Hotel and Restaurant in a modern log cabin construction overlooking the aforested river Līgatne valley.
- Rehabilitation Centre "Ligatne", "Skalupes", Līgatne Rural Territory, ☏ +371 64161915, +371 26467747, hotel@rehcentrs.apollo.lv. Socrealist buildings may surprise, but the hotel is good value for money. from 10 € / person, kids <2 years free.
Go next
- Zvartes rock, forest trail and Witches' Meadow on the banks of the Amata River.
- Soviet bunker at Skalupes - a huge underground complex designed to be a control headquarters in the event of a nuclear war.
- Sigulda
- Cesis
- Riga