Turaida Castle is a cheap train ride away to Sigulda and a short (and small) bus ride to Turaida Museum Reserve. The castle was started in 1214 and went through various changes until it's decline in the 17th century. It wasn't rebuilt after it had become private property and a major fire in 1776 destroyed a lot of it. It became a protected object in 1924 and they've rebuilt some of the structures as they turned it into a museum. It now has some interesting exhibits in many of the buildings. The main tower is well worth the climb to get a view of the surrounding land like the picture above.
The museum reserve includes a cool sculpture garden spread out in the grass. There's some paths through the wilder land around it so we checked out one of them. We didn't get around to or into all of the buildings around the grounds outside of the castle so we'll have to go back. The nice part of living in a place for 3 years is not being in a huge hurry to fit it all in during a short trip.
The train to Sigulda and a tower holding a cane in Sigulda
castle toilet
the boat and road down to Rome
It was a lovely summer day in Latvia!
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