Top Things to do in Latgale Region
Top Restaurants in Latgale Region
Top 10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Latgale Region, Latvia
Discover the best top things to do in Latgale Region, Latvia including Daugavpils Shot Factory, Preili Museum of Dolls, Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre, Latgale Culture and History Museum, The Embassy of Latgale GORS, Svente Manor and the Museum of Military Vehicles, Aglona Bread Museum, Latgale Zoological Garden, Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum, Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral.
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1. Daugavpils Shot Factory
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 59 reviews
Being in the remote location of Europe, site has preserved unique evidence of living history of industrial era. It is opened to visitors since late 2012. Factory uses technologies invented in 1782 and you'll have a chance to explore them all. Daugavpils Shot Tower Museum gained prestigious 3rd place award in the European Cultural Tourism network (ECTN) contest “Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism – 2015″ and is highly favored by its guests.
Reviewed By Isa-Francis - Montreal, Canada
This is a very special place, as there were not so many lead bullet factories in operation in the world... let alone some that are still working the same way as they used to in the 19th century. The place looks great, feeling very industrial and rustic. You get to learn all about the process of lead bullet manufacturing... and the process is definitely not what I expected it to be. The equipment is still working, of course, and you get to see most of the items being turned on and operated for you to better understand it. Our guide (English tour on 2020-08-21) was awesome. He showed a lot of passion and was very good at getting his interest across. He also was very knowledgeable of the fortress and Daugavpils in general. With the visit entrance fee (5.50 EUR) is included one (1) shot of a pneumatic gun with bullets manufactured at the factory. Unfortunately, the person operating the shooting range on the day of our visit was not so kind and friendly. He clearly was not interested in explaining us the shooting process and spent wayyyyyy too much time over the reloading process of the gun. Come on, we are two in your museum and we get one (1) shot included... don't lose us with the details of reloading a gun for 20 minutes. If we are interested in buying more rounds (which is an option for a few EUR extras), then you can spend some time explaining this process to us, with the desired level of detail, as we would have shown interest. Instead, he made us lose ours totally and we shot our shot and left with no intention whatsoever to spend more time with this man. Sadly. For an extra 1.50 EUR, you can climb the 120 steps to get to the top of the tower to see the melting setup and to have nice views of Daugavpils. If you are fit to climb it, it is worth it, no doubt. There is only one (1) English tour offered every day, at 13h00. Reservations required. Photographs allowers. All in all, expect about 2 hours in this place.
2. Preili Museum of Dolls
3. Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
Tourism information and services in Daugavpils and Daugavpils region. The offer of the Tourist Information Centre (TIC): information about sights and accommodation tourist routes maps, guidebooks, brochures, informative materials about accommodation in Latvian, Russian, English, Polish and Lithuanian information about events in Daugavpils and Daugavpils region free WiFi all actual information on the official website of TIC - www.viistdaugavpils.lv guided tours in Daugavpils Fortress and Daugavpils city city sightseeing tour with tram various individual routes for travelling in Daugavpils, Daugavpils region and Latgale region
4. Latgale Culture and History Museum
5. The Embassy of Latgale GORS
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 20 reviews
The Embassy of Latgale Gors is one of the first acoustic concert halls that has been built from the very foundations in the Baltics. It is one of the most remarkable buildings of 2013 in Latvia. Excellent acoustics, superb event programme, a place for concerts, exhibitions, cinema, seminars and other events – it all characterises the embassy of Latgale GORS. GORS visitors can enjoy both the wide offer of events and the tours that give an opportunity to find out the secrets of the concert hall, as well as opportunities in both backstage and public area, go out for lunch or dinner to the cafe “Zids” with one of the best views in the city and visit a new exhibition every month in the foyer of the 1st floor.
6. Svente Manor and the Museum of Military Vehicles
7. Aglona Bread Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By UldisV - Jurmala, Latvia
General museums have little care about reality, they must make just show. Bread museum is limited in this, they must be real, because museum work on daily basis producing bread, šmakovka, smoked meat and excellent food. They must show real things, real process, and know significance of every single grain, tool, or movement in every place of exhibition. And MAIN benefit: they serve food made in museum. Dinner in museum was something special, even for local who are common with traditional ultra high requirements in kitchen, that was special event. KEEP IN MIND: museum services must be offered few days before. When you call by phone there will be women voice speaking something. That is greeting from museum, not information about wrong call! Contacts can be found on internet, they spoke Latvian, Latgalian, Russian also English and Deutsche, just maybe necessary to wait while they found right person to translate. Show worth every cent.
8. Latgale Zoological Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By Uzpelkiene - Visaginas, Lithuania
Very nice cozy little zoo in Daugavpils. It also has terrarium. There are turtles, fishes, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, snakes, iguanas, lizzards, monkeys, bats, meerkats and ants. Very interesting to watch them all. Especially we enjoyed ants carrying leaves into their house over our heads. We brought sliced apple and the supervising boy let us to feed the rabbit. Our little daughter like it very much! The price is not high at all, only 0.60EUR for the adult and 0.30 for childred. But they didn't charge us for our 3 years old girl. Place really worth to visit.
9. Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By bth1991 - Kinver, United Kingdom
A delightful local museum, with plenty to see and do. The focus is on local historym art and nature. The entry price is so cheap as to be negligible.
10. Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By mitava22 - Toronto, Canada
What a beautiful Orthodox Church. Both outside and inside is very ornate. When visiting be mindful that it's a functioning church with people actually going in to pray. It is customary for women to cover their heads inside, and church is kind enough to provide some scarfs for one use ( right inside by the entrance)
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