Latvia Planner 2009
Riga Hotel details: http://www.bb-riga.lv/location.html
Daugavpils Hotel Details: http://www.hoteldinaburg.lv/
Locations Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117237644386763225851.000469a5f71b45e00a18f&z=5
Driving Requirements: http://www.euroadlegal.com/country/latvia.html
Lights: Use of dipped headlights during the day compulsory.
Speed limits: Standard legal limits, which may be varied by signs, for private vehicles without trailers: In built-up areas 31 mph (50 km/h), outside built-up areas 55 mph (90 km/h), dual carriageways 68 mph (110 km/h). There are no motorways in Latvia. In residential areas the speed limit is 20km/h.
Compulsory equipment in Latvia:
• First aid kit
• Fire extinguisher
• Warning triangle
• Winter tyres - compulsory from 1 December until the 1 March.
It is recommended that visitors carry an assortment of spares for their vehicle, such as fan belt, replacement bulbs and spark plugs.
Note: Latvia has very little signposting and road markings.
UK Embassy Details
Address:
British Embassy
5, J. Alunana Street
Riga LV-1010
Telephone: (371) 777 4700 Switchboard
Other Links
Check Lists : http://www.freechecklists.co.uk
Maps: http://www.hotels.lv/en/latvia/novadi/all/?city=daugavpils
Latvia General: http://www.rivertowerhosting.com/Latvia/home.htm
Riga Tourist Office: http://www.rigatourism.lv/EN/Channels/Tip/default.htm
Riga
Ratslaukums 6, LV-1050
tel. +371-7044377
fax.+371-7044378
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Internet: http://www.riga800.lv/
Open: 10.00-19.00
Riga Tour Companies:
Meeting Tour Travel & SPA Consultants
Walking/Bus Tours: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/city/103/tours/Europe/Riga.html
Eat Riga: http://www.eatriga.lv/ (Free Tours)
http://www.rainbow-tours-latvia.lv/en/price.php
Rainbow Tours Latvia Ltd
Reg.N:40003941371
For letters: Olga Barenite
Plata st, 16 / 1 - 61
Riga, LV-1016
Tel (+371) 26 34 65 54 (eng, rus)
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Riga City Portal:
http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/Riga_today/Public_order/default.htm
Riga Things To See:
http://www.tourismlatvia.co.uk/about_riga.html
Daugavpils City Portal: http://www.daugavpils.lv/?load=80&set_lang=en
Daugavpils Tourist Office:
DAUGAVPILS TIC
Address: Rigas str. 22a,
Daugavpils Phone: 371 65422818 Fax: 371 65422818 Home page:www.visitdaugavpils.lv
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Daugavpils Things To See:
http://eng.meeting.lv/regions/daugavpils.php
http://www.tourismlatvia.co.uk/about_daugavpils.html
http://www.rivertowerhosting.com/Latvia/to_see/south5.htm
History
Rumbula Forest:
http://www.rumbula.org/remembering_rumbula.shtml
Quirky Latvian Photos: http://riga.in
http://riga.in/2009/06/deportation-wagon.html
Jewish Virtual Library – Riga: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Riga.html
Daugavpils: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0005_0_04909.html