For travellers, the best thing about Latvia is that it is so compact. Its 500 km of sandy beaches are easily reached from historical towns, where medieval hanseatic foundations support baroque and art nouveau buildings, that become venues for cultural festivals during the summer. Families of storks happily give their seal of approval to the unspoilt nature, fresh air and clean water around them. In addition to Riga, its spectacular gateway, there are 6 other UNESCO world heritage listed sites. A

Riga Black Magic Bar is located in the Old Town, in the same building in the Kalkju street where once there was a pharmacy owned by Abraham Kunze, the creator of Riga Balsam. Opening the door, the guests find themselves in Riga of the 17-18 centuries. Tender light, heavy carved furniture, volumes of the 18th century, copper utensils… In one of the walls there is a safe keeping small bottles with 24 types of herbs that are part of the Black Balsam. In the next room you can try one of the 15

Housed in the old building with baroque and gothic features, the hotel stands in the heart of the old town. Nicely designed, beautifully refurbished, recently renovated and comfortably equipped the Stikliai hotel features 43 guest rooms and suites, 2 restaurants and a Lobby bar, meeting room with business centre, Indoor heated swimming pool, sauna and on-site fitness room. The hotel belongs to Relais&Chateaux, joining the most exclusive hotels of the world. Rooms: total | 43 with apartments. Halls:

This art depository was inaugurated in 1979, to become Russia’s first and only Amber Museum. Located in the center of Kaliningrad on the Verkhneye Lake shore, it is housed in a fortress tower "Dona" dating from the mid-nineteenth century. The tower was built in 1853 in the Neo-Gothic style as a part of the city defense system – its construction was supervised by Ernst Ludwig von Aster, commander of the Engineering Corps and the person, who had engineered Konigsberg’s mighty