Kuldiga

Our trip to the medieval town of Kuldiga

We continued our exploration tour through Latvia with a bus ride to Kuldiga, south of Kolka in the interior of the country. One bus travel is slightly understated here, as there was no direct connection from Kolka. An alternative would have been to take the bus back to Riga for four hours, to take a direct connection to Kuldiga, but that would mean that we would have to drive part of the way there and back again and would be on the road much longer. So we decided to take the other option with regular buses between the individual towns. We had to change buses four times and drove first to Roja, then to Talsu, then to Sabile and from there we took the last bus to Kuldiga. We were surprised ourselves how relaxed and trouble-free the trip was.

Kuldiga blew us away immediately. It is a small town (about 12.000 inhabitants) with a great medieval charm. Through the old town we went to a super cozy apartment, which was full of loving details from those days. We felt very comfortable in the accommodation. On the day of arrival, we enjoyed Latvian food in the restaurant - very similar to the food in Lithuania and just as delicious!

The widest waterfall in Europe

During our evening walk, just to see what's going on, we landed at the widest waterfall in Europe. I was really excited when we suddenly stood in front of it! Admittedly it is not really a waterfall because it is only 1,8-2m high, but still it was just great!

That's why we went there again the next morning, because you can walk over this waterfall in a very relaxed way. We asked ourselves if something like that would be possible in Germany at all. Here it was only written on an information board about the waterfall "Crossing the waterfall can be dangerous".

But it was fun and was one of my absolute highlights on our Baltic trip!

But there is more to see in Kuldiga

Later that day we went on a hike to the sand caves of Riezupe, about 5 km from Kuldiga. Apparently we had a really good timing, because as soon as we bought our tickets for a guided tour, the guide came and took us and a group of other tourists through the cave. It was a very impressive experience. The sand caves are up to 11m below the surface! The trip there was really worth it, because not only for the sand caves, but also the way there was really great!

In general it was simply a beautiful day. We were only there for two nights, but Kuldiga will for sure remain in our memories, so here are some impressions of the city!