My first impressions of Riga Latvia & a tour of my hotel room at the Monte Kristo. I also climbed the tower of St Peter’s Church, passed Riga Castle & walked by the River Daugava to the Vanšu Bridge.
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This is my first day in Latvia’s capital Riga and I’m stoked to be here! I’ll start the vlog by showing you my £42 per night hotel room at the Monte Kristo which is located on the southern edge of the old town. I stayed here for four nights using it as a base to explore the city and beyond!

To start things off I took a short walk over to the 123 metre tall St. Peter's Church (Rīgas Svētā Pētera baznīca) which is a 15th century medieval church topped with a magnificent steeple. I visited the interior and then caught a very modern looking lift to the observation deck way up in the bell tower. It was incredible to look out over the old town of Riga and see some of the places I’d be exploring over the next few days.

After making it back down to street level I walked past some pretty architecture including a traditional Latvian house and a magnificent Ukrainian church. I walked around the outside of Riga Castle (Rīgas pils) which is where you’ll find some luxurious presidential apartments and a history museum.

As I made my way down to the banks of the Daugava River I enjoyed a relaxing walk over to the west side and then along to the huge Latvian flagpole (Latvijas karogs) where I flew my drone and admired many of the areas intriguing buildings including the Swedbank centrālā ēka and the Vanšu Bridge (Vanšu tilts) which is a cable-stayed design completed in 1981.

Chapters
📖 00:00 Intro
📖 01:02 Room Tour at Hotel Monte Kristo in Riga
📖 01:41 Riga Castle
📖 02:32 St Peter’s Church in Riga
📖 04:48 River Daugava + Latvia Flag Pole
📖 05:15 Vanšu Bridge (Vanšu tilts)
📖 06:04 Sun Stone Skyscraper (Swedbank Building)
📖 06:36 Riga Castle from the Air
📖 07:11 Historic Old Town of Riga

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