Easy hikes and walks in Inciema Senkrasta Rezervāts

This beautiful & picturesque church is located on the Tureida Museum grounds, not far from Tureida Castle. Inside there is a beautiful old Bible & further information about the history of the church.

Treyden Castle is the ruin of a bishop's castle of the Archbishopric of Riga, which served as the Livonian Order's castle for several decades. It was built on a high ridge on the edge of the Gauja Valley in the Turaida district of the Livonian city of Sigulda. In the courtyard you can see several buildings that contain interesting exhibits and a lot of history. Everything is very nicely and informatively designed.

From the castle tower you have a great view of the bend of the Gauja river. You just have to climb a few steps.

A small path that leads around the castle. A few information boards are available and explain some parts of the building. Incidentally, there was also a secret passage out of the castle. It was not visible from the outside, but at the end of the passage the castle wall was only half brick thick, so that in an emergency a hole could be punched in the wall at this point and escaped through the forest.

One of the oldest wooden churches in Latvia, built in 1750. The original building of the church has been partially preserved. After the restoration in 2009-2010, it has visually returned to its 260-year-old past, but retains the splendor and elegance in its simplicity.

The history of the development of the historical centre of Turaida is more than a thousand years long. The events that took place here are closely connected with the events of Latvian and European history. From about the 11th century, a Livonian settlement was located on the Gauja River in Turaida. Their everyday life was closely connected to the rhythm of nature. The name "Turaida" comes from the Livonian language, which belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family, and poetically means "God's Garden". At the beginning of the 13th century, the wooden castle of the Livonian ruler Kaupo was located on the Turaida hill. When the castle was destroyed by fire in 1214, the Riga bishop Albert ordered a stone castle to be built there. After that, Turaida became the seat of the Riga rulers - the archbishops.

Beautiful yellow wooden house with great wooden decorations. An eye-catcher in the park.

Treyden Castle is the ruin of a bishop's castle of the Archbishopric of Riga, which served as the Livonian Order's castle for several decades. It was built on a high ridge on the edge of the Gauja Valley in the Turaida district of the Latvian district of Sigulda. The castle forms a remarkable contrast to the strictly monastery-like castles of the Livonian Order with their striking convent buildings and rectangular castle walls, and instead resembles the Wartburg near Eisenach in both its structure and its unusually elongated shape.