Gauja River Cable Ferry – Gauja River loop from Stūrīši

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Gauja River Cable Ferry – Gauja River loop from Stūrīši

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Gauja River Cable Ferry – Gauja River loop from Stūrīši

03:15

48.1km

470m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 14.6 km for 51 m

Open: • Monday-Sunday: 7:30 AM-8:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.42 km

Camping Apalkans Beach

Highlight • Beach

Very nice, clean bathing area with changing rooms. Tell reception that you want to swim. Pay when you leave. Costs 1 EUR per person per hour.

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11.8 km

Junction to Līgatne Ferry

Highlight • Trail

Coming from the ferry, you can go here in the direction of Česis, reaching some of the bivouac spots on the Gauja. There are only gravel paths here!

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14.6 km

Gauja River Cable Ferry

Highlight • Bridge

Prices are not too high

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26.2 km

Bridge across Amata river

Highlight • River

There are several cliff passages on the Gauja. Only some are accessible by bike

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30.1 km

Kuku Cliffs

Highlight • Gorge

Steep and short climbs for bicycle with package.

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38.0 km

Gadsimtiem Ejot (Centuries Passing) Statue

Highlight • Monument

The old night watchman is right in front of the church.

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38.4 km

Wenden Castle (Latvian Cēsu pils) is the ruins of a former Teutonic Order castle in the Latvian town of Cēsis (German Wenden). From 1297 to 1561, with brief interruptions, it was the seat of the Livonian Landmeister and the administrative center of the entire order's property in Livonia.

Built by the Order of the Brothers of the Sword in the first quarter of the 13th century, it replaced a wooden predecessor and after the incorporation of the Order of the Brothers of the Sword into the Teutonic Order under Hermann von Balk, it became the headquarters of the Livonia Mastership. By the beginning of the 15th century, Balk's successors had expanded the castle into a closed four-wing complex with three fortified outer baileys. During the 15th to 17th centuries the complex was besieged, conquered, devastated and damaged several times and finally abandoned after 1703. By that time it had already decayed.

In the 18th century, the owners at the time, the von Wolff family, had a manor house built as a new residence in the area of one of the outer baileys, and from 1812 the Sievers family laid out a landscaped garden in a romantic style. Although the first maintenance measures in 1912 were followed at regular intervals by further maintenance and restoration measures, the castle remained a ruin despite existing reconstruction plans, which is today one of the main tourist attractions of the city of Cēsis.

The complex has been listed as a cultural monument since December 16, 1998 and is one of the best-preserved castle ruins in Latvia. The castle hill called Nussberg, on which the previous wooden structure stood, has also been protected as a monument since the same day (Wikipedia).

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41.8 km