Silver Suitcase Attractions

Welcome to our ceramics workshop, where we’ll be happy to tell you all about the miraculous transformations that occur in the world of ceramics.  We offer creative activities in shaping, spinning, sgraffito, a master class in rolled dishes, a common dish with handprints, fish scale vases or bowls, casting your hand in gypsum, and a chance to meet the family of horses that we have.  The gallery offers dishware for wholesale prices.

EUR 1.50 for senior citizens with a senior citizen card during the off-season, EUR 2 during the season.  

Free tea and refreshing beverages before and after the tour.

Tourists can learn about the history of the estate and the brewing of beer, beginning with raw materials and ending with finished products. The visit is enriched by tastings of live beer and stories about Latvia’s traditional holiday beverage. Alongside the brewery is a store which sells live beer, homemade goodies and selected souvenirs.

The “Valmiermuižas alus virtuve” saloon popularises Latvian beers and uses beer in various dishes. A modern approach to homemade products is used to prepare foods and beer-based snacks. There is a beer garden during the summer, and the saloon merges traditional things with modern ones.

Latvian cuisine: Smoked pork, filet of pike from Lake Burtnieks, green pea mash, with loganberries, quince, pumpkin birch juice and mushroom sauce as accompaniments.

Special foods: Slice of pork marinated in unfiltered winter beer.

20% off on tours of the brewery on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

This is a modern and contemporary centre, including an old and restored granary. It offers an exhibition hall, an historical exhibition, a shop where you can purchase crafts, and a conference hall. Craftspeople from the region work here, and you watch them at work or try your own hand at what they are doing.

A tour of the centre is available for EUR 1.50 for all senior citizens.

The workshop manufactures household products such as benches, tables, hangers, kitchen equipment, sauna barrels, other barrels, outstanding souvenirs of wood, etc. You can commission or buy the products, and tours are also available.

Senioru karšu īpašniekiem ekskursija 0.70 EUR / pers.

This is the only Straw Museum in Latvia, with ~370 sculptures and dolls made of straw and hay. Children in particular will love the chance to learn skills related to straw and hay at the creative straw workshop, where specific methodologies have been developed. Children will be able to take the things that they create along with them. The owners prepare holiday designs and elements, as well as attractive souvenirs.

The museum is happy to welcome senior citizens, but part of the museum exhibition is on the second floor and can only be accessed by climbing some stairs.  

During the off-season, senior citizen cardholders receive a 20% discount on the entrance ticket (10% during the season).

Lāči brand bread is popular in Latvia and abroad, because the bakery uses ancient mastery and skills. Baking traditions are supervised by 2 master bakers and 4 journeymen. You can take a tour of the bakery, knead and bake your own little loaf of bread, have lunch at a cosy saloon and purchase the bakery’s products. Lāči uses its own ingredients for its dishes, combining them with seasonal products from local farms. The bakery shop offers a wide range of products from bread to confectionery.

Latvian cuisine: Cream of mushroom soup, various hot potted dishes, bread soup, baker’s dessert.

Throughout the year, a special offer for senior citizens – a tour of the bakery, baking of bread and lunch in the Lāči café for EUR 25.00 for two people.  

7% off on Lāči baked goods at the company’s stores.

The Vienkoči Park features one-log objects manufactured by its originator.  You can examine mock-ups of the Nurmiži Castle and other buildings including the Sand House, and you can also take part in thematic events.  Men can produce equipment to drain birch juice from trees, wile women can try their hand at jewellery making from natural materials.  People manufactured one-log objects during the Mesolithic Era, and one-log boats have been used since the 9th century (several of them can be seen at the park).

All senior citizens receive a special price to visit the Vienkoči Park and the Woodcrafts Museum – EUR 2.  

The owners of the park are improving local trails so as to make the territory as accessible as possible for all groups of visitors.

The workshop offers a look at lanterns, candelabras, hinges, fireplace tools, stair railings and gates that have been manufactured there, as well as several exhibits from the 18^th century. You can produce your own nail, and the blacksmith will also “test” young couples. He also accepts orders for products.

Iespēja nokalt naglu pie profesionāla kalēja Kaspara Auzas.

Gan sezonā, gan nesezonā 10% atlaide senioru grupām (sākot no 20 personām) ekskursijai kalēja darbnīcā un kalēju lietu muzejā.

Cesis Castle complex is a place where the past meets the future. 
The medieval castle provides an opportunity to get into the 800 years distant past, to climb up the Western tower with candle lanterns, observe the castle garden and park, climb down to the dungeon, as well as to see how the blacksmith is making Latgalian ornaments in his Ancient jewellery smithy. 
Right next to the ruins stands the New Castle, an 18th century castle manor house. Now it is Cesis History and Art Museum, which details the events that occured up to 800 years ago, stores the very first Latvian flag,  the first coins of the city, the Biedermeier era style interior and the only historical facial reconstruction of a Livonian woman who lived in the Medieval castle. A great ending of the visit is Lademacher tower, from where you can see a breathtaking view of the city. 
The park at the lowland of the castle’s territory was set up as a family garden. It was created by the New Castle owner Carl Gustav von Sievers. The park is like a time machine, a shelter from all the surroundings, where one can enjoy some peace of mind. It is a place where everyone feels something special, receives an indescribable pleasure just by relaxing next to the pond. 
A bit further, right next to the city center is the May park, an essential component of the urban landscape, with its illuminated fountains and black swans that are living there. It is a great place where you can relax with your family, because the park also has a children’s playground with more activities.

Holders of senior citizens cards have discounts for all entry tickets at the complex.
Prices for cardholders from October 1 until April 30:

• The Cēsis Castle Complex (the Medieval Castle, New Castle and exhibition hall) – EUR 2.50;
• Entrance to the New Castle and Medieval Castle – EUR 1.50
• A visit to the Lademahers Tower – EUR 1.00

Prices for cardholders from May 1 until September 30

• The Cēsis Castle Complex (the Medieval Castle, New Castle and exhibition hall) – EUR 3.00;
• Entrance to the New Castle and Medieval Castle – EUR 2.00
• A visit to the Lademahers Tower – EUR 1.50

Note:  Part of the Medieval Castle and all of the New Castle are wheelchair accessible.

Burtnieku muižas parks, kas atradās kungu ēkas priekšā, ir valsts nozīmes dabas aizsardzības objekts, tika izveidots ap 19.gs. 60. gadiem 10 ha platībā. 

Iespēja doties ekskursijā pa Burtnieku muižas parku mazākā vai lielākā grupā. Ekskursijas laikā gida pavadībā iespējams iepazīt teikām un nostāstiem bagāto parku, apskatīt teiksmaino Burtnieku ezeru, kā arī baudīt nesteidzīgu pastaigu svaigā gaisā. Papildus tiek piedāvāta iespēja iegādāties oriģinālus Burtnieku suvenīrus, kuros dažādi meistari ielikuši ne vien savu talantīgo roku darbu, bet arī Burtnieku stāstu.  Lai diena būtu piepildīta, gids ieteiks, ja nepieciešams, koordinēs un dosies līdzi apskatīt arī citus dabas un vēstures objektus tuvākajā apkārtnē. 

Holders of senior citizens cards have discounts on guided tour services at Burtnieki Estate Park:

• 25% off during the off-season;
• 20% during the season.