Riga.

Advantages: Cheap, friendly place to visit, interesting architecture.
Disadvantages: Might not last too long in its current state. Freezing cold in winter.

...Latvia is not somewhere that would immediately spring to mind when deciding on a city break, but when we researched a possible weekend away for between four and six people (all male) within our budget (£200), there was no clear cut winner. Riga, Berlin, Prague and Barcelona were all able to offer a flight/hotel combination for within that. Riga was decided on by vote, purely for the reason that...

TheDuke 10.03.2006 12:55 · Read review
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Review of Riga (Latvia)

Riga in General

Advantages: Nice old town and art nouveau area
Disadvantages: Outside of Riga not so nice

...Cologne, Prague, Brno. I also find that the value of the restaurants in Riga is not as good value compared to Sofia which I have learned from my limited travel experience. For shopping asides from the central market selling odd clothes, fruit, veg as well as meat, there is the Galleria shopping center, which provides a fairly short walk just to kill some time if anything. Inside the Galleria there is...

costas1234 08.04.2011 12:26 (02.07.2011 09:27) · Read review
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Riga Central Market

Advantages: Good selection of fruit, vegetables, clothing, meat products, pretty low prices of all goods
Disadvantages: The quality of the clothing,not that good, the meat products came with no clear price indicatio

...and vegetables. The one thing from a sight seeing experience was that the Central Market in Riga provided an interesting flavour of life in Riga, Latvia. Groceries, especially the fruit and vegetables are cheaper in the market compared to the large supermarkets that I visited. The traders at the market are effectively selling goods that are sold in the supermarkets. From a location perspective...

costas1234 01.06.2010 01:36 · Read review
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Review of Riga Central Market, Riga