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Private tour in Riga Armands M
Soviet Heritage in Riga Half Day Tour
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The best excursions to discover any tourism destination are excursions organized by local guides. I am one of them in Latvia (licensed and happy) - Armands Latvia Guide. I am not calling guiding - my job, this is my Life. The way I am doing this usually are not only informative, but also helping to discover sense of place. I am calling my excursions - LIFESTYLE EXCURSIONS. Excursions should not be boring. Try it! I have educational background in Biology (thanks to Gerald Durell and Nicolay Drozdov) and in Tourism (thanks to Tur Heyerdahl and Yury Senkevich). Latvia is beautiful with rich history, beautiful nature, safe, tasty and friendly with a nice people. The tourists are different with different interests, so I am flexible to fined the best way to suite guests interests. The educational background - several guide courses and academic degree in Biology (MSc) and Tourism Management (MBA) and near 30 years in Tourism industry helps me to keep my level interesting and professional.
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Otherside of "Iron Fence" or back to the Soviet past
Overview of your Riga tour
The part of Latvia's history is Soviet time (1940-1990). The soviet architecture reflects the ideology and trends of that time. For one part of older generation that time is still romantic for others that was repression time. Very controversial. In the time of excursion you will see the buildings and hear the stories about that time. This will not be boring reflection of the past but in combination with sightseeing tour of Riga. Welcome back to the soviet time, but just for 3-4 hours!
Your Riga tour itinerary
We will meet and see together: -Riga Congress Hall. -Neighborhood Imanta built in soviet time. -Airport "Spilve" built in Stalin's Neoclassical style. -Suspension bridge sometimes called "Voss guitar". -Salaspils memorial founded 1967 on the place where was Nazi concentration camp. -Academy of Science, one of the best place to see Riga from above.
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Type: Private Transportation
Minivan Opel Zafira, but also LUX cars are available or minibuses.
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