Between 1899 and 1914, Riga added more than 750 jugendstil buildings to the inner city — almost a third of its total stock. Most travellers see Alberta iela in twenty minutes. Four days lets you read the rest.
Between 1899 and 1914, Riga added more than 750 jugendstil buildings to the inner city — almost a third of its total stock. Most travellers see Alberta iela in twenty minutes. Four days lets you read the rest.
Three nights in a converted 1903 Eisenstein apartment building. A working architectural historian leads three of the days. Three private interior visits in buildings the public never sees, plus the Art Nouveau Museum and an ornament workshop.
More than 750 jugendstil buildings in the inner city — almost a third of the total stock, and the densest concentration of the style in the world.
The best Riga Art Nouveau is residential. We have three families willing to open their flats — original brass, terrazzo, parquet, painted ceilings.
The hotel is a converted 1903 Mihail Eisenstein apartment block — the architect of the most ornate facades on Alberta iela. Original stair, restored.
Half a day with Sigita, a working restorer who has rebuilt many of the city's best mascarons. You leave with a small plaster cast you made yourself.
Each day is built around one or two anchor experiences with deliberate slack for free time. Departure timings adjust slightly with daylight and weather.
Meet at RIX. Transfer to your Eisenstein-building hotel inside the inner ring. Late-afternoon walk through the Hanseatic Old Town — the House of Blackheads, the Dome Cathedral, the cat-house. Welcome dinner at Cafe Riga.
Full morning on the five-block stretch around Alberta iela with Mihails, the city's lead jugendstil restorer. Lunch at Vincents. Afternoon at the Riga Art Nouveau Museum (set inside the original 1903 home of architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns).
Strēlnieku iela, Elizabetes iela and the lesser-known facades of the inner ring — National Romantic, Perpendicular, Baltic German Jugendstil. Tram to Mežaparks for the garden suburb. Three private apartment visits in the afternoon.
A converted 1903 Mihail Eisenstein apartment block on the inner ring, with the original stair and lift restored.
Morning ornament-plaster workshop with Sigita — make and keep a small mascaron cast. Late check-out, lunch on your own at the Central Market, transfer to RIX.
Every departure of this tour is private, no strangers join, no fixed dates. Pick a start date that suits you; per-person pricing scales with your group size.
Single supplement €240. Children under 12 receive a 20% discount.
Group sizes, fitness, children, cancellations, the lot. We have answered the common ones.
This is a fully private tour. Your start date, your group, your pace. We confirm availability and pricing within 48 hours and hold your dates for a week, no obligation.