Sigulda is a resort town just over an hour from Riga by train (50 km east), featuring a wooded river valley containing forest walks, cable car, bobsleigh track and three castles. It is at the south-western end of Gauja National Park. Located in the picturesque Gauja valley, with its steep banks and cliffs, Sigulda has become known as the 'Switzerland of Latvia.'
Jurmala is a Latvian resort city on the Gulf of Riga, just west of the capital Riga. It's known for wooden, art nouveau seaside villas, Soviet-era sanatoriums and long, sandy Jurmala beach.
