Pāvilosta is home to tenacious fishermen families. The town is a paradise for Latvia's toughest windsurfers. In this town of low-rise housing, almost all the streets lead to the sea. The port, the marine, the large boulder by the sea, untouched nature and sharp sea air attracts creative people to this place. Once overrun by the Soviet Union Military, Pāvilosta now boasts a pristine beach where amber is generously washed ashore.

Pāvilosta is a quiet neat little town in Kurzeme, on the Baltic Sea coast in the West of Latvia.

The little town is a favorite with the active sports fans arriving in Pāvilosta each summer to enjoy the waves and the winds one only meets on the Pāvilosta coast.

Pāvilosta is a typical Kurzeme fishing village which has now evolved into a small town. In the middle ages, the estuary of the River Saka had an active port, but after the Polish-Russian war of the 17th century, the port was filled in and came back to life only at the end of 19th century when the river bed was deepened again. The historic part of Pāvilosta is called Āķgals, an example of the peculiar town planning and building at the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, every street reaches the sea.

Pāvilosta is popular among windsurfers and kite-broadest because of the strong winds, peaceful nature and clean beaches, yet other holidaymakers also like this place very much, a tidy environment, the possibility to eat fish and to venture into the sea themselves. The history of old Pāvilosta and its environs is presented in an interesting and even unique exhibition at the Pāvilosta Museum. The Museum is located by the sea in the town's first brick building "Loči".

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