Signature experience — Riga
Rundāle Palace
Duration
Full day
Price
From €590
Mercedes
Dedicated vehicle & chauffeur
In 1736, Bartolomeo Rastrelli broke ground on Rundāle for the Dukes of Courland, set on the flat Zemgale plain 12 km from Bauska. Today you move from the Gilded Hall to the White Gallery, study Francesco Martini’s stuccoes, and step into a rigorously geometric French garden traced in 1739, including a catalogued collection of 2,400 rose varieties. With time left, the Lithuanian Hill of Crosses sits about 70 km away, turning the day into a dialogue between baroque ceremony and quiet devotion.
Your day is easy: hotel pickup in Riga, your dedicated Mercedes on standby, and a flexible schedule. While your driver handles the roads, you tour the state apartments and roam the parterres, pause for coffee in Bauska, then continue south for Šiauliai’s Hill of Crosses before looping back, perhaps via Jelgava to glimpse another Rastrelli palace on the Lielupe. Timings bend to weather and appetite, so you can linger where it matters.
Your itinerary
- I
08:30 – Depart your Riga hotel; coffee stop in Bauska after about 1 hour.
- II
10:00 – Guided tour of Rundāle Palace state rooms (about 1h15).
- III
11:30 – Stroll the gardens and rose collection, then lunch on site (about 1h30).
- IV
14:15 – Drive to the Hill of Crosses (70 km, ~1h), visit at leisure, then return to Riga (~2h30).
What’s included
- ✓ Dedicated Amani driver
- ✓ Late-model Mercedes
- ✓ Hotel pick-up
- ✓ Waiting time on site
Your chauffeur’s tip
Be in the gardens before 11 am for the best side light on the parterres and the rose beds; in June, prebook entry tickets online the day before to avoid sold-out slots.
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