Cēsis

Cēsis is a town in Gauja National Park, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the Gauja river, roughly 100 km to the east of the capital Riga.. Wikivoyage

Population 14,899 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Latvia

• 110PolicePolice
• 112AnyAll emergencies
• 113AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Latvia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Cēsis. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Cēsis Castle Castle · 420 m
• Freedom Monument Memorial · 610 m
• Nordic Nature Medicine Museum Museum · 430 m
• Cēsu pils komplekss Castle · 450 m
• Burning Conscience Museum · 510 m
• Grāfs Karls Gustavs fon Zīverss Memorial · 270 m
• Riekstukalns Archaeological site · 350 m
• Cēsis castle museum Museum · 490 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Cēsis Art Festival

   July – August

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cēsis); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

• Pils parks 370 m across 260 m
• Avotu ielejas parks 340 m across 710 m
• Maija parks 250 m across 480 m
• Ruckas parks 430 m across 1.2 km

Getting around

• Cēsu autoosta 950 m
• Cēsis 1.0 km
• Jāņamuiža 5.3 km

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