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City
Transit On the Road
Boats Planes
Buses and Trains Car
Rentals Travel Agents
Distances
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On a rainy day, you don’t necessarily want to find yourself on a Latvian bus,
jam-packed with umbrella wielding passengers. But Riga’s transit system is functional, comprehensive and simple to use.
Tickets for all public transportation cost 20 santîms and can be bought on the bus, trolley or tram. Monthly passes are available from the Central Post Office and city kiosks. Final destinations are marked on the front of all trams, trolleys and buses.
Riga traffic gets worse by the year. Traveling at rush hour—by bus, car or any mode—is a pain in the proverbial behind.
It's probably something of an understatement to say that Latvian roads are treacherous.
The real culprits are the drivers. Many are rude, death-defying, and
willing, it sometimes seems, to run down innocent pedestrians without blinking. After a
few days in Latvia, it should come as no surprise to you that this country has one of the
highest traffic death-tolls in the world. It's also now illegal to use your mobile and drive at the same
time.
Riga’s ferry terminal is located outside the city center on
Eksporta 3a (A-3), tel. 732-6200. Riga is sorely lacking a huge range
of ferry services, inexplicably since Tallinn has 20 or 30 ferries
running daily from its harbors. There is a ferry line from Riga to
Stockholm with departures every other day; tel. 720-5460; booking@rigasealine.lv;
www.rigasealine.lv.
There’s also a ferry line to Lübeck (four times a week); Latlines,
at Zivju 1, tel. 751-9880; www.latlines.lv.
For airport information: tel. 720-7009; www.riga-airport.com
Aerosweet: Airport, tel. 720-7502. Flights to
Kiev. www.aerosvit.com
Air Baltic:
at the airport, tel. 720-7777; and at Elizabetes 85a; www.airbaltic.lv
Aeroflot: (B-4) Gertrudes 6, tel. 727-8774; www.aeroflot.ru.
Austrian Airlines: tel.
750-7700. www.austrianairlines.lv
British Airways: (G-2) Torna 4, tel. 732-6737;
at the airport, tel. 720-7097; www.britishairways.com.
CSA (Czech Airlines): Airport, tel. 720-7636; www.czech-airlines.com
Easyjet: from Riga to Berlin. www.easyjet.com
Estonian Air: (H-3) Aspazijas 22, at Riga
Hotel; tel. 721-4860; at the airport, tel. 720-7458. www.estonian-air.ee
Finnair: at
the airport tel. 720-7010; Barona 36, tel. 724-3008. www.finnair.com
KLM: Airport, 3rd floor, tel.
766-8600.
Latcharter: Airport, tel. 720-7398; www.latcharter.com
LOT: Maza Pils 5, tel. 722-7234, and at the
airport, tel. 720-7113. www.lot.com
Lufthansa: Airport, tel. 750-7711. www.lufthansa.com
Ryanair: flies from Riga airport; www.ryanair.com
SAS: (I-2) Kalku 15,in the old city, tel.
720-7777. Airport, tel. 720-7055. www.scandinavian.net
Central Train Station: (D-4) Stacijas laukums,
tel. 583-2134. www.ldz.lv.
Riga has daily train service to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Every other
day there is a train to Vilnius (uneven days) and to Gomel in Belarus
(even days). Once or twice a week, there is a train to Lviv in
Ukraine. Train service unfortunately still has a strong Soviet flavor.
For an overnight train, you can book a bed in a compartment. There
also is a local electrical commute train service.
Bus Terminal: (D-4) Pragas 1, near the central
market, tel. 900-0009.
With the deterioration
of train service in Riga and the rest of the Baltic states, bus
service has taken over. There are comfortable buses to major cities in
the east and in the west.
Ecolines: (D-4) Pragas 1, at the bus terminal, tel. 721-4512; ecolines@ecolines.lv.
Their buses service many destinations all over Germany, Moscow, Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, London, Paris,
Lille, also Kiev and
Odessa in Ukraine. www.ecolines.lv.
Eurolines: (D-4) Pragas 1, at the bus terminal, tel.
721-4080 agency@eurolines.lv,
www.eurolines.lv.
Their buses have direct service to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne
and many other destinations all over Germany; to St. Petersburg,
Moscow, Kaliningrad and other destinations in Russia; and to Lithuania
and Estonia. Tickets sold at bus stations and travel agencies.
Nordeka: Dzirciema 121, tel. 746-4620, nordeka@nordeka.lv.
They have bus service to Tallinn, Klaipeda, Kaliningrad, Kaunas,
Minsk, Warsaw, Belostok and St. Petersburg; local routes, too. www.nordeka.lv.
Avis: At the airport, tel. 720-7353; or Krasta 3, tel.
722-5876; avis@avis.lv; www.avis.com
A.G.G.: Ieriæu 86 tel. 759-7298; agg@riga.mail.telia.com.
Good rates. www.carrental-agg.lv
Budget: Airport, tel. 720-7327. www.budget.lv
Car4rent: (C-5) Caka 52-14, tel. 731-6185, mob. 966-6000.
24h service. www.car4rent.lv
Europcar: At the airport, tel. 720-7825; or (G-3) Basteja
10, tel. 721-2652. www.europcar.com
Hertz: Aspazijas 24, tel. 722-4223, hertz@hertz.lv.
At the airport, tel. 720-7980; airport@hertz.lv
National Car Rental: At the airport, tel. 720-7710. 24h
service tel. 921-7535.
Sixt: (B-3) Kalku 28, tel 722-4022. At
the airport, tel. 720-7121, fax 720-7131;
www.sixt.lv
Tulika Rent: Ganibu dambis 24a-612, tel. 642-6836; www.tulika.lv
Atlas Tours: Brivibas 74, tel. 731-3667, office@atlas.lv;
www.atlas.lv
BTI TAS Travel Agency: Raina 21, tel. 781-4040; also in Reval Hotel
Latvija, Elizabetes 55; tas@tas.lv. www.tas.lv
Latvia Tours: (I-3) Kaleju 8, tel. 708-5001; hq@latviatours.lv.
www.latviatours.lv
Rigas turisma agentura: (D-4) Aspazijas 28, tel. 722-0368; www.rta.lv
TP Travel: (B-3) Alberta 8; tel. 729-3361; tpriga@latnet.lv.
T.U.I: (C-4) K. Barona 28, tel. 724-2429; info@tui.lv;
www.tui.lv
Student and Youth Travel Bureau: Lacplesa 29, tel. 728-4818; info@sycb.lv.
Via Hansa: (C-3) Alumana 3, tel. 733-8638; www.viahansa.com
Via Riga: (D-4) Kr. Barona 7/9, tel. 728-5901; vr@viariga.lv;
www.viariga.lv.
Riga to Tallinn-305 km
Riga to Vilnius-300 km
Riga to Helsinki-392 km
Riga to Warsaw-654 km
Riga to St. Petersburg-570 km
Riga to Berlin-1226 km
Riga to Stockholm (by sea)-440 km
City
Transit On the Road
Boats Planes
Buses and Trains Car
Rentals Travel Agents
Distances
Also see full Baltic plane, ferry, bus and train schedules, here.
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