Day Trips from Riga
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Day Trips from Riga

Thousands of Happy Customers

Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor

"History Through Different Eyes — Riga to Vilnius with Rigatraveller"

Our guide Ruta is Lithuanian, and that makes all the difference — you're not getting a scripted overview, you're getting history told by someone who lived inside it and feels it personally. Her knowledge of folk and pagan traditions is exceptional and genuinely rare. She weaves in the pre-Christian layers — old beliefs, seasonal rituals, ancient Baltic spirituality — in a way that completely reframes what you're looking at. Her patriotism is the quiet, grounded kind that comes from real pride in a complicated history. When she talks about the Soviet occupation or the significance of a site to Lithuanian identity, you feel the weight of it. The stops are excellent and well-sequenced. Salaspils Memorial is haunting. Rundāle Palace is breathtaking — I could have spent twice as long there. The Hill of Crosses defies description. Kaunas Old Town is a lovely pause, and the deer farm lunch was a fun touch. Nothing feels like filler. Highly recommend, especially if you have any interest in mythology, folk traditions, or history that doesn't make it into the mainstream narrative.

"Pleasant trip"

Good way to travel from Riga to Vilnius. Ruta, our guide, was friendly, knowledgable, and made sure everything ran smoothly.

"Great guide"

Tour guide was excellent and knowledgeable. Because of the time of year the castle stop could have been shorter. Enjoyed all the stops but it was a long day.

"I'm so glad I didn't need to take the Lux Express bus"

Much better than taking the Lux Express Bus. I'm thankful the tour ran; I got to see places I wouldn't have been able to get to on my own, stumbled across the Latvian and Korean bobsledding teams at the start of the training season and learned so much about life in Estonian from our guide, Johanna.

"Educational and fun trip"

We had such a great trip traveling from Vilnius to Riga with Ruta. First, she played great music. Second, she provided us with a lot of information about each place we stopped. She was flexible with how long we stayed places and with when we stopped. Our lunch stop was a highlight with delicious food. If you’re looking for a way to get between Riga and Vilnius and to sightsee along the way, you should book this tour!

"Definitely worth it!"

Highly recommend the tour from Riga to Vilnius. We saw sights and learned to much about both Latvia and Lithuania if we had simply taken a bus or train. Laura, our guide, was friendly and welcoming to all the people on our tour and kept us all moving along to our final destination.

WHY TRAVELLERS LOVE US

100% local guides

All our tour guides are young educated locals so the tours feel more like discovering with a local friend.

Off the beaten path

With us you'll explore the highlights, but also experience authentic less-discovered destinations.

Small groups

We want everyone to get personal attention from the guide so we aim to keep our groups rather small.

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