4-Day Riga Art Nouveau & Old Town Break

The world's finest art nouveau streets and a Hanseatic old town on the Daugava.

Day-by-day plan

Stay in or near the Old Town.

Morning: Fly in and bus to the centre.

Afternoon: Wander the Old Town: House of the Black Heads and St Peter's Church.

Evening: Folk-cellar dinner with grey peas and rye bread.

A third of central Riga is art nouveau.

Morning: Alberta iela and Elizabetes iela's facades.

Afternoon: Art Nouveau Museum in architect Konstantins Peksens' home.

Evening: Dinner in the Quiet Centre.

The market hangars were built for airships.

Morning: Graze the Zeppelin-hangar food halls.

Afternoon: Latgale flea market or the Spikeri quarter.

Evening: Craft beer at a cellar bar.

Bus 22 runs to the airport every 10-20 minutes.

Morning: St Peter's tower for the panorama.

Afternoon: Souvenir amber and black balsam.

Evening: Fly home.

Flights — Return fare anchor: lastminute.com's London-Riga route page lists return flights from £97 per person with Ryanair (one-way from £46) (lastminute.com/flights/r_london--riga, checked 28 Oct 2026); 'from' fares are lead-in prices including taxes and do not guarantee availability on specific dates. — 100 GBP
Accommodation — 3 nights sole occupancy at about £55 a night. Anchor: budgetyourtrip.com's Riga page puts average hotel prices at about USD73-136 (~£55-102) a night (budgetyourtrip.com/hotels/latvia/riga-456172, checked 28 Oct 2026). — 165 GBP
Food & drink — Central Market grazing, lunch deals and one cellar dinner. — 85 GBP
Activities — Art Nouveau Museum, House of the Black Heads and St Peter's tower view. — 45 GBP
Local transport — Bus 22 from the airport; the centre is walkable. — 25 GBP