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Riga Old Town
A UNESCO-listed medieval old town with the finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture in the world, centered on charming cobblestone squares.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Baldone
Ķekava, Latvia · Europe
About Baldone
Baldone is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Ikšķile, 55km from Gutmanis Cave.
Baldone is in Ķekava, Latvia, with about 3,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ikšķile, about 12 km away.
Baldone (; German: Baldohn) is a town in Ķekava Municipality, in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The town is famous for its sulfur water springs and was a spa resort. It is connected to the capital Riga by the P91 and P89 roads and the Ķekaviņa river flows through the town.
The town serves as the extra-territorialRead more
seat of Baldone Parish, which surrounds the town entirely. From 2008 to 2021, the town served as the seat of Baldone Municipality before its dissolution.
In 1991, the village of Baldone received city rights, governing also the Baldone Rural Territory until 28 January 2010, when it was split off of the town and renamed Baldone Parish.
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What is there to see near Baldone?
Within an hour or so of Baldone: Riga Old Town (29 km), Riga Cathedral (29 km), Riga Art Nouveau District (30 km), Bauska Castle (40 km).
Where is Baldone?
Baldone is in Ķekava, Latvia, about 12 km from Ikšķile.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,664
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Latvia
- Region
- Ķekava
- Timezone
- Europe/Riga
- Coordinates
- 56.7445, 24.4008
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Worth the detour from Baldone
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Riga Cathedral
Medieval Lutheran cathedral in Riga's old town, the largest church in the Baltics, known for its large 19th-century pipe organ.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Riga Art Nouveau District
The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, with over 800 ornate facades featuring elaborate sculptures, faces, and floral motifs.
30 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Bauska Castle
Castle complex combining a ruined Livonian Order fortress and a later ducal residence on a ridge between two rivers, with parking.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Rundāle Palace
Latvia's grandest baroque palace designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, featuring opulent interiors and one of the finest French-style gardens in the Baltics.
43 km · about 50 min drive
beach
Jūrmala
Latvia's premier seaside resort stretching along 33 kilometers of white sand beach, famous for its charming wooden Art Nouveau villas.
46 km · about 55 min drive
racetrack
Sigulda Bobsleigh Track
Olympic-standard bobsleigh and luge track in Gauja National Park offering public rides, with its own access road and car park.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Gutmanis Cave
The widest cave in the Baltics, a sandstone grotto with centuries of carved inscriptions, beside the Sigulda–Turaida road with parking.
55 km · about 65 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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