Jelgava Municipality, Latvia · Europe
Kalnciems is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tīreļi, 16km from Ķemeri National Park.
Kalnciems is in Jelgava Municipality, Latvia, with about 2,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tīreļi, about 5 km away.
Kalnciems () is a village in Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Located on the left bank of the Lielupe, 5 km south of the A9 motorway. Distance to Jelgava 24 km, to Riga - 49 km. Because of the dolomite and clay mines - in Kalnciems developed a big building materials industry center next to theRead more
Lielupe's waterway and by the end of the 19th century, the finished products were transported to Riga for its new buildings.
It had town rights from 1991 to 2010. The nearby Kalnciems Meadows is a natural habitat for fauna such as the corn crake, spotted crake, and black-tailed godwit.
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Within an hour or so of Kalnciems: Ķemeri National Park (16 km), Jūrmala (21 km), Riga Old Town (34 km), Riga Cathedral (34 km).
The nearest famous roads are Cape Kolka and the Livonian Coast Road.
Kalnciems is in Jelgava Municipality, Latvia, about 5 km from Tīreļi.
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7 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
A vast mosaic of raised bogs, sulphur springs and pine forest just west of Jūrmala. The Great Ķemeri Bog boardwalk winds past dark pools and dwarf pines to a viewing tower: magical at sunrise.
16 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Latvia's premier seaside resort stretching along 33 kilometers of white sand beach, famous for its charming wooden Art Nouveau villas.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed medieval old town with the finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture in the world, centered on charming cobblestone squares.
34 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Medieval Lutheran cathedral in Riga's old town, the largest church in the Baltics, known for its large 19th-century pipe organ.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, with over 800 ornate facades featuring elaborate sculptures, faces, and floral motifs.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Latvia's grandest baroque palace designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, featuring opulent interiors and one of the finest French-style gardens in the Baltics.
50 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Castle complex combining a ruined Livonian Order fortress and a later ducal residence on a ridge between two rivers, with parking.
56 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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