Limbaži sits on the route: 30 minutes from Stalbe, 36km from Gauja National Park.
Limbaži is in Limbaži Municipality, Latvia, with about 6,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Stalbe, about 24 km away.
Limbaži (, Estonian: Lemsalu, German: Lemsal, Livonian: Limbaž) is a town and the center of Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888. Limbaži is located 90 km northeast of the capital Riga. During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town withRead more stone walls, second in importance only to Riga.
A 2,000 m² nuclear command bunker 9 m beneath an innocuous rehabilitation centre in Gauja National Park, built for Soviet Latvia's elite and classified until 2003: original 1980s equipment, canteen and all. Guided tours only.
35 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Gauja National Park
Latvia's largest and oldest national park with forested sandstone cliffs, medieval castles, caves, and the scenic Gauja River valley.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Turaida Castle
A striking red-brick medieval castle rising above the wooded Gauja valley near Sigulda, its round tower offering sweeping views over Latvia's 'Switzerland'. An easy, scenic drive from Riga.
37 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Cēsis Medieval Castle
One of the most iconic medieval castle ruins in the Baltic states, the 13th-century stronghold of the Livonian Order set in a picturesque park.
40 km · about 45 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.
41 km · about 45 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.