Holidays in Jurmala in summer: reviews. Tours to Jurmala

Jurmala, without a doubt, is the most popular and well-known resort in Latvia. Like all seaside towns, popular with tourists, it has grown along the coast of the Gulf of Riga for as much as thirty-two kilometers. So now it is quite possible to talk about "Big Jurmala", which includes once separate villages: Kemeri, Dzintari, Bulduri, Lielupe, Maiori, Jaundubulti and others. Life in the main Latvian resort is completely subordinated to the seasons. In the summer there is crowded and noisy. And in other times the town freezes and begins to finally live "for yourself", and not for holiday-makers. But this does not mean that the holiday in Jurmala is exceptionally summer. In this article we will tell you everything about the most famous Latvian resort. What is the climate, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat and what to do - read below. We will also quote prices in Jurmala. The resort can be visited and organized by buying a tour package.

Where is Jurmala located and how to get there?

This town is only twenty kilometers from the capital of Latvia, Riga. Therefore, recreation in Jurmala is also attractive because it can be quickly and easily reached. Regular flights are made to Riga by "Aer Baltic" and "Aeroflot" airplanes. From Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major cities in the western part of Russia, the capital of Latvia travels by bus and tourist buses. But here it is impossible to get directly from Riga airport to Jurmala. We'll have to go to the railway station, from where the trains are often sent in the direction of Tukums or Sloka. Travel time is less than half an hour. The train makes stops in all satellites of Jurmala.

Marshrutka in the same direction is sent from the main railway station. In the summer, a direct bus-express runs from Riga Airport. The ticket costs three euros. Unforgettable is the journey on the ship "New Wave". He departs from the Riga Castle and arrives in the resort village of Majori. This way is the longest (two and a half hours), but very interesting.

In Jurmala from Riga is a great road, and the path on your own car will take about twenty minutes. Before entering the city you will have to pay a holiday fee of two euros. But if you have booked a hotel or a sanatorium, you do not need to obtain a pass.

Weather in Jurmala

The climate of the Baltic Sea coast does not please with warmth. But the Gulf of Riga is rather small and warms up well. The holiday season in Jurmala is short. It is inaugurated in late May. And it ends already in mid-August, but if the weather in Jurmala allows, then at the end of the month.

It should be said that the precipitation falls most of all at the beginning of autumn, which does not take long to wait on the Riga seashore. But the summer is really warm. The climate in Jurmala is suitable for those who do not tolerate heat. The thermometer column even in July rarely rises to +28. Spring in Jurmala comes in the middle of March. Winters are very cold and windy here.

When to go to Jurmala?

In the high season (in July) the resort is very crowded. Prices are increasing, and crowds of people are walking along the streets. Travel agencies from all over Latvia send their tours to Jurmala: weekend, wellness, sightseeing (together with a tour of Riga) and so on. If you like a more or less secluded, quiet rest, avoid coming here in July. Noticeable decline in the number of holidaymakers is already observed in the first decade of August. The last month of summer can present unpleasant surprises with the weather, but it's worth the risk. Jurmala is pleased with the warm sea in August. And the average temperature of the air this month is twenty-one degrees.

August at the resort is full of events. Instead of Russian shows - KVN, "Jurmalin" and "New Wave", in "Dzintari" there are other concerts and festivals. In particular, the humorous program "Evening Kiev" is on tour. In the middle of August the festival Summertime takes place in Jurmala. Since September, the resort life in Jurmala is quietly quieting down. A short revival is only for the Christmas-New Year holidays.

Garden City

This colorful epithet is often given to Jurmala. If some ancient cities are called "open-air museums", then the main Latvian resort is called a park. Rest in Jurmala has a contemplative pastime, leisurely walks on the dunes or the water's edge. In addition to carefully planted flowerbeds, there are a lot of pine trees, which, like sentries, guard the coast.

Beaches in Jurmala are sandy. Mostly they have given glory to the resort. Because this sand is quartz, white. The beaches of Jurmala are awarded every year with the highest award for the well-being and cleanliness of the Blue Flag. Sunset in the Gulf of Finland is very smooth, so that parents can be calm for their bathing child. The very Jurmala was conceived as a fashionable resort. The main type of local development - two-story mansions, small masterpieces of wooden architecture of the nineteenth century. The "Big Jurmala" includes fifteen villages. The most glamorous is the site of the pedestrian street Jomas, as well as the coast from Maiori to Bulduri.

Wellness holidays

In Jurmala there is not only the sea and lots of entertainment in addition. There are also mineral springs. Their water is used inside, and in sanatoriums (of which there are plenty in the resort) they practice baths, showers and other SPA-procedures. Sloka swamp, which is located near the village of Kemeri, supplies sanatoriums with mud. Wellness tours to Jurmala are year-round. Of course, the sanatoriums are most full during the summer period, since holidaymakers wish to combine the treatment with bathing in the sea. The most famous health resorts of the resort are "Belarus", "Amber Coast", "Jurmala Spa" and "Baltic Beach Hotel". Treatment with mud and water there is combined with physiotherapeutic procedures, massages (Ayurvedic, Thai, aromatic, volcanic stones), cryo, halo and speleotherapy. In health resorts, they successfully combat neurological, gynecological diseases, musculoskeletal system problems and cardiovascular system.

Beaches in Jurmala

Treatment with sand (psammoterapiya) is practiced at the resort everywhere, and not only in sanatoria. In any case, rest in Jurmala at sea will be wellness. After all, the sand here is not simple, but quartz. And in whatever village you stop, everywhere: in Asari, Dzintari, Bulduri, Dubulti, Vaivari, Lielupe, Pumpuri, Melluji - you are waiting for velvet dunes in the green framing of the pines. Do you want maximum comfort on the beach? Then visit one of the scourge clubs. "Jurmala Spa" is not only four hundred meters of clean sand, but also a lot of entertainment for children and adults. In the beach complexes "Chaika Family" and "Havana Club Lounge" you will find first-class service, restaurants and cafes.

Entertainment in Jurmala

In this Latvian resort you will not be bored. Concert hall "Dzintari" is not necessary to represent - every resident of the CIS knows it. But there are other entertainments. In the sanatorium "Amber Coast" excursions to the former summer residence Brezhnev. Reviews assure that both children and adults are delighted with the largest in the Northern Europe indoor water park "Livu". The weather in the Baltic is capricious. "Livu" with its forty attractions, heated pools and a variety of baths will be an alternative to the cold sea and drizzling rain. Winter recreation in Jurmala is impossible without a visit to the active recreation complex "Baili". There are lifts, routes of different levels, rental of skis, snowboards, cameras. Reviews recommend visiting a fishing manor, caves with underground lakes Vejini. Nature lovers await the national parks "Gauja" and "Kemeri".

Rest in Jurmala: prices

The cost of recreation at this resort depends largely on the season. Do not change only the price for a visa - 35 euros. You can get from Moscow to Riga for 50 Є, and from St. Petersburg - for 30 Є. Accommodation in hotels for five stars in July can cost you several hundred dollars per night. But in August and June you can find accommodation and from seventeen euros for a double room. The hot dish in the restaurant costs ten lats, and in the cafe - about five. There are fast food in Jurmala, as well as inexpensive canteens with self-service. To make a more budgetary holiday in Jurmala in summer, the reviews are advised to rent apartments with kitchens. Prices for products in Latvia in a favorable way differ from Russian ones.