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Historical region in Latvia
Photo: Jevgenijs Nikitins, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cosy, clean, quiet and cheap wooden rooms. Bed linen – all at your disposal. Hot shower and WC outdoors.
Situated on the banks of the Gauja river.
By bus
Many bus routes exist in the region. Direct connections between Riga and all major cities and towns exist and departures are fairly frequent - usually once an hour.
By train
Two trains a day run between Riga and Valga on the border with Estonia, connecting Cēsis, Valmiera, and Seda.
By car
Getting into the region by car is fairly simple. In remote places of the region the road might be unsealed.
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Cēsis (Livonian: Venden, German: Wenden) is a town in Gauja National Park, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the Gauja river, roughly 100 km to the east of the capital Riga..
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Madona is a town in the center of eastern Latvia, in the eastern part of the Vidzeme region.
Seda is a town in the Valka district of Latvia, with 1,700 inhabitants. It lies 20 km from Valka and the Estonian border.
Valmiera is a town in Vidzeme, Latvia, on both sides of the river Gauja.
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