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Tukums
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Travel to Tukums, visa requirements / Get around / Tukums attractions and sightseeing / Museums / City tours / Tourist Information Center / Sport facilities / Shopping, Tukums souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Tukums nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Hotels and guest houses / Bed and breakfast accommodation / Camping / Get outTukums[1] is a town in Latvia, some 100 kilometers to the east of Riga.
Travel to Tukums & Visa Requirements
- By train: Riga-Tukums (Every 1,5 hour) - [2]
- By bus: Riga-Tukums; Riga-Talsi; Riga-Kuldiga; Riga-Ventspils (Every hour)
- By car: 1,20 hour from Riga centre.
Tours & Getting around Tukums
Tukums attractions and sightseeing
Museums
- Castle Tower of Tukums, Brivibas square 19a, Phone: 63124348. Open: Tu-Sa: 10AM-5PM, Su: 11AM-4PM.
- Durbe Manor house, M.Parka street 7, Phone: 63123694. Open: Tu-Sa: 10AM-5PM, Sun: 11AM-4PM.
- Jaunmokas Palace Museum, Jaunmokas, Phone: 63124572. Open: M-Su: 10AM-6PM.
- Jaunpils Museum, Jaunpils, Phone: 63107081 Open: 10AM-5PM.
- Pastarins Museum, Bisnieki, Zentene, Phone: 63142473. Open: W-Su: 10AM-5PM.
- Slokenbeka Manor, Milzkalne, Phone: 63144319. Open: M-Sa: 8AM-5PM.
- Tukums Museum, Harmonijas street 7, Phone: 63123652. Open: Tu-Sa: 10AM-5PM, Sun: 11-16.
Tukums city tours
Tourist Information Center
- Pils iela 3, Tukums, LV-3101, Phone: 63124451 Fax: 63122237, (E-mail: tuktic@tukums.parks.lv)
- Open: Summer Season: 9AM-6PM, Sa 9AM-4PM, Su 10AM-3[,.
- Off season: M-F: 9AM-5PM
Sport facilities
- Harmonija, Jana street 3a, Phone: 63125775 (fitness)
Tukums souvenirs & shopping
Tukums Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
- Alus pagrabs, Pils street 9, Phone: 63125747.
- Elizabete, Elizabetes street 12, Phone: 63124247.
- Kare, Pasta street 25, Phone: 63181034.
- Margo, Liela street 1, Phone: 63124756.
- Cope, Engure, Ridelu Dzirnavas, Phone: 63161373.
- Dio, Pure, 92nd km Riga-Ventspils highway, Phone: 63191278.
- Huberts, Jaunmokas Palace, Phone: 29225405.
- Janitis, Jaunpils, Phone: 63162497.
- Krodzins, Kugukalna street 1, Ragaciems, Phone: 63163736.
- Lindaga, Dimanti, Ragaciems, Phone: 63163544.
- Slokenbeka, Milzkalne, Phone: 63144394.
Tukums nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
Tukums cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging
Hotels and guest houses
- Jaunmoku Palace Hotel(III), 74th km Riga-Ventspils highway, Phone/fax: 63124572. 35 beds; 15 rooms.
- Slokenbeka - Hotel, **, Slokenbeka, Smarde, Phone: 63144319. 20 beds; 10 rooms.
- Arka - Hotel, Pils street 9, Phone: 63125747; Fax: 63181205, [3]. 33 beds; 14 rooms.
- Stagars - Guest house, Juras street 62, Engure, Phone: 63161240; Fax: 63161377. 30 beds; 12 rooms.
- Tuko, Stadiona 3, Tukums Phone: (+371) 63107468, [4]. 47 beds, 12 rooms
Bed and breakfast accommodation
- Bramani, Jaunpils, Phone: 63162461. 10 beds, 4 rooms.
- Ezermalas, Milzkalne, Phone: 63144367. 4 beds, 2 rooms.
- Kazinas,Dzirciems, Phone: 29427349. 5 beds, 1 room.
- Lejnieki, Seme. Phone: 63100314. 12 beds, 6 rooms.
- Metumi,Berzciems, Phone: 29267380. 5 beds, 3 rooms.
- Paeglisi, Ragaciems, Phone: 63163576. 4 beds, 2 rooms.
- Ridelu Mill,Engure, Phone: 63161373. 8 beds, 4 rooms.
- By Marta, Strelnieku street 1, Tukums, Phone: 63129160. 7 beds, 4 rooms.
- Sveikuli, Tume, Phone: 29232026. 10 beds, 4 rooms.
- Tuko, Stadiona 3, Tukums, Phone: (+371) 63107466. 47 beds, 12 rooms.
Camping
- Abragciems, Abragciems, Phone: 63161668. 19 houses/ 50 beds/ unlimited tent places/ 18 caravan places
- Apsuciems, Apsuciems, Phone: 63143186. 30 houses/ 85 beds/ 10 tent places
- Ronisi, Klapkalnciems, Phone: 63143145. 99 houses/ 300 beds/ unlimited tent places
- Vecupe, Engure, Phone: 63161740. 110 beds/ 100 tent places/ 3 caravan places
Get out
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