Hill of Crosses / 2 landen in 1 dag

We booked a tour direct with Latvian Gem and was so pleased with the customer service ahead of the tour from Krista and on the day. We were kept informed of who our tour guide would be and which vehicle to look out for through WhatsApp. On the day Janis let us know he'd arrived and the itinerary for the day. As it was just the 2 of us on the tour it was brilliant as Janis shared so much h information, not just on the trip we had booked to visit The Hill of Crosses from Riga, but about Latvian life, history culture and customs. If you get Janis as your tour guide you'll be very lucky as he's knowledgeable, personable and friendly and for English speakers is English is superb. We had such a great visit as we learned so much and The Hill of Crosses is incredibly moving. Religious or not you can't not appreciate the beauty. We also visited the city of Jelgava and stopped for a photo opportunity at the border crossing with Lithuania. We highly recommend booking direct with Latvian Gem.

Prachtige privé tour met VB! Zo deskundig en vriendelijk. We leerden veel over de Baltische staten en hadden een geweldige tijd!

So what can I say that's negative? Nothing! 100% recommend. I had a great day on this tour.  Our guide was punctual for pick up and easy to find. Welcoming us at the start and ensured all were on board. We did the introductions of all names and where from to break the ice and then we were off. The weather was unusually poor for this time of year apparently,  rain,  and he made sure the van air con was set to make it comfortable for all in the back and no "steamy" windows. The drive to the Hill of Crosses, 90mins approx, didn't seem to take that long.  Great chat passed the time easily.  All in the back seemed to be chatting away amongst themselves. On arrival at the Hill we had just the right amount of history of the site before an hour on our own.  The hour passed quickly,  there are up to 500,000 crosses to work your way around! On the way back,  again it doesn't seem to take long which was good,  the photo stop for the "border" photo and the most beautiful Orthodox church,  worked really well. As far as monies worth 10 out of 10. Also our guide, Peter and middle name "Richard",  was a great guy.  I was heading to collect my race pack for the Riga half marathon and he even gave me a lift on his way home to save me on Bolt/Uber etc. big thanks for that,  ran my second fastest time ever! All in all I really recommend this tour with this company!