
Where to go
Talsi region fascinates and attracts travellers with its breathtaking and affecting nature. There you can hike or go by bicycle in the area of Nature park of Talsi hillock with a distinctly hilly terrain and several small but deep lakes and picturesquare trails included scenic Talsi town with the 9 hills. Let the boundless blue scenery of the Baltic sea coast at North Courland and Kolka cape invite you for exciting adventure and unforgetable rest. Discover a completely different nature and more than 9000 years old nature evidences in Slītere national park, White dune (in Latvian: Pūrciema kāpa) and protected nature area Kaltene coastal formations. Explore Nature park of Abava river primevalley with the panoramic views and Abava river rapids. You can observe activities of birds from the watching towers: at Kolka, Mērsrags and the Engure lake. In autumn you can pick healthy blueberries, lingonberries, and mushrooms growing by the trails everywhere.


Sasmakas (Valdemārpils) Idol Lime-Tree

Greiļi Hill
Greiļi Hill

Recreational area near Zēņi pond
Recreational area near Zēņi pond

Former narrow gauge railway nature trail

The rocky Mērsrags peninsula and the sandy Mērsrags beach

The bird watching tower in Mērsrags
The bird watching tower in Mērsrags

Milzukalns
Milzukalns

Ventkalni Cup Marked Stone
Ventkalni Cup Marked Stone

Kaltene Nature Trail with a Bird Watching Tower

Akmeņkalni Devils Foot secular stone
Akmeņkalni Devils Foot secular stone

The Nature Park “Talsi Hillocks”
The Nature Park “Talsi Hillocks”

Viewing tower on the edge of Šlītere Blue hills

Silkalēji Swede stone
Silkalēji Swede stone

Grove of Europe
Grove of Europe

Bilavas ship setting or “Devils boat”

Observation Tower near Mērsraga Lighthouse
Observation Tower near Mērsraga Lighthouse

Dūmele secular stone
Dūmele secular stone

Zeltapses (Upsīšu) giant stone
Zeltapses (Upsīšu) giant stone

The Tilgaļi (Vandzene, Kraujas) Giant Boulder
The Tilgaļi (Vandzene, Kraujas) Giant Boulder

Āži steep stone
Āži steep stone

Liepniekvalks or Peldanga caves
Liepniekvalks or Peldanga caves
