Guided options in Jūrmala are few and small, and each one is booked in a different way. This page is arranged by how you reserve, so you can see at once what needs a phone call, what needs a few days of notice and what you simply turn up for. Prices are the operators’ listed figures, so confirm them before you commit. Reserve with the operator online Bog-shoe walks, Ķemeri. Guides lead small groups across the wet bog on wide shoe frames, which is the way visitors leave the boardwalk safely, with a guide.

Jūrmala is a ribbon of settlements about 25 km long between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe river, so the first choice is which railway stop to use. Vivi trains from Riga serve Majori, Dzintari, Dubulti, Bulduri and Ķemeri, and Majori is about 30 minutes from Riga Central. No stop carries the name Jūrmala, so book a ticket to the district you want. This page sorts what to do by what it costs, from nothing to a spa splurge.

Jūrmala has no old town. Its sights are thousands of protected wooden villas, a pedestrian street, a historic concert hall, free museums and stretches of dune and bog, all spread along one railway line about 25 km long. Because of that spread, it helps to plan by the time you have. Most of what follows is free, and trains between districts are frequent. Two hours in Majori Start at Majori station, the central stop.

Jūrmala is flat and low-key, with no cable cars or lighthouse climbs, so a romantic stay here is built from simple things: the shore, a table, a sauna and an evening concert. This page sets them in order of cost, from walks that cost nothing to a spa day for two. A night in town beats a rushed return to Riga, though the train takes only about 30 minutes. Free Sunset on the sand: walk the beach between Bulduri and Dzintari when the light is low, best on a summer evening.

Jūrmala is the classic day trip from Riga, so most journeys run into the resort and few run out of it. From a base here you have four sensible outings, and a stay rarely needs more than two or three of them. Distant regions are too far for a day, so this page keeps to what is close. Arriving by train for each one also spares you the EUR 5 daily car fee that Jūrmala charges drivers.

Jūrmala is flat, salty-aired and easy on the legs, and almost every route is self-guided. The only regular guided walk is the Sunday centre walk, described near the end. Because the city is a ribbon of settlements, each walk below starts from a railway stop on the Vivi line from Riga, and no stop carries the name Jūrmala, so buy a ticket to the district you want. At a glance Walk Start Length Majori to Dzintari Majori station about 3.

Jūrmala works as a short seaside and spa stay of 2 or 3 nights. It is a base for walks, museums, concerts and spa sessions, and it has no circuit of linked stops to follow over many days. Anyone who wants a longer trip adds Riga, 30 minutes away by train, or the day trips listed on the day trips page. This page helps you choose where to sleep and how to fill the nights you have.

What suits a family in Jūrmala depends on how old the children are, because ticket bands, height of the ropes and the mood of the water all change with age. This page goes through the age groups in turn. The resort is flat, the beaches are gentle and the main wet-weather choice, the aquapark, is open all year. Under 6 Aquapark: Līvu Akvaparks (Viestura iela 24, Lielupe) charges EUR 10.00 for a child up to 5 on the 3-hour ticket and EUR 14.