{"id":50,"date":"2018-11-06T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T09:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/velovilnius.lt\/balticcycle\/?p=50"},"modified":"2020-01-18T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T12:06:38","slug":"riga-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velovilnius.lt\/balticcycle\/en\/riga-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"[LV2\/EE] Riga-Tallinn by bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;<\/p>\n<p>h1>Riga-Tallinn by bicycle<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>[LV2\/EE1] Riga-Paernu-Tallinn (via the Islands)<\/strong><strong>On this route you will see:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main sig<\/strong>hts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riga<\/li>\n<li>Sigulda \/ Gauja NP<\/li>\n<li>Paernu<\/li>\n<li>Muhu Island<\/li>\n<li>Saaremaa Island<\/li>\n<li>Kuressaare, Panga, Kaali, &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Hiumaaa Island<\/li>\n<li>Paldiski<\/li>\n<li>Tallinn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>[LV2\/EE3&amp;EE4] Riga-Tartu-Tallinn<\/strong><strong>On this route you will see:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main sights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riga<\/li>\n<li>Sigulda \/ Gauja NP<\/li>\n<li>Cesis<\/li>\n<li>Valga\/Valka<\/li>\n<li>Sangaste<\/li>\n<li>Suur Munamaegi?<\/li>\n<li>Otepae<\/li>\n<li>Tartu<\/li>\n<li>Lake Peipsi<\/li>\n<li>&#8230; Mustvee? cloister<\/li>\n<li>Lahemaa NP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n[LV2}<\/p>\n[EE1},<\/p>\n<p>EE3, EE4<\/p>\n<p>Between the two quite different capitals &#8211; the cosy medieval Tallinn and the Metropolis Riga there are two worlds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>Estonia <\/strong>you may find a National Cycle Route network which was signed long years ago, in Latvia only in 2010 some regional routes started<\/li>\n<li>In<strong> Latvia<\/strong> there almost no signs, bad gravel roads, very few bicycle pathes and specially around the capital a hell of a traffic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still the safest and most comfortable way to leave Riga in the direction of Estonia is to take the train to Sigulda. That&#8217;s how you may skip to leave the capital.<\/p>\n<p>But if your determined to cycle there is an alternative we found for you in the BaltiCCycle booklet &#8220;Latvia by bicycle&#8221; (see below). Despite of some few short parts you may avoid bad gravel of main roads in Latvia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Where NOT to cycle<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many people prefer to <strong>take the motorway &#8220;Via Baltica&#8221;<\/strong> to the north! The motorway? I know it looks like a nice coastal road, but mainly it is the main motorway in the Baltic States going from South to North.<br \/>\nThe situation gradually got better due to the construction of the a bicycle path in Riga from the centre to Me\u017eaparks in the North and the new bypass motorway around Saulkrasti which took away the traffic on the road passing the town.<br \/>\nStill there are enough parts along the &#8220;Via Baltica&#8221; left and you have no alternative if you&#8217;re once on it!<\/li>\n<li>As well the <strong>motorway to Sigulda<\/strong> is ready for cyclists! Almost up to Sigulda it has 4 lanes and is not very crowded &#8211; only afterwards it gets uncomfortable,<br \/>\nBut it leads 40 km directly and that&#8217;s -frankly saying &#8211; boring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take the secondary road via Ulbroka. Despite of the main traffic hours (commuting cars) there is a comfortable cycling possible<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.727272033691406px;\"><strong><a href=\"index.php?id=133\">Information on Cycling in Estonia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.727272033691406px;\"><strong><a href=\"index.php?id=164\">Information on Cycling in North East Latvia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.727272033691406px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.727272033691406px;\"><strong><a href=\"index.php?id=199\">Publications on Estonia in the BaltiCCycle web shop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.727272033691406px;\"><strong><a href=\"index.php?id=207\">Publications on North East Latvia in the BaltiCCycle web shop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balticcycle.eu\/shop\/product_info.php?cPath=29&amp;products_id=58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balticcycle.eu\/shop\/product_thumb.php?img=images\/Lv07title.jpg&amp;w=400&amp;h=276\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balticcycle.eu\/shop\/product_thumb.php?img=images\/eeCycleMap2jpg.jpg&amp;w=151&amp;h=400\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.balticcycle.eu\/shop\/product_info.php?cPath=29&amp;products_id=187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balticcycle.eu\/shop\/product_thumb.php?img=images\/03ee1.jpg&amp;w=282&amp;h=400\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; h1>Riga-Tallinn by bicycle [LV2\/EE1] Riga-Paernu-Tallinn (via the Islands)On this route you will see: Main sights Riga Sigulda \/ Gauja NP Paernu Muhu Island Saaremaa Island Kuressaare, Panga, Kaali, &#8230; Hiumaaa Island Paldiski Tallinn Publications: [LV2\/EE3&amp;EE4] Riga-Tartu-TallinnOn this route you will see: Main sights Riga Sigulda \/ Gauja NP Cesis Valga\/Valka Sangaste Suur Munamaegi? 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That&#8217;s how you may skip to leave the capital.<\/p>\n<p>But if your determined to cycle there is an alternative we found for you in the BaltiCCycle booklet &#8220;Latvia by bicycle&#8221; (see below). Despite of some few short parts you may avoid bad gravel of main roads in Latvia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Where NOT to cycle<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many people prefer to <strong>take the motorway &#8220;Via Baltica&#8221;<\/strong> to the north! The motorway? 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