12. European Enterprise Awards 2025 Riga – the capital city of Latvia – is one of the most underappreciated locations in Europe. A destination brimming with history and culture, a visit to this city is best accompanied by a local tour guide who can highlight some of the best spots, as well as its culinary delights. Priding itself on doing exactly this, RigaTrips Tour Agency offers free and private tours in Riga, specialising in both walking tours and Latvian food tours. On the back of its recognition for the latter, we caught up with Guna Krūmiņa – its tour designer, marketer, and tour guide – for more on its offerings. On 1st June 2019, around nine months before the COVID-19 plunged the world into shut down, RigaTrips began to provide a great day out for tourists looking to find out more about the wonderful city of Riga. The aim of this venture was simple: to provide a fun experience, share knowledge about both the city and the wider country, and bring people closer to the delectable cuisine behind this Baltic nation. Whether they were giving a tour of Riga itself or the surrounding areas, the team would reflect this at every turn. Despite the hiccups of the pandemic, RigaTrips has largely remained steady in the nearly seven years since it first began delivering these tours, riding the peaks and troughs of the travel industry and continuing to deliver exceptional customer service. This is something that starts with the guides it selects to run its tours, a decision it makes based off of their customer reviews. By only working with guides whose score is 4.7 or above, RigaTrips is able to preserve its pledge of offering the ultimate travel experience. Perhaps the best example of how RigaTrips embodies this is through is through its Latvian Food Tasting Tour, which begins at Riga Central Market (Europe’s largest open-air market) and takes tourists on a journey of the food eaten by traditional Latvian families. Meeting nearly every day around lunchtime, the group departs from its regular meeting point of Mentzendorff’s House, and a maximum of 15 people will embark on a local tasting experience covering the likes of meat, cheese, fish, and many delicious sweets. “Latvian food culture is quite interesting and we are always happy to present our UNESCO World Heritage-approved Latvian dish – grey peas with bacon and onions – for our customers. Besides this, we have other interesting, unseen food heritages in our country, like bread soup, a unique Latvian dessert made from rye bread.” This is just one of several private tours delivered by RigaTrips, which also include a walking tour of Riga Old Town, a tour of Riga’s art nouveau area, and a private tour of its communist history. Aside from the food tour discussed above – which has a smaller total number than these other trips – prices start at just €7 per person for larger groups, making this a cost-effective endeavour. For those really looking to cut cost, a number of free walking tours are also on offer, including a free tour of Riga’s Old Town, delivered daily. Regardless of which of these tours an individual, couple, or group decide to embark on, the use of a local guide will ensure that the interactions are authentic and unforgettable. Even in a world where many people are planning their itineraries online and using AI as a tour guide, the feel of a traditional, guide-led tour is unrivalled. However, recognising that convenience is a big part of the more modern approach, all of the main tour activities provided by RigaTrips company are able to be booked up to two hours before they start. Such freedom is invaluable when visiting the Baltics in particular, a region in which three different countries with separate languages, cultures, traditions, and histories are all available within a distance of just 300km. This is why an escape to this area of Europe is so rewarding, as there is so much to see and do. Again, the common theme is that it is all better with a guided tour from RigaTrips, a company making Riga and Latvia feel both familiar and exciting all at once through both the free and private guided tours delivered. Having recently adjusted the length and group sizes of its tours, and with plans to launch more trips across Riga to meet growing demand, the future is bright for RigaTrips Tour Agency, which has more than earned the title of Best Food Tour Provider 2025 – Riga in this programme. Staying up to date with RigaTrips is as easy as clicking below. Contact: Guna Krūmiņa Company: RigaTrips Tour Agency Web Address: https://rigatrips.lv/ Social media: https://www.facebook.com/rigatripstours | https:// www.instagram.com/rigatrips/ Best Food Tour Provider 2025 – Riga
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