Looking at taking the car (leaving the van at home this time) to Latvia, May 2015 for 2.5 weeks, a trial run, so when I retire we can then take the caravan for 8 weeks or longer. Thinking of taking the DFDS ferry from Kiel to Klaipeda Lithuania, then it is only 155 miles to our destination in Latvia, plus about another 1,000 miles or so visiting and site seeing. For the past 12 years we have flown to Riga and hired a car at the airport or locally. Looking at the return ferry price it will cost about the same as the car hire from the major hire companies at Riga airport. We have hired locally and a lot cheaper with problems, failed clutch in the middle of a town, front wheel blow out, spare flat with a nail in!
So, has anyone taken a caravan to Latvia? Which is the best option? return ferry, road, or ferry one way and road the other? how long a drive by road? We want to explore more of the country, northern Latvia into Estonia and eastern Latvia towards the Russian border around Aglona. We have seen plenty of caravan sites, good and bad, we do stay at a farm guest house which does have a camping ground, more basic than our basic 5 van sites!
Next year we do need the flexibility of our own car, looking for a farm or what is left of it; a descendent of my wife (5 greats grandfather) who owned it in 1740! very long story and don’t want to end up in a forest on a very, very muddy track getting stuck, with a VW Polo looking for a graveyard like 2013.
Appreciate any travel thoughts on the route from some of you long distant caravanners who may have visited the Baltic states with a caravan or motorhome.
So, has anyone taken a caravan to Latvia? Which is the best option? return ferry, road, or ferry one way and road the other? how long a drive by road? We want to explore more of the country, northern Latvia into Estonia and eastern Latvia towards the Russian border around Aglona. We have seen plenty of caravan sites, good and bad, we do stay at a farm guest house which does have a camping ground, more basic than our basic 5 van sites!
Next year we do need the flexibility of our own car, looking for a farm or what is left of it; a descendent of my wife (5 greats grandfather) who owned it in 1740! very long story and don’t want to end up in a forest on a very, very muddy track getting stuck, with a VW Polo looking for a graveyard like 2013.
Appreciate any travel thoughts on the route from some of you long distant caravanners who may have visited the Baltic states with a caravan or motorhome.
