Travel arrangements
In this section organizers will provide necessary information for foreign runners to plan their journey to Riga.
- If you are looking for help in making travel arrangements and finding suitable hotel close to the start or finish area please contact our partner agencies in Finland, Germany, UK or Latvia.
- Official hotels of the Nordea Riga marathon – Reval Hotels – announce special offer for their customers traveling to the marathon.
- All citizens (Kenya, Morocco, Russia, Byelorussia and others) requiring visa to enter Latvia can find information on visa procedure bellow.
18dec
Travel from Italy
Our partner agency in Italy is EIS-European Incoming Services. Agency is offering full support for participants, starting from hotel reservations up to airline ticket reservations. Agency sells packages to Riga by the end of March. There are daily direct flights from 3 destinations in Italy (Rome, Venice and Milan provided by airBaltic.com and from Milan provided by Ryanair.com).
18dec
Travel from France
Our travel partner in France is VO2MAX Voyages. Agency is a tour operator specialized in endurance sport (marathon, triathlon, cycling). Agency is offering full support for participants, starting from hotel reservations up to airline ticket reservations. There are daily direct flights from Paris and Nice provided by airBaltic.com.
31aug
Travel from Finland
Our partner agency in Finland is Finland Travel Bureau [ Suomen Matkatoimisto ]. Besides hotel reservations agency will assist in finding the best travel arrangements from Finland. There are several daily direct flights from 5 destinations in Finland (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Oulu and Kuopio provided by airBaltic.com and from Tampere provided by Ryanair.com).
30aug
Official Hotels - Reval Hotels in Riga
“Reval Hotels” is the leading hotel chain in the Baltic countries, operating 8 full-service, first-class – “Reval Hotels” – located in the major Baltic cities and three of them in Riga, Latvia.
20aug
Travel from Germany
For planning travel arrangements from Germany contact our partner agencies - Sportreisen Kreienbaum www.laufreisen.de or LaufKultTour www.laufkulttour.de. There are several daily direct flights from 6 destinations in Germany (Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover and Munich provided by airBaltic.com and from Bremen, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt-Hahn provided by Ryanair.com).
15aug
Partner Agency in Germany
Nordea Riga marathon in Germany is collaborating with travel agency LaufKultTour (Augsburg).
8okt
Travel Agencies in UK
Nordea Riga marathon is collaborating with travel agency www.runningcrazy.co.uk (Waterlooville, Hants) and Nirvana Europe (North Shields, Tyne and Wear).
8okt
Partner Agency in Latvia
Nordea Riga Marathon has selected agency Vanilla Travel Ltd. as official travel agency. Vanilla Travel is providing its services both the travel agencies by offering special deals on travel packages and providing services to individual customers, including arrangements with Latvian Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs on obtaining invitations for visa to enter Latvia (for more information see "Getting visa to enter Latvia").
16sep
How to get to Riga
Official airlines of the marathon is airBaltic www.airbaltic.lv airBaltic operates in a strategic partnership with SAS. There is extensive co-operation with SAS group members – Spanair, Estonian Air, Blue 1.
10sep
Getting visa to enter Latvia
Latvia is part of Schengen Agreement. If You are resident of Schengen Agreement country (including European Union, European Economic Area) you don’t need visa to enter Latvia.
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