Tour Type
City Tour
Tour Duration
~3,5 Hours
Location
Riga
Tour Season
Whole year
Tour visiting different parts of Riga to see Jewish objects with our guide. In this tour you will discover not only the Old Town and Central part of Riga, but also visit objects of Jewish people history like Salaspils concentration camp memorial and Rumbula Forest Memorial on the outer part of the city.
Tour Highlights
Discover important Jewish heritage and Holocaust memorial sites in and around Riga, from the former ghetto area and surviving synagogue to Salaspils and Rumbula Forest Memorial.
Riga Jewish Ghetto Museum
Visit the museum located near the former ghetto area and learn about Jewish life, persecution, resistance and remembrance in Latvia.
Riga Jewish Synagogue
See the only synagogue in Riga that survived World War II, located in the Old Town and still important to the city’s Jewish community.
Choral Synagogue Memorial
Visit the memorial at the site of the former Great Choral Synagogue, destroyed during the first days of Nazi occupation in Riga.
Žanis Lipke Memorial Connection
Learn about Žanis Lipke, one of Latvia’s best-known rescuers of Jews during World War II, remembered near the Choral Synagogue site.
Salaspils Camp Memorial
Visit the memorial site near Riga connected with civilian prisoners, forced labour, deportations and the wider tragedy of World War II.
Rumbula Forest Memorial
Pay respects at one of the largest Holocaust mass killing sites in Europe, where thousands of Jews from the Riga Ghetto were murdered.
Route at a Glance
A meaningful Jewish heritage route through Riga and nearby memorial sites, connecting the former ghetto area, surviving synagogue, synagogue memorials, Salaspils and Rumbula Forest.
Riga Jewish Ghetto Museum
Former ghetto area
Choral Synagogue Memorial
Destroyed synagogue site
Riga Jewish Synagogue
Surviving synagogue
Salaspils Memorial
World War II memorial
Rumbula Forest
Holocaust memorial site
Explore the Stops
Riga Jewish Ghetto Museum
Begin with the Riga Jewish Ghetto Museum, located near the historic former ghetto area. The museum helps explain the story of Jewish life in Latvia, the Holocaust, anti-Semitic propaganda, resistance and people who risked their lives to provide shelter.
Riga Choral Synagogue Memorial
Visit the site of the former Great Choral Synagogue, which was burned during the first days of Nazi occupation in Riga. The memorial is one of the most important places in the city for understanding the tragedy faced by Riga’s Jewish community.
Riga Jewish Synagogue
See the only synagogue in Riga that survived World War II. Located in the Old Town, it escaped destruction because of the risk that fire could spread to nearby buildings, and it remains an important Jewish landmark in Riga today.
Salaspils Camp Memorial
Continue outside the city to Salaspils Memorial, a large World War II memorial site near Riga. The stop adds wider historical context to the occupation period, civilian imprisonment, forced labour and wartime suffering in Latvia.
Rumbula Forest Memorial
End the main route at Rumbula Forest Memorial, one of the largest Holocaust mass killing sites in Europe. This is a solemn and important place of remembrance connected with the destruction of the Riga Ghetto in 1941.
Additional information
- Tour includes moderate amount of walking, please wear flat shoes suitable for walking.
- The tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress according to the weather
Map of the tour
Tour Price and Booking
- Guide
- Meeting at the hotel (if located in Riga centre)
- Transportation
- Entrance donations to Riga Sinagogue