Destination guide for Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
It is often indicated that Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have little else in common other than their geographic proximity, similar small size, and to lesser degree, a shared recent history.
Tallinn's old town belonging to UNESCO'S World Heritage List, is a magnnificent blend of medieavel streetscape and modern convenience, with cafes, shops and street fairs.
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, a major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centre of the Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. With 706,413 inhabitants (2010) it is the largest city of the Baltic states and third-largest in the Baltic region, behind Saint Petersburg and Stockholm (counting residents within the city limits).
As the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius is an administrative, cultural, political and business centre. The Old Town is the heart of the capital, the oldest and architecturally the richest part of Vilnius.