National Botanic Garden
Nature trails, Accessible, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet, Parking lot for handicaps
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Description:
Over 120 hectares of the National Botanic Garden in Salaspils is home to the largest collection of plants in the Baltics, with more than 14,000 species. Diverse flower, tree, shrub and other plant expositions are presented here, as well as a rock garden and a multifunctional greenhouse with four spacious halls – a succulent hall, a warm subtropical hall, a cool subtropical hall and a tropical hall.
Botanic Garden Plant Fairs, which are being organised once a month from April to October, have become a favorite event for gardening enthusiasts. The Botanic Garden also regularly hosts different other events – excursions and lectures, classes for pupils.
Botanic garden, incl. outdoor exhibitions and the greenhouse, is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Accessibility
Open during the Botanic garden working hours. More info (inl. prices) at www.nbd.gov.lv.
Facilities
Accessible parking lot – near the Greenhouse (people with disabilities are allowed to entry the territory of the Botanic Garden)
Rules to follow
Pets forbidden (except for assistance dogs)
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Location:
Salaspils
Suggested starting point:
The Garden has two entrances - 1. TIC at 1 Miera Street in front of Salaspils train station (only for pedestrians); 2. The gates at Rīgas Street – entry for cars with a parking lot inside the garden territory
GPS coordinates (entrance from the gates at Rīgas Street):
Lat:56.86356, Lon:24.35146
Hiking time:
2 h
Distance:
Total distance of paths ~ 5 km
Marking:
Not marked, but can easily follow the trail
Trail surface:
Asphalt and brick paving in the central zone with paths at separate stretches along the border of the Botanic Garden
Type:
Loop
Getting there:
With a car, with a bus or with a train
Trail administrator:
VZI APP “Nacionālais Botāniskais dārzs”, 1 Miera Street, Salaspils, www.nbd.gov.lv, T: +371 22019340, E: welcome@nbd.gov.lv
Info:
Salaspils County Tourism Information Centre, 1 Miera Street, Salaspils, T: +371 67945440, visit@salaspils.lv, www.visit.salaspils.lv
Closest shops, gas stations:
Salaspils
Watch the trail video:
Description:
Over 120 hectares of the National Botanic Garden in Salaspils is home to the largest collection of plants in the Baltics, with more than 14,000 species. Diverse flower, tree, shrub and other plant expositions are presented here, as well as a rock garden and a multifunctional greenhouse with four spacious halls – a succulent hall, a warm subtropical hall, a cool subtropical hall and a tropical hall.
Botanic Garden Plant Fairs, which are being organised once a month from April to October, have become a favorite event for gardening enthusiasts. The Botanic Garden also regularly hosts different other events – excursions and lectures, classes for pupils.
Botanic garden, incl. outdoor exhibitions and the greenhouse, is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Accessibility
Open during the Botanic garden working hours. More info (inl. prices) at www.nbd.gov.lv.
Facilities
Accessible parking lot – near the Greenhouse (people with disabilities are allowed to entry the territory of the Botanic Garden)
Rules to follow
Pets forbidden (except for assistance dogs)
Download the GPX of the trail
In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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