Ventspils Seaside Park
Nature trails, Accessible, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet, Parking lot for handicaps
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Description:
Ventspils Seaside Park is a wide and well-equipped park near the sea in Ventspils offering recreational and walking opportunities for whole family. There are many walking paths curling over the park with a specific Anchor trail, which is 730 m long and presents the largest collection of real ship anchors in Baltics with more than 140 different anchors, being among the largest ones in the world. The greatest of them is 23 tons heavy and 6 meters tall. There is also a small train at the Seaside Open-air Museum running through the Park along the narrow-gauge railway line. For wheelchair users and parents with baby-strollers, to get down to the seaside, the most convenient shall be the entrance No 6, located in the area of the park. Make sure to visit also the Promenade at the South pier stretching along the coast of the River Venta, with 14 buoys on it. There is an information board at each of the buoys, telling what this buoy is for.
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Location:
Ventspils
Suggested starting point:
Crossroads of Parka and Loču Streets, Ventspils
GPS coordinates:
Lat:57.38586,Lon:21.53668
Hiking time:
1-2 h
Distance:
The overall length of the paths at the Park is 3,5 km
Marking:
Marked with direction signs
Type:
Loop
Trail surface:
Gravel. Asphalt in the start at the parking lot.
Getting there:
With a car, with a bus
Trail administrator:
Municipal Authority - Communal Administration, T: +371 29478091, E: kom.parvalde@ventspils.lv
Info:
Ventspils Tourism Information Centre, 6 Dārzu Street (Ventspils Ferry Passenger Terminal, 1st Floor), T: +371 29232226, tourism@ventspils.lv, www.visitventspils.com
Closest shops, gas stations:
Ventspils
Description:
Ventspils Seaside Park is a wide and well-equipped park near the sea in Ventspils offering recreational and walking opportunities for whole family. There are many walking paths curling over the park with a specific Anchor trail, which is 730 m long and presents the largest collection of real ship anchors in Baltics with more than 140 different anchors, being among the largest ones in the world. The greatest of them is 23 tons heavy and 6 meters tall. There is also a small train at the Seaside Open-air Museum running through the Park along the narrow-gauge railway line. For wheelchair users and parents with baby-strollers, to get down to the seaside, the most convenient shall be the entrance No 6, located in the area of the park. Make sure to visit also the Promenade at the South pier stretching along the coast of the River Venta, with 14 buoys on it. There is an information board at each of the buoys, telling what this buoy is for.
Accessibility
Facilities
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