Hertz Riga Airport Car Hire

With a car, you can explore the city of Riga, in the North of Latvia on his own without being dependent on other forms of transport. With a population of around 710.000, Riga is the capital of Latvia and at the same time the largest city in the entire Baltic region, a geographical region in Northern Europe. The Latvian capital is located directly at the river Daugava not far from the Pernau Bay, on the Baltic Sea and the cultural, economic and political centre of the country. The old Hanseatic City offers its tourists and visitors in particular a beautiful, well-preserved city centre and many impressive buildings in Art Nouveau style. If you want to explore Riga and its surroundings with a rental car, numerous car hire agencies available are on the ground.

Rent a car at the airport of Riga

Riga Starptautiska lidosta "Riga" airport is the most important of the three airports in Latvia and at the same time the most important in the entire Baltic region. The airport was opened in 1974 and came to the country's independence in 1990 in the possession of Latvia. Today the annual passenger volume is about 3.7 million. The airport is located around 13 km away from Riga Southwest and offers 133 good connectivity options in the city and its surroundings by the P. Of course all major car hire agencies available available at the airport, so that you easily can rent a car to arrive. Regular connections to destinations such as Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels and Vienna are available here.

Sights in Riga

A very special attraction of the Latvian capital is the entire downtown, recorded in 1997 by UNESCO in the list of world heritage. As the Centre of Riga has a unique wealth of monuments of Art Nouveau and a historical urban fabric that today largely has been preserved. Another attraction is the beautiful wooden architecture from the 19th century. The old town of Riga is in the geographical as well as the historical center of the city. You on the right bank of the river Daugava River is located and has even today its typical character of the fortress. The large market square and the historic town hall and the well-known blackheads, a meeting House of the brotherhood of the black heads is located in the Centre of the old town.