Konventa Seta Hotel

The hotel once we found it was in an excellent central location with lovely craft stalls outside and through a delightful archway into a courtyard just behind the cathedral.
Our lovely room just lacked a fridge and air-con (but in July even though it was warm you did not really need it). It had lovely old beams above the bed and a television with a good choice of TV English stations. Our room was in the roof on the 3rd floor. We were able to open the roof light windows and there were blinds on these.
There is a nice lounge area downstairs in the lobby and a free safety deposit box. There is also internet which costs 1 lat.
Breakfast is served in the next door hotel in a pleasant room or you can eat outside.
Be warned that it is expensive in Riga, but we were lucky enough to find a deal printed on the menu of a chain of lovely café bars called “Double Coffee” which were all over Riga, selling 2 pints of decent local larger for 1.69 lats (a real bargain) and very reasonably priced nice coffee and meals – especially the lovely omelettes.
If you leave the main hotel entrance and turn right down the cobbled street you will find a very modern shopping centre, inside is an excellent supermarket for all of your supplies.
I know everyone will tell you, but visit the 2 excellent museums – the occupational one and the one in the powder tower. We also visited the outdoor historic museum on the public bus. We also went by train to the Jurmala beach resort.
You must also visit the Skyline bar which is on the side of the Radisson Blue hotel behind the freedom monument. I cheated and bought an iced coffee instead of a cocktail and it was half the price.
There are 3 delightful squares with live music in each (in July). We would eat in a cheaper restaurant around the corner and then go onto the square for drinks to watch the entertainment and dancing. We managed to see traditional music and dancing one night.
Beware of a scam when a local asks you to change money for them.
There is also a delightful park by the freedom tower which I loved.
We stayed in Riga for 4 nights which was perfect as we had nice weather, and then moved on up into Estonia to Parnu and Tallinn.
It was warm there in July although it was much hotter in Tallinn. There were blankets available at every outdoor bar to wrap yourself in, but you really didn’t need them. The weather was unpredictable – it would be pouring with rain one minute (but still warm) and then it would be sunny 10 minutes later.