“Lauku ceļotājs” invites you to the “Open Days in the Countryside” campaign!

“Lauku ceļotājs” in cooperation with the Lithuanian tourism association “Atostogos kaime” invites you to the campaign “Open Days in the Countryside”, which will take place on May 27-28, 2017. This year the campaign will take place in both Latvia and Lithuania. In both countries, 180 rural tourism farms have joined the campaign, which has provided special surprises and promotional offers for visitors during these two days.

The campaign kicks off the summer tourism and production season. All interested parties, customers, neighbors and the simply curious are invited to visit farms and get acquainted with their rich offer – to see, taste, hear! During these two days, we want to especially popularize the countryside and products and services grown, produced, prepared in the countryside. We hope to interest residents of large and small cities to get out of the city to get to know rural life, taste rural goods, find farms from which to purchase products grown and produced in the countryside, as well as enjoy the activities and sensations that can be experienced in the countryside.

Search for the offer of the promotion farms on the promotion website. www.celotajs.lv/atvertasdienasFrom May 15, you can get a printed promotion card with farm contacts from us at the “Lauku ceļotājas” office, regional tourism information centers and “Circle K” gas stations throughout Latvia.

Shares of farms in Lithuanian: http://www.atostogoskaime.lt/akcijos-dalyviai

Tips for tourists when visiting promotional farms:

• Choose farms and plan your routeby exploring their location on the map! Select farms in the “participants” or “map” sections.
• We invite you to arrange a visit in advance with the hosts so that they can plan to host you. You will find the farms' contact information in the "participants" section when you open the daily offer for the specific farm.
• Prepare for travel! Remember – there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. Prepare for travel and the countryside comfortable clothes and shoes!
• At the farms, it will be possible to purchase products produced and prepared in the countryside, however, not everywhere it is possible to pay with a bank card. For visiting and shopping at the farms, it will be useful cash!

We invite you to share your most vivid impressions from the "Open Days in the Countryside" by participating in the photo contest. Send your photo to lauku@celotajs.lv until June 2nd and you might win a prize from "Lauku ceļotājas".

Happy traveling! Enjoy the countryside!