As winter settles over Latvia, Gauja National Park transforms into a storybook landscape where pine forests glitter with frost and medieval towns glow beneath twinkling lights. Each December, this vast and enchanting region becomes one of the country’s most magical holiday destinations, offering visitors a blend of ancient traditions, cozy seasonal markets, and nature-filled adventures.

This week in Brussels, at a ceremonial event, Europe’s largest organisation of protected nature areas, the EUROPARC Federation, awarded the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism certificates. In the European Parliament, the certificate was awarded for the first time also by Gauja National Park (GNP) as a sustainable tourism destination in Europe.

On November 30, welcome the first Advent in Līgatne. The event "Together in Advent in Līgatne" will allow you to meet and enjoy the warmth of the heart, creativity, and history with various activities throughout the day — everyone is welcome!

From October 3–5, a group of participants from the international project NaturEUnite—including specialists in protected natural areas, development organization experts, and tourism entrepreneurs from Albania, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Estonia—explored entrepreneurship within the protected natural area of Cēsis and Gauja National Park.