With some awesome day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to experience all that Sigulda Municipality, 17 miles away, has to offer. Gauja National Park, Sigulda Castle and Turaida Castle alone make the drive out worthwhile. Locals will also probably point you toward Jurmala, 50 miles away. If you only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Kemeri National Park. (But we’d also highly recommend Kmeri Forest house and Sulphur Water Spring Lizzard.)