CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 372 km round trip from Klaipėda - roughly 5 h 53 in the saddle. On the way it passes Old town of Kuldīga and back through Old town of Kuldīga. It crosses from Lithuania into Latvia - carry ID and check the toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 1 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Klaipėda is the sea gate of Lithuania, and for most of its history it belonged to somebody else. The Teutonic Knights built a castle at the mouth of the Danė river in 1252, and for seven centuries the town was known as Memel, part of Prussia and then Germany, until it was returned to Lithuania in 1923. Traces of the old name and culture remain in the half-timbered warehouses of the old town, a few of which have been carefully restored, and in a bronze statue of Ännchen von Tharau, the heroine of a seventeenth century German song, standing in the market square.
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Klaipeda is where the day begins. Next is Old town of Kuldīga.
Kuldīga, in western Latvia, is a small brick town with a waterfall, and it is nicer than that sounds. The Venta river drops over a low, wide ledge right beside the old centre, and the Venta Rapid, about two hundred and fifty metres across, is billed as the widest waterfall in Europe. It is only a couple of metres high, so do not expect a roar, but the sheer breadth of it, with the old town behind, makes a gentle and slightly surprising picture. In spring, around April and May, fish leap up the rapid to spawn, and locals gather on the bridge to watch.
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Old town of Kuldīga comes up 101 km in. Next is Old town of Kuldīga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Old town of Kuldīga write-up.
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203 km in you reach Old town of Kuldīga. Next is back through Old town of Kuldīga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Old town of Kuldīga write-up.
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back through Old town of Kuldīga, late in the day. Next is Klaipeda.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Klaipeda write-up.
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Back at Klaipeda. That is the ride.
Klaipeda → Old town of Kuldīga is 203 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Old town of Kuldīga → Klaipeda is 203 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.