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APE-2019
TOURISM INFORMATION CENTRE:
Ape, 4 Skolas Street, LV- 4337 Tel. +371 643 22273,
Fax 643 22272, mob.tel. + 371 22037518, 29439207
E-mail: tic@ape.lv
http://www.apesnovads.lv

EVENTS IN APE 2019 :

Motorbike racing competition “Vaidavas kauss” – 05^th of May http://www.vaidavaskauss.lv
Mountain bike (MTB) competition “Vaidava Cup” – 7^th of September http://www.mtb-maratons.lv

Ape Town celebrations “Ape-90” – 23 to 25^th of August http://www.apesnovads.lv
Cross-border fair in Ape – 12^th of May and 29^th of September. http://www.apesnovads.lv

Where to stay overnight?

Guest house „Melderi” (46 places), venue for seminars and banquets (80 pl.) – 20379986 (Anita) guesthousemelderi@gmail.com, 29496005 (Dzintars) dzintarsape@inbox.lv
Guest house „Kalnarušķi” (60 places) (+ catering, venue for seminars (100/30 pl.), sideshow trail , viewing tower, carp fishing, rabbits, goats) – 26594554 (Aigija) kalnaruski.lv info@kalnaruski.lv
Two holiday cottages in „Jaunvosi”(13 places jaunvosi@inbox.lv 26116845 (Anita)
Place for accommodation „Kalpaki” (8 places) – 29160419,
Place for accommodation in Davis Ozoliņš Ape Secondary school (20 places, during school holidays) –

643 55109, 222049209 (Viktors), apesvidusskola@inbox.lv.

Where to hAVE A MEAL?

Z/s „Kalnarušķi” cafe „KRODZIŅŠ” in Ape (50 +30 pl.), tel. 26594554. Mon to Fri 12.00- 16.00 Groups are advised to book beforehand, as well as for arranging additional opening times. kalnaruski.lv , email info@kalnaruski.lv
Country house „Kalnarušķi” (100/30 p.) tel. 26594554. (It is advisable to book in advance, catering in other venues also possible) kalnaruski.lv , email info@kalnaruski.lv
Trout catching in fish nursery “Grubefish”- you can catch, grill and have it smoked on the spot. Accommodation in holiday cottages. 29355117 (Kalvis) grubefish@inbox.lv

WhaT ARE THE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN APE AND ITS’ REGION?

The historical centre of the town has unique dolomite buildings and the cobble-stone paved Pasta Street, the newy built Ape Protestant Church;
„Witches cliffs”- an ancient sandstone outcrop of the river Vaidava (near to Ape Secondary school)
The mightiest white willow (Salix alba) in Europe (10,75 m) by the farmstead „Dzenīši”, near the motorbike trail;
The Old School and Davis Ozoliņš park; the monument for this outstanding teacher and folklorist in “Dauškani”;
Ozoliņš Ape Secondary School and its’ museum in Pasta Street 26 (t. 643 55109,26182668),

apesvidusskola@inbox.lv

The memorial stone of the mathematician Aivars Liepa in front of Ape Secondary school;
The smallest pine-tree in Latvia near Parka Street,
The memorial house of Elīna Zālīte in 24 Dzirnavu Street – tel. 26388665 (M. Kaktiņa), biblioteka@ape.lv
“Zīļi” sacred spring (tent places, tel.29163907 – Aigars);
Hydropower station Grube HPS and one of the greatest waterfalls in Latvia, a dolomite outcrop in Grube, historical water powered turbines, tel. 29496005 (Dz. Raibekazs)
Monument for the freedom fighters of Latvia at the Town cemetery in Ape;
Warrior’s cemetery in Vaidava Street;
Memorial place for the freedom fighters of Latvia in 1919 in “Rušķi”;
“Devil’s-foot” stone in Lūšakrogs (visit with a guide, tel. 29439207- Astra);
Kalekaura lake near to the Estonian border (tent places –tel.29158386-Gvido, 29460168 -Aivo)
Tree nursery “Miķeļi” (29429008 – Ojārs) mikeli.lv