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FLIGHT AND CURRENCY INFORMATION - TRAVELLING TO RIGA
AIRLINES
If you are travelling from the UK the obvious choice might be Ryanair from London Stansted, Liverpool and Dublin, and Ryanair has a new route from East Midlands (UK) to Riga.
Also the airline Air Baltic have flights both from London Gatwick, Manchester and Dublin.
You can also fly with AerLingus from Dublin
Flights are reasonably priced and departure and arrival times are suitable for weekend travellers.
Flight times are just over 2 hours 20 minutes from London and around
2 hours 45 minutes from Liverpool, so Riga is a great weekend destination.
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AIRLINE WEBSITES
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CURRENCY ADVICE
The currency in Latvia is the Lat, which is roughly equivalent to one pound sterling.
Do not bring Euros and US dollars.
By law, outlets are not allowed to accept foreign currency as a payment and very rarely will you be able to pay for
anything in a currency other than Latvian Lats.
You don't need to obtain Latvian Lats whilst in UK. It is regarded by some banks as "exotic" currency and they will charge you unreasonably high commission.
We advise that you bring Sterling and exchange it locally.
The best way is to use the local ATM machines and withdraw cash on your UK credit/debit card.
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