Gulbene

• Tourist Information

  phone: +371 4497729
  address: Ābeļu 2
  Information on attractions in the region is available from the local tourist association office.

1188.lv provides up-to-date bus and train schedules, route planner and prices.

By bus

Several buses leave from Riga each day to Gulbene. Trip times vary, but it generally takes about 3 hr.

By train

There is a train connection between Gulbene and Riga, but fewer services run than by bus.

Exploring on foot is the preferred choice. The narrow gauge railway station is just 1 km north of the centre.

• Gulbene Municipality History and Art Museum

  phone: +371 64473098
  address: Brīvības iela 10

• Orthodox Church of St. Alexander of Neva

  phone: +371 28389893
  address: Vecstameriena, Stameriena parish, Gulbene region

• Gulbene-Alūksne narrow gauge railway

  phone: +371 20228884, +371 64473037
  address: Viestura iela 16G
  33 km in length, connecting Alūksne and Gulbene, this is the only narrow gauge railway in the Baltics

• Green Market

  phone: +37120277265
  address: Jaunatne park
  Handmade and homemade goods.

There are a number of cafés around town, including:

• Manēža

  phone: +371 29205169
  address: Brivibas 18

• Amro

  phone: +371 29854894
  address: Dzelzceļa 8

• Schwanenburg

  phone: +371 26567044
  address: O. Kalpaka 27A

• Fiesta

  phone: +371 29227177
  address: Brivibas 82

• Flora Magnolija

  phone: +371 26810475
  address: Rigas 63

• Jesēnija

  phone: +371 64472078
  address: Rigas 65

• Pie Kamīna

  phone: +371 64473249
  address: Rigas 62

• Pie Rūtas

  phone: +371 64472280
  address: Brivibas 35

• Rankas Sieri

  phone: +371 28355405
  address: O. Kalpaka 29

• Marķīzs

  phone: +371 28296909
  address: Brivibas 106

• Kante

  address: Miera 15A

• Pienenīte

  phone: +371 64473428
  address: Rigas 31

• Also, check out the following: http://www.visitgulbene.lv/piedavajums/guest-houses/

• Depo

  phone: +371 64473037, +371 20228884
  address: Viestura iela 16G
  Great opportunity to spend a night at historical atmosphere at the depot. They offer room in an ascetic relaxation premises of locomotive crews, but also in the luxurious parlour car of Estonian Communist Party leaders, besides camping and picnic sites in the garden next to the depot. They also have a kitchen you can use, and 28 Beds all together.

• Vecgulbenes muiža

  phone: +371 64474850, +371 25546622
  address: Brīvības iela 18

• Alūksne – The destination of the narrow gauge train and located at the picturesque Lake Alūksne.
• Cesvaine – This nearby village of is home to the eclectic 19th century Cesvaine Palace, and ruins of medieval castles. The oldest palace in the country, its magnificent landscapes of pine forests are cut by Gauja river.
• Lake Lubānas – In the far southeastern corner of Vidzeme. The largest lake in Latvia by area, but also one of the shallowest ones with average depth just 3 m. A great place for windsurfing and under-ice fishing in winter.
• Madona – A scenic town surrounded by hills, forests and lakes, and a winter sports centre.