Ķemeri Resort Park Audio Guide
Postcard from the archives of the Jūrmala Museum, 1936–1939. Photo by A. Cīrulis. Ķemeri – State Hotel, view from above from the terrace side – on the left, formal garden plantings with a symmetrical layout; the Latvian flag flies atop the tower.
Did you know that Ķemeri is home to one of the most scenically impressive and historically significant parks in Latvia? We invite you to take a leisurely walk through the historic Ķemeri Resort Park with an audio guide that reveals the stories hidden behind its picturesque alleys and architectural highlights.
The audio guide presents the development of the park since 1839 and its importance in the history of Latvian health resorts, as well as some of its most iconic landmarks: the romantic Love Island with its classical rotunda, the grand Ķemeri Hotel and its ornamental garden, the sulphur water spring “Ķirzaciņa”, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, the “Dance of Nations” sculpture, and the Ķemeri Water Tower, which offers a panoramic view of the surroundings.
The audio guide is available in Latvian, English and Lithuanian.
Ķemeri
Kemeri Resort Park
A landscape park with more than 180 years of history, where garden design merges with resort architecture and healing traditions.
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Kemeri Hotel
An impressive eclectic-style building with modernist features that symbolised Latvia’s resort architecture excellence and national ambition in the 1930s.
ListenThe Story of the Ornamental Garden of the Ķemeri Hotel
One of the few ornamental parterres in Latvia, known for its symmetrical layout, carefully shaped relief, and luxurious representativeness.
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Ķemeri Water Tower
A monumental 42-metre-high structure combining classical architecture with a technological function and a viewing platform offering views all the way to the sea.
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Historical exhibition ‘Notable People in Ķemeri. Six Life Stories’
Six remarkable individuals whose work and ideas have shaped the architecture, culture, and healing traditions of Ķemeri for over 150 years.
ListenThe Story of Dr. Alexander Lozynsky
A pioneer of scientific balneology and a key figure in the transformation of Ķemeri into a modern European health resort.
ListenThe Story of Dr. Jānis Lībietis
A doctor and civic leader who significantly modernised Ķemeri in the interwar period, turning it into a nationally important resort town.
ListenThe Story of Dr. Mihails Malkiels
A rehabilitation medicine specialist and the visionary behind the establishment of the Jaunķemeri Sanatorium, preserving the legacy of natural healing in modern times.
ListenThe Story of Architect Fridrihs Skujiņš
The author of Ķemeri’s iconic landmarks – from the Love Island pavilion to the water tower – shaping the resort’s visual identity in the 1920s and 1930s.
ListenThe Story of Pastor and Artist Miervaldis Ķemers
A Lutheran pastor and landscape painter whose deep personal ties to Ķemeri are reflected in his life and work.
ListenThe Story of Poet Imants Ziedonis
One of Latvia’s most celebrated writers, who took his first poetic steps in Ķemeri, drawing inspiration from its atmosphere and surroundings.
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