A GUIDED TOUR
To visit the main exhibition of the museum the ticket “Permanent exhibition” needs to be purchased.
Guided tours need to be prebooked at least 3 days before the visit. Please contact the Museums’ tour organizer to book the excursion in advance of your visit: phone: +371 26499151; email: booking[at]rundale.net.
Guided tours are organized by guides – individual work contractors who have a contract with the Rundāle Palace Museum.
Duration of the excursion: 1 to 1,5 hours.
The museum offers tours in 5 languages: Latvian, Russian, German, English and French.
Entrance to the museum is free of charge for the group guide (of a group of at least 10 persons) and for one teacher, who accompanies at least 10 students. Groups of school children should be accompanied by one adult for every 10 pre-school or primary school students and 15 secondary school students.
Payment for a guide service in cash or with a prepay transfer – 52.00 €
PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR TOUR GUIDES
Tour guide permit for guides with the certificate issued by the administration of the museum: 5.00 €
Please scan the guiding permit by the ticket controller and attach the sticker so that it can be easily seen.
Only tour guides certified by the Museum (holding a valid pass) are allowed to lead tours in the Museum, after purchasing a valid permit.
If there are more than 30 people in the group, it has to be split into two groups and two guides have to be booked. If there are more than 15 people in the group the use of radio devices is mandatory.
If you don’t have the devices at your disposal, it is possible to rent them, by writing to the e-mail: olafs10@inbox.lv or calling by phone +371 29902006. The price for the rental is 1,50 EUR per person. If the group arrives without the radio communication devices, they will be allowed to visit the palace individually without a guide.
Information about certification of guides and a license obtaining see here!
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Please do not use the following broadcast frequencies in the territory of Rundāle Palace:
1) 446,03125MHz + 67Hz;
2) 446,04375MHz + 67Hz;
3) 446,05625MHz + 67Hz;
4) 446,06875MHz + 67Hz;
5) 446,08125MHz + 67Hz;
6) 446,093755MHz + 67Hz;
7) 446,00625MHz + DPL754;
8) 446,01875MHz + DPL754.
THEATRICAL EXCURSION “CHARM OF THE GALLANT CENTURY”
Get fully immersed in the exquisite 18th century with Eleana’s theatrical excursions “Charm of the Gallant Century,” conducted in elaborate historical attire. Available in Latvian, English, Russian or French. For more information and pricing, please contact jelena@ceremonija.lv via e-mail or call +371 29108396.
EXCURSION IN THE MOOD OF THE 18th CENTURY
The excursion includes a visit to Rundāle Palace Museum, an overview of the history of the palace and an introduction to the era’s fashion trends. Suitable for everyone, this excursion can be fully tailored to the needs of different age groups. Available in Latvian, English or Russian. For bookings, please contact olafs10@inbox.lv via e-mail or call +371 29902006.
EXCURSIONS BY ELECTRIC CAR
Duration of the tour is 20 minutes. During the excursion, listening to the audio guide record, you can see the entire regular or French garden (10 hectares). Excursions are conducted in English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian and Spanish. The electric car does not run in rainy weather.
A tour around the Rundāle Palace Regular Gardens – 4.00 € per person.
Information: +371 2916 9034; peteris.grabovskis@gmail.com.
WALTZ IN THE WHITE HALL
For newlyweds and other interested parties, we offer to dance waltz in the White Hall in musical accompaniment of Johann Strauss’s “The Blue Danube”, or other individually selected music (it is possible to play a record from a CD or flash memory).
Service price: 60.00 € + entrance tickets for each participant and photographer.
If the marriage registration is held in the White Hall, the waltz is at no extra charge.
Service must be requested at least 3 days in advance: +371 63962197, +371 26499151; booking[at]rundale.net
PHOTO SESSIONS
It is possible to organise photo sessions for newlyweds or other participants for non-commercial purposes at Rundāle Palace Museum.
Price: 105.00 € + entrance fees for each participant and photographer.
If the registration of marriage takes place in the White Hall, a photo session in the same room is possible without additional charge.
The service must be requested at least 3 days before the visit: +371 63962197, +371 26499151; booking[at]rundale.net
Premises and territory for lease
The Rundāle Palace Museum offers to lease its premises and territory for events, for example, concerts, exhibitions, registration of marriages, corporate events. Information on the lease offer and prices is available here!
Use of flying cameras or drones and air dogs within the limits of Rundāle Palace Museum territory is forbidden. In special cases after coordination with the administration of Rundāle Palace Museum it is possible to acquire a permit to use flying cameras complying with Cabinet Regulation No. 248 (23.04.2024.).
No silettos allowed in the exhibition area!
PUBLIC CATERING
When visiting cafe or free exhibition on the Ground floor of Rundāle Palace it is NOT NECESSARY to buy a ticket!
CAFÉ “Ozollāde”
SIA “Ozollāde” café on the ground floor of the palace, reservations: +371 29105356, info[at]ozollade.lv
CAFÉ “Zem zelta vāzes”
SIA “Opulentus”, reservations: Kristaps Šmits 26660805;
Hardijs Brūvers 25975109; e-pasts: opulentus.info[at]gmail.com
To visit the cafe, need to buy an entrance ticket to the French garden
23.09.2024