The lively and charming heart of Jurmala, Majori has enough shops and restaurants running along Jomas Street to satisfy the most exacting of window-shoppers and gourmets. But a gentle stroll around the area reveals more culturally attractive features..

The silhouette of this large wooden building topped by a turret overlooking the beach has become the emblem of this resort. During the Belle Époque period, it was the fashion to take baths of heated sea water here.

A poignant opportunity to learn about Janis Rainis and Elza Plieksane (nicknamed Aspazija), engaged Latvian poets who were exiled here in Tsarist times. They lived here for three years before the death of Janis, living on the first floor of this litt..