SELONIAN FARMSTEAD “GULBJI“ (“SWANS“)

You can experience the spirit and way of life of the old Selonians at the Gulbji farmstead, a place where time has stopped. This is one of the rare places where you can see and get to know the “living“ farmstead with its layout and buildings typical of the historical region of Selonian. A self-founded small ethnographic museum, ancient buildings with their own history, decorative greenery and a collection of ornamental plants, a garden and a collection of medicinal plants are in harmony with the ancient structures and harmoniously complement it. Various engaging activities are offered to visitors here: bathing in a smoke bath using  meadow plant brooms and a selfmade plant-honey scrubber, pressing cheese, churning butter, cooking old-fashioned meals, baking real rye bread, twisting ropes, sowing crops using ancestral methods, and others. The homestead also ensures catering according to pre-registration, organizes tastings of home-made products, local food and drinks - crepes, pearl barley soup, mashed potato soup, stewed beans in a special sauce, sweet semolina porridge (bubert), bread soup with whipped cream, cakes and herbal teas. The household has been awarded the “Latvian Heritage“ and “Latvian Kitchen“ honors. Here you can get acquainted with ancient signs of Latvian strength, customs, celebrate holidays according to traditions by singing songs adapted to the occasion, dance and play games. The farmstead has a barefoot path, playgrounds, and volleyball courts. The country house has a renovated and well-maintained spring, several ponds, and a lake where you can swim and fish, as well as places for tents and fire pits.