Walking-stick Workshop
The walking stick workshop invites you to enjoy the stick-making process which boasts more than 200 years of history. The walking sticks are the most recognizable and oldest symbol of Sigulda, developed along with the old valley promenade trails made by prince Kropotkins, thus becoming a great companion for a walker.
| Address | Sigulda Casle Quarter, Pils iela 16, Sigulda |
| Coordinates | 57.1653487,24.8504208 |
| Phone | +371 29425045 |
| Working hours |
Monday - Sunday 10.00 - 17.00 Groups request to apply in advance |
| Price |
An offer for individual visitors - to brand the pattern in the stick or to color it (from 1.00 EUR); Group offer - to make your own walking stick from boiling and bark peeling until the curving of the stick (from 1.50 EUR for pupils, 2.00 EUR for adults) Duration of one lesson up to 45 minutes. Groups from 5 to 25 people.
Wedding offer: apply individually |
Making walking sticks in Sigulda vicinity has more than 200 years old history. Already in the 19th century, the guidebooks say that "a walking stick can be bought from a boy for a walk along Sigulda's ravines." Initially, the sticks were made quite simple - one end of a straight stick of hazelnut tree or buckthorn was barked and curved - for the handle. The rest of the stick was left unbarked.
At the beginning of the 20th century, when Sigulda evolved into a boarding house and summerhouse centre and walks along the so-called Alpine trails built by the owner of Sigulda manor prince Kropotkins, the production and sale of walking sticks became an important source of profit for local farmers.
Offers for groups and individual visitors: to buy walking sticks of various sizes as well as order sticks with specially burned in names.
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