We splurged on getting a car for Riga but found it to be a burden in that town, especially when we learned that Kristine picks people up! It is necessary to use public parking and the one way streets are nasty unless you have the complicated city map and one way streets infused in your brain. We called this place our lovely little medieval dungeon. The best thing about it was its very convenient location to old town...a very marvelous part of the city to explore.