630 VERSTS FULL OF FEELINGS (VERSTS OF FEELINGS)

Project name:	630 Versts Full of Feelings (Versts of Feelings)
Abbreviation:	Versts of Feelings
Project number:	Projekts Nr.LV-RU-008 “630 verstis pilnas sajūtām/ Sajūtu verstis”/ “630 Versts Full of Feelings/Versts of Feelings”.
Project objective:	This cross-border initiative aimed to create a new tourism experience, offering visitors the chance to explore 630 versts full of feelings. The route developed through the project connects various sites that provide a range of sensory experiences, allowing visitors to feel, participate, engage, enjoy, and discover the unique border tourism offering. It highlights the interaction of history, nature, and people over the centuries.
Project implementation time:	The project supported by the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020.
Financing:
Project managing partner:	Aluksne Municipality
Project partners:	Members of the Latvian Castle and Manor Association – including Litene Manor, Varakļāni Manor Castle, Kraslava Manor, Luznava Manor, Preiļi Manor Castle Complex, and Arendole Manor
Project website:	https://www.luznavasmuiza.lv/projekti/sajutas-360-verstu-garuma/
Project activities in social media:	https://www.facebook.com/luznavasmuiza
Contact person:	Iveta Balčūne e-mail: [email protected]

On November 14^th, 2021, the project No. LV-RU-008 “630 Versts Full of Feelings/Versts of Feelings,” supported by the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, came to a close. This cross-border initiative aimed to create a new tourism experience, offering visitors the chance to explore 630 versts full of feelings. The route developed through the project connects various sites that provide a range of sensory experiences, allowing visitors to feel, participate, engage, enjoy, and discover the unique border tourism offering. It highlights the interaction of history, nature, and people over the centuries. Members of the Latvian Castle and Manor Association – including Litene Manor, Varakļāni Manor Castle, Krāslava Manor, Lūznava Manor, Preiļi Manor Castle Complex, and Arendole Manor – contributed to the project by enhancing the existing tourism offer and emphasizing the special sensations visitors can experience at each location.
MORE ABOUT PROJECT (in Latvian)

Discover the visions of the Sensory Garden

Historic manor parks have always featured gardens, and Luznava Manor aims to continue this tradition, going even further by intertwining culture, community, herbs, medicinal plants, and other garden experiences.

Every visitor to the garden is invited to participate, sharing seeds and sprouts, helping to maintain and enrich the diversity of cultivated plants.

The Sensory Garden concept was first presented during the Luznava Manor Mini-Art Picnic in the summer of 2021.

The idea of the Sensory Garden is being implemented as part of the cross-border cooperation project “630 Versts of Feelings” under the Latvia-Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014–2020.

Photos and video by: Māris Justs