Our self-catering apartment was minutes from the bars, shops, museums and lovely architecture of the old town. The room is spacious and clean. There's a small supermarket across the road where you can pick up everything you need for a basic meal. Designapartments refresh towels and bedding during your stay and for 14 Lats will even arrange for a driver to pick you up at the airport. But there's just one proviso - try not to be too put off when you go to pick up your keys and encounter your 'welcome' at Designapartments' office. Ours came via a scowling young woman called Inga. We arrived at the office at noon, but the Designapartments' driver asked us to dump our bags and return after 3, when the apartment would be ready and a member of staff called Inga would take us there. Returning at the requested time, we waited for 20 minutes, at which point a sulky teenager stomped into the office, huffed herself into a chair and proceeded to count a wad of bank notes. When we enquired if she might be Inga, she inclined her head, but didn't confirm or deny. We supplied all our credit card details when we made the online booking, but were told that the apartment hadn't yet been paid for, that credit cards couldn't be accepted and, lugging our cases, with Inga stomping ahead, we were led to a cashpoint which fortunately allowed us to take out 300 Lats on the spot. We were shown our apartment without explanation, and off went Inga. Riga is fantastic. Inga altogether less so...