On 28-29 April 2025 the PANORAMA Project partners from Latvia and Lithuania met in Sieksāte for the project kick-off meeting. The Project Lead Partner is Kurzeme Planning Region and we are implementing it together with 8 partners from:
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The objective of the project is to develop the PANORAMA ROUTE, featuring 50–70 panoramic viewpoints in Kurzeme, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Telšiai and Utena regions. By mapping and opening access to culturally and historically significant sites, such as lighthouses, churches, watertowers and hillforts, the project will foster a unique cross-border route. This initiative aims to create a richer, more diverse tourism product than isolated national efforts could achieve. It also aims to improve physical and digital access for all and encourage visits to touristically underrated destinations.
The project will enhance access to 9 panoramic viewpoints, create the Roadgame, publish a Travel Guide, and promote the route on international tourism websites and apps.
The first activities in the Project now are to identify the potential panoramic landscapes and views to be possibly included in the route, to develop a site “passport” for inspections and data collection, do the actual on-site inspections in Latvia and Lithuania, hold the first route development workshops and stakeholder training on modern technologies and AI in tourism.
As part of the practical part of the meeting participants visited Aizpute, climbed up the Aizpute watertower, which is also one of the project investment sites, where we have planned to lighten up the tower, and hiked 8km in Kazdanga park, searching for and discussing the possible potential panoramic sites for the new route!
The Project shall last for 2 years finishing on 28 February 2027.
