--- title: "Riga to Lapes – 3 ways by car, plane, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Riga to Lapes is 219 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/riga-to-lapes" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/riga-to-lapes.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Riga to Lapes [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Riga&to=Lapes) [Lapes to Riga](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lapes-to-riga) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 219 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Sat 31 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 219 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sat 31 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 2h quicker than flying and €230 cheaper. - [**Drive** best 4h€25–36 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Lithuania 254 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Riga&to=Lapes) - [**Fly** 6h 2m€210–320 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Lithuania RIX → VNO · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Riga&to=Lapes) - [**Taxi** 4h€305–455 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Lithuania one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Riga&to=Lapes) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Latvia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Lithuania** · Latvia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/lithuania/entry-requirements) - **Likely no visa needed for Lithuania** · Latvia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/lithuania/entry-requirements) Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today 1. [08:03 → 14:05 6h 2m · direct€210–320](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Riga&to=Lapes&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Riga to Lapes? The fastest way is by car: about 4h door to door. The straight-line distance is 219 km. What is the cheapest way from Riga to Lapes? Drive is the cheapest, from €25. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Riga to Lapes? About 1h 1m in the air (RIX → VNO), about 6h 2m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run €210–320; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Lapes from Riga by road? About 254 km, roughly 4h of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €25–36; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Lapes Town in Aukštaitija, Lithuania Lapės (transl. foxes) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 1,218. [The Lapes guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lapes) [Hotels in Lapes Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/riga-to-lapes, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt