Valga County tourism - welcome to Valga County
Valga County, also known as Valga maakond or Valgamaa, lies along the line of the Estonian-Latvian border. In the olden times of the rule of Livonia most of the county belonged to Latvia, thus the central town of the back-then province is now divided between the two countries — one half belonging to Estonia and the other to Latvia. Valgamaa is home to both a well-preserved culture of old communities, as well as things new and innovative. Estonia’s youngest county with the smallest surface area is rich in lakes, well-preserved castles and picturesque landscapes, rife with forests and winding rivers, small hamlets and towns nestled between woods and domed hills, where every patch of land has a story to tell.
