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In & Around Tallinn, Estonia

Day Trips, In & Around Tallinn, Estonia:

Day trips in Tallinn are offered for smaller parties of a minimum of 2 persons, as well as for groups starting from 10 persons.

Day trips for 1 or 2 persons traveling together are conducted by a licensed English-speaking guide / with a chauffeured car

Day trips for a party of up to 5 persons: transportation by a smaller van with 5-7 seats

For a party of 11 to 14 persons: a modern air-conditioned van with 12 to 15 or more seats  

A City Tour of Tallinn 

 Tallinn Old Town

The Old Town on the Hill (Toompea) is an outstanding permanent monument to Gothic and Baroque architecture. 

The Tallinn Old Town (including Toompea) is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

The best way to see it is on foot: the area is relatively small; large parts of the Old Town have been made traffic-free zones, while other parts consist of narrow streets, making vehicle access impractical.

 
Many of the streets are cobbled and suffer from lack of maintenance, so you have to keep your eyes open for uneven road and pavements surfaces. Wear sensible walking shoes 

St. Olaf's Church and Tower: 

St. Olaf's Church is an important landmark of Tallinn. 

From 1549 to 1625, this 14th century Gothic church was the tallest building in the world. 

Nowadays its smaller, 124-meter spire still dwarfs most of Tallinn’s buildings. 

The structure remains an important symbol of the town. 

From April to October, visitors can make the vigorous climb to the top of the stone portion of the tower for magnificent & dizzying views of Old Town, Toompea hill and sea port area.

Anyone unafraid of a few stairs (258, to be precise) may head up to the observation tower, halfway up the church's 124-meter structure

Town Hall Square

Surrounded by elaborate merchant houses and, in summer, packed with café tables, it is a natural magnet for tourists.

Historically it served as a market and meeting place. Find the round stone marked with a compass rose in the middle of the square. From this spot, with a little stretching and bending, you can see the tops of all five of Old Town's spires.

Today, the square remains the social heart of the city, a venue for open-air concerts, handicraft fairs and Medieval markets. Each winter it's home to the town's Christmas tree - a tradition that goes back to 1441!

Notable buildings around the square include the Town Hall and the Town Hall Pharmacy

 
Kadriorg Palace and Park: 

The beautiful pink baroque Kadriorg Palace designed by an Italian architect is a brilliant example of Baroque architecture. 

It was the Summer residence of the Russian Czar Peter the Great, and today stands proudly in the center of its namesake seaside resort suburb of Tallinn, where the streets are lined with noble villas and summer estates. 

Today the Palace houses the Estonian Art Museum's foreign collection, featuring thousands of western European and Russian works from the 16th to 20th centuries, ranging from prints and paintings to sculpture and furniture. 

The palace is also the venue for concerts and theatrical performances, lecture and receptions. The park surrounding the palace is a popular recreational spot for visitors and locals alike, consisting of formal gardens, the symmetrical Swan Lake, as well as meadows and forest groves traversed by paths

Rocca Al Mare Open Air Museum:
 

The Estonian Open Air Museum founded in 1957 is located some 10 km from the centre of Tallinn, on a wooded coastal headland in a beautiful place called Rocca al Mare.

A 20 minute drive outside of Tallinn will bring you to this scenic museum displaying a unique collection of old Estonian buildings on a 79-hectare expanse of seaside land.

You will find many examples of spectacular wooden buildings preserved in peaceful surroundings, including old farm buildings, fishermen’s houses, a village church, a village school, windmills & water mills of various kinds and from the last 200 years

Tour of Estonian Open-Air Museum at Rocca al Mare

Seaplane Harbour (Lennusad