Name: Tallinn Highlights and Surroundings
SKU: 46346
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 4 h

Activity Level: Moderate

Experience: Adventure, Unesco, Family, Historical

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

The Tallinn Highlights tour is the ultimate way to experience the Estonian capital. This tour ensures that you get to see all the best sites that this beautiful city has to offer. The center of Tallinn is a historical, cultural, and religious hotspot with something to appeal to everyone. With a fantastic mixture of driving and walking, this tour allows you to make the most of the city's picturesque spots as you take photos, enjoy the scenery, and see as many sites as possible.

What's included

Air-Conditioned Vehicle
English Speaking Guide

Highlights

Kadriorg Palace and Park

If there’s one part of Tallinn outside Old Town that a first time visitor absolutely, definitely, unquestionably has to see, it’s Kadriorg. Though it’s only a few minutes’ walk from the centre, this quiet area is a world unto itself, a secluded neighbourhood made up of large areas of forested park criss-crossed by paths and dotted with statues and ponds. It’s also home to a number of intriguing 19th- and 20th-century villas, and the nation’s top art museums.

Russalka Memorial

This striking sculpture of an angel facing out into the sea horizon is a memorial to the 177 men of the Russalka, a Russian military ship that tragically sunk while en route to Helsinki in 1893. Created by famed Estonian sculptor A.H. Adamson, the monument has become a Tallinn landmark and a traditional spot for Russian couples to lay flowers on their wedding day.

Tallinn

Located on the coast of Gulf of Finland, Tallinn is a well known city and capital of Estonia. Tallinn is an intoxicating mix of ancient church spires, glass skyscrapers, baroque palaces, appealing eateries, brooding battlements, shiny shopping malls, run-down wooden houses, and cafes set on sunny squares – with a few Soviet throwbacks in the mix, for added spice. Many relics of Tallinn’s long history survive or have been restored, especially on Toompea hill and in the old, walled Lower Town. Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia. If you are a lover of history and enjoy shopping on the streets, this is one city that you just can't avoid to miss.

Tallinn Old Lower Town

Lower Town, the larger part of medieval Tallinn (or Reval as it was called back then), became a member of the Hanseatic League at the end of the 13th century. Goods from around the world came in through the port and were traded on the market on Town Hall Square. Reval operated autonomously from the rest of the Estonian territories right up until Tsarist Russian times. As in the rest of the country, the real movers and shakers in Reval society were the Baltic Germans, with Ethnic Estonians for most part second-class citizens. However, Estonian peasants from surrounding areas often escaped to the city, where they could eventually be considered free.

Toompea Hill and Castle

Built on the spot where the ancient Estonians' wooden fortress stood before the 1219 Danish invasion, Tallinn's castle served for seven centuries as the seat of power for the nation's foreign masters. Now it houses the Riigikogu, Estonia’s parliament. On one corner of the castle you can see Pikk Hermann tower with the blue, black and white tricolour flag waving above it. It’s commonly recognised that whoever’s flag flies on top of this tower is the ruler of Estonia. The pink section you see in front is actually a baroque structure added in the 18th Century.

Itinerary

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First, you’ll be driven through the centre of Tallinn, passing the Kadriorg Park which was founded by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great in honour of his wife. Enjoy an impressive view of Tallinn and the bay as you drive along towards the new St. Birgitta’s convent. On your return, you’ll be able to see the Olympic Yachting Complex, Orlov’s summer palace and you can even stop off for a photograph at the Russalka Monument.

The tour will then continue on foot to lower and upper ‘Old Tallinn’, where there are numerous restaurants, shops and cafes. Firstly, you’ll be taken back into the town centre to the Tall Hermann Tower where you will walk to the upper town (Toompea Hill). Enjoy the wonderful panoramic view of this incredible city’s architecture. History lovers will get to see the 13th century Dome Church (St Mary’s Cathedral), which hosts over 100 old coats of arms and tombstones. You’ll then head towards the shopping area to browse the small boutiques in the centre of town or to have refreshments.

The air-conditioned transportation will take you back to port, or if you wish to stay a little longer in the old town, you may, but it is then your responsibility to get back to your cruise ship on time. A taxi from the old town takes approximately 10 minutes, or sometimes your cruise ship may have a shuttle back.

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