Best Estonian Tallinn Old Town, Lahemaa National Park, Tartu, Soomaa, Saaremaa Island and Estonia Deep Medieval Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Estonia travel | Europe destinations Best Estonian Tallinn Old Town, Lahemaa National Park, Tartu, Soomaa and Saaremaa Island Deep Medieval Heritage Tour Destinations (Tallinn UNESCO 1997, Struve Arc UNESCO 2005) TL;DR I walked into Tallinn on a damp May morning, paid EUR 26 (USD 28) for a 24-hour Tallinn Card at the tourist office on Niguliste 2, and the city paid me back inside an hour. The Old Town is the best preserved medieval core in Northern Europe, the upper town on Toompea Hill rises on a 24-meter limestone cliff, and the 1.9 km of surviving 13th-century city wall still wraps the Lower Town with 20 of the original 46 watchtowers intact. I spent USD 17 (EUR 16) on the Town Hall climb where the Gothic structure of 1404 still functions as a municipal venue and remains the oldest working town hall in Northern Europe. From Tallinn I took the Lux Express bus 70 km east to Lahemaa National Park, Estonia's first protected area established on 1 June 1971 a...