One of the best-preserved medieval towns in northern Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with city walls and towers, cobbled streets, merchants' houses and the Gothic Town Hall on the Town Hall Square, the setting for a Christmas market in winter.
Climb Toompea hill to the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the viewpoints over the red roofs. Walk along the walls. The Kadriorg Palace and the Telliskivi Creative City are outside the old town. Ferries from Helsinki take 2 hours.
Estonia's oldest and largest national park, on the coast east of Tallinn, with forests, bogs, boulder-strewn beaches and fishing villages.
'Land of bogs', a wilderness of raised bogs, flooded meadows and forests, famous for its 'fifth season' in spring, when rivers flood the land and you…
Estonia's university city and its intellectual heart, with a town hall square, the 'Kissing Students' fountain, a leaning house, and the ruins of the…
Estonia's largest island, with juniper meadows, windmills, cliffs and quiet villages.
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