Historic sites

Saaremaa and Kuressaare Castle

Estonia Saaremaa Kuressaare

Saaremaa and Kuressaare Castle
Photo: Brams, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Estonia's largest island, with juniper meadows, windmills, cliffs and quiet villages. Kuressaare has the best-preserved medieval castle in the Baltics, a square stone fortress built by the bishops of Saare-Lääne, with a museum.


See the Angla windmills, the Kaali meteorite crater, and the Panga cliffs. Ferries run from Virtsu to Muhu, which is joined to Saaremaa by a causeway. Spa hotels are popular.

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