Tallinn Journals

Take a break in Tallinn

A travel journal to Tallinn by aliante1981

Quote: Sights and palces to stay, good eateries and useful transport connections - all a visitor need to make the most of the city.

Take a break in Tallinn

Overview

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Tallin is probably worth a stay longer than just a couple of days in a hurry. Not for nothing it's medieval part earned the city a place in the list of UNESCO World Heritage program (alongside, say, Acropolis in Athens). When I visited the city many times still during the Soviet era, I got the unmistakable (as I found later) that I was abroad. Now it is even more so. With lots of things to do (I shall dedicate separate entries to all sights, in due course), you might start from Toompea hill, dominating the town, and assaporate its medieval charm: narrow cobbled streets and cosy-looking buildings, old walls and gates where you can make a wish as you pass through them (hey! mine happened to becom...Read More

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Kadriorg (Park)

Attraction | "Kadriorg Park"

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It is a very pretty place just two kilometers east of the Old Town of Tallinn, and I would highly recommend to anyone a walk there, especially if the sun is high (yes, it can be pretty hot there, too!). The Park and another attraction almost hidden in it - Kadriorg Palace - where designed by Nicolo Michetti, who was hired by the first Russian Emperor - Peter the Great - soon after Russia conquered Estonia in the Northern War with Sweden in the beginning of 18th century. Now you can not visit some rooms in the interior of the palace as it became official residence of Estonian President (which usually tells us a lot anout the quality of the place we are about to visit, does it not? I mean, ...Read More

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Kadriorg (Park)
East from city centre
Tallinn, Estonia