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Top Sights
Top Sights
1. Tallinn
1. Tallinn
Most completely preserved medieval town in northern europe. Tallinn, Estonia’s capital on the Baltic Sea, is the country’s cultural hub. It retains its walled, cobblestoned Old Town, home to cafes and shops, as well as Kiek in de Kök, a 15th-century defensive tower. Its Gothic Town Hall, built in the 13th century and with a 64m-high tower, sits in historic Tallinn’s main square. St. Nicholas Church is a 13th-century landmark exhibiting ecclesiastical art.
2. Saaremaa
2. Saaremaa
Saaremaa is an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea. It's known for its beaches, spas and traditional villages. Its southern capital, Kuressaare, is home to medieval Kuressaare Castle. It houses the Saaremaa Museum, with exhibits on Estonian culture and handicrafts, plus weapons in the castle fortress. Nearby, the Kaali meteorite crater field includes a cluster of ancient craters and a museum of meteor remains.
3. Tartu
3. Tartu
Tartu is a city in eastern Estonia. It’s known for the prestigious, 17th-century University of Tartu. The old town centers on the university’s neoclassical main building, and the cafe-filled Town Hall Square, home to the Kissing Students fountain. The modern Science Centre AHHAA has hands-on exhibits and a 4D cinema. The ruined Tartu Cathedral, in hilltop Toomemägi Park, has 2 restored towers with viewing platforms.
4. Lahemaa National Park
4. Lahemaa National Park
Abandonned manors, estonian swings in a park with bogs. Lahemaa National Park is a park located in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway is to the south. Its area covers 725 km². It was the first area to be designated a national park of the former Soviet Union.
5. Pärnu
5. Pärnu
Pärnu is a resort city in southwestern Estonia, overlooking Pärnu Bay. The city is bisected by the Pärnu River, which has paths on both banks, both of which end in stone jetties in the bay. The city is known for its 19th-century timber villas and for sandy Pärnu Beach, with its shallow waters and promenade. Behind the beach, Pärnu Beach Park has fountains, trails and neoclassical spa buildings.
6. Viljandi
6. Viljandi
Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County. The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe.
7. Kuressaare Castle
7. Kuressaare Castle
Kuressaare Castle, also Kuressaare Episcopal Castle, is a castle in Kuressaare on Saaremaa island, in western Estonia. The castle has become one of the most remarkable buildings in Northern Europe built during the 14th–19th century. There is a history museum which tells stories of the distant past and recent history of Saaremaa and the locals.
8. Paldiski
8. Paldiski
Paldiski is a town and Baltic Sea port situated on the Pakri peninsula of north-western Estonia. Since 2017, it's the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish of Harju County. Previously a village of Estonia-Swedes known by the historical name Rågervik, it was extended into a Russian naval base in the 18th century.
9. Narva
9. Narva
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus. The city of Narva is the country's third largest.
10. Hiiumaa
10. Hiiumaa
Hiiumaa; is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km² and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within Hiiu County. Hiiumaa was controlled by the Brothers of the Sword in the early 1200s. You can visit lighthouse and churches.
11. Rakvere
11. Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the capital of Lääne-Viru County, 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Until early 20th century Rakvere was more widely known by its historical German name Wesenberg.
12. Lake Peipus
12. Lake Peipus
Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the border between Estonia and Russia. The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, Lake Vänern, and Lake Saimaa. Lake Peipus is a remnant of a body of water that existed in this area during a former ice age.
13. Soomaa National Park
13. Soomaa National Park
Soomaa National Park is a national park in south-western Estonia. Soomaa protects 390 km², the park was created in 1993. Soomaa is Important Bird Area since 1989 and a Ramsar site of protected wetlands since 1997 and a Natura 2000 area since 2004.
14. Matsalu National Park
14. Matsalu National Park
Matsalu National Park is a nature reserve and national park situated in Lääne County, Estonia. Matsalu National Park spans an area of 486.1 km², comprising Matsalu Bay, the Kasari River delta, the village of Matsalu and surrounding areas.
15. Haanja
15. Haanja
Haanja is a protected area south of Võru encompasses some of the most pleasant scenery in the country. The biggest hills in the Baltic States, lakes, landscape, forests and local culture, spreading across 169 sq km.
16. Kihnu
16. Kihnu
Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea. With an area of 16.4 km² it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga and the seventh largest island of Estonia. The length of the island is 7 km and width 3.3 km, the highest point is at 8.9 metres above sea level. The island belongs to the Pärnu County of Estonia.
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