The Tallinn Card
by jonkb
The Tallinn card goes almost everywhere in Tallinn.
It's a credit card style card thats sold at most hotels airport and the tourist information. The card gives free admission to several of the museums and free public transport.
Prices vary according to the period the card is issued for. The 6 hour card has some limitations, and costs 130 EEK. The 72 hour card costs 450 EEK. Along with the card you get an exelent guidebook, "Tallinn In Your Pocket", a map and a newspaper. If you're serious about touristing you'll get this card, even if you're just seeing a few museums.
By day...
by TheWanderingCamel
Whether wandering through the narrow streets, past old merchant's houses and tall churches, in the Old Town (All-Linn) or making your way around the elegant, aristocratic houses and government buidlings of Toompea with their classical architecture and grand facades, you cannot help but be charmed by the colour and variety of the buidings here. Every street and square has some gem of a house or a church, often side by side with several others. Even if you have only a few hours here, do take the time to explore some of the small side streets, and if your time is longer I'm sure you'll find yourself discovering new delights everytime you walk down a street. The way turning a corner or looking through a window gave a new perspective of a building or a street you had seen many times before. Catching sight of a tall spire over the top of other buildings. The colours of the houses standing out against the grey skies. There seemed always to be something different to look at as well as favourite buildings to see anew.
I love the old city
by Gili_S
The old city of course.
Tallinn is very friendly small city
The tourism there just started to grow
and a lot of small businesses as cafes, restaurants, pubs, souvenirs shops etc just starting to develop. Not for public eye.
Cakes
by cheekymarieh
Everywhere we went there seemed to be cakes waiting to tempt us. On arrival in Tallinn we headed for a snack and a drink. As well as the nice healthy salad I also couldn't resist a tempting cake. At Kadriorg Palace we needed a drink and we ended up with a cake too. Put temptaion in my way and I can't resit!
If you do a lot of walking you can eat them without feeling guilty!
Hostel with no name
by derekmacd
You can get a bus from Riga, in Lativa, to Tallinn, in Estonia. There's a cheap Hostel in Tallinn called the 'Hostel with no name' and thats where I had booked into. The Hostel is low budget, a little short on facilities, (one shower) but it's very central. I didn't have any problems there worth mentioning. Almost opposite the hostel I discovered what appeared to be a restaurant. It caught my attention because of the Irish music that was being played onto the street from down the stairs. Brendan, from Cork, was running the place and we ended up having a wail of a night. Has anyone come across him....I think he was planning to open a place in Moscow !
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Monument to Rusalka, Tallinn
The Euro is celebrated in gingerbread!
The salad
Schnitzel
