A real find in Tallinn! Cosy, clean and cheap.
I was browsing the internet for finding some place else to stay than the same hotels which are also getting more and more expensive. That time we didn't have much money, did not have high requirements as we though we only mainly sleep in the room. Why to pay several times more?
The treasure was a place called Marinecenter, or Marinekeskus. It is a Russian-run hostel at a super location - near the harbour just by the terminal B. All other terminals were also at a walking distance. Old town was about 10-15 minutes away by walking.
The categorization "hostel" is totally misleading. This place is quiet, silent, new, neat, cosy and clean. The corridors and the rooms are made of nice looking wood, linen colours are nice pastel colours. There is a fan and a tv in each room. In all but one room there is no own bathroom; there are two bathrooms with a toilet and a shower in each in the corridor. Well working and clean.
The place is very safe even though located in the harbour. There is a reception open 24 hours a day, and they speak enough English.
One negative thing there is: there is no cabinet at all, neither places on the wall where to put your clothes. There is one chair which is meant for keeping clothes on its back but that's all. You better not have lots of luggage with you and you have to be prepared to keep them in the luggage.
Another thing: if you are used to space, this is not your place. The rooms are really really small, as small as cabins in the big (at least Finland-Sweden) cruise ships. You can't do anything but change clothes and sleep in the room.
Unique Quality: The prices are unbeliavable. I once stayed in a single room and paid 19 euros for it. A double is appr. 35 euros. If you want the double with own bathroom, it costs you appr. 54 euros. Not expensive either.
Staff is very nice and helpful and honest. They want very much to learn more English, and a couple of them speak good English. One or two of the elder ladies speak a couple of sentences English or then Finnish (due to history) but mainly Russian. They are Russians living in Estonia.
This is very handy: downstairs there is a alcohol and tobacco (and souvenir) shop; so if you want to buy really cheap alcohol, you don't even have to carry it from downtown or old town. Buy it before you leave from your "home shop" at cheaper prices and you have 5-10 mins walk to your ferry terminal.
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