Palmse Travel Guide

 Kathrin_E Says:  The garden area behind the greenhouse is planted with apple, pear and other fruit trees. Some old greenhouses are located along the back wall. The fruit trees are not just any random fruit trees: This orchard is a genetic database and storage. Old, half-forgotten varieties... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The 1870s greenhouse is located behind a little canal that brings water to the lake. It served for both pleasure and utility. The central part has palm trees and other tropical plants, a little fountain and sculptures, chairs and tables to relax and dream of the South. The... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  Palmse was the first of the manors in Lahemaa National Parkthat has been restored to its former splendour. This makes it the most famous. Restorations started already in the 1970s, in Soviet times. The ensemble provides insight in the life of a Baltic noble family in the... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The interior of the manor is a museum. The rooms show how a noble family in the Baltics used to live in the 19th and early 20th century. All rooms are fully furnitured. However, note that except one chair none of the furniture has actually belonged to the owners of Palmse,... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The park of Palmse manor is a miniature version of huge palace parks. The part closest to the manor, terraced in two steps, is a baroque garden. Restoration works in the park are currently in progress. Further downhill the lawn leads to an artificial little lake (read: pond)... 

 leics Says:  My Palmse page is just about the manor house: I didn't really have time to explore the area.It's a good place to visit though, and gives a good idea of how the Estonian German elite lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.As well as the house itself there's a cafe, a small... 

 hartti Says:  The Palmse manor house is now the Center of the Lahemaa National Park. It's territory is 72 500 ha, land 47 410 ha and see area 25 090 ha. From Loksa bank you have beautiful view to the Finnish Gulf. 

 leics Says:  As you walk round the lake look up the bank.Tucked away on the edge of the woods is a stone monument to the land reforms of 1919.The von der Pahlen family lost their land to nationalisation then, and were left with only a small estate surrounding the house itself.