What else to do in Tallinn other than Old Town?

Depending upon your likes and dislikes, you could spend an entire day in the Old city. If you get the wonderful walking tour that many people here have used, and went thru the tour step by step, you probably would see what there is to see in 4 hours or so. But that is not the way we went about it. There are so many side streets that we wandered thru. We love to explore a bit,. find some out of the way shop and chat with the locals. We also stopped for some lunch, sat in the main square to enjoy an ice cream and just relax and take in where we are.

On the way back to the ship, there are many vendors selling local things so we stopped to browse around and found a couple of very unique pieces that we bought.

 

It is all in how you want to see any place. You can rush thru it, say you saw it, or you can take it slow and easy and enjoy what you are seeing and doing.

 

Cheers

 

Len

Did you join the walking tour or do it all on your own? We'd like to explore the side streets as well. And would love the shopping. :-)

The Old Town of Tallinn is quite lovely, and we would have been happy if we had only visited there.

 

We also greatly enjoyed our visit to the Lennusadam SeaPlane Harbor Museum in Tallinn.

( http://www.lennusadam.eu/et/ ) . The sea plane name is a bit of a misnomer, since it is more of a general military museum with a lot of fascinating hands on exhibits, including a submarine you can explore and a flight simulator inside of a plane (my 3 year old really loved making the plane crash into the trees). There is also an icebreaker ship outside that you can explore, and a submarine inside. It was a really interesting museum, and a highly enjoyable way to conclude your day in Tallinn for both adults and children. If there is rain predicted for part of your stay, you might want to spend that time indoors at the museum; otherwise I'd explore the Old Town first, and come here if you have any extra time prior to returning to your ship.

 

Other options to consider: you can get a short (20 minute) or longer tour of the Old Town on a pedicab, which was quite pleasant.

 

We ate a delicious lunch at Gloria ( http://www.gloria.ee) , a charming historic restaurant with excellent duck and fish.

The museum sounds great! Thanks for the info. My husband and daughter will love it.

Probably not for everyone but I certainly plan on visiting the old prison while there in June.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ohhhh, love this too! Will have to check it out.

As others have wisely noted, there is much more to Tallinn than just an "Old Town". If you start up at the top of the big hill with a couple of the famous churches and their government buildings, there is lots to see and enjoy. PLUS, shopping can be wonderful and very interesting in Tallinn. Need proof? Here is some of my photo evidence to help verify our experiences. Loved Tallinn so much!! Enjoyed lunch on their main square with lots of people watching to love and do. A very pleasant surprise and treat in the Baltics.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Enjoyed a 14-day, Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2014, Sydney to Auckland adventure, getting a big sampling for the wonders of "down under” before and after this cruise. Go to:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

for more info and many pictures of these amazing sights in this great part of the world. Now at 107,454 views for this posting.

 

 

Here are outside and inside views of Tallinn’s Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built in the Orthodox style 1894–1900. This church crowns the hill of Toompea. The church has been meticulously restored since Estonia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.:

 

 

 

 

 

At the top of Tallinn’s Toompea hill, this shows part of the Estonia Parliament building in the historic Pink Baroque Palace and the old Pikk Hermann watchtower with their flag on top:

 

 

 

Inside of Tallinn’s historic St. Mary's Cathedral Lutheran church with parts of the building dating back to the 12th Century. The main church was built in the 14th Century:

 

 

 

Shopping is great in Tallinn. Here we are inside a nice linen shop near the City Hall.:

 

 

 

Here is a Tallinn street-shop vendor with various woolen items at her stall near the famous Viru Gate as you entered the lower walled area. This area is commonly called the “Sweater Wall”. Very charming and interesting. Good values and buys.:

 

GORGEOUS photos!! Thanks for sharing.

YES! THIS!

 

We had SO MUCH FUN at Olde Hansa! It feels touristy, but the staff it totally into it and they sell their draft beers by the liter. Our server also kept bring us the free shots of the schnapps they make on site :)

 

If you're an adventurous eater (or just want to tell your friends you ate bear meat) this is a definite stop for you. They also have delicious basics, like the mushroom soup, for those less excited about the wild game :)

Oh boy....now I'll have to go just to try the bear! Did you have it?

I'll try to post beach and prison photos in July. The prison was quite a highlight, as was the sea harbor and museum area. Still had plenty

of time in old town and there, plus check out the vine Olympics exhibit outside the old walls near the parliament bldg.

Oh boy....now I'll have to go just to try the bear! Did you have it?

We had the sausage plate, which had bear, elk, and one other kind of sausage. It was good. We also had the mushroom soup and 2 kinds of beer - honey and cinnamon. We sat outside and it was a lovely afternoon. We were there for over 2 hours.

In the morning we did a walking tour with Traveller Tours and then did a bit of shopping. I bought a handmade purse :)

We arrive back at the ship just 15 minutes before all-aboard - that's how much fun we were having!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk