What you need to see - Estonia
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Tallinn | Rating: 7.80 |
| Tallinn pleasantly surprised us. To be honest, we didn't expect the old city to be so good. I would say that, due to its topography and size, the old town, in terms of tourism, is closer to the Portuguese cities, which for us are the benchmark, read more... |
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Tartu | Rating: 7.20 |
| The first town in this area was founded in the 11th century by Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv, during Kyivan Rus. Yuryev, as it was called, was repeatedly burned and captured over the next 200 years until it was conquered by German knights, as were other cities in the region. With the new German name of Dorpat (Derpt), the city existed later as part of Sweden and Russia until 1920 when, during the war of liberation, the Estonian army managed to defeat the Red Army and establish the independence of the country. Since then, the city has been called Tartu and is currently the second most populous in Estonia, read more... |
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Kuressaare Castle | Rating: 6.40 |
| A rather large castle on the island of Saaremaa, the medieval residence of the bishops of Ösel. The first mention in sources dates back to the 1380s, when an earlier fortress in the area, built by the Teutonic Knights, was extensively reconstructed, read more... |
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