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This is a basic guide of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
This guide is conceived as a first step to prepare your trip to Tallinn.
After reading it you will be more or less ready to go there.

The guide is very detailed at the beginning, from when you leave home to when you get in the room in Tallinn. After that it gets easier for you and the guide is less detailed.

How to fly to Tallinn - low cost airlines

These are the low cost airlines flying to Tallinn at the moment: Estonian Air, AirBaltic, FlyLal, FinnComm, EasyJet, Norwegian

I may present here a research but things change too quickly. Your best bet is to access those sites and see if they have the flight you need!

From Finland, Helsinki there is a fast and cheap ferry service (about 2 hours for 20 euro one way), so you may even consider to fy to Helsinki. See here who is flying there.

Arriving in Tallinn
By plane: easy. The airport is at only 10 minutes of taxi from the centre.
As soon as you arrive, withdraw some money from the Atm. You may buy something at the kiosk to break up the big notes. If you need a Sim card go at the kios and buy a Sim card Simpel o Smart starter kit (see more about estonian sim cards below).

The taxi to Tallinn Old Town will cost you about 70 Kr (5 Euro).

If you want to save you can even get a public bus. You find it in front of the Arrivals Hall. Number 2 will take you to the centre. Get down at Teenindusmaja stop, close to Viru Hotel/shopping centre and you have 5 minutes walk to the old town.
The ticket is 15 Kr (1 Euro) and you buy it in the bus.

By Bus:
The busses arrive at the bus station (autobussijaam) close to the Tartu highway.
If you arrive from Riga or Vilnius you bettee get off at the stop called Viru väljak as it is much closer to the centre.
Avoid, if you can, changing money at the bus station as the rates are scary and use the ATM to withdraw some cash.
You can walk 1 km to the old town, following Juhkentali tänav from behind the station.
You may also get a local public bus (N°17, 17A, 23 and 23A) which will take you to Vabaduse väljak (4th stop) in the centre. Bus 53 (or trams 2 and4 if they have reopened already by the time you read this), leave from Tartu maantee and take you to Viru väljak (also 4th stop).
Taxi will cost you around 50 kr (a bit more than 3 euro).

Money in Estonia

You give 1 Euro, they give you 15,60 Kr at the time of writing.

Sleeping in Tallinn

Hostels: not as cheap as you may expect. A bed in a dorm will be around 20 euro. Things anyway change fast so check out the last rates here HostelWorld.com or Hostels.com

Appartments in Tallinn
If you are more than 2 people you’ll probably get a better deal with a small studio or apartment in Tallinn.
Cook there and you’ll save even more.
I slept in these ones:
Lai e Uss 1 and I judge them as good value.
In high season they are quite expensive, as every accommodation in Tallinn, and also not easy to find free: you better reserve on time.

Eating in Tallinn
You can have a good meal in a nice restaurant for 6-8 Euro.
A couple of cheaper places:

Kompressor, Rataskaevu 3, tel. 646 42 10.
Big pancakes, for about 20 - 45kr (1,5 - 3 Euro).
Get them with garlic, shrimps (we are on the baltic!), turkey or more.
Open from 11:00 to 23:00, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11:00 - 02:00.

Von Krahl
Rataskaevu 10/12, tel. 626 90 96.
Live music included in the Pancake, try cheese and mushroomsat 35 Kr (2,4 euro).
Open 12:00 - 01:00, Friday and Saturday 12:00 - 03:00.

This is just to give you an idea, there are too many places. Just go around, prefer hidden places and run away when all you see is tourists, as the old rule says.

Night life in Tallinn
The most classic places are lHollywood and BobBon but night life changes fast, so you better ask when you are in Tallinn.
Normally the entrance is free, when there are special events a ticket may cost from 100 to 150 Kr (7/10 Euro). Yes, girls are beautiful.

Telephone and internet in Tallinn
Prepaid Sims: Simpel o Smart starter kit cost 150kr (9 Euro) at the newsagent, of which 100 Kr are credit, so it is really worth buying one if you are going to use the phone.

Wi-fi (wireless): wireless was probably born here and you are supposed to report uncovered area to the police who will put in jail the responsibles (joke).
More info here: wireless a Tallinn.

Conclusions

Tallinn is an easy city to visit independently.
If you do make a mistake the consequences will probably simply be that you pay something too much.
It is a safe place, as the average european city, as long as you are careful to the basics.
It is beautiful in summer, when you can sit in the terraces drinking something and watching people walking, 70% of which are tourist.
It is great in winter when the snow falls and tourists are home.

(Nessun voto)

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