Tallinn including Tartu with 3 days

Example programme for travel professionals

Tartu is known as Estonia's cultural "heart and soul."
Tartu hosts a varied calendar of plays, concerts, festivals, conferences, and sporting events throughout the year. It is also home to over 20 museums and has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities network as an International City of Literature since 2015.

In 2024, Tartu was the European Capital of Culture, catching the eye of major publications such as National Geographic Traveller, which called it "one of the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024."

Source: Virgo Haan

Day 1: Discovering Elegance Kadriorg & Tallinn’s Medieval Charm

Arrive to Tallinn

Local guide welcomes the group
15 min bus transfer to the city centre

Meet your guide for Kadriorg excursion

At the heart of Kadriorg, one of Tallinn’s most upscale districts, is Estonia’s only Baroque palace and park ensemble, established 300 years ago by Russian Tsar Peter the Great.

Lunch at old town, suggested group restaurants here

Explore Tallinn’s unique medieval Old Town with your local guide.
Divided into the Lower Town and Upper Town (the hill of Toompea), the area is quite big yet still compact enough to explore on foot.

Drive to Tartu

Check-in to one of the 4 star hotels, for example hotel Lydia or V Spa & Conference hotel

Little fresh up and prepare for dinner

Dinner at one of the city restaurants, for example Humal, Joyce, Hõlm

Overnight in Tartu

Source: Rasmus Jurkatam

Day 2: Tartu, the heart of culture

Breakfast at hotel

Guided walk in Tartu old town

Tartu is very compact, with most sights, restaurants and nightlife nestled across a couple of parallel streets. Being the second largest town in Estonia and a hot bed for creative and scientific culture, there is always something on from theatre performances to concerts and festivals.

Drive to Estonian National Museum
The largest museum in Estonia with nearly 6,000 m² of exhibition space invites you to discover the everyday life of Estonians throughout history at the permanent exhibition ‘Encounters’ and to learn about the life of the Finno-Ugric peoples in the permanent exhibition ‘Echo of the Urals’.

Visit to Upside down house

Lunch in the Aparaaditehas Creative City area, for example at restaurant Aparaat

Visit to Lodjakoda

Tour at A.LeCoq Beer Museum, where the visitor are on a journey where they can see, hear, and taste the story of the world's oldest beverage.

Drive back to Tartu

Time to relax and visit hotels` spa facilities

Dinner at restaurant Kampus or any other city centre restaurants