Towers, gates, churches, palaces and warehouses

Duration4h 30m

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesGerman

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

1. This 4-hour Cathedral and Old Town excursion is an individual and personal tour. You are the only participant - alone or in pairs : for this tour price you can invite one person. You decide how much time you want to stay at historic buildings and places.
You will find the perspectives for your photos in peace and quiet and do not have to adapt to the rhythm of other participants or a guide.
Depending on your interest, you decide on sightseeing and take a coffee break according to your wishes. 2. This 4-hour tour is conducted in German. On the Domberg you will get to know all the important art sites. ES in the Old Town leads to towers, gates, churches, stores and townhouses in the middle of the Old Town to Tallinn Town Hall. 3. If you have special interests and want to visit other places, you can change the tour schedule. Contact me after your Booking Referral. I would be happy to make exciting suggestions.

What's included

You will receive handouts with illustrations of the history of important buildings and squares.
You will receive exciting suggestions for your own explorations.
And tips on markets, cafes, restaurants, galleries and artisans.
On request, we facilitate spontaneous street conversations with residents of the city.
If required, we will arrange a cheap rental car for your further stay.
For this tour price you can invite and bring one person.

What to expect

Pikk Hermann
30m · Admission ticket not included

1. Glad you're interested in this tour. This walk (about 4 kilometers) takes you to great sights on the Domberg and in the old town. And you will get an inspiring overview of Tallinn's art sites, which you can get to know more deeply during your further stay in Tallinn.
2. On this individual and personally guided tour, you decide on the duration of stops and short sightseeing tours, take a coffee break according to your wishes and do not have to adapt to the rhythm of a guide.
3. And you can also deviate from the tour schedule during the tour according to your interests.
4. Start is the "Domberg". At the beginning, you will receive a short geographical overview of the cathedral and the old town with the planned stations based on a historical map.
5. On the historic path you pass the former location of the "Dom-Porte" and "Commandantur" to the castle square with the castle.
Aleksander Nevski Katedraali
1h · Admission ticket not included

On the Domberg, the former "upper city", you will discover many historic buildings, squares and lookouts with great views of the old town, the former "lower city" :
1. the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
2. the former cathedral school
3. Cathedral Church of St. Mary
4. the "Stenbock House" (former palace of a wealthy merchant)
5. the "Knight's House"
6. the observation platforms "Piiskopi" (bishop), "Patkuli" and "Kohtuotsa" (courthouse)
7. the medieval gate "Kurzer Domberg"
Everywhere you go, you calmly find the perspectives for your photos and decide to take a short tour.
St. Olaf’s Church
1h · Admission ticket not included

On old cobblestone streets, walk over the "Langen Domberg" through the gate of the same name to the old town with the goal of St. Olai's Church. On this route:
1. The medieval gate "Langer Domberg"
2. The “Süstern - (Cistern -) Pforte”, a gate of the old town with a view of “Domberg” and “Stenbock-Haus”
3. You can visit a small part of the city wall and 2 towers : from the wall you have a beautiful perspective of the former complex of the "Cistercian Monastery" : today, on this historic square there is an Orthodox church and the "Gustav Adolf Gymnasium" (also with a long history).
4. ES continues past the massively built "Meal Storage" and the "Ross Mill" (both medieval buildings) to the "St. Olai Church" (or St. Olaf Church). From the tower you get magnificent views of Domberg, the old town and the suburban quarters.
Eesti Meremuuseum
30m · Admission ticket not included

1. After the St. Olai Church, you leave the old town a few meters and enter the upstream "Schonen-Bastion", Reval's largest bastion, which is located to the Baltic Sea and the port.
2. And right back you enter the old town through the "Great Beach Gate" with the imposing defensive tower "Thick Margarethe", today "Maritime Museum". By the way, all the towers that still exist have been given their medieval names to this day.
Long Street (Pikk tanav)
1h · Admission ticket not included

With your historical map you will walk from the "Great Beach Gate" on the "Pikk tänav" ("Long Street") to the numerous important houses and squares of the old town :
1. the "Three Sisters" example of large storehouses of former merchants
2. the "herb market"
3. the "Palais von Rosen" (today Swedish. Message)
4. the houses of the Blackheads -, Olai -, Kanuti - and Great Guild
5. the former legendary café of confectioner and marzipan maker Georg Stude
6. the "Holy Spirit Church"
Tallinn Town Hall
30m · Admission ticket not included

1. After a small passage from the "Holy Spirit Church", the "Rathaus Platz" (formerly the "Großer Markt") opens.
2. In this central square you have the most beautiful views of the facades of the merchant houses and of course of the town hall with its slim octagonal tower.
3. This is where your individual and personally guided excursion ends. You have gained many inspirations for targeted visits to museums and your own explorations to get to know Tallinn even better!

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

I await you in front of the entrance of Nevsky Cathedral with a sign "Tallinn Tradition".

End point

After our tour, we will explain to guests how to get to their hotel, the port. If necessary, we ship personally. Tallinn is compact and everything is easily accessible on foot or by public transport.

Additional information

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.