Tallinn Highlights Sightseeing Tour, 3.5 hrs for cruise ship shore excursion
We offer this combined walking and driving Tallinn tour for cruise ship passengers in order to discover the most important places of this medieval city. Tallinn city sightseeing tours consists of 2 parts – our guide will pick you up from harbour for 1 hour 45 min driving tour seeing important Tallinn landmarks (such as Kadriorg Park and Palace, KUMU Art Museum, Song Festival Grounds, Pirita and its Seaside) that will be followed by 1 hour 45 min long walking tour in which you will explore the secrets of Tallinn Old Town (Lower and Upper Town). After this tour our experienced guides will advice you some nice places in the old town so that you can enjoy the rest of the afternoon in this charming medieval city before returning to your cruise ship.
Tallinn Old Town is included in UNESCO World Heritage list because of its unique and well coserverd old town. It is considereded one of the best preserved examples of a medieval northern European trading city. Walking through astonishing cobbled-stoned old town street you will visit such an important places as the fortified town wall with its many towers, the Town Hall, one of the oldest continuously functioning pharmacies in the world, St. Olav's Church, Aleksander Nevskij's Cathedral, the Houses of Parlament and magnificent panoramic views from Toompea Hill. Our professional guide will lead you through Lower and Upper town taking you into the amazing atmosphere of this medieval city.
Apart from amazing hanseatic architecture examples Tallinn can be proud of some outstanding baroque landmarks as Presidential Palace, Kadriorg Art Museum and gardens that were built by Peter the Great. You will have also outsight for some modern architecture examples as KUMU New Art Museum as well as Pirita and its Seaside. You will be taken to Song Festival Grounds that is an impressive example of one of the most authentical estonian traditions - national song and dance festival.
Cruise passengers will be provided with our best tourist guides that will show the most authentic souvenir places and will introduce you to most typical bars and restaurants of Tallinn city.
No Inside visits included in the price.
It is possible to add museum visits to the tours (no museums in 3-3.5h tours, 1 museum in 4-5h tour, 2 museums in 6-7h tour)
Tour Highlights:
- Kadriorg Park & Palace
- Presidential Palace
- KUMU Art Museum
- Song Festival Grounds
- Pirita district
- Olympic Yacht Center
- St Bridget's Convent
- Toompea Hill
- Houses of Parliament
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- Dome Church
- Viewing platform
- Town Hall Square
- Town Hall
- Town Council's Pharmacy
- Viru Gates
- Guide services for 3.5 h
- 1.5h Kadriorg-Pirita sightseeing tour
- Old Town walking tour
- Transfer back to port
- All visits according to the program