Estonia

The Estonian city of Tallinn is perhaps one of the most surprising destinations you’ll ever come across. While not high on the radar of the average traveller, with its fascinating history and its UNESCO protected Old Town, the secret is slowly getting out. A charming fusion of modern and ancient, Tallinn’s extensive attractions are also highly accessible. Here are just three of them. Architecture: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral With its distinctive onion shaped dome, this imposing Russian Orthodox church is relatively new, with construction completed in 1900. While it operates as a busy working church, it’s also a very popular tourist

Tallinn is one of the most charming cities in Europe and blessed with a cultural heart and warm friendly atmosphere, it is one that inspires and intrigues in equal measures. Winding cobbled stress open out into quaint elegant squares, and merchant houses, castles, churches and a beautiful cathedral add to the inherent beauty of this city. Tallinn’s Highlights Town Hall Square One of the first places on your list when visiting Tallinn should definitely be the Town Hall Square, which is the perfect introduction to the city. Here the locals and tourists rub shoulders enjoying the lively street buzz, the

The charming city of Tallinn is the capital city of Estonia, the most northerly of the Baltic states. It lies just 80km south of Helsinki on the Gulf of Finland. Many Westerners assume that these states were part of the former Soviet Union until its break up in the early 1990s yet this is hardly the case as almost all Western Governments continued to recognize Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as sovereign states which were illegally occupied from 1940 until 1991 when the USSR was finally dissolved. Estonia was very quickly able to throw off the shackles of Communism and re-establish