Cultural Program

City tour of Tallinn
Approx. 3 hours, starting from hotel lobby – English

The tour by bus will take direction to Kadriorg Park and Palace at first. A stop will be made at the Song Festival Amphitheatre, the current venue of the 120 year old song festival tradition. Drive by residential area Lasnamäe and stop at the new art museum KUMU.

Next drive to Pirita where the Olympic Yachting Regatta of the Moscow Olympics in 1980 was hosted. The bus also passes the ruins of the St.Bridget’s Convent.

On the way to Toompea Hill the tour guide shows the city centre - Sea Boulevard, Viru Square, Estonia Opera Theatre, Liberty Square and gives a brief introduction of the country and its people, the history of Tallinn and the Old Town, Tallinn’s number one attraction.

On Toompea Hill the tour continues on foot. Here, Tallinn was founded in the 11th century.

See the Parliament building, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its onion domes (1900). The 14th-15th century fortress wall with the towers Tall Hermann and Kiek in de Kök (Peep-into-the-Kitchen) are the reminders of the medieval citadel.

Dome Cathedral (13th-14th centuries, an interesting collection of coats-of-arms, tombstones). The route of the tour takes to two viewing platforms that offer a panoramic view of the Tallinn.

The Long Leg or Short Leg Street takes you to the Lower Town. The tour passes St. Nicholas Church, the Great Guild and the Brotherhood of the Blackheads (medieval guild houses) and the Holy Ghost Church.

The last stop will be at the Town Hall Square, see the Town Hall Pharmacy that has been in business for 500 years and the Town Hall, a Gothic masterpiece of the 13th-14th centuries.

The tour ends at Hotel.

City tour of Tallinn including a visit to the Estonian art museum KUMU
Approx. 4 hours tour starting from Hotel – English

Walking tour in Old Tallinn (approx. 1 hour). Tour starts on Toompea Hill where Tallinn was founded in the 11th century. See the Parliament building, Dome Cathedral (13th-14th century, an interesting collection of coats-of-arms and tombstones), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its onion domes (1900). The 14th-15th century fortress wall with Tall Hermann tower, Fat Margaret and Peep-into-the Kitchen (Kiek in de Kök) tower are the reminders of the medieval citadel. The route of the tour takes you to two viewing platforms that offer a panoramic view of Tallinn.

The streets Long Leg or Short Leg take us to the Lower Town. There, the tour passes Town Hall Square with the Town Hall Pharmacy that has been in business for 500 years and the Town Hall, a Gothic masterpiece of the 13th-14th centuries.

Bus transfer to KUMU passes Kadriorg (Catherine's Valley) Park and Palace, laid out by the order of Peter the Great in the 18th century as well as the Song Festival Amphitheatre, the contemporary venue of the 120 year old song festival tradition.

The Kumu Art Museum was opened to the visitors in February 2006. The new museum site is located on four hectares in Tallinn, on the limestone bank of Lasnamägi next to Kadriorg Park. The office of the President of the Republic of Estonia and Kadriorg Palace, which is a part of the Art Museum, lie in the vicinity of the KUMU. The building has seven floors, including technical floors, and the total area is 23 900 m².

The KUMU Art Museum is a modern multifunctional art building, which contains exhibition halls, a lecture hall offering diverse facilities, and an educational centre for young visitors and for art lovers.

The tour ends at the hotel.

Tallinn TV tower tour
Approx. 3 hours tour starting from Hotel lobby

The view from Tallinn TV Tower is unique in Estonia as well as in all of Northern Europe.

Under your feet are the woods of Muuga. The captivating Tallinn Old Town and the glistening Baltic Sea in all of its majestic glory are off in the distance. When Estonia was still behind the Iron Curtain, this was for many Estonians a window on the free world – at night one could even catch sight of the lights of Helsinki. To illustrate the view, visitors can use multimedia screens: to increase the area visible in it or seeing what the place looked like in the past.

It is a view that must have seen. And – experienced!

Tallinn old town walking tour including a visit to the Passages under the Bastions
Approx. 2 hours tour, starting from hotel – English

This guided tour gives a quick overview of the Medieval Tallinn. During the tour you will see the main attractions of the old town including the Town Hall and the Town Hall Square, the St. Nicholas Church and the tower Kiek in de Kök. The tower together with the passages of the Ingrian and Swedish bastions is an exciting part of Tallinn historical fortifications.

The exhibition of “Kiek in de Kök and Bastion Passages” takes the visitor to a time journey that begins in 1219 and offers experience, information and entertainment. With the help of innovative video and audio effects and the means of multimedia the birth and evolution of Tallinn, the history of town fortifications and the most significant military events are introduced to the visitor.

The time train in the bastion passages takes the tourist to 2219. The rest of the passage display concentrates on the history of the passages.

„My Fair Lady“ at Estonian National Opera
Musical by Frederick Loewe

One of the most popular musicals of all times may almost have not been written at all. In the 1930s the leaders of the American musical industry tried persistently to convince Loewe and Lerner that the source material is incapable of following the rules for the construction of a musical. The project was abandoned for twenty years until the musical theatre changed. In 1956 Lerner and Loewe reunited and their cooperation resulted in the most popular performance of the U.S. musical history that has been repeatedly staged world-wide. The musical has also received a popular film production in 1964 with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in the title roles. At the premiere Eliza was sung by Julie Andrews, Professor Higgins was sung by Rex Harrison, Eliza’s father was sung by Stanley Holloway and Colonel Pickering by Robert Coote.