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10 INTRODUCING EST ONIA , LA T VIA AND LITHU ANIA

DISCOVERING ESTONIA,
LATVIA AND LITHUANIA

The following itineraries have been begins with a two-day tour of the country’s
designed to take in as many of the Baltic distinctive and characterful capital city,
States’ highlights as possible, covering the followed by 12 days exploring the rest of
beautiful and diverse landscapes of each the country. Pick, combine and follow your
country, while keeping long-distance travel favourite tours, or simply dip in and out
to a minimum. Each of the three itineraries and be inspired.

Tallinn

Kärdla
Kõpu
Haapsalu
Hiiumaa Island
Sõru
Muhu Island
Angla
Saaremaa Island
Vilsandi Kaali Meteor Pärnu
National Park Crater
Kõpu Lighthouse, Estonia
Kuressaare
One of the world’s oldest functioning lighthouses, this
beacon, built in 1531 and reinforced in the 1980s, shines Sõrve
Peninsula
from the western end of ruggedly beautiful Hiiumaa Island.
Gulf
0 kilometres 80 of Riga
Ventspils
0 miles 80
Sigulda
Riga
Pavilosta
Jaunpils
Castle
14 Days in Estonia
Jelgava
Liepāja
• Admire the meticulously
Rundāle
restored buildings of Palace
Tallinn’s Old Town.
• Visit the historic windmills, Hill of Crosses
Palanga
thatched barns and inns Šiauliai
at the Estonian Open- Klaipėda
Air Museum.
Curonian Spit
National Park LITHUANIA
• Relish the unspoiled nature
on sparsely populated Nida
Hiiumaa Island.
• Marvel at a meteor’s impact
Kaunas
at the Kaali Crater on Pažaislis Monastery
Saaremaa Island. Rumšiškes
Trakai
• Spend a day boating on Island
Castle
Lake Võrtsjärv.
• Don a hard hat and head
Key
deep under the ground at
the Kohtla Underground 14 Days in Estonia
Mining Museum. 14 Days in Latvia Druskininkai
14 Days in Lithuania
A View of Tallinn with Hattorpe Tower by Alexander Georg Schlater (1834–79)