26/04/2017
New in program:
City wall. The time-recorder.
Tallinn ancient city wall is one of the best preserved city walls in Europe. Every stone, every corner, every tower has it`s own story. This wall can talk about the time of the knights, long period of multinational merchant city, hard times of the occupations and the born of the new Tallinn – outside of the old walls.
We start our tour from the port side cannon tower Fat Margaret. We walk along the quiet old remote streets admiring massive defensive towers. Every of them has it`s own face and story to tell. We see how the city break out from the walls on 18. Century. We`ll walk on the wall on the steps of the knights, see the famous Dome Hill from the undiscovered side. Discover the legendary houses witch still hide the parts of the old wall inside interior. We talk about the past and present and about the persons who used to live inside the old towers.
Tours contains the most important “must see” objects but rest of it will be discovery of the streets and courtyards away from the mainstream crowd.
During the 4 h tour we have coffee-break in nice courtyard of the famous haunting house housing the art and pottery gallery nowadays.
Highlights: cannon tower Fat Margaret, walking ON THE WALL, backyard of the Estonian Parliament haunting part of the wall, interesting facts from the past and present.
During the tour we paint you the BIG PICTURE of one city.
Mode: moderate walking
Price: (coffee break and entrances included) 50 EUR per person (from 4 pax).
Individual price from 1 to 4 pax 65 EUR