Day trips from Tallin

Wife and I will be spending 3 0r mabye 4 nights in Tallinn during end of August. What are some day trips we could do using trains or buses(my wife loves the trains) We will stay extra day to do a day trip. We have 6 days to split up between Helsinki and Tallin, should we spend equal at both places or not? thank you for the advice, Danny and Kay

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Six days for Helsinki and Tallinn, and you%26#39;re thinking about day trips?

Porvoo%26#39;s a nice day trip from Helsinki with historical interest. You can get there by boat or bus, and there are a couple of museum trains operating from Porvoo in the summer months. …porvoo.fi/en/…museum_train

But really, six days is pushing it for Tallinn and Helsinki, unless you only want to rush through a check list of cliché sights and move on. Myself, I%26#39;d take 4 days in Tallinn and 2 in Helsinki.

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I agree with JtF, who never steers me wrong when it comes to advice about Estonia and Finland. If you absolutely want to do a trip to get out of the city for a bit, EstAdventures does a nice day trip to Lahemma National Park.

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Lahemaa offers you lovely countryside and historic manors. If you are more interested in city life, you could take the morning train to Tartu and spend a day in the academic capital of Estonia (must-sees: St John%26#39;s church, Dome hill and Dome church, university, old town). There are also organized excursions. For a picturesque historic summer resort, go to Haapsalu (no railway traffic at the moment) Must sees in Haapsalu: former train station, Ilon Wikland%26#39;s museum (she is the original illustrator of most Lindgren%26#39;s books), bishopal castle, painter Evald Okas%26#39;s museum, old town.If you want a glimpse at the lost glory of Soviet and pre-Soviet times, try Narva and Narva-Jõesuu in Eastern Estonia.

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We had 7 nights in Tallinn last year and did 2 trips with Est Adventures.

The first was a trip to Eastern Estonia where we visited Toolse Castle, Kalvi Manor House, Rakvere Castle and even climbed a slag heap! It was not your typical day out but a great chance to see some of the less well known parts of Estonia.

Our second trip was to Laheeman National park and Palmse Manor.

Est Adventures are run by a young Aussie guy with maximum group sizes of 8.

Not strictly a trip out of Tallinn but Kadriog Park and St Peters Palace are well worth a visit too

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