Monday, April 23, 2012

Queries on Riga/Cesis to Tartu route, and Parnu

Hi,



Is there a direct bus/ train service from Riga (or Cesis) to Tartu? A few guide books only mentioned Riga to Tallin route.



Likewise for Parnu. Is it a good time to visit Parnu in early part of May? Thank you.




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Hi! No train service from Riga to Tartu, but bus service by Eurolines: http://www.eurolines.ee/?id=1249%26amp;lang=en



by ecolines: http://www.ecolines.net/



and also by some Estonian coaches: www.bussireisid.ee/index.html?MENU=%26KEEL=en





From Cesis there are probably some local Latvian buses, but not sure, you could ask in Latvian forum.





It depends what%26#39;s your goal for visiting Pärnu. Most people prefer it in summer because of the beach and sea to swim. But otherwise it%26#39;s beautiful in spring too.




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Thank you. I have problems opening the english version of Eurolines.



Basically, I may have to choose between Tartu and Parnu, due to time constraints. I am not really a beach/seaside person (we have sun all year round), but was told that it is a beautiful town with good galleries and museum. For Tartu, from what I gathered, is a student town but very active in summer (not sure in May?)



Another question, have you been to Saaremaa? Is having own transport necessary? An overnight stay should be sufficient?



Thanks.




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Both of these towns have their virtues. Pärnu is a lovely town with small galleries and has a beach resort (summer dream) charm. Sill quite different from Singapore, as no huge hotels, but villas and smaller summerhouses mostly.





Tartu is a student town and is and has been very much influenced by the university.





Here the choice is yours ;) It would be very difficult to suggest which one.




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Saaremaa is lovely and one can go there by bus from Pärnu or Tallinn and also I think Tartu, but as you have to take a ferry to get to Saaremaa, it takes quite some time to get there. At the same time I very much love taking the ferry, but that may differ person by person.




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Thank you all. If looking at the route I am taking, most likely I am going to Parnu as it is on the way to Saremaa.




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in tartu the beginning of may (and all of may i think) is one of the most active periods round the year (spring, beer, sunshine etc).





from riga you can get straight to tartu (there are 3 buses per day i think) but also, you can take a bus to parnu and the change to a bus from parnu to tartu. that should give you much more options and buses to choose from. and it doesn%26#39;t add much to the fare (if any at all).





i would personally recommend you the Riga Bustation site at http://www.autoosta.lv/?lng=eng%26amp;cat=1 when choosing buses. as the estonian places are translated into latvian, instead of parnu you should type pernava, tallinn = tallina and tartu is tartu. igaunia in brackets just means estonia in latvian.




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