Some general reviews

I have been reading a bunch of suggestions from the forums as well as taking some advice from friends and thought I would make a post on my experience thus far. First - I drove from St Petersburg through Narva to Tallinn. Was pretty easy but the border crossing may take you a little while if you are doing it - overall though it wasn%26#39;t bad, about 5 hours total. The roads in Russia were fairly bad but once in Estonia very nice roads and what a beautiful country. We are staying in the Family Room at the GoHotel Shnelli. Nothing big but enough space for my wife and I and our 3 kids. There is a pullout couch in a tv room that the kids are sleeping on and a seperate bedroom for us - also 2 bathrooms which is nice. There is a beautiful view to the Old City and the staff have been extremely nice and helpful. We did find that if you contact the hotel directly the rate they can give (or are giving) is only 84 Euros a night for our room but is 104 Euros a night from the internet so contact them directly. The gal at the front desk recommended the restaurant Old Hansa but warned it was a little pricey. The place was great and yes was a bit expensive but living in St Pete we are used to it (4 entrees with drinks ran us about 800 kroon or $70US). I thought it was worth it but I%26#39;m sure there are other good restaurants as well. Old town is also a beautiful area with lots of shopping and restaurants. We are taking a ferry, car and all, to Helsinki for two days then will be back in Tallinn for two more before heading back to St Pete.

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Thank you Mr Yank for your review.... glad you are enjoying your break...we%26#39;re off to tallinn in march so pleased to hear more positive things about the city... I wish you a safe and pleasant trip back...cheers

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been to tallinn 3 times love it thinking of getting visa and bus to ivangorod and 1-2days walking around and eating drinking in ivangorod feasable or madness?

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