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Old Tallinn Highlights & its Medieval Past
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Tallinn
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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On this tour, you will see all the main highlights of Tallinn’s Old Town and learn more about daily life in the Middle Ages.
We’ll explore merchants’ dwellings, a 15th-century pharmacy that’s still in operation, the medieval marketplace, the district of knights and nobility, churches, the Town Hall, artisans’ and merchants’ guild halls — and of course, the city wall and its towers.
As we walk, you’ll find out: who lived in the Upper and Lower Towns, who was exempt from paying entrance fees to the city, how drunkenness was dealt with in medieval times, the cost of black pepper back then, why some young men were called "Blackheads", the meaning behind the medieval proverb “Town's air sets me...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Russian (Русский) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Russian (Русский) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guiding service
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Town Hall square
The meeting point is by the small staircase of Town Hall. Guide will be holding Tallinn Old Town map as a sign.
Return
Itinerary
1
Tallinn Town Hall
You will see the oldest surviving Town Hall in the Baltic région and Scandinavia and a medieval pharmacy with a small museum of medicines that were used in the Middle Ages. (Like earthworms for example...)) we will discuss punishments and celebrations that took place at the Town Hall square in those days....
20 minutes
2
Kiek in de Kok and Bastion Passages Museum
We will see and explore the preserved segment of city wall and some towers including the famous "Look in the kitchen" tower...
10 minutes
3
Toompea Hill
We will see the Upper Town Castle, Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral, noblemen's palaces, Dome church, amber shops and viewing platforms.
30 minutes
4
Long Boot (Pikk Jalg)
The oldest street in Tallinn, unique steep connection street between the Lower Town and the Upper Town
15 minutes
5
House of the Blackheads
The Brotherhood of Blackheads was powerful unmarried merchants association. There are a lot of funny and heroic stories to tell. You will know about fines for brawls andthe incurrence of Christmas tree tradition.
On this tour, you will see all the main highlights of Tallinn’s Old Town and learn more about daily life in the Middle Ages.
We’ll explore merchants’ dwellings, a 15th-century pharmacy that’s still in operation, the medieval marketplace, the district of knights and nobility, churches, the Town Hall, artisans’ and merchants’ guild halls — and of course, the city wall and its towers.
As we walk, you’ll find out: who lived in the Upper and Lower Towns, who was exempt from paying entrance fees to the city, how drunkenness was dealt with in medieval times, the cost of black pepper back then, why some young men were called "Blackheads", the meaning behind the medieval proverb “Town's air sets me...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Russian (Русский) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in Russian (Русский) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guiding service
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Town Hall square
The meeting point is by the small staircase of Town Hall. Guide will be holding Tallinn Old Town map as a sign.
